Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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"They're not much to look at, but at least they have a terrible personality!" Full-time technical writer. Knits. Sleeps. Snarks. Watches too much Columbo and Law & Order. Needs violin lessons. Writ a book about a werewolf once. Won't shut up about it. They/them.

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In the Style of the Greeks

Mythos by Stephen Fry

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I think the title of this book and the name of the author tell you a lot about this book right from the start. It’s Stephen Fry telling you the Greek myths. And it does feel like he’s telling them to you. His tone is very Stephen-Fry-y and his style is direct, dryly witty, and interested. His love of alliteration does show up. “Her lines were sweepingly, swoopingly, swooningly smooth, supple, and sensuous.”— Galatea and Pygmalion If you’re very familiar with Greek Mythology, If you’re […]

Life is a Cabaret, old Chum

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I can’t believe it’s taken me 40 years to read Christopher Isherwood. Ok, maybe it’s only been 34 years because there’s no way I could have read this when I was 6. But I digress. The Berlin Stories is a combination of two of Isherwood’s novels – The Last of Mr Norris (Mr Norris Changes Trains in this edition) and Goodbye to Berlin. In Mr Norris, instead of Christopher Isherwood, the narrator is William Bradshaw (Isherwood’s middle names). Norris and Bradshaw meet on a train. […]

Werewolves in New York? It’s more likely than you think!

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A Canadian mystery writer lives in New York city and gets involved in some supernatural/criminal hijinx. Also, he’s a werewolf (which is kind of obvious right from the cover, so, like, not a spoiler). This book started life as a stand-alone short story called “This Time Around”. I read that and totally loved it. The author has a nice touch and a good sense of humor so I was interested to see how the whole story played out.  The short story serves as the start […]

The Flowers are just Weeds

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Two different podcasts I listened to talked about this book and the two made-for-TV movies based on it.  I’d never read it. I do like to read books that are generally considered “terrible” or “so bad it’s good” and I know so many people who like (if not love) this series. People? Can I ask you? Why? I was reading the ebook and I made it to 49% of the way through and had to stop. I was bored and irritated. I didn’t care about […]

The Killer Kills Tall Guys and is also a Tall Guy

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Rogue hero Jack Stratton is back in another action-packed, thrilling adventure. While recovering from a gunshot wound and the loss of his job on the police force, Jack’s romance with feisty Alice (aka Replacement) continues to develop. When Alice gets a seemingly harmless private investigation job–locate the owner of a lost dog–Jack grudgingly assists. Little do they know it will place them both in the crosshairs of a merciless serial killer I … didn’t hate this. I know. I know.  I usually only seem to […]

Don’t Answer

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Woah.  I’m way behind in my reviews. This is number six, and the book is a real number two. Nathan Gallagher doesn’t believe in ghosts. As a fireman, he’s seen his share of dead people, but they never spoke to him before—until now. His marriage is great, and his relationship with his son is strong, but Nathan is sure that if he tells his family that he’s seeing ghosts, it is a quick ticket to a padded room and a straightjacket. Sounds good, right? I’m thinking […]



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