Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk

6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk

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Please note that I read this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. “6:40 to Montreal” follows Agatha who had a run-away best-selling thriller (sometime in the past) but has been unable to write another hit. She’s dealing with a huge case of writer’s block and general apathy about her husband, son, and marriage. We don’t know why (it takes a while to get there) but Agatha is desperate to get away from her husband and leave for the 6:40 to […]

The island might be unspoiled but some of its residents really stink…

Summer Shadows by John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell

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The cover of Summer Shadows by John Harris Dunning, Ricardo Cabral, Brad Simpson and Jim Campbell is a tad misleading. It makes things look like a teen thriller in the line of a slightly darker Christopher Pike, RL Stine, or Richie Tankersley Cusick and the like. In other words, something from the late 1980s or early 1990s when I was a teen and actually reading realistic paranormal.  Instead of a “teeny bopper thriller with supernatural” we get sex, drugs, and vampires. We get some downright […]

When you’re Evil (ish) and make a mean latte

teenagers, self-esteem, good and evil, fame villains, by Kennedy Tarrell

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When I saw the cover of Evil-ish by Kennedy Tarrell I figured it would be in the fantasy genre and I hoped for a graphic novel. The graphic novel hinting covers have fooled me often of late so I was hoping I was not going to be disappointed and instead of a good, old fashioned graphic novel, I would find myself reading a (gasp! clutching pearls) a NOVEL! Actually, that hyperbole works well for this cute, fun, and cozy familiar story. Our main character is […]

Try to look away from the game of living and watching living

Spectators by Brian K Vaughan

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Spectators by Brian K Vaughan and illustrator Niko Henrichon is a train wreck I could not stop reading. This graphic novel (due late fall 2025) is in the vein of Revival by Tim Seeley and artist Mike Norton, and The Walking Dead but with fewer zombies and more ghosts.  When I finished my reader copy (and in fact through it) I thought it was the most screwed up book I’ve read in a while! DAMN! What an awesome read! There is so much going on […]

“It’s better to be interesting than likable”

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

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Buzzword Title Challenge 25: Truth and Lies CBR17 Bingo: Review (this was very favourably reviewed by Pooja, Narfna and Chairbrarian) Five years ago, Lucy’s best friend Savvy was murdered and Lucy was found wandering along the road, absolutely covered in Savvy’s blood. Unfortunately, Lucy also had a pretty severe head wound, which resulted in amnesia, and can’t remember anything about the night in question, before or after the murder took place. There wasn’t enough evidence to convict her, but most people in her home town […]

Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee

The Blackbirder by Dorothy B. Hughes

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Julie Guille has an unusual background. Daughter of dead American millionaires, she was brought up in France by her aunt and uncle, who manipulated her into giving up control of her inheritance. After the Nazis occupied Paris, Julie discovered her uncle was a collaborator and escaped, taking a priceless diamond necklace to pay her way. Now, she lives illegally in New York, a refugee with no identifying papers and no right to be in the country of her birth. Julie is perpetually looking over her […]



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