Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

She has a secret

Ellie Has a Secret by Amelia Bothe

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While I enjoyed Amelia Bothe’s Ellie Has a Secret, (due mid-August 2025) for the story, I mostly enjoyed the illustrations. The story itself is not new (which is about a child having a secret that makes the “tummy wobbles” happen), but the illustrations really grabbed my attention. They are not overly colorful, but do not lack in that area either. They are detailed, but not overly so. Sometimes they can be a bit busy, but it does not distract or take away from the experience. […]

Kai didn’t recognize this place at all; it was a memory of somewhere he had never been

Witch King by Martha Wells.

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With the new Murderbot adaption airing right now, I’ve been on the look out for more of Martha Wells books. The only other works of hers I’ve read have been The Books of the Raksura Series, which were mostly quite good—very different from Murderbot—but sort of a mixed bag overall. But one thing you cannot accuse Martha Wells of is lacking in creativity. Witch King is, again, vastly different from any of her previous novels, both in setting and narrative style. But it also shares […]

Diabetes and demon summoning, oh my!

Mixing Magics by Clare Edge

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I was semi-recently diagnosed as T2 diabetic, so as soon as I saw Ber’s story I knew I needed to get my hands on it, even as my experiences are different from hers (and not just because she accidentally summons demons with her finger sticks lol), and I loved Accidental Demons so much. I’m so glad I was able to read Mixing Magics early and now have the opportunity to scream at everyone to pick it up. Mixing Magics picks up about a month after […]

“For even to listen to the story of the Trưng Sisters is, in these troubled times, a dangerous act.”

Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen

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The Trưng sisters, Trắc and Nhi, are as different than each other than sisters can be, but they are united in one thing – their outrage at the treatment of the Viet by the colonizing Han Chinese. When their outrages grow too heavy to bear, they raise an army of women to fight back. It occurred to me while I was reading this book that not only do I know very little about Vietnam past the eponymous war (and even that mostly through the eyes […]

Well, I’ve gotten this far, why not just continue.

Hijack the Seas: Seismic (Cassie Palmer #13) by Karen Chance

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How to sum up the thirteenth book in a series that has no end in sight? Okay, let me try: Cassandra Palmer, former ward of a vampire mobster, now Pythia, top seer in the world, Oracle of Delphi, is in the battle for her life. The daughter of a human mage and Artemis, aka Hel (because apparently all gods do double or triple duty with all world religions), Cassie has to stop Zeus/Odin and the other gods from breaking into our world and destroying everyone. […]

“The laws of physics have already been violated. What happens if they decide to press charges?”

A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire

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I’ve seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.   After the events of Rosemary and Rue, Toby is back once again in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, lord of the Duchy of Shadowed Hills (outside of San Francisco, in the Mt. Diablo area.). As much as she doesn’t want to be, it’s apparently once a hero, always a hero. I’m not a hero; if I’m lucky, I never will be. I just do my job Sent to help […]



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