Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A WWI-era inspired queer fantasy romance

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

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CBR Bingo: Rec’d I read Witchmark by C.L. Polk for the HEA book club at The Ripped Bodice. In this world, magic is real and only wielded by the nobles. They use it to control the weather and maintain order in society. Anyone who shows the mark of a witch is dangerous and somehow uses evil magic, unlike the nobles. Our protagonist Miles has returned from the war and works at a hospital. The enemy country has surrendered and all the soldiers are coming home. […]

Better late than never to The Brown Sisters series

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

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CBR Bingo: Gaslight – finally have an official #CBR14Bingo! As a lover of romance novels, I’ve been hearing the buzz around The Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibber for quite some time! I finally sat down and read the first book for my Mocha Girls Read book club in January. Get a Life, Chloe Brown starts with Chloe having a brief near-death experience. She makes a list of all the things she’s missed out on in life. She dives in head first by moving out of […]

“You’re going to make me love you, aren’t you?” “I’m sure going to try.”

Scandalized by Ivy Owens

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CBR14 Bingo: “Scandal” A few weeks back, Mysterious Galaxy featured Scandalized on their Instagram with rave reviews.  I needed a book for the ‘Scandal’ square and decided to pre-order it.  When I picked it up, the booksellers commented that four of the staff had finished it with in 24-48 hours.  I brought it home around noon on Thursday.  It is now Saturday afternoon (as of the start of writing this review) and I’ve read it twice.  The MG staff and myself aren’t the only ones swooning over […]

If Chuck Tingle Did Graffiti

Bansky: Completed by Carol Diehl

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Bingo 16: Cold A lot of Banksy: Completed is about how the art world establishment looks down on Banksy and his popularity with the general public; the whole thing is almost more of a manifesto in defense of the popular as it is an introduction to the graffiti artist and his work. A good chunk of the middle of the book is less about Banksy and more about the art world and art critics who have given this type of art and the people who […]

New Old Food

New Native Kitchen by Chef Freddie Bitsoie, James O. Fraioli

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Bingo 15: Bird There’s really only two birds in New Native Kitchen, and it’s the three places duck gets mentioned and a handful of chicken recipes. I would also say that the phrase “birds of a feather” applies here because it is intended to introduce people to Indigenous cultures from across the country (sort of ironic but not in a bad way), and there’s a lot of emphasis on the importance of community, which given that this is a cookbook, is not that surprising. Although […]

A More Interesting Way to Do Hogwarts

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T. L. Huchu

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Bingo 14: Snake Quick notice: because Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments is new acquisition at my local library, it had a shorter checkout period with no renewal so I had to give it back before getting to write about it; I may not be as totally sure of certain details as a result. The snake theme actually works on more than one level here because there is indeed a hospital and mysterious affliction that is affecting school boys in the magical community, and Ropa gets […]



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