Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“If something keeps you human when pressure makes you feel like a volcano, hold on to that thing by any means necessary.” (Bingo #2)

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

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#CBR12 Bingo: Yellow Official book description: Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits—someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom.   When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace […]

This Was Exactly My Kind of Weird.

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

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  My heart goes out to Seanan McGuire this year, really it does. As I mentioned in a previous post, this year’s Best Novel nominees for the Hugo Awards was really strong, and if it were any other year, I think Middlegame would have taken the crown. It’s one of my favourite books that I’ve ever read from Seanan McGuire – nearly beating out some of her best Toby Daye novels too. It did score a Locus award though, so I hope that’s some consolidation, […]

It All Started, as Great Tales Often Do, With a Book.

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow

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Well, the Hugo Awards came and went this weekend, and I never did get around to writing up reviews for all the Best Novel nominees beforehand – oops! The winner, for the curious, was A Memory Called Empire, which I wrote a review for here. However, the playing field was really hyper-competitive this year, and I really owe it to the nominees to write my thoughts about them as well Alix Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January has to be commended for having some […]

Lumberjanes do Friendship to the Max Indoors and Out

Lumberjanes (vols. 13-14) by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Dozerdraws

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Bingo review 14: Friendship Since a tagline for the series is “Friendship to the Max!”, I figure Lumberjanes vols. 13-14 counts for the Friendship square. After a few shaky installments, it feels like the Lumberjanes series is getting its groove back a little. For those unfamiliar, this is a comic book series that follows a group of girls who become friends at the Lubmerjanes summer camp aka “Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady-Types”. April’s the leader go-getter type, Jo’s the smart […]

The Gangster Way to do Household Work

The Way of the Househusband (vol. 1) by Kousuke Oono

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Bingo review 13: Happy Some years ago, I had moved cross country for my first full-time job after finishing school (at least for the time being) and one thing that I started turning to for comfort from the stresses of a new job in a new area away from home was manga. Longish story short, it started with a magazine in the grocery store and grew from there. Ever since, manga has been a go-to for a feel-better read. I recently picked up The Way […]

“Books are Doors and I wanted out”

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix B. Harrow

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#CBR12 Bingo: Debut Official book description: In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artefacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.   Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world […]



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