Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

August 2023 Leftovers

Red Cat by Peter Spiegelman

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

Gangland by Chuck Hogan

Death and the Good Life by Richard Hugo

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexa Coe

Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman

Occupied City by David Peace

Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

Run Time by Cathy Ryan Howard

Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline

None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

Not in Bronxville by Rita K. Farrelly

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Unquestionably the worst month in the calendar. Red Cat*** It’s not the writer’s fault that I just finished Robert Kolker’s excellent Lost Girls in light of the apprehension of the man they think is the Gilgo Beach murderer. But my threshold for murdered sex workers was low going into this. I only finished it because it filled a specific square for my library summer reading game. It’s not bad; the mystery is done well but it doesn’t stand out as far as the rest of […]

Friends Forever Ever

The Return by Rachel Harrison

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Read as part of CBR15Bingo: In the wild. The story takes place mostly in a hotel set in the wild and also may-or-may-not feature a shifting character. You’ll have to read to find out! It’s such a joy when you pick up a story and connect with the writer’s style. I had been interested in this one for a few years since I saw it at the library. Horror where a best friend disappears and returns but is not the same…that had me curious. But […]

A story that grabs the characters literally (you figuratively)

Shadow Hills by Sean Ford

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While I don’t not think that Shadow Hills by Sean Ford is “OMG BEST BOOK EVER” there was something about it that “grabbed me.” The surface stories are a plague story and an environmental story. But there is also family dynamics at play for two of the main characters. Brothers Cal and Will’s story might be ending but sisters Annie and Dana are starting new. The town is a mess and the ooze (a tar like goop that devours/covers its victims) makes things worse. What […]

Shocking News, Classic Author Wilkie Collins Wrote Another Good Book

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins

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CBR15Bingo: Dwelling (the secret in the house is a major part of this book, and the house itself is a sort of character) I continue my tradition of one Wilkie Collins book a year with The Dead Secret, a fun and fast-paced read that cements Collins as probably my favorite Victorian writer (besides George Eliot for Middlemarch, but I’ve struggled to read Daniel Deronda about four times, whereas I’ve enjoyed every Collins I’ve read). I was especially impressed to note on the back cover that […]

A great time, unless you’re on the death list!

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

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“All life is dangerous. We forget that, we who have been reared in one of the small pockets of civilization. For that is all that civilization really is…small pockets of men here and there for who have gathered together for mutual protection…They have beaten the jungle – but that victory is only temporary. At any moment, the jungle will once more take command. Proud cities that were, are now mere mounds of earth, overgrown…Life is always dangerous – never forget that.” Those lines from a […]

More of an emotional review than read

Mythos by Jaysen Headley

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I have been debating if I should write a review for the novel, Mythos by Jaysen Headley. I will start my review with why. I really did not like this book. I appreciate the hard work that went into it. Yet, it was not “good.” To be fair, I am a book snob. I have very high expectations for my reading. Could I do better than these results? Probably not, but I was hoping Headley had more oomph behind him.  You might be familiar with […]



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