Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The bonds of war are powerful and deadly

Bonded in Death by J. D. Robb

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The latest book in J.D. Robb’s futuristic In Death series, Bonded in Death, centers on a dapper Italian man whose story began decades earlier during the Urban War. Giovanni Rossi is found poisoned to death in the back of a limo. He is clutching Eve Dallas’ business card which has a cryptic note on the back.  Eve Dallas soon discovers that the message references The Twelve, a secret group of freedom fighters who were instrumental in ending the Urban War in Europe.  The threat ties […]

He’s Grumpy. He’s a Ghost.

The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani

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Online reader copies are all the rage right now, it is environmental and quick and easy to receive. Of course, I sometimes have a hard time reading books from them, but The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani and translated by Polly Lawson was an exception. I tend to be able to read picture books online as there is less text and more space to enjoy the overall work. This was especially true with Shiotani’s book. The illustrations and text was Goldilocks/Baby Bear just right. […]

This Is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He

This Is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  Hey, I am always going to be down for a homage to “And Then There Were None.” The author, Cindy R.X. He I think does a great job of turning this into a young adult version but with a contemporary spin that really does work. The only reason that it didn’t get 5 stars for me and received just 4 is that I think the jumping back and […]

The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I want to make sure readers know, though this is the continuation of Ann Cleeves Jimmy Perez character, it’s not a “Shetland” mystery, the action takes place on Orkney, several miles off the coast of Scotland. I honestly really enjoyed this book–hence the 5 stars–because I think that Cleeves did a great slow burn of bringing us back into Jimmy’s life and how it’s changed, head nods to […]

The Lake Escape by Jamie Day

The Lake Escape by Jamie Day

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Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I liked this book just because for once an author resisted the urge to have 2o POVs to get to a plot/ending. Day stuck to two main characters which I think helped with the plot and flow. I thought that there were a couple of minor holes here and there, but nothing that bothered me that much. I do think that at one point there was just too much […]

I Am Alice by Joseph Delaney

I Am Alice by Joseph Delaney

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Sigh. This just dragged. I excitedly bought this one but it took me from March until June to finish this one. I am not looking forward to book #13 and was told it was a letdown, so maybe that’s why I wasn’t in such a rush to finish this one. This dragged, and the cop-out towards the end so the prophecy they have been screeching about for about 11 books no longer matters was a mess. I just wish that Delaney had focused on the […]



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