Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A quiet fantasy that speaks to the heart (#AwardWinner)

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

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One of the truly loveliest fantasies I read this year was The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. This one came highly recommended to me on a facebook group where I asked for non-grimdark, political intrigue fantasy. The recommender really hit the mark, and I recommend it to any lover of fantasy! It’s steampunk but not in-your-face about it, bittersweet but not everything-is-s*** like grimdark, and it’s also an award winner! It won the 2015 Locus Award (and was also nominated for the 2014 Nebula and the […]

I didn’t know what was going on half of the time, but I’m okay with that.

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I had this book on my TBR list before CBR10 Bingo came out, purely because it was being read by Kyle McCarley.  He’s the narrator for the Super Powereds series by Drew Hayes, so I’ve spent many an hour listening to Kyle’s awesome talent.  (Note: none of this book was read in anything close to his normal speaking voice, which I discovered by looking up an interview on YouTube.)  The language is often old and formal, with a lot of thee’s and thou’s, which Kyle […]

A fantasy novel about court intrigue and kindness.

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A brief review, for a very enjoyable book. I’ve been stuck on this review for a couple of weeks now, so I’m just going to accept I won’t be able to say anything eloquent about it, and move on with my life. The Goblin Emperor follows half-goblin/half-elven Maia, who after his father and three older brothers are killed in an accident, becomes Emperor. Out of favor his whole life and not allowed to grow up at court, Maia is completely out of his depth being thrown into […]



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