Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Re-Writes Your Story?

Long Live Evil: Time of Iron Book One by Sarah Rees Brennan

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Cbr17bingo Border — the main character literally crosses a border between reality and fiction, and straddles the border between good and evil; the kingdom in the story is bordered by the Dread Ravine, which is full of the undead. This book is one of the most bonkers, crazy, fun stories I’ve read in a long time, and I thank Dome’loki for the review that turned me on to it. I think we’re all familiar with time travel stories, where a character is sent back in […]

When You Stare into the Void, the Void Stares Back

Voidwalker by S. A. MacLean

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cbr17bingo – border: there are territorial disputes I think this is my first monster romance, so that was interesting. This is a romantasy set in a world divided into countless Planes within the Void. While anyone can—with help— traverse the Season-Locked Planes in which the book is set, Voidwalkers like main character Fi are able to do so independently. The book is focused primarily on the Winter Plane, which is ruled by monsters known as daeyari, who rely on human sacrifices. Antal is the lenient […]

Shepherds Watch over Their Flocks. And Angels Watch over Shepherds

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

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I’m a bit boggled—how did I miss one of Katherine Addison’s books? Addison is the author of the magnificent The Goblin Emperor and the follow up trilogy, The Cemeteries of Amalo*. Usually her books are an automatic pre-order for me. But somehow, I missed that she had also written an alt-universe take on Sherlock Holmes as well.  The book comes with the following tagline: “This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not […]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: Time Traveller’s Wife from Wish.com?

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

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I was messaging with a friend and we were trading book recommendations a few weeks ago. I recommended she read Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, and she recommended V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. She has been really enjoying listening to audiobooks while walking, but I am still a paper person and was able to get a very quick turnaround on my library reserve. I otherwise went in cold – my friend’s recommendation is that it was a really compelling story with a […]

“As my squire, part of Quentin’s job is accompanying me when I do stupid stuff; it’s a learning experience. Most of what he’s learning is how to get blood out of his clothes, but hey, at least it’s educational.”

The Unkindest Tide (October Daye #13) by Seanan McGuire

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Ah, the book where Toby should really learn to follow etiquette before opening doors. First it was Amandine, and that resulted in trauma for everyone in the household; now it’s the Luidheag, and that results in the calling in of debts. See, the Luidheag has decided it’s time for the Selkie to end and the Roane to exist again in greater numbers, and Toby is the only member of her family willing to put forth the necessary effort. The fact is (and I think it’s […]

“You lost a great deal of blood.” “I didn’t lose it,” I said. “I know exactly where it is.”

Night and Silence (October Daye #12) by Seanan McGuire

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And another down. After being kicked in the teeth in the last book, Toby starts out this one in probably an even worse place. Jazz has PTSD, Tybalt is avoiding her, and neither she or May knows how to fix anything. Seriously, is this ‘gang up on Toby’ night? Can you let me know when you schedule these, so I can arrange to be somewhere else? Like, I don’t know, another Kingdom?” “Most other Kingdoms won’t let you in,” said Danny, almost reasonably. “You keep […]



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