Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Erotic Crystal Ball Visions

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

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Bingo square – NEW – new book and a new-ish genre to me I don’t really read a lot of romance, but when I do it usually comes with a strong dose of fantasy or sci-fi (think Deborah Harkness or Gail Carringer–heavy romance elements but no really super explicit sex scenes). I decided to dabble and try out the genre again after a long hiatus with Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare. It didn’t hurt that there was an adorable black kitty on the cover […]

She’s Not There

You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead

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Bingo square – REC’D – I would recommend this book For some reason when I think of Maggie Shipstead’s short story collection You Have a Friend in 10A I think of the Zombies’ song, “She’s Not There”. Well, no one told me about her, the way she lied Well, no one told me about her, how many people cried But it’s too late to say you’re sorry How would I know, why should I care? Please don’t bother tryin’ to find her She’s not there […]

“I’m looking for truth. Je church la vé·ri·té”

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

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CBR 14 BINGO: Shadow, because it deals with shedding light on the truth, which is not always what it seems Code Name Verity has been sitting patiently on my TBR for close to 10 years (having first been published in 2012). I snatched it out of a Little Free Library and thought it would be the perfect entry for the Shadow category in this year’s bingo. Reviewing this novel without giving away any spoilers is a little difficult, but not impossible if I focus on […]

Finally this series is heating up again

Lumberjanes, vols, 17-19 by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh

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Bingo 6: Hot So the three most recent volumes of Lumberjanes (17-19) could really have fit into several categories, but I’m going to go with “Hot” because a chunk of one adventure takes place in the dinosaur age when the climate is pretty tropical, and during another adventure things get a little heated between Diana (goddess) and another goddess from a rival mythology, Freya. I have to say, I’d gotten behind with this series because it wasn’t as entertaining for a while, but thankfully, the […]

An Mostly Unbeatable Slime ‘Monster’

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime vol 18 (manga) by Taiki Kawakami, Fuse

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Bingo 5: Monsters This bingo slot is sort of a gimme, base level since most of the protagonists are from a place now called “Tempest, land of monsters”; everyone is some kind of video game creature like goblins, dire-wolves, dragon, or in the main character’s case, he’s a slime (as in the lowest level of dungeon monster), overpowered to the point of practically invincible, but still a slime. The current situation also feature a gathering of demon lords, all whom might be literal, and at […]

“Just the same, Caroline, I think you should accept the fact you don’t really know the truth. I wonder if anyone does, or ever will.”

Silversword by Phyllis A. Whitney

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CBR 14 Bingo: Shadow In this book, the past casts long shadows, entangling the main character even in the present. Caroline Kirby, fresh off a divorce, returns to her childhood home in Hawaii, to the mother she had thought long dead and the mystery of her father’s death in a sacred volcano crater. I do like a certain flavor of vintage suspense books, with their gentle pace and their deep dark secrets. Here, the author set us up with a long ago mystery to solve, […]



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