Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

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This is the second novella in the Wayward Children series, and I was slightly surprised with the topic. The first novella was about a boarding school for children who return from magical worlds reached by cupboards and secret passages, and are having trouble adjusting to life back home because they want to go back.  I expected that the second novella would be more adventures at the boarding school, or possibly explore the idea of other schools.  After all, this is for children that want to […]

Three Seanan McGuire books I *highly* recommend

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Indexing (Indexing #1) by Seanan McGuire

Reflections (Indexing #2) by Seanan McGuire

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I love that it took me a while to discover Seanan McGuire — it means that I have a bit of a backlog that I get to enjoy before I really start chomping at the bit for new releases. That being said, I would like sequels to Middlegame and a new Indexing book as soon as possible please. Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Like most books by Seanan McGuire, Middlegame starts out super weird, and it took me a little bit to figure out what was going on. […]

Bingo: And So It Begins, with free running off the rooftops of New York

Discount Armageddon (Incryptid Series Book 1) by Seanan Maguire

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Verity (“Very”) Price has more going on than you’d think. In addition to working as a waitress at a strip club, subletting semi-legally, preparing for a dance competition, and generally trying to keep a roof over her head (and those of her colony of Aeslin Mice), she’s also responsible for keeping tabs on New York’s cryptid population. Which doesn’t leave her much, if any, time for dating.  

One of my favorite worlds to return to

In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children #4) by Seanan McGuire

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I have read and reviewed 3 other books in the Wayward Children series, and I have the same complaint about this one as I do the others — Seanan McGuire, you terrible tease, please make them longer! “There is wanting and there is needing, and when you want, you can make good choices, but when you need, it’s important the people around you not be looking to take advantage.” The original book, Every Heart a Doorway, introduces us to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children — […]

“I’ve Been Expelled From Heaven, I Think I was In Heaven”

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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I’m not sure if I have been in a book slump or of my mind hasn’t been able to focus due to all the things going on at work at the beginning of the year, or if it was inability to find a book that could hold my attention.  It was probably a hybrid of the two, since I’m still in a very picky mood about books, but count on Seanan McGuire, a true and tried favorite, to get me out of my slump. I’m rather late getting to […]

Who Published This Book Half-Finished?

Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children) by Seanan McGuire

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Coming off the heels of the stupendous Dread Nation, I was pumped for this YA novel. The setup: children travel through magical portals to alternate worlds, only to become distraught upon their return to their tedious old lives. (Postmodern Wonderland or Narnia!) Though this book won all the awards—Hugo, Alex, Locus Nebula—it utterly failed to enchant me. I suppose my heart is a closed door. Or maybe an inky void. Nancy (the sixth most interesting character, maybe) lands at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children […]



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