Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Frankenstein but plants and gay!

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

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I saw a reel on Instagram from the author talking about this book, and I was immediately sold. Frankenstein? Queer? Messy, messy characters? Sign me up! And this absolutely delivers on all fronts. The beginning of A Botanical Daughter is a little slow, but it perfectly sets the scene of Grimfern, an estate inside a greenhouse outside the closest village, and the three main characters – Gregor, botanist and lord of Grimfern; Simon, taxidermist and romantic partner to Gregor; and Jenny, local village girl whose […]

Space horror is my jam

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

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One of my top horrors is space. Another one is under the sea (like deep under the sea). I also don’t like to fly, and caves freak me out. I never thought I was a control freak until I realized that the thing that scares me the most about these things is that I’m not in control. I can’t “get out” of whatever I’m in (space ship, submarine, airplane, etc) when I want to. As far as space, under the ocean, and caves, I have […]

A cozy sff mystery novella that is set in the future but feels like it’s set in the past.

The Mimicking of Known Successes (Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Older

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 27/30 This was really good! I loved the vibes and the writing and the setting. Definitely reading book two. I’m honestly surprised how much I liked this. It’s really hard to find great, vibesy sci-fi these days. A lot of sff authors go for the colder, more depressing, gritty machine-like futures, I think forgetting that humans like to be COMFY. Even though this book is set after humans have colonized Jupiter (of all places); the humans here […]

To Read This Book, if Fortunate

To Be Taught, if Fortunate by Becky Chambers

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Becky Chambers can do so much in such little space. This novella is only about 135 pages (according to my Kindle), and I was interested and invested from the jump. The book is basically an earth-bound log written by astronaut Ariadne, an engineer on an exploration vessel with three other astronauts. They’re on a mission that will last decades in earth years, and they will be exploring a moon and 3 planets in a solar system light years away from earth’s solar system. Their goal […]

I needed a catchy title and all I could come up with is: The words FIASCO and LAST tell you pretty much everything

The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm

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 cbr16bingo Fiasco Read it, you’ll see what I mean! (SPOILER the mean fact I am saying it works for Fiasco tells you A LOT) I have read some out there things. Some really out there things. Some warped things. And some really warped things. But I think that The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm might almost win top prize for one of the most biz-aaaaaaaaaaaaar books!  I am giving this a three because someone probably will like it. I am giving it a three as there […]

Two new Murderbot fans for the price of one!

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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CBR16 BINGO: Dreams, because Murderbot dreams of being left alone to do its half-assed job in peace. During the spring CBR Book Club, I sheepishly admitted I hadn’t read any of the Murderbot series. I was encouraged to read at least two books before deciding whether to continue. I kind of disagree with that recommendation, though, and would counter that if you’re not at least amused by the opening line of All Systems Red, the series probably isn’t for you. “I could have become a […]



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