Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Would You Want to Survive the Apocalypse?

Rescue Me From Paradise by Jordan Rivet

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This is the 4th book in the cohort series. This post will contain spoilers for the first three books.  After a meteor is tracked to hit planet Earth and kill off every living thing, the only solution is cryosleep. Citizens were randomly chosen to enter cryosleep and wake 200 years later to restart civilization. In the first three books of the series, we hear the stories from Joanna, Charlotte, and Josh’s perspectives.  We learn about the chaos that happened as the world was ending, and […]

If you want the sweet of The Snowman, look somewhere else

When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

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How do you make a book about The Bomb and War beautiful? As Raymond Briggs or actually, read their graphic novel titled When the Wind Blows. This is not The Snowman with its whimsy and sweetness. This is a book that will make you laugh, be sad, have an off chuckle (should I really be laughing at these poor people?), then you will not stop crying. This is an amazing Anti-War story that is not for the sensitive reader, but is a must read to […]

When you’re Evil (ish) and make a mean latte

teenagers, self-esteem, good and evil, fame villains, by Kennedy Tarrell

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When I saw the cover of Evil-ish by Kennedy Tarrell I figured it would be in the fantasy genre and I hoped for a graphic novel. The graphic novel hinting covers have fooled me often of late so I was hoping I was not going to be disappointed and instead of a good, old fashioned graphic novel, I would find myself reading a (gasp! clutching pearls) a NOVEL! Actually, that hyperbole works well for this cute, fun, and cozy familiar story. Our main character is […]

This book has been 16 years on my TBR list, and I don’t think I added it until a few years after it came out

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

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3.5 stars StoryGraph Easy Read Challenge: A book with flowers, plants or leaves on the cover Buzzword Title Challenge 25: Animals (Birds are animals, right?) Nowhere Book Bingo 2025: A YA book CBR17 Bingo: TBR (I bought this back in 2009, it’s been on my TBR for 16 years) Anidora-Kiladra, the Crown Princess of Kildenree is taught the language of animals by her aunt while she is still a girl, but she has to hide this from people around her. Unfortunately, she’s unconventional enough that […]

A Delightful Queer Romantasy

Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno

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It has been foreseen many times that Prince Edmund is going to be a great king.  Which is a lot of pressure on a young man who’d rather spend his time with plants versus people.  He is a Prince of Fortune blessed with earth and weather magic and expected to great things.  Lord Aubrey Ainsley is a seer who barely qualifies as nobility.  Excited to experience court for the first time, neither he nor anyone else expected that he and Prince Edmund would become friends […]

The title I forgot, the book I enjoyed

Hummingbird Heart by Travis Dandro

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Have you requested a book from the library and when you get the notice that it is in you pick it up and say, “Why in the world did I want this book?” Well, I do that probably more than I should. However the kicker is, 8 out of 10 times I enjoy it. I think forgetting why one was getting an item/book is a good way to allow yourself to not go into something with any preconceived ideas. And Hummingbird Heart by Travis Dandro […]



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