Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The continuing adventures of Mosscap and Dex.

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky Chambers

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“You don’t have to have a reason to be tired. You don’t have to earn rest or comfort. You’re allowed to just be.” Still cozy aspirational goodness, and more friendship this time. Also yet another book I should have reviewed much closer to finishing, as my memory of it has grown a little thin. The feelings I got from it remain pretty strong, however. I actually feel like I need to re-read both of these books and take my time, really savor them. This book […]

Of mice and soup

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

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Cbr14bingo Cozy “being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread” This charming Newberry Award winning story is about a heroic little mouse and the princess he loves. It’s also about the pitfalls of being an outsider and the power of forgiveness. Despereaux’s family marks him as different and doomed from the moment he is born. Too small, with ears too big and born with his eyes open (an ill omen), everything about the little mouse disappoints his parents […]

Cozy Botswanan Mystery

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

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This is the first novel in the eponymous long-running series (22 books over 20+ years) by Alexander McCall Smith. It introduces us to Mma Precious Ramotswe, a canny and capable Botswanan woman who takes her inheritance from her father to start a detective agency in Botswana’s capital city of Gaborone. Rather than a single mystery, the novel is structured more like short stories with overlapping characters, albeit progressing in time- each chapter is a new small mystery for Mma Ramotswe to solve. This first installment […]

“You deserve more than what you’re allowing yourself to have.”

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

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CBR14Bingo – Cozy: It’s just so adorable and comfy and chockfull of found family feels and tea! I’ve read several of this author’s YA releases, so when I heard she was coming out with an adult romance – and then saw THAT COVER – I was desperate to read it. Add in a slow burn grumpy/sunshine romance? Pure comfort. It’s the book equivalent of sitting by a crackling fire with a hot drink on a rainy day, all warm and cozy under a blanket with […]

Murder Mystery Fairy Tale Fantasy Goodness

Beauty and the Alchemist by Elle Hartford

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Beauty and the Alchemist asks, what does it take to overcome a curse? Particularly if the world you live in is filled with magic. Throw in a bit of murder and you have quite the mystery on your hands. Which is exactly what formerly traveling alchemist Red finds herself surrounded by. She’s been content to settle into life as a shopkeeper in rural Belville, expecting to focus on potions and finding her footing within the community. Red’s plans get changed when Belville’s lone police officer, […]

Empathy and Diversity in Xenobiology

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

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Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series have been a real balm for the troubled soul. If anyone can serve up hopeful and joyous fiction in the manner of a good cuppa tea and scones, its Chambers. So it is slightly sad that find that The Galaxy, and the Ground Within  will be the last of the Wayfarers books.  Like the previous books in the series, The Galaxy, is a story about how people from different walks of like can all band together and learn off each other. […]



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