Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

The Hourglass Throne: The Tarot Sequence Book Three by K.D. Edwards

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“Maybe it’s time we get candid,” I suggested. Lady Death sighed. “Rune, it’s not as if we have orientation materials. There’s not a training module titled Shit We Keep Secret. I finished this at 2am this morning and I’m deep in book hangover-mode. Every few years, a series comes along that completely captures my heart, and this is the one for 2023. I adore these books. I am enthralled. Spoilers for The Hanged Man (book 2) below:   After claiming the Sun throne, Rune is […]

I turned my worry into anger, and my anger into fuel.

The Hanged Man: The Tarot Sequence Book Two by K.D. Edwards

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Brand closed his eyes. He kept his thoughts to himself but, in his brain, I had no doubt he was filing the swear jar like it was a slot machine. ― K.D. Edwards, The Hourglass Throne This is the second book in The Tarot Sequence trilogy, and it picks up a couple of months after the end of the first book. There is a novella, “The Sunken Mall,” which takes place between books one and two. However, since I did not learn about it until […]

“She’s very proud of her crime scene; it must surely be the most pleasant crime scene the cops have ever been to.”

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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“You don’t describe your job like that,” Vera scolds. “Is a small job, hah! Can you see men saying that? No, men will talk it up with bullshit, that is why they get even bigger job next time. There is no such thing as ‘small job.’ And don’t say in that silly tone, oh so apologetic, I am just silly woman having a small job. No!” Her index finger shoots up and points at Julia’s face like a sword. “You go and do this job […]

When you think you’ve joined the good guys but you’ve really just joined a cult

Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

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CBR15Bingo: Relation “ship” (cargo ships and relationships) Bingo: (left to right: Dwelling to On the Air) Will Kempen is on the run and on a mission: find the man who had his mother murdered and take him down. Unfortunately, his mission leads him directly into the hands of those who want him dead. After being rescued off of a sinking ship by Violet, the two of them are taken back to the hall of the Stewards (protectors of the light and fighters against the Dark […]

Just so…..boring

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

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It’s nice to hear him so self-aware. To know that the seismic waves of coming out are still rippling through him too. I thought I was alone in that. Everyone makes it seem like coming out is crossing the finish line and now you just get to parade around while wearing your medal. For me, it feels more like I’m still winded midmarathon. ― Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed Wren Roland wants his first kiss to be special. After a few near-misses, he wonders if […]

CBR BINGO – On the Road: “. . . happiness comes not from bodily pleasures or wealth or power, but from living a life that’s right for your soul.”

In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

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This was very sweet and a little bit unhinged, which I of course always appreciate. This is actually a bit more in line with Klune’s self-published stuff, with darker themes and humor with a little more of an edge to it. I am REALLY curious to know what the original story in this book looked like; he’s vague in the end notes but apparently somebody told him the world wasn’t ready for it (????) and things were changed up pretty heavily. There are some light […]



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