Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Massive catch up, varied quality

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

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Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid This was one I did not want to have to reduce to a catch-up post but here we are, too many books and too little time. Everyone everywhere is raving about Such a Fun Age and for a damn good reason. This is the rare book that is both quality good and can’t-put-it-down good. The story opens with Emira Tucker, part-time nanny to a wealthy family in Philadelphia, helping her employer out in a midnight emergency and taking her […]

The Long Slog Continues Through Book Four

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

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Queen of Shadows is the fourth entry into the seven-part Throne of Glass series, which is Sarah J. Maas’s first fantasy series. I devoured the author’s second fantasy series, A Court of Mist and Fury. So, of course, I would love Throne of Glass, right? Wrong. I have a serious love/hate relationship with all of these books. The first book (Throne of Glass) did not have enough world building, back story, and the characters were not built up enough for me to care about them. […]

Why is Rhysand so sexy? Because it’s always Feyre’s choice.

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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I’ve now gotten to the third book in Sarah J. Maas’s ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ series, A Court of Wings and Ruin.  Over the past three books I’ve mused about what makes Rhysand such a sexy character, beyond how devastatingly handsome he is, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it has to do with always allowing Feyre to make her own decisions.  He’s charming, flirtatious, intelligent, caring, loyal to a fault, a touch wicked, with just the right amount of restrained violence that […]

Is this put in the YA category because publishers think sexy faeries aren’t serious enough to be in the ‘adult’ fantasy section?

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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The most recent YA books I’ve read are Suzanne Collin’s ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy and Victoria Schwab’s ‘Monsters of Verity’ duology.  Were there heated, passionate moments in those books, yes.  Was there spine tingling sex scenes, nope.  I had the assumption that full on sex was part of the dividing line separating YA from other categories.  But if that is the case, then this series is in the wrong section.  I can’t help but wonder if a decision was made that impossibly attractive faeries having sex […]

Once more I dive into the breach of Sarah J. Maas’ overly sexual YA (#Remix)

Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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So after hate-reading most of Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series last year (haven’t been able to get through the last one yet), I decided to embark on reading her Court of whatevers series, because I needed something fluffy and vaguely risque.  (Important note: I do NOT mean it dismissively when I say something is fluffy. Just because it is written largely for teenage girls does not mean it is therefore automatically inferior!) I actually enjoyed it much more than I expected–at least until […]

Has the bones of “Beauty and the Beast” but more sexy and with faeries. CBR Bingo – Cannonballer Says

A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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In August, alwaysanswerb posted a review of A Court of Thorns and Roses.  The review also covers the other two books in the trilogy of the same name.  It starts with over all impressions before moving into spoiler territory.  I stopped at the spoilers because I had been convinced to read this book and didn’t want to know!  Having finished A Court of Thorns and Roses, I’m wishing I had put the whole series on hold at the library instead of just the first one. […]



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