Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Strange Worlds

The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig

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Read as part of CBR15Bingo: strange worlds. The premise of the book is the MC traveling to different lives she lived in different worlds as she exists in a state between life and death. I’m gonna be honest up front: it will be very hard to squeeze 250 words out of me regarding this book. If it wasn’t for the bingo, I’d just slap it on the leftovers. I’ve long considered the concept of living past lives, wondering if things would have been better. I […]

Brooding heirs, a castle, a ghost, a bad@ss maid, and a kick@ss not-so-damsel in distress

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity

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The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor graphic novel is funny, sweet, goofy, serious and a light read. There is a lot going on and it is also just a simple story of adventure. IT is diverse without being forceful about it, though Girl Power is in your face (but done with love and humor). Maybe it will not become a classic, but Shaenon K. Garrity will be a writer to look out for. I cannot wait to find more goodies by them. Do I smell […]

MASTERPIECE.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

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I was originally tempted to just post this whole novel as one giant (and perfect) quotation. We knew it was coming but we behaved inconsistently. We stocked up on supplies-just in case-but sent our children to school, because how do you get any work done with the kids at home? (We were still thinking in terms of getting work done. The most shocking thing in retrospect was the degree to which all of us completely missed the point.) One day, when we look back at […]

Really good, and I can see why Twitter and CBR love it, but not quite for me

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

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I read Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy last year and loooooooved it, so when The City We Became showed up as the choice for a meetup group book club, I was excited enough to plan to attend and not just lurk. While I did like it, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I did Broken Earth. When a city has enough people, history, culture, and personality, it can come alive, with a person becoming the living avatar of that city. New York City has hit […]

Somewhere There is a Universe Where I Enjoyed This Book

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Let me preface this review by saying I really loved Kristin Cashore’s first trilogy, especially Graceling. I remember devouring that first book in about two days—pulled into the complex and compelling world of Katsa and the Graceling realm. When Cashore’s newest book showed up on NetGalley last fall, I leapt at the chance to read it and put in a request.  However, when I actually got the book and started reading, I found myself having a hard time focusing.  I put it down to a […]

First the smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.

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Homestretch on Ye Olde Darke Towere Marathone! I’m actually starting to be sad that there are only two left plus the movie. And there had better be whole bunch of those, too, is what I’m saying, do ya. If I’m being honest, I think that Stephen King didn’t start leaning into the conceit of this series until about the time that I went all in, and that’s probably the reason I was finally able to invest fully. The more I think about it, the clearer […]



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