Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“The ache to return to a time long gone was almost worse than fear.” (CBR11 Bingo)

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

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I knew what to expect from a Becky Chambers book after reading two of her previous novels in the Wayfarers series (which apparently this novella is not part of… but I swear its in the same universe). To Be Taught, If Fortunate would have some vivid writing, exceptional world-building (seriously, what Chambers can do in a matter of sentences to build an entirely new environment is insane), and diverse characters. I knew nothing else when picking it up, and I’m glad. I didn’t need to. […]

Burned Through Like Balefire

The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

The Defiant Heir by Melissa Caruso

The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso

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Bingo Update: I’m using this for the Travel square. Each of these books centers around journeying from the protagonists home city (and center of the Empire) Raverra. It takes them to other places within the Empire (Ardence, Callamorne, Highpass) as well as key locations in the invading Vaskandar (Sevaeth, Kazerath, Let, Atruin). How quickly they can or cannot travel is also plot significant, as it relates to our heroine’s ability to stay alive as well as prevent ruin of her nation. The notion of “home” […]

A Delicious Mix of New Knowledge and Old Belief

Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

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CBR11 Bingo Square: Travel Now perhaps the characters in this story don’t journey far beyond their city (though they do end up in the outskirts) and largely travel within it in a physical sense, but this novel also includes a journey to an unseen world of djinn, and therefore I picked it for the Travel square for CBR bingo. Alif the Unseen centers around a young hacker who goes by the pseudonym Alif, in an unnamed city along the Persian Gulf. This city is a […]

When my brain is about to melt, I pick up YA

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen McManus

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CBR11Bingo Travel- both books involve moving across the country   **Alex, Approximately This is the first book I’ve read by this author. I see a lot of authors that I follow on Twitter shouting her out, so I thought I would try her new book, The Lady Rogue. No luck- the bookstore was sold out. Instead, I picked up an alternate title and ended up with Alex, Approximately. It is a cute book and had some great aspects, but also some things that I found […]

The key to doing the impossible is to have no other choice

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

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CBR11bingo: Travel BINGO: Pajiba, The Collection, Travel, Illustrated, Science On December 5, 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 other men sailed from South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean on the ship Endurance for what was to be known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Shackleton’s plan was to sail Endurance across the Weddell Sea and land on the Northwestern edge of Antarctica, at Vahsel Bay. From there, 6 men and 69 dogs would travel on foot the 1,800 miles to the Ross Sea, where another ship […]

Fine enough for a short vacation (Travel)

The Infernals by John Connolly

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I would never have known if it were not for cannonball read that apparently there is a whole slew of Samuel Johnson books – the hero of this book and its predecessor – as I purchased this for a buck at a library sale and only bought The Gates after learning this was not a stand alone book, as the amazon link specifically notes it as “a Samuel Johnson Tale.” Not trying to be too negative, but I’m having a real Ann Veal moment here. […]



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