Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Holiday tropes and enemies to geeky lovers makes for a fun read at Christmas

So this is Christmas by Jenny Holiday

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On Friday afternoon I stepped into the security line at the airport to look down at a message that just arrived on my phone, my flight had been delayed by an hour.  Now facing three hours at the airport instead of two, I went to the nearest store selling books.  While pondering what to get, I started putting titles and authors into Cannonball Read to see what others had to say.  Thus far no one has reviewed, So This is Christmas.  However, both Emmalita and Malin […]

Beauty and the Beast with no Stockholm syndrome and more magic

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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In 2020 I read Naomi Novik’s, Spinning Silver, which I found to be an excellent reimaging of Rumpelstiltskin.  I finished the review with,  “Uprooted is going on my “wish list”.  Between then and now I got Uprooted in a Cannonball fundraiser but it has sat on the shelf.  I had this slated for the “Bird” square in Cannonball Bingo because of the bird on the cover.  However, I ran out of time and used Transmetropolitan volume 2: Lust for Life instead. I’ve long been a fan of […]

“Sometimes, death is a blessing, even if we don’t realize it right away.”

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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I was gifted Under the Whispering Door Winter Solstice, 2021.  Narfna described it as a ‘warm hug’ in her review and I wanted to save it for when such a book was needed.  Somehow almost a year has passed and it sat on the shelf.  When looking for my next read I swear I could hear the book say, “You should read me before you get more books for this year’s Winter Solstice book exchange”.  The book had a point so I picked it up and […]

No one in their right mind would unironically refer to a sexy grown man as sötnos

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

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Maria and Peter share one unforgettable night of passion together, which leads to some awkwardness after Maria leaves without so much as a note the next morning. They then discover that they’re about to become co-stars on the incredibly popular fantasy show Gods of the Gates. As their characters’ storylines involved being ship-wrecked on a small island by themselves, Maria and Peter, along with a small film crew are basically supposed to stay on location for years, and after they work through the awkwardness of […]

If you like Outlander but prefer no rape and more fantasy magic, this is for you!

Wyldwood: The Spiral Pathways series by Tava Baird

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This completes my first full cannonball since 2019!  A little while back Cannonballer Tava offered up a few free copies of her book Wyldwood.  The description caught my interest and I threw my hat into the ring to get one and I’m glad I did!  Part historical fiction, fantasy, and romance Wyldwood is set in Scotland of 1746, several months after the disaster that was Culloden. Saorsa Macdonald Stuart is the fictional niece of Bonnie Prince Charlie and is on her way to be married against […]



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