Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Okay, wow. That is . . . not what I expected. But it makes sense. I can see it.”

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (Murderbot Diaries #2.5) by Martha Wells

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My summer reading has been slow going, and my brain hasn’t wanted to focus on things that are new all that well. So, I’ve met my brain where it’s at – spending time scrolling through fanfiction, rewatching favorite series, and hunting up novella length books that sound good. When it was announced that Reactor was going to have another novelette in the Murderbot universe, this time focusing on Perihelion, better known to you and me as ART, I was excited. I have been putting off […]

Network Effect by Martha Wells

Network Effect by Martha Wells

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“Network Effect” follows Murderbot who goes along for a survey with Dr. Mensah’s oldest child Amena and several people from the Preservation Station. This includes Dr. Mensah’s brother-in-law Thiago, Ratthi and two others, Arada and Overse. When something attacks their ship, it ends up leaving Amena and Murderbot separated from everyone else. And Murderbot does what it does best. It identifies targets and kills them. Look I love this series and that’s all I can say. I was kicking up my feet with glee while […]

Now I’m Sad Because I’ve Finished Murderbot

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Network Effect by Martha Wells

System Collapse by Martha Wells

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cbr17bingo – work for Fugitive Telemetry Although Fugitive Telemetry is the 6th book in the series, I read it 5th because that’s chronologically when it takes place and is often the recommended reading order. Murderbot is still on Preservation Station and seems to have been spending a lot of its time guarding Mensah. Then security comes across a dead body, and Murderbot contracts with them to help solve the case, primarily because it wants to make sure the murder isn’t related to GrayCris. The goal is partly […]

A Fitting End to a Fun Trilogy

Capture the Sun by Jessie Mihalik

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Lexi Bowen doesn’t trust easily which has served her well in her line of work.  She’s been betrayed enough times to know she can count on herself and her crew, and that’s about it.  The last thing she wants to do is work with Nilo Shoren, the teleported who stole her job the first time they met.  But when Tavi and the rest of the crew go missing, the two will have to work together in order to rescue them and keep another war from […]

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

1984 by George Orwell

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I don’t often reread books, the old adage of so little time, so many books ticking like a clock behind me. This is the book I have reread the most, at least 10 times at this point, and the book that I say is my favorite book of all time, depending on the audience. (My favorite book is really Lamb by Christopher Moore, but that is a fictional “what if” about the life of Jesus, that entire chunk that is missing in the Bible, and […]

Try to look away from the game of living and watching living

Spectators by Brian K Vaughan

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Spectators by Brian K Vaughan and illustrator Niko Henrichon is a train wreck I could not stop reading. This graphic novel (due late fall 2025) is in the vein of Revival by Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton, and The Walking Dead but with fewer zombies and more ghosts.  When I finished my reader copy (and in fact through it) I thought it was the most screwed up book I’ve read in a while! DAMN! What an awesome read! There is so much going on […]



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