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:

Urban Fantasy in London – Yay!

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

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I think I saw this series mentioned a while back on Cannonball Read and added it to my wish list but didn’t download it until my last trip to London.  I quite enjoy urban fantasy series but most of them tend to start with the hero already involved in the magical world, even if they have no idea how little they know.  Of course, then there are the other stories about magic and the supernatural, where a person who had no previous knowledge of them, […]

A Decent Enough Story But Hurt By Comparisons to Another Popular Novel

The Cactus by Sarah Haywood

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I’ve enjoyed the majority of the Reese Witherspoon book club recommendations I’ve read, so I ended up picking up The Cactus with little plot knowledge.  I also saw the comparisons to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.  I think those comparisons actually hurt this novel – for the first third, it felt like a weak copy of Eleanor, as if a publisher had decided to release this novel because it also had prickly and distant narrator.  The thing is, though, that Susan is much colder and […]

Some Fables Are More Equal Than Others

Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham

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After reading the first volume of Fables for Bingo, I decided to keep going with the second one since it was available through Kindle Unlimited.  Jack is working off his community service based on his actions in the previous murder story, while Snow White has decided its time for her annual trip to the farm upstate to check on all the fairy tale exiles that can’t blend in among the humans of the city. Snow White hasn’t heard from the supervisor at the farm in […]

What Rose Marshall Is Up to When She’s Not Playing a Price Aunt

Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire

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While I was introduced to Rose as one of the ghost aunts to the Price family in the InCryptid series, based on the introduction and afterword of this collection, Seanan McGuire has been writing about Rose Marshall, a hitchhiker ghost, for much longer, and only later decided to include her in as part of the extended family. Rose slipped into InCryptid so seamlessly that I didn’t even realize until reading this that she wasn’t added until later since her and Mary aren’t exactly friendly initially. […]

And That Would Be Enough

Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole

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Bingo Square: The Collection I originally downloaded this about a year ago because I wanted to read the Courtney Milan novella before going to see Hamilton in New York again.  However, I didn’t quite get around to the other two, and Bingo seemed like a good opportunity to go back and read the entire collection. The collection kicks off with Rose Lerner’s story, about a young Jewish woman disguised as a man fighting for the Revolution.  It’s the eve of the battle of Yorktown, and […]

Still Want More of This World

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

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After the end of the Game of Thrones show, I found myself in a bit of a withdrawal, which meant it seemed like the perfect time to read A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.  Part of me would love to do a reread of the series thus far, but it’s a big commitment, and I think I keep hoping for a real release date for The Winds of Winter to coincide with the reread – assuming that book is ever released (as far as the […]



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