Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

All you’re getting from me this year is a half Cannonball, so it may as well be for a Magary book.

Point B by Drew Magary

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I really want to review this book but have struggled to write anything lately. I’m such a fan of Drew and want to throw my support his way, but I just can’t make the words come out. I’m clearly not going to reach my cannonball goal this year for the first time ever. New goal: Half Cannonball! I’ve been a big fan of Drew’s for a while. I loved The Hike, I liked The Postmortal, his annual Willams Sonoma takedown is always good for a […]

Modern romance and I’m here for it!

A Prince on Paper: Reluctant Royals by Alyssa Cole

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When Cannonball Read did the book sale, this was instantly on my want list as Alyssa Cole has been praised by Cannonballers and I’ve been looking to get back into romance.  A Prince on Paper did not disappoint and has me eager to read more by Cole. While the setting is present day, that isn’t why I referred to this book as ‘modern’.  In a secondary storyline, a young character struggles with identity, not feeling as though they are one gender or the other, but […]

Night Witches and Nazi Hunters!

The Huntress: A Novel by Kate Quinn

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A couple of Cannonballs ago, I reviewed Kate Quinn’s novel The Alice Network, a work of historical fiction about female spies and the two world wars. With The Huntress, Quinn returns to familiar ground. This riveting novel is set during WWII and the five years following the end of the war. Like The Alice Network, The Huntress features strong female characters who defy social norms, taking on jobs traditionally reserved for men and insisting on getting their due. It’s a long story that reads very […]

Clash of destinies

Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb

Forest Mage by Robin Hobb

Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb

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** Light spoilers for general plot direction of later books in the series ** Robin Hobb writes pain so well.  I remember reading Shaman’s Crossing and Forest Mage when they first came out and choosing not to buy Renegade’s Magic because I couldn’t face Nevarre’s life getting any worse.  This time around I stayed the course. Nevarre is the second son of a retired soldier who has been elevated to the nobility with a grant of land far from the capital.  This determines Nevarre’s future […]

Too many ingredients

The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood

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The Spotted Dog is the seventh instalment of Kerry Greenwood’s Corinna Chapman series.  The professional baker/amateur sleuth, her private detective boyfriend, and growing collection of quirky friends and neighbours unravel a knot of mysteries.  A kidnapped dog.  A series of burglaries.  Ransomware.  A mysterious mute woman.  Is it all connected? Between the morning baking, napping with her cat Horatio, and lustful encounters with the tall, dark and handsome Daniel, Corinna checks in on the other inhabitants of her Roman style apartment building and her fellow […]

Submerged secrets

The Survivors by Jane Harper

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  The sea at Evelyn Bay washes over the Survivors, the rising and falling tide measured against the bronze bodies commemorating those who survived the long ago wreck of the Mary Minerva.  They were designed to be permanently visible from the cliff and sea, and tall enough to never be fully submerged.  But Kieran is haunted by the day twelve years ago when the Survivors were gone, the day two men drowned and a young girl disappeared.  He’s not the only one. Kieran has returned to […]



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