Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

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Trigger warning: Animal death.  So this was a weird one. I read elsewhere this book describes the “Big Bang Theory” better than any other supernatural/horror novel and I have to say I agree. It also is very easy with the description of mountains, chasms, and strange beings, to see how this aspired some horror authors such as Lovecraft (still racist). I think though that I would have loved it more if we had any dialogue outside of the two friends, “reading” the mysterious journal written […]

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

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Honestly this is a 3.5 star read for me, but since I don’t like to do half stars, I rounded up to 4. I think that parts of this horror novel works, but I wish we had more explanation for the Cunning Man, Mother, etc. I don’t want an info dump, but some parts of the book felt unfinished and when we get to the end I thought, well heck so we don’t get any explanations? Also after a while, the book just jumped around […]

Not Quite What I Was Expecting

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

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I’m not quite sure what to make of this one. It seems like it’s supposed to satirize reality TV, particularly The Bachelor type shows. In this case, the show is called The Catch, and we’re down to the final 4 contestants competing for a scummy D-lister. I think my problem is that the book didn’t go far enough with the satire. The characters read as one-note instead of the exaggerated characters they could have been or perhaps were supposed to be. The exception was Renee, who was a […]

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: The way it’s described it sounds like coercion which to my mind is still rape, but wanted to put a rape trigger warning here for readers due to a plot point with one of the characters. I don’t even know what to say. This is definitely a slog of a book (it’s over 800 pages) and there’s not a lot to say about it even though […]

A Two Week Vacation with Everyone who Hates You at Murder House

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

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Zeb Wykham doesn’t much care for his family, but when a cousin says he wants to get to know him, Zeb accepts an invitation to spend two weeks at Lackaday House on Dartmore. Zeb is distressed to find that his brother, sister-in-law, another cousin, a fourth older relative, and his ex are all there too. His host has lied about the purpose of the visit. Instead of a cozy getting to know you visit, Wynn Wykham has decided he will make the man who marries […]

The Last Samurai

Yojimbot Volume 1: Metal Silence by Sylvain Repos and Noiry

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Yojimbot Volume 1: Metal Silence by Sylvain Repos and Noiry There is something about this book I liked a lot. There wasn’t a new theme, but the way it was presented really captured me. We start “at the end” of things, or we don’t know why we are finding ourselves in a rundown, abandoned park that not-so-nice (to say the very least) military and/or government scientists inhabit. The artwork is clever, but I’ve seen it before, yet I really was into it. There is a […]



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