So, look. Typically in my reviews I go the very remedial route of talking about broad themes from the book, how well the characters and/or worldbuilding were developed, and I comment on the pacing and overall competence of the plot. If I am very lucky, something will stand out that either makes me want to rant, or go on a gushing squeefest, and I can write a better than milquetoast review. When you get to the sixth book in a consistently excellent series, there isn’t […]
When the $hit Gets Even More Real
Hello Cannonball Read 9 and hello to my very first Cannonball Read review! I’m more than happy to do whatever I can to help kick cancer squarely in the metaphorical nuts. All right, let’s get down to business.
This is Why I Hate Starting a Series While it is Still Being Written
LALKJSLKJHODIJHOIELSLIDFGOWLS. Stupid book and it’s stupid ending and stupid authors for not finishing the series yet. AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH Which is not actually a review, I acknowledge. If you’ll allow me a moment to compose myself, let me see if I can put something coherent together. So yea, this book… GUYS I NEEED THE NEXT ONE NOW. Ahem, I mean it doesn’t really end on a cliffhanger, but it does a little bit and that is enough to make me want to scream. It’s close enough to a cliffhanger […]
Colony at the Edge of the Universe
Cibola: The Spanish transliteration for pueblo ruins. Of course the civilization remains of the protomolecule’s creators is going to have a big influence on this book. Book 4 in the Expanse series is the colonization/western novel. I have always loved these kinds of novels, both historical colonization novels to futuristic ones. I realize that they’re often fraught with political issues (and historical novels with a colonization bent often ignore those issues) but that doesn’t change the fact that I could read stories about people going […]