Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m always down for a twist on the Hades/Persephone story…

Hot As Hades by Alisha Rai

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“Where the hell am I?” What an actress. Since he was half-enjoying the novelty of this playacting, he replied. “Yes.” “What?” “You’re in Hell. The Underworld, love. To be more specific, you’re currently in the throne room of the palace of the almighty and great ruler of said Underworld.” She swallowed, and didn’t that just conjure up all sorts of dirty thoughts? “Which would make you…?” He bowed his head in greeting. “Hades. I know you’re wildly pleased to make my acquaintance.” __________________________________________________ Persephone was […]

German Romanticism 101

Immensee by Theodor Storm

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Fun Fact up front: I read this at the lake today, where I cannonballed a few teens to shame and felt very good about myself. Still got it! xD I pulled this out of one of the free book cases and gave it a try, we had to read Storm in school but for some reason never this early novella, which apparently is one of his most famous and often translated ones. I can see why, it’s pretty representative of late German Romanticism/early Realism in […]

Another story I didn’t know existed, a perfect author for the Gateway square

A Good Heretic (Wayfarers #0.5) by Becky Chambers

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There are a handful of authors that I am simply delighted Cannonball Read has put on my reading radar. Becky Chambers is absolutely one of those. Her The Wayfarers series helped to cement for me my enjoyment of space based science fiction, while simultaneously reaffirming that one doesn’t need to rely on the hero’s journey in order to write excellent genre fiction. My favorite genre books are all character driven, and that is just the kind of exploration and survival stories at which Chambers excels. […]

“Day one of my new forever”

In Command by Aileen Erin

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This is a 40k novella made to show Amihanna figuring out how to fit in with Aunare society, slotted in between Off Balance and On Mission. As such, it can’t be read without reading the previous books. “I could never regret being with Lorne, but the rest of it… The rest of it was a lot to digest, and it was only day one. Day one of my new forever.“ Amihanna’s agreed to marry Lorne and take her place by his side as the High […]

Embrace the Absurd!

The Stranger by Albert Camus

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BINGO – People Meursault learns that his mother has just died. This news has no discernible effect on him other than he requests off from work to attend her funeral and burial. He displays no typically displays of grief and returns promptly to his life; hardly anything has changed. He starts dating an old acquaintance; he helps his friend with some relationship problems; he goes on vacation. Then, Meursault murders a man. All of the recent events and Meursault’s character are discussed and argued over […]

Trope-y vacation novella goodness

The Bed Hierarchy by Lauren Connolly

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This is a cute and funny novella that was previously in the Only One Bed anthology. So, as you can probably guess, it includes the only-one-bed trope plus the best friend’s sibling trope. Theo has had a crush on his best friend Tim’s sister for six years. She visited one weekend while they were in college and ended up staying over at his place after a party. While they were both extremely drunk, they had a conversation they completely changed the course of Theo’s life. […]



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