Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Being a samurai isn’t easy

The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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I’ve wanted to read The Worst Ronin since before it came out as I was seeing online reader copies. I did not actually get a copy until it was over a year old. With that said, it was worth the wait. I don’t think I would have appreciated the humor or elements before now. I recommend for ages at least 12 and up as there are several places where there is violence, injury, blood and other sensitive subjects.   Overall, it is the opposite of what […]

And in conclusion maybe we skip some bits and pretend we knew all along

Noragami vol 27 by Adachitoka

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 Noragami series finale, volume 27 wrapped up most threads, but parts were rushed. The thing that bothered me most was the initial connection between Hiyori and Yato that got ignored for a good chunk of the middle and final acts suddenly gets relevant again, and it doesn’t work with such a major gap. I’m also not sure what happened with Bishamon and Kazuma, but suddenly there’s a scene with them just chatting in the immediate aftermath of a zombie apocalypse (that’s the nearest equivalent, even […]

The case of the disappearing ghosts

Installment Immortality by Seanan McGuire

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While October Daye is my favorite series from Seanan McGuire, I quite enjoy the InCryptid series. The biggest thing with these is that she switches narrators throughout the series – sometimes it is quite fun to get a new perspective but other times, I also wish to go back to other narrators. As a result, these can be a little more hit or miss me for me. Since Verity was the first narrator, I think she might still be one of my favorites but I […]

“fear is an anchor, but it’s also a bridge”

The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I’m going to keep reading this author’s books as long as I like the premises, because she is improving as a writer as she goes. There are still things in here that ultimately meant I couldn’t bump this up to four stars (dear lord, the sex scene*) because this simply just isn’t as good as books that I have rated four stars in the past. But her ideas […]

Be Gay, Solve Crime, Take Naps

The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

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I would never regret dying in a cat costume. I am now actively plotting how I can do so. Should I dress like a cat all the time just in case?  Because I am totally willing to do that. The Undetectables came together when they were fourteen at the site of their first murder, that of Theodore Wyatt of the infamous cat costume. Six years later his murder is still unsolved and the girls have scattered. Mallory has been struggling with fibromyalgia, Diana is busy […]

Being the new kids in school isn’t their only issue

Glitch Volume 1 by Abigail Blackman, Eleanor Summers and Shima Shinya

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While cleaning up older links to online reader copies, I found one from 2023. How or why it was still active, I do not know (I have had ones from February 2025 that have already become inactive). Therefore, yes Glitch Volume 1 by Abigail Blackman, Eleanor Summers (translator) and Shima Shinya is available in a finished copy, as are the other (so far) three volumes in this series. I am not sure if there will be more, but I hope it is wrapped up in […]



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