Audiobooks – Page 128 – Cannonball Read 17

“Are you in a cult?”

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

January 10, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 12 Comments

Well, I might be! Really, I’m inundated with cultish language- much like most of you are as well! The above question, posited by our own CBR gurus and shared across social media, was attached to an excellent review by faintingviolet. Her review kindled a blaze with other CBR readers- myself included! Our Goodreads walls are packed with update-after-update barrages of people frantically ripping through this read! I am very much looking forward to the Cultish flood headed our way. Now- back to the question. Am I […]

Slight prequel to Cormac Reilly series

The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan

January 7, 2022 by Merryn Leave a Comment

This prequel to Dervla McTiernan’s Cormac Reilly series takes us back to the beginning of Carrie Ryan’s career, when she was a keen young constable striving to break into the detective boys’ club. Carrie is diligent, with excellent investigative instincts and people skills, but she is beginning to realise that this may be less useful in building a career than being accepted as one of the lads. Carrie shares a small studio apartment with her sister Aifric, a junior barrister who has yet to build […]

Too much plot makes not a good thriller

Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

January 7, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

“I’m sorry, Avery. I love you, and we’ve been on some wild rides together. But this one might be too crazy for me to jump aboard.” Victoria Ford, the chief suspect in a murder investigation, died when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. Now, twenty years later, her remains have been identified, and Avery Mason, the journalist reporting on the story, realizes there is more to the case than anyone realized. Guys, I really wanted to like this book. Though I felt iffy about 9/11 […]

What a fall from greatness…

Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

January 6, 2022 by Claudia Leave a Comment

My disappointment in this sequel is palpable. The first book Raybearer (which I reviewed on my goodreads here if you are interested!) was an absolutely wonderful, bright, and fun ride of a novel so imagine how absolutely disappointing it was to see its sequel seemingly fail to grasp what made the first one great. In this sequel, we follow Tarasai as she navigates her new position in the empire with new challenges and a totally new cast of characters. The plot is not uninteresting but […]

The Good Sister- First book of the New Year y’all!

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

January 3, 2022 by NatteringwPride Leave a Comment

Plot: There’s only been one time that Rose couldn’t stop me from doing the wrong thing and that was a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life. Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises as much as possible. Fern has a carefully structured life and disrupting her routine can be…dangerous. When Rose discovers that she cannot get pregnant, Fern sees […]

How do you like to rate/review short stories?

Tenth of December by George Saunders

January 2, 2022 by Claudia 1 Comment

I have no idea how to review or even rate short story collections but I will start with breaking down individual stories and then go over broader themes I suppose and hopefully have collected a general feeling by the end. This will probably have spoilers since its hard to talk about short stories sometimes without context and in such short bursts the context is…most of it. 1. Plot: The first story follows a multi shifting perspective of a girl who gets kidnapped, a kidnapper, and […]

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