Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Skarsgård or Curry?

IT by Stephen King

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

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Two Halloween-ish reads this month! I’ve been lagging behind a bit and that’s mostly to do with the fact that I ended up picking two hefty tomes that I didn’t enjoy all that much. First up: Stephen King’s IT.  We all know the story: mysterious killer clown kills children in `the small town of Derry, is chased by a group of people, first as children, then as adults. My dad made me watch the film when I was six. That’s all you need to know […]

Don’t Look Now…and some other random stories

Don't Look Now & Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

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I was several pages into the first story of this collection, the titular Don’t Look Now, when I realized that I’ve seen this movie! I remember liking the movie just fine, mostly because I love Donald Sutherland, but also thinking that the pacing and climax were a little strange and unconvincing; the horror elements were there but it didn’t quite pack a punch for me. This is also how I felt about the short story, and indeed, about this collection as a whole.  I won’t […]

Bodies and Christ

American Rapture by C.J. Leede

This is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller

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Being back in grad school, I just do not have the time to read like I used to. However, last week on a retreat, I knocked out two religious horror books I had been meaning to read for a while and since they were both thematically similar, I figured I’d dump the reviews here. American Rapture This is juuuuust clearing the 4-star threshold, mostly because I liked C.J. Leede’s writing, even if her plotting and pacing could frustrate. I also get easily annoyed with survival […]

Gyo

Gyo by Junji Ito

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Why not, I’m way behind on my Cannonballs and trying to read to relax more anyways, so why not just work through my favorite Junji Ito stories? Gyo follows thee classic Ito pattern of “take thing, make scary.” In this case, he gives us… fish with legs. That sounds stupid and silly, and it is certainly something you can laugh at in places. If you’ve ever seen the meme of what sounds a shark makes when it breaks down a door (gashunk) this is where that […]

“In life, if you were careful, there were simply not that many times where you absolutely, positively had to turn into a bear.”

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

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Bingo: I am using this for the “Red” Bingo square. because the cover is red. Istvhan is a former berserker, a paladin left without a god. Clara is a were-nun from an order of shapeshifting sisters. He is on the trail of a mysterious killer; she is on a mission to rescue her kidnapped sisters. As their quests bring them together, they will face bandits, creepy rabbits, living crockery, gladiator pits, and maybe (just maybe) emotional vulnerability. This was a fun addition to T. Kingfisher’s […]

Alex Easton Comes to America!

What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher

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Alex Easton, our beloved Gallacian sworn soldier, is back for another adventure, accompanied as always by the stalwart manservant Angus. Alex has been summoned to America, of all places, by their friend Dr. Dennison, who was one of the witnesses to the horrors that unfolded at the house of Usher. Dennison’s cousin has gone missing while exploring an abandoned coal mine in the wilds of West Virginia, and Dennison thinks that something supernatural may be afoot. Alex, who is certainly not claustrophobic, agrees to travel […]



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