Cannonball Read 17

Bingo 6: Map The Devils is about a journey, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. So ‘Map’ spot it is. The general premise is somewhat familiar: a monk is put in charge a group of seriously magical/supernaturally powered misfits (at least according the Church) and sent to escort a newly discovered princess to secure her throne. Brother Diaz expected a promotion when he wa...

You know the old adage, “take things with a shaker of salt”? Well, with this book you don’t need a shaker; you need the entire darn Dead Sea. Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Mother Queen of the Middle Ages professes to be a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II, mother of Richard the Lionheart and John “Lackland” of Magna Carta fame; what it turned out to be was the tale...

I honestly think that the problem with this story outside of the fact that human beings are truly awful sometimes is that the ending left me feeling dissatisfied. I wish that Olsen had interviewed more of the people involved (if still alive) to just get their thoughts about not only what happened, but the final sentencing of some of the participants. I also felt like the little ...

Bingo 5: Sheep OK so All Hail Chaos has as heavy dose of innocence (being lost) and people following (at various levels of blindness either what they want, or what someone else wants). So it fits. Also full disclosure, this was travel reading I finished and then gave to my mom, so if I misspell a name or something, that’s why. The story continues from the first volume with Rae t...

CBR18 BINGO: You, a homophone of “U.” Also because I speak and write in English. Double Bingo! Diagonal: One, Map, You, 26, Or Four corners and the center: Left, One, Repair, Or, You I’m amazed that anyone whose first language is something other than English can ever master writing in this silly language. It’s so full of contradictions and spelling travesties that one has to won...