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 […]

will definitely without question be one of the best things I’ve read all year (although there’s lots of releases in the latter half of the year)

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

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How to explain this book? This book is: – the feeling of a Sunday where the only thing you have to do is sleep, brush your teeth, and putter around – a warm hug from your favorite person – spending an afternoon with that friend who instinctively knows exactly how much or little conversation you can handle – platonic cuddles on a pleasantly full stomach when you’re pleasantly warm – wearing the perfectly right clothes for the weather – perfect word play that brings laughter […]

This book gave me *a yearning*. #CBRBINGO – Flora

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers

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“. . . the robots left the factories and departed for the wilderness.” “Before long, Dex was no longer nursing something as simple as an odd fancy for a faraway insect. The itch had spread into every aspect of their life. When they looked up at the skyscrapers, they no longer marveled at their height but despaired at their density—endless stacks of humanity, packed in so close that the vines that covered their engineered casein frames could lock tendrils with one another. The intense feeling […]



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