Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Songs of Grandfather

Cassi and the House of Memories: A Graphic Novel by Dean Stuart

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Sometimes I see a book and say to myself that it looks good, but for some reason say no thank you to actually reading. Then things happen and it keeps coming back to my attention. And finally one day I will say FINE I will read you. Sometimes I regret doing that, sometimes I do not. I am not sure how I feel about Cassi and the House of Memories: A Graphic Novel by Dean Stuart. This book is an emotional fantastical journey of a […]

Creepy, Unsettling, and Utterly Captivating

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

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I belong to a Mystery/Thriller Book Club, and we decided to choose a spooky book for the month of October. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (not to be confused with the other We Used to Live Here by Daniel Hurst that I also read and reviewed) is a creepy, unsettling maze of a story that leaves you with more questions than answers, but not in a frustrating way. Eve and her partner Charlie are flippers, and their newest house was billed as […]

Why Does the Husband Always Suck?

We Used to Live Here by Daniel Hurst

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Steph and Grant have just bought their forever home. Sure, it needs some renovations (that wallpaper is hideous, and there’s a wall that needs to come down), but it’s got a lovely big garden and room for their growing family. One afternoon an older couple rings the bell, explaining that they used to live there and asking if they might have a tour of the place? Grant is annoyed but Steph is pleased, showing them around and chatting about the differences between their time in […]

Losers, Misfits, and Boozers

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

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Since I’m being cruelly tortured by being forced to wait a whole long week between episodes for the new season I’ve decided to go back and read the first book in the Slough House series. I’m sure waiting patiently is part of MI5 spy training, probably real advanced stuff. It is here we first meet Jackson Lamb and his motley collection of ‘slow horses’. Each one has disgraced themselves in some spectacular way and needs to be relegated somewhere they can’t do any more damage […]

“God cannot help when natural stupidity is driving the cart.”

The Alewives: A plague-era tale of murder, friendship, and fine ale (The Alewives of Colmar #1) by Elizabeth R. Andersen

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Colmar, 1353 CE Gritta, Appel, and Efi managed to survive the massive death toll of the Black Death, only to realize that day-to-day problems don’t end just because of a major epidemic (#relatable). Children still need feeding, husbands will still drink away all the money, and people die from more than the plague. With limited options (I mean, a woman can’t even “entertain” the local menfolk without getting shade from the local monastery) and lots of obstacles, they band together to become alewives – brewing […]

The movie scared me so bad it took 20 years to read the book.

Ring by Koji Suzuki

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This movie played a significant role in my life 20 years ago. I was a huge cinephile, and watched movies all the time. I don’t remember the exact sequence that led to me watching it for the first time, but this was the movie to watch if you were a fan of horror movies in the early 2000s. there was a florescence in Japanese horror that was kicked off by this movie, which, in turn, influenced movies being made around the world. And I enjoyed […]



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