Cannonball Read 17

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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones

The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones

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Honestly, “The Indigo Room” I swear reminds me a bit of some stories I read in a book when I was a kid. This will drive me up the wall later. But in essence, this short story deals with [redacted] and the horror it can bring. That worked for me somewhat, but the story just dragged weirdly in places and I thought that SGJ could have went a bit further with that ending. It made me think of the short story written by Ted Chiang […]

Jackknife by Joe Hill

Jackknife by Joe Hill

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Trigger warning: Gruesome animal death. Honestly, I don’t know what to say about this one except the main character, Dennis Lange, was a dreadful man. I didn’t feel sad about anything that happened, but think that Hill left too many plot threads I wish he had explored more. This one cried out for more pages IMHO since it just kind of hinted at things that didn’t make a lot of sense. I also think Hill wanted to talk about “canceling” and “MeToo” but this was […]

Never Flinch by Stephen King

Never Flinch by Stephen King

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I honestly didn’t know what to do with this one. I was wavering between 2 and 3 stars, but ended up giving this 3 stars. Parts of the story were good, but I think overall this was just a mess. I don’t know what is going on with King and Holly Gibney, but I really wish that he would get back to something else with this series. This one really just had too much. Too many villains, too much Mary Sue-ness with regards to Barbara, […]

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

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This was a DNF at 30 percent. I really tried to get into this one and just gave up in the end. I heard nothing but great things about it, but I think it just jumped around too much for me to really get invested. The first couple of pages read as bizarre and I think I just got annoyed because I thought this was going to be a ghost story in a bookshop. And I don’t know. I just kept reading and reading and […]

Nightshade by Michael Connelly

Nightshade by Michael Connelly

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Well shit, we got a new player on the field. I think he’s going to work out just fine. I thought this was a nice new character long time Connelly fans can sink their teeth into. There’s a hint of Bosch (the main character Stillwell is kicked out of homicide and banished to an island) but is happy with his lot in life living on the island and having a relationship with a local who just gets him and he gets her. That’s so unlike […]

Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe

Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe

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Well sometimes you can’t go home again. Trying to re-read the second book in The Beach House series was a mess. This took me so many days to get through. I know it came out almost what, 20 years ago, and I can say it does not hold up at all. The book was just a grind to get through. I also now hate the name Little Lovie. Just call the child a different name people. There is no conflict in this book at all. […]



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