Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“‘So their leader looks pretty dead’,” said Istvhan, who was at the point where a corpse was a welcome break in the tension.”

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher (author), Joel Richards (Narrator)

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Thanks to Wicherwill’s review of the latest book in the Saint of Steel series last year, I was reminded that I needed to get back to reading this series!  I read the first book in the back in 2023 and enjoyed it, and then a million (approximately) other books jumped in between me and the other books in the series.  But I’m back into it! Plot-wise, this novel is about Istvhan, a paladin (god-touched warrior whose order was prone to berserker fits brought on by […]

Is this a kissing book? Yes.

Gwen & Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher

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She turned at the door, her face illuminated in the flickering torchlight, looking at him with utter disdain. “You can address me as Your Highness.”  “My apologies, Your f-ing Highness,” Arthur called after her, but the door had already slammed shut—he was shouting into an empty room. -Gwen & Art are Not In Love (small edit to text by me  to make this safer for work.) It’s enemies not to lovers, but enemies to friends who become wingmen for each other. It is late spring […]

If I didn’t already have one DNF on my BINGO sheet, I would have quit this one

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

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BINGO – They, She, He (the author is trans) I read Aiden Thomas’ other novel Cemetery Boys earlier this year, and I cannot imagine that it will be knocked out of my top 5 favorite novels that I read in 2021. My expectations were very high going in to Lost in the Never Woods, and unfortunately, those expectations were not met. Lost in the Never Woods is a reimaging of the Peter Pan story set in modern times. Peter Pan is real much to the consternation of […]

“My heart is so much more than it once was, even if it now beats outside my chest.”

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

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BINGO – MYTHIC Angrboda is a thrice burned witch, and a thrice survived witch at that. She once was a seer for the gods, but she was ultimately burned for refusing to tell Odin, king of the gods, of knowledge beyond what anyone should know. After burning thrice and surviving, she escapes to the woods but leaves her heart on the pyre. She finds a cave and makes a home for herself. She strikes up a friendship and trading partnership with a giantess name Skadi […]



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