cbr13bingo – Page 18 – Cannonball Read 17

Magic takes a backseat to marvelous worldbuilding

Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce

October 21, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – FREE (Checked out from my local library’s digital audiobook collection) (This is the start of my second BINGO sheet) Daja and her three friends find themselves outside of Winding Circle for the first time since they met. They and their teachers along with the Duke of Emelan travel north to Gold Ridge Valley to assist with a drought. Upon arriving, they learn that there hasn’t been a forest fire in the Valley in years due to the efforts of a mage named Firetamer. […]

A fun novella, but a bit lacking in the romance development

Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai

October 20, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

CBR13Bingo: Mythic (Hades & Persephone) Well, this book certainly lives up to its title – it is hot as heck. And I’m quite fond of Hades/Persephone retellings since they’re basically the OG grumpy/sunshine, so this was fun and quick read, if not everything I wanted. From the moment Persephone is dumped (naked) into Hades’ lap, it’s a steamy ride. Neither knows how she ended up there, and both are annoyed about it, but once it becomes clear that Persephone’s stuck in Hades’ realm for a while, […]

That Didn’t Really Happen.

Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

October 20, 2021 by Ellesfena 4 Comments

CBR Bingo Category: White Whale Series: Saga. I read (and reviewed) Vol. 1 in 2018. What I remembered about this series prior to reading this book: A lot. Marko and Alana are from a planet and a moon which are at war. They fall in love, have Hazel, become fugitives thanks to their forbidden romance, and a million intergalactic adventures and eccentric characters follow. Why I stopped reading the series: Over the past few years I read Vols. 1-8 fairly quickly, but I’ve had Vol. […]

Yes, I Would Like to Move to This Village, Thank You

Little Snow Landscape by Robert Walser

October 20, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Cannonball Bingo – Landscape Robert Walser was a Swiss writer of miniatures, with works dating from 1905 to 1933. As the title indicates, his earlier pieces are primarily short descriptions of the villages and forests of his youth. And the man loved to walk. “The Moon” describes a night stroll as he leaves his village and its Christmas market and climbs up into the forests and mountains. I wished I could stand in the moonlit night forever and surrender to old dear thoughts, to stay […]

“My vagina is a crime scene”

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

October 20, 2021 by Rooooomie Leave a Comment

Bingo: Pandemic I’ve been reading a lot of books this year that focus on women’s experiences – how they relate to themselves, to their partners, to their mothers. Burnt Sugar also falls into that category, as it tells the story of Antara, an Indian woman dealing with her mother’s descent into dementia, while at the same time reckoning with her dissatisfaction with how her life has turned out, and exploring her traumatic childhood. I made the mistake of reading a couple of Goodreads reviews after I […]

“History, rolled, reshaped, undone and mauled”

Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

October 20, 2021 by Merryn Leave a Comment

CBRBingo: Uncannon (And card full!) Carpentaria is a powerful novel by Waanyi woman, Alexis Wright, set in the fictional town of Desperance on Australia’s remote tropical Gulf of Carpentaria. It’s a challenging read, with densely beautiful passages of description and distant omniscient narrative that takes sudden dives down into the dirt of this troubled town and its messy inhabitants. It took me a while to find its rhythm, but then I was hooked. This is a story about a family. Norm Phantom, who “the Pricklebush […]

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