Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Autobiography of a Narcissistic Psychopath

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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Coriolanus Snow’s only way to rebuild his family’s legacy is to have his tribute make a good showing in the 10th Hunger Games. But when he starts to become interested in Lucy Gray, he wonders if it might be possible for her to actually win them. I put off reading this book for a long time, scared off by mixed reviews from other fans of the Hunger Games series. It’s certainly a different type of story, but I ended up appreciating this new perspective into […]

a bold swing but a tough miss

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

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Tootle Tsamaase’s Womb City showed up on several lists for most anticipated 2024 science fiction, and the Afrofuturist dystopia angle of it sounded exciting and different. And clearly also a work with a feminist eye towards women’s autonomy, but providing a different angle than standard issue Western white feminism. I had really high hopes for this one; science fiction is such a potent genre for examining political questions and this looked so fresh and distinctive. The plot summary was also compelling: Nelah lives in a futuristic […]

If stealing from dragons is bad, what about stealing for them?

Never Steal from Dragons by Patrick Dugan

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Never Steal From Dragons is a fun cozy sci-fi/fantasy heist adventure. A lot of the expected tropes are present: a group of very highly skilled but very different individuals are forcibly assembled by a mysterious powerful individual who wants them to steal something in return for basically making their dreams come true; it is of course an offer that cannot be refused. Chaos, clever remarks, etc. ensues. In the world of Harmony, there are any number of beings recognizable from folklore including pixies, dragons, kitsune, […]

I am the eye in the sky. Looking at you.

Null States by Malka Ann Older

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Null States is the second book in Malka Ann Older’s Centenal Cycle, a political technothriller which takes place in a future where much of the world is divided up into microdemocracies. Overseeing all of them is something called Information which is like if Google monitored everything. This second book takes place some time after the contentions election for which microdemocracy would take over the supermajority in book one. Ken and Mishima, two of my favorite characters, return in this story. We also meet Roz, an […]

Terrible the first time through, amazing on re-read

Blindsight by Peter Watts

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This book was so good, I read it twice. And I don’t mean, I read it years ago and wanted to read it again, like LittlePlat mentioned in their review (which is what got me to pick up this book!). No, I read it (or rather, listened to it) about a week ago, finished it feeling I hadn’t retained much, and then immediately re-read it. On the first go, I was constantly confused about what was going on and who the various characters were. I […]

Super problems need super friends

Sort of Super V02 The Magma Cup by Eric Gapstur

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They tell me that I am an adult. At least, physically. Mentally? Well that’s totally up for debate. And this is never more plain than when I read a book like Sort of Super V02 The Magma Cup by Eric Gapstur. I have read and reviewed volume one, and do recommend reading the first volume well, first as a lot of book two is a continuation from one, however, with a lot of new goodies as well.  A quick summary of book one: Wyatt Flynn […]



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