Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Had his retinas not been seared by the Christmas tree dress, her dinner gown would have been the most outlandish thing he witnessed today.

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

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CBR BINGO: Free! Square (Library Book) Huzzah! It’s BINGO season. The most wonderful time of the year! Man. I love these books. This is the fifth book in Thomas’ Lady Sherlock Series. It’s a gift that keeps giving when you really fall in love with a group of characters that inhabit a book series. As always, if you haven’t read ’em, what are you waiting for? As this is the fifth book in the series, spoilers inevitably follow. In this installment, Charlotte and her posse are back […]

“The Only Currency More Powerful than Money in this World is the Violence of Man.”

Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

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I found the Library of the Dead when searching online for books that were like The Starless Sea.  As always, I got it (for free) out of the library to do a cursory read before committing to purchasing. And while there weren’t that many similarities between Morgenstern’s book and this one, Huchu’s first foray into speculative fiction is a great success. I’d never heard of Huchu before, but I will definitely be checking out his other publications based on how much I enjoyed this read. Edinburgh has […]

One Belongs to New York Instantly, One Belongs to It as Much in Five Minutes as Five Years

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

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You know when you read a good book but you know it will just be impossible to summarize OR at least impossible to summarize well?  N.K. Jemisin’s novel, The City We Became, is one of those books.  It’s the first book in a new trilogy and now I’m bummed that I have to wait for her to finish writing book 2 and 3. But I have to give you some sort of clue of what it’s about so here goes.  New York City is alive […]

Here Goes Nothing!

Guide to Passing the Driving Test by Malcolm Green

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CBR13 BINGO: People Best for: People without access to the Theory 4 in 1 Driving Test App In a nutshell: This book offers all 700+ practice questions, as well as a guide to help pass the theory and practical tests, and some new driver essentials. Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: Trying to really make sure I pass the test. Review: I learned to drive over 25 years ago, in the US. On the right side of the road. In an automatic vehicle. When […]

I had SUCH an unlucky coincidence reading this book

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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Bingo: City scape I experienced the craziest coincidence while reading this book, but sadly I can’t tell you about that experience without spoiling this thriller, so I’ll keep it general first, and add my spoilers below. I don’t often read thrillers, but sometimes a review just hooks me, especially when yearning for a pageturner while reading something else. So when Dustin posted his review of The Plot on Pajiba a few weeks ago, I was immediately drawn by it, and as soon as I finished the […]

Ah, the difficulties of shrugging off expectations

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

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Bingo: Home I had come across Housekeeping on almost every “100 books you must read before you die” list, but, like a teenager, I am immediately put off when a book is included on a list like that. (I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that way.) So it wasn’t until a very good friend of mine mentioned it was one of her favorite novels that I decided to pick it up. Ruth and Lucille are young sisters living in the small lakeside town of Fingerbone. […]



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