Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Clearly I just need…different Greek myth retellings

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

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Thanks to Emmalita for the rec (https://everyday-offershub.com/2021/03/ne%E2%80%A6%29 What was I saying about not reading Greek myth retellings? Clearly I just need to make sure that I’m reading the right ones. This one is a right one. This one is…HOT. Look, I like read a lot of smutty smut smut PWP and now, purged of some of my inner judgement around what “counts” and “doesn’t count” as “reading,” I’m pretty happy to talk about it. And let me tell you, this is a seriously sexy book […]

I think I’m swearing off Greek retellings from now on

Ariadna by Jennifer Saint

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I think maybe Greek mythology retellings just aren’t for me. I don’t think it’ll surprise anyone that the main point of all [insert culture here] retellings is to rebalance the agency, and give some / a lot of it to the characters that have traditionally been second tier, aka the women. Spinning Silver is one of my favorite books of all time! And it probably benefits from being only tangentially related to an existing story, such that there’s a wide expanse of story space for Novik […]

A fun read with gods and goddesses right up until the end– groan

The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky

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Selene is an off-the-books PI who protects women in NYC. It is her sworn-duty to help those in need since she isn’t just a former police officer but also happens to be the goddess Artemis. Her powers are waning, as are the powers of most of the pantheon, but Selene pushes onward doing what she can to keep women safe. But she can’t save everyone; a woman is found murdered in Central Park. Upon further investigation into the details of the crime, Selene realizes there […]

A retelling of a classic, but are these the right secondary characters to focus on?

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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This is the story of Achilles and his companion Patroclus. Companion here should absolutely be read in the way that we all had that one uncle in his 80s and 90s who lived with a roommate. If you remember any part of your high school English classes, you probably know the over all plot. Trojan War, fated warrior, death, destruction, etc. What Madeline Miller has done in this book is really taken a deeper dive into the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus. Which, by the way, […]

“Bind your fate to mine”

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

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Official book description: Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality.   Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world in the wake of her family’s sadistic murder by a rival line, turning her back on the hunt’s promises of eternal glory. For years she’s pushed away any thought of […]

Will I quit you, Riordan? I still don’t know. This review is barely about the book, which was good!

The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5) by Rick Riordan

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I did end up liking this series ender. As up and down as I’ve been with this series, it could have gone either way for me. This book definitely got the closest to my preferred version of the series, which had Apollo actually realizing the consequences of his actions and not just joking his way through some pretty serious stuff. Although, it still never gelled for me that Apollo the God and Lester the Teenager were the same character. There was some moves towards that […]



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