Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An amazing new normal

Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

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When my husband buys me comic books, he (almost) always gets me the women-centered books, so a good chunk of our collective collection is given over to Jessica Jones, Spider Gwen, Captain Marvel, and, of course, Ms. Marvel (the exception of mine being a hardcover collection of the side stories from the Age of Apocalypse storyline which I ADORE). When I was looking for something to match my “Illustrated” Bingo square, I didn’t have to look far. One of the many great things about the new Ms. Marvel storyline is how […]

I’m a Rowell Convert: Bingo #5!

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

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Why have I not read Rainbow Rowell until now? Why have I not listened to what everyone in CBR has been saying about Rowell for years? Eleanor & Park is my first foray into Rowell’s writing world, and I now need to consume everything she’s ever written. Both Faintingviolet and Crystalclear are big fans of hers, but as I tend to have a hard time with YA, I’ve steered clear. Which was a MISTAKE! Eleanor & Park is the most perfect story I’ve encountered in […]

It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember…

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel

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During WWI, the Young Turk government initiated the deportation, the concentration camps, and the massacre of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian citizens. This led to the death of 1 to 1.5 million people from 1915 to 1916, which is known as the Armenian genocide. This book, which is based on true events, focuses on a community on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea near Aleppo whose members decide to flee from their villages to the near mountain Musa Dagh, and to take up a seemingly futile […]

Graveyard Surf

Night Shift by Stephen King

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CBR11Bingo: The Collection The stories in Night Shift, Stephen King’s first collection of short stories, read for the most part like spec scripts for The Twilight Zone. They’re high-concept stories with dynamite premises and most of them have that signature Twilight Zone ironic ending or twist. King is great at establishing a world filled with realistic characters even as the plots themselves are bizarre and occasionally ridiculous. The collection kicks off with “Jerusalem’s Lot”, set in the vampire-infested town of King’s Salem’s Lot more than […]

“No. There aren’t that many shows with SecUnits, and they’re either villains or the villain’s minions.”

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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When Artificial intelligence is brought up in fiction, the focus is often on the negative aspects, milking them for dystopian drama. The worst scenario of all involves an AI rebellion, where humanity’s own creations gain awareness and decide to turn against us. You know the one – everything is fine one moment, and then suddenly, Skynet is shiv-ving you. A more unconventional direction though is having an AI killing machine gain awareness and instead of rebelling, decides it wants to be alone for a bit. […]

I Love Books About Dragons

Joust by Mercedes Lackey

Alta by Mercedes Lackey

Sanctuary by Mercedes Lackey

Aerie by Mercedes Lackey

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CBR11Bingo: And So it Begins Life kind of got in the way of reading, so I doubt I’ll complete a bingo or even my CBR goal, but I figure I’ll keep trucking along. Please be aware that because this is a review of a series, there will be spoilers. Joust is the first book in Mercedes Lackey’s Dragon Jousters fantasy series. We are introduced to main character Vetch, a serf with an abusive master. Vetch was born in Alta, which has long been at war […]



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