Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“They’re the ones who’ll hate you / When you think you’ve got the world all sussed out”

Assassin's Apprentice (1995) by Robin Hobb

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He goes by ‘Boy’ for his first years, then ‘Fitz’ and ‘Bastard’, then FitzChivalry Farseer, illegitimate son of Chivalry Farseer, son of the enigmatic King Shrewd. This is for the Bingo Family square; Fitz has a family, a name, a legacy–but he never knew his own father, his grandfather buys his loyalty rather than offering him affection, and one of his uncles wants him humiliated at best and dead at worst. I read Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy when I was a teen with the time […]

Probably a great satire, what do I know. CBRBINGO – Purple

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis

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I’m sad I didn’t like this one very much. It was much less fun and funny than I was hoping it would be, with that premise. (That premise: a young couple’s five year old daughter is bitten by a werewolf and then becomes a werewolf herself, upon which they discover there is a secret magical world among the mundane one. Then there is a PTA, but at a mAgiC sChOoL.) Where I wish this had been more lighthearted and focused on the school and magic […]

“I don’t like parties. Someone always tries to assassinate someone I actually like, and there are never enough of those little stuffed mushroom caps.”

The Winter Long: (Toby Daye #8) by Seanan McGuire

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This was the sort of situation that called for a certain amount of terror. This is the book where everything turns. What starts out with Arden throwing a party to celebrate her ascension to the throne of the Kingdom of the Mists (and Toby finding in Arden someone who hates parties about as much as she does), goes south when Toby returns home to find Simon Torquill on her porch. Because when the man who turned you into a fish for fourteen years and put […]

“There’s beauty in the menial. Life is nothing but a series of quiet tasks with people we love. Isn’t it?”

Tea You At the Altar (Tomes & Tea Book Three) by Rebecca Thorne

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Somewhere in the world, there is someone who will bake you cookies and buy you swords and fight your dragons. Never give up. This continues to be an enjoyable series; I’m sorry it has only one more book to go. It starts out with Kianthe and Reyna deciding to multitask; if they’re getting married, why not add overthrowing Queen Tiliane, Reyna’s former boss, into the mix? Sure, their baby dragons are hatched and causing chaos in Tawney, Kianthe’s uptight parents who she hasn’t spoken to […]

Surviving is an act of resistance!

Beasts of Carnaval by Rosália Rodrigo

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This book fulfills the “border” square on CBR17 bingo; Sofia exists on the border of conquered and conqueror, and explores the complexities of her mixed heritage. As soon as I saw the cover for Beasts of Carnaval, I knew I wanted to read it, and the synopsis just cemented it for me. I love stories that are about resistance and revolution and proving that the colonizers and oppressors won’t be the last ones standing. And this delivers so beautifully! Sofia’s twin brother, Sol, vanished to […]

Works of Pimienta

Twin Cities by Jose Pimienta

Stars, Hide Your Fire by Kel McDonald

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Somewhere I have a copy of the book, Twin Cities by Joe Pimienta. Do I know where it is? Not a chance! Books have a habit of finding safe spots that are so safe even I don’t know where they are! Therefore, thank goodness for my local library.  I’m thinking that two readings for adults would be a good idea. First, read the text then second, read the illustrations. Trying to do both at the same time is a little hard. You see, this might […]



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