Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Poem and Prayer and some F@cks

A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers

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Bingo 22: Verse I think I’ve found my preferred Becky Chambers series; the two Monk & Robot books I’ve read so far are philosophical, gentle reads that are still interesting with character and a little plot. The second one though is suitable for a ‘poetic’ category given that it opens with a poem and has a rhythm to it both in terms of the prose and the general story. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy has a really good opening; first the prayer itself that introduces […]

A Visit With An Old Friend You’ve Outgrown a Little

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

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CBR14Bingo: Bodies (dead bodies, aliens inhabiting human bodies, people going from cyberspace into a body for the first time, etc.) I was obsessed with Neil Gaiman’s work from high school through college and then burned out and haven’t read anything by him in probably 10 years, so when I saw this in the bookstore I initially didn’t think I was going to get it. But when I picked it up and started reading the first story, I remembered that I liked that one, and it […]

Desperation in Death

Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb

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I will say one thing that is something that I didn’t want to mark this book down for since the book setting is 2061 in an alternate version of the United States. Most sex trafficking victims are marginalized people. Also most girls are not just kidnapped off the street like “Desperation in Death” shows. I don’t want to jump up and down on this book too much for this, but wanted to point that out to potential readers. I also say this because there’s a […]

Meddling With Time Never Seems to End Well

Chronin Volume 1: The Knife at Your Back by Alison Wilgus

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Bingo 19: Font The font used in Chronin volume 1 is one of the ones that basically looks like a relatively clear print handwriting. It’s too consistent to have ben actually by hand though. Set a few decades in the future, time travel is now a known technology and certain history buff undergraduate students are being allowed strictly regulated time to go study their favorite time periods in situ/tempore. One such student is Mirai who has traveled to 1860s Japan just before a revolution was […]

I need merchandise to go with my books!

Cursed Princess Club Volume One by Lambcat

Cursed Princess Club Volume Two by Lambcat

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Cursed Princess Club Volume One created by Lambcat is a WebToons special. In January 2023 volumes one and two (the summer of 2023) will be (hopefully) published in a physical format (as long as there are no broken-down trucks, snowstorms, printing issues, or acts of the Great Spaghetti Monster). When the King of the Pastel Kingdom wakes his children in the morning, one is sleeping in the flowers that grows wherever she is, one has birds and critters brushing her hair, one is delighting and sparkling […]

First Bingo!!!!

The Book of Night by Holly Black

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I saw The Book of Night sitting in the “New This Month!” display at the library when I went to pick up something else. And I love Holly Black, so I took it out on a whim. The Book of Night follows Charlie, a woman who’s spent her whole life making all the wrong decisions. In Charlie’s world, shadows are magic and with the right formulas, can be manipulated, stolen, reattached, or end up as sentient beings. At a young age, Charlie got into the world of […]



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