Hi, G.D. Giant! Thank you for agreeing to participate in our Quick Questions series. Would you please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you found your way back to Cannonball Read? A little bit about me; I am an avid reader and an avid gardener. I live with the love of my life in the … [Read more]
Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha
3.5 stars Naia is a very young water nymph, born directly from the Dreaming, but she has the memories and experiences of so many who have lived before her who had any connection to the sea. Einar was once a mortal man before he became the immortal pirate lord known as the Kraken, tied to his … [Read more]
This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
Capture the flag is now the name of the game in This Inevitable Ruin aka Dungeon Crawl Carl 7, or really more like capture the enemy castles and hold the throne rooms, and probably also kill all members of the enemy group. This is also the Faction Wars part, meaning that some of the other teams … [Read more]
The Perils of Lady Catherine De Bourgh by Claudia Gray
The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh 3.5 stars Since Mr Jonathan Darcy, son of the esteemed Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Miss Juliet Tilney, daughter of Henry Tilney, have now solved not one, but two murders among their extended acquaintance, word has gotten around, and as a result, Lady Catherine … [Read more]
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride one the one hand takes on the geek card game as its general dungeon challenge (it’s a cross between Magic the Gathering and Yugi-Oh, with a hint of morbid Pokemon, kinda), and on the other it’s set on sort of a ghost Earth, making it a chance for some significant … [Read more]
Not My Type by E. Jean Carroll
I had heard of E. Jean Carroll, her accusations of sexual assault against Donald Trump, and her subsequent lawsuit against him, but I did not pay much attention to the specifics. This was clearly a he said/she said situation, and I believed her. On the one hand you have a woman who told a believable … [Read more]
Our Sister's Keeper by Jasmine Holmes
Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. Trigger warning: A lynching is described. Well wow. This was 5 stars and I didn't want to put it down. I don't want to talk too much about the book because I don't want to spoil for potential readers. But … [Read more]
