Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

About Jen K

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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I live with 3 cats, Dany, Jace and Jorah. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance tend to be my go to genres now a days. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jen K's Quick Questions interview.)

Jen K's Reviews:

Well, I’m Definitely Not Ever Going Camping Now

Devolution by Max Brooks

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Bingo Square: Pandemic Bingo 1: 4th column While I enjoy the occasional zombie story, it definitely isn’t my go to sub-genre – I haven’t seen a single episode of The Walking Dead, for example. And yet, World War Z is a novel I still bring up quite frequently (and should absolutely re-read), and may have even unknowingly become one of my favorite books – top 20 for sure! I just love the complex analysis behind the novel, how Brooks used history to predict various countries’ […]

That Volcano Roll, Though

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

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Bingo Square: Friendship (three women become friends after they discover they were all dating the same man) I was debating between using this one for Money! or Friendship but realized I had a few other decent choices for Money! among both books to be reviewed and books to be read so Friendship it is! Samiah Brooks is successful in her career, she owns her own home, and she has a killer wardrobe. The one thing missing on her check list – the guy! The most […]

I’ll Definitely Be Reading More By This Author

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Bingo Square: Green (or Jade as a variation thereof) The e-book version of this was on sale back in January, and given my love of mythology, it seemed like the perfect time to try a new author and learn more about mythical figures outside the Greek and Roman pantheon. Still, the book sat quite a while before I finally picked it up. I quite enjoyed this novel – the writing style at first felt very matter of fact, in line with our no nonsense heroine, […]

Secret Societies and Power

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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Bingo Square: Fresh Start (Alex Stern, Book 1) I haven’t read too much by Leigh Bardugo – I wasn’t a big fan of the first novel in her Shadow and Bone trilogy – despite the interesting world building, I found the heroine boring and the forced love triangle that was almost mandatory in YA for a while included love interests with such extreme differences that it was a bit too obvious. I had heard from many people that her duology Six of Crows set in […]

Don’t Mess With a Family of Honey Badgers!

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

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Bingo Square: Cannonballer Says (emmalita’s review here) I picked up the first novel in the trilogy based on emmalita’s recommendation and ended up reading the entire trilogy  back to back.  I figured out I’d start with some general observations and commentary about the trilogy as a whole and then go into book specific. I have never read anything by Laurenston before but I quite enjoyed this trilogy – it focuses on the Mackilligan sisters, Charlie, Max and Stevie – they all share the same honey […]

Too Clever For Its Own Good

The Paragon Hotel by Lindsay Faye

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Bingo Square: The Roaring 20’s I loved Lindsay Faye’s The Gods of Gotham and already had a copy of this book – seemed like the perfect fit for the 20’s. From the topic matter and description, it was but I was incredibly disappointed with this novel, especially since it should have been my cup of tea. The narrator is Alice “Nobody” James – as the novel begins, she is on a train, heading to Portland, Oregon with a gunshot wound, fleeing her former life in […]



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