I said in my review last year of Lisa Kleypas’ Devil in Winter that I was particularly interested in seeing the character of Cam Rohan given his own book since Kleypas had taken the time to develop his character in an interesting way. Mine Till Midnight is that book, and the pairing of Cam and Amelia Hathaway five years after the events of Devil in Winter delivers on the promise, but falters a little in the overall package. It is much closer to the kind […]
“Things are strongest where they’re broken.”
Often it can be difficult to review a book in the middle of the series, particularly on the first read through. I don’t know, for example, what will happen to the characters in this story as the next 6 novels progress, I only know that they exist. This means that I can only trace the works as they culminate in this book, Bury Your Dead. Bury Your Dead is, however, not a book which can stand alone: it is inextricably tied to its predecessor The […]
We All Think We’re Stronger Than Our Troubles
Cannonballers love Liane Moriarty, and they really love Big Little Lies. I could no longer hold out against the deluge of positive reviews and the upcoming HBO series produced by Reese Witherspoon who has a history of putting her money behind female driven projects. Hot take: It is quite good, but I was able to call all the big twists save one. Read it before the HBO series arrives in late February if you want to be a smug book reader. More in depth review […]
I’ve Perhaps Gone Gif Crazy.
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling psuedonym), narrated by Robert Glenister
*Note: This review was completed in 2017 before the author’s views towards our trans siblings began to be widely known. My reading experience was what it was and these reviews will remain up, but it should be noted that I find her TERF values abhorrent, which have only become more clear over time, and her doubling down in Summer 2020 has made the decision to walk away from her as a creative force the only acceptable choice for me. I will no longer be supporting […]
Book Announcement: #CannonBookClub reads Fantasy
Our Cannonballers love a chance to express their opinions, and therefore we will be reading The Devourers by Indra Das for our Fantasy Book Club meeting on March 8, 2017. This time it was a neck and neck race between The Devourers and All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, but about halfway through the voting period Das’ novel took the lead (for those that are curious, His Majesty’s Dragon, Steelheart, and Roses and Rot rounded out the voting, but all were distant […]
Coffee-Coffee-Coffee
We already have a couple of reviews of Lauren Graham’s newest book Talking as Fast as I Can and from the people I’m also friends with on Goodreads I’m sure there will be more. I am going to weigh in now with my review, and it’s this: the book is only good, in parts only okay, with moments of great. Three stars. Wait, you want more? Okay, fine. But, I don’t like coming in with the first meh review on this one. Graham got her […]
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