Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Home by Martha Wells

Home by Martha Wells

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I know this is really short, but I loved it. It showed nothing but heart and I loved getting a human’s perspective of our Murderbot. “Home” takes place after “Exit Strategy” and before “Fugitive Telemetry”. I suggest reading both of those and coming back to this since it makes more sense to me I think doing that since you need “Exit Strategy” to understand what is going on with some of the characters, and it leads in nicely to what goes on in “Fugitive Telemetry.” […]

Just like any mother and child, except, you know they are vampires

Noss and Zakuro Vol. 1 by Rariatto

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One day you find yourself finding a book called Noss and Zakuro Vol. 1 by Rariatto. It is just a few words on the screen but you find yourself interested. Until you are not. Then later it comes up again. But again, only a brief interest happened. This repeated itself several times before you found yourself interlibrary loan requesting it. Only to learn that your local library had it most of that time to begin with.  So you request it and a few days later […]

Great for the Holidays and Any Days

The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi

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I don’t think I saw The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi and illustrated by Nadia Alam on my online reading site. If I had, I didn’t remember seeing and/or saving it. But one day I had an email that said, “Here is a book we are promoting and we hope you consider reading it.” I said, “Why not?” and I found an online copy. That is not where this book journey ends though. I will be […]

“It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. You’re a thing, and there is no safety.”

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries #4.5) by Martha Wells

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Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory is the last new-to-me Murderbot other than the most recent novel last year’s System Collapse (I’m planning on getting to it before the year is out, but we’ll see how I do). I knew very little going in, just that it was Mensah’s POV, occurred immediately after the events of Exit Strategy, that it was initially given free to people who pre-ordered Network Effect (its now free online), and that it was a short story.   Knowing that, I still don’t […]

Some Useful Tips

Decor Galore: The Essential Guide to Styling Your Home by Laura De Barra

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Best for: Those just about to move into a new home (ideally one they own); those who are looking to make some changes to their existing home. In a nutshell: Author De Barra offers ideas on how to improve spaces throughout one’s home, whether by making just a few changes or completely overhauling the room. Worth quoting: She refers to DIY as She-IY and that’s just not for me. Why I chose it: We’ve been in our flat for nearly a year now, and some […]

Home, Very Sweet, Home

A Peculiar Haunted House by Paul Czajak

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I have had the opportunity to read A Peculiar Haunted House by Paul Czajak a few times now (it is due mid August 2024) via online reader copies. And each time I think it gets better. The idea is simple: a house on the street is too peculiar for anyone to live in. In fact it probably is haunted. Spoiler: It is!  Because every time someone moves in and tries to remodel and change things about,  the house will not have anything to do with […]



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