Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Strong End to a Strong Series

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

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CBR15Bingo: Adulthood (characters are adults and one of the themes is about having an adult romantic relationship when you’re scared about it and have to learn to communicate) This is the last of the Saint of Steel trilogy, which legitimately makes me sad. While I’ve also read Kingfisher/Vernon’s horror work, I really enjoy these fantasy-mystery-romance novels. This final one in the series wraps things up nicely and I did have a lovely time reading it, but I wish there was another follow-up trilogy (what can […]

A Strong Second Book in a Delightful Series

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

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CBR15Bingo: On the Road (a lot of this book takes place on the road) I continue my slow progress through this trilogy, having read the first one about a year ago and loved it. I then got the next two for either Christmas or my birthday last year and then they sat on my shelf waiting for the opportune moment to strike and whisk me away to a delightful fantasy-romance-mystery realm. Well, last week was the time and I zipped right through this one. Honestly, […]

CBR15 Bingo: Dwelling

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

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CBR15 Bingo: Dwelling (the “haunted” house is pretty central to the story). This was my fantasy/sci-fi book club’s selection for May, and while I normally don’t like horror books, I read this mainly because I was so impressed with T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone, and also because it really was very short. It’s a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, which I have never read, and because I’m not a huge fan of Poe, I didn’t bother reading it […]

“The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires”

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

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4.5 stars #CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books I already own CBR15 Bingo: Violence 15-word-review: Princess Marra has to complete three impossible tasks to kill her brother-in-law. A quest follows. Longer review: Marra, the youngest princess in a small, rather insignificant kingdom, who has spent half of her life in a convent and so is almost, but very significantly not, a nun, has been set three impossible tasks by a dust-wife (a magic-wielding woman who can communicate with the dead). She must spin thread out of nettles […]

Haunted Houses and Moms

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

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They just go together like peanut butter and jelly, or underground children and vultures. Sam Montgomery is on leave from her job and heading to her mother’s house in North Carolina for a visit. Her brother had mentioned that that their mom was acting weird the last time he saw her. As soon as Sam arrives she can see that something is very wrong. Her mother is frightened, jumping at every sound and worried about leaving Sam alone in the house. Her deceased grandmother’s ugly […]

Deja Vu all over again

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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In reviewing The Twisted Ones, I would be correct in summarising the plot as such: A young women with a silly nickname, recently single, upends her life and moves to a kooky new location to assist a family member in need. In moving, she is thrown into a world of magical intrigue. She befriends a zany local barista as the mystery at the heart of the magic unfurls. Eventually, she travels to a fantastical world accompanied by a sassy, fishnet wearing side kick, gets stuck […]



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