Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

At Least It’s Not Mushrooms This Time

What Feasts At Night: Sworn Soldier #2 by T. Kingfisher

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After the nightmare-inducing occurrence at the Usher manor, Alex Easton just wants some rest, relaxation, and calm days, but instead, as a favor to their valet Angus and the mycologist Miss Potter, they find themself heading to their family hunting lodge, deep in the cold, damp, forbidding forests of their home country, Gallacia. Once there, they discover the gamekeeper dead, the villagers closed in and suspicious, with whispers of a strange breath-stealing spirit entering people’s dreams. Alex doesn’t believe it for an instant; but then […]

Half a soul is better than none

Half A Soul: A Regency Faerie Tale by Olivia Atwater

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When Theodora Ettings was a small child, a faerie came and stole half her soul. Since then, she lives her life like she’s behind a sheet of glass, observing things yet never actually feeling them. When she goes with her cousin Vanessa into London for the new season, her only desire is to fade into the background and not ruin Vanessa’s chance at a match. Unfortunately for her, she attracts the notice of Lord Elias Wilder, the Lord Sorcier of England, who decides she’s a […]

“It’s a good thing you’re a Paladin because you would have never made it as a poet.”

Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel #3) by T. Kingfisher (author), Joel Richards (Narrator)

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The pinning that is a feature of this series is growing on me.  Don’t get me wrong, I would rather have rivals to lovers than a whole lot of pinning but … yeah, it is growing on me.  So yes, third book into the series, some characters from the previous book make appearances (look, I am a sucker for that, I love getting to check in with Stephen and super breifly Istvhan and Clara) as we follow another one ofthe Saint of Steel’s Paladin’s. I […]

A Cozy Low-Stakes Graphic Novel

The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught

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I picked this up for the Trans Rights Readathon. I didn’t realize it was happening until pretty late, so I wanted a book I could read quickly, and this short graphic novel fit the bill. It’s a fast-paced, cozy YA fantasy, though I would say it reads as young YA and could potentially be suitable for late middle grade. But adults can enjoy it, too, as I did. The book is set in a fantasy land that seems to include both human and non-human species […]

“The middle had always been left undetermined, to be woven and shaped by us.”

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

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This book caught me unaware. I didn’t know anything about it, and from a quick glance at the cover I thought it was going to be something light/happy (I dunno, the flowers?) but boy howdy I was wrong. The hints were there all along, the font is harsh, the literal string, but I went in knowing nothing. It was a selection of my library book club, and it was definitely an emotional roller coaster. The premise is this, and I’m not giving away much because […]

Why does Superman always get top billing?

Superman's Good Guy Gang by Rob Justus

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Perhaps I should not admit I read something like Superman’s Good Guy Gang by Rob Justus as it is, well, a bit on the less than mature side. This is not for the adult reader who likes a more sophisticated book, but if your child (or you) are a typical five to eight-year-old who has a slightly goofy sense of humor and likes superheroes then this is for you. So, in other words I will admit I read it and say I know there’s an […]



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