Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Family, traditions, loss, home

Little Moons by Jen Storm and Ryan Howe

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I needed more than the sixty-odd pages in the graphic novel, Little Moons by Jen Storm and Ryan Howe. I needed to see more about the family, the relationships, the other women who have gone missing. I needed to see the community. I need to see what is being done to locate our character. And yet, that is the point. We do not always get that neat bow to tie the story up. There is no happy ever after for Chelsea and so many girls […]

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

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I thought this was a very good thriller. Very intrigued how the two authors (they make up Liv Constantine) have a second book in this series. I do have to say though, this was a fun ride. You get a character you despise, one you root for, and a very satisfying ending. “The Last Mrs. Parrish” follows Amber Patterson. Amber is fed up with having nothing and sets her sight on Daphne Parrish. She sees in Daphne everything she wants and deserves in this life. […]

Hate Always Hurts the Hater

Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

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OK, this was a hard one to read because of the homophobia and violence, although the story is valid.  A whole lot of coulda, shouda, woulda after it’s too late. Ike Randolph is a black ex-con with a loving wife and child.  Buddy Lee is a white divorced ex-con, just barely hanging on.  One thing they have in common was their ruthless reputations while they were in prison, and a fierce desire to stay out.  The two had no connection until they are informed by […]

You Cannot See the Face of God

Pavil's Mask by Jérémy Perrodeau

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Point one: I read Pavil’s Mask by Jérémy Perrodeau in English, though my images taken from the online reader site I was reading this from, are in what I am assuming is French.  Point two: I know I say it often, but this book was f’d up! But not in a bad way. Or even, a good way. It is what it is. The story is based in a Chinese lore and has feelings of other Asian cultures and Indigenous cultures with a large and […]

He Is Your Father

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right by Walter Mosley

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Walter Mosley has two idiosyncratic mystery series set in New York City: Leonid McGill and King Oliver. I’ve written before about my fondness for the McGill series. They’re not significantly different from the King Oliver books but I like how Leonid is a former crime fixer who is trying to do right in a neo-surrealist Manhattan. Oliver’s story is interesting but I don’t find the character as compelling. That changed a bit with this one. Amidst several plots, King has to try and find his […]

(Fictional) True Crime Dual Timeline

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

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Split between Fell New York, 1982 and Fell New York, 2017 the story follows two women (Viv in 1982 and Carly, Viv’s niece in 2017).  Viv goes missing in 1982, leaving Carly, the niece she never knew with a family mystery on her hands.  Carly goes to Fell in search of her aunt and takes a job working at the same Motel (the Sun Down Motel of the title) her aunt was at before she vanished.  She ends up working the same shift her aunt […]



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