Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Things Are Really Beginning to Take Shape

The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima

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Raisa has managed to make it back to the Fellsmarch, but her troubles aren’t over.  In fact, they seem to have multiplied.  Her mother has died, possibly murdered, and there are those who are trying to put her thirteen year old sister on the throne.  Plus the various factions that do support her have some different ideas of how they should proceed.  Throw in the fact that Han now knows her true identity and feels betrayed by her, Raisa has her hands full keeping herself […]

Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night

Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night by Stephanie Rose

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I am in annual training right now and barely slept so I am going to post an overall review on the collection as a whole and will come back later to rate each story individually at a later time. I have to say that Rose did a great job with evoking Halloween and many of the adult readers memories of horror books and short stories that shaped many […]

Native artists give insight

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale

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I will start with a slightly controversial statement with my review of  Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale: The stories, poetry, essays, photographs and more, are familiar events and journeys that have relatable elements for almost anyone who has ever been an outsider. Regardless of if you are a  minority, I think most people can relate to the prejudices, the destruction of history and faith, and taking the lands of people. And some of the themes […]

A Good Sequel With a Great Cliffhanger

The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

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Both Raisa and Han make their way to Oden’s Ford for schooling, their paths continue to intersect.  And unfortunately, Oden’s Ford is not the new start that both of them hoped it would be.  Old enemies are also around, and both of them struggle with some aspects of their schooling.  As Raisa and Han get closer to one another, they’re also keeping important secrets that may come back to bite them. Han is struggling with the revelations about his past and his newfound powers.  He’s […]

The other Amazonian princess

Nubia: Too Real by L. L. McKinney

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What do you do when the reader copy you are reading is missing the last 20 pages or so? You holler loudly and say, “Darn you whomever made this reader copy! I need to know what happens in Nubia: Too Real by L. L. McKinney and illustrated by Robyn Smith.” You then say, “Well I guess late September/early October won’t come soon enough!” And then you tell yourself you’ll be first in line to get the finished copy and find out what happens to our […]

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

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I read this book when I was a kid. It scared the crap out of me and I recall not sleeping for about a week because the thought of ghosts in an old dollhouse creeped me out. Also, in my mind, it was similar to the dollhouse we get in “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and I had already had several nightmares about, one two, Freddy coming for you that terrified me right before sleep. FYI, my mom almost divorced my dad over letting us […]



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