Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“He looked both a little bit dangerous and refined, like a ceremonial knife.”

You Were Made to Be Mine by Julie Anne Long

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3.5 stars Christian Hawkes was a British spymaster during the Napoleonic wars and ended up spending years in a French prison after someone sold him out. Now he’s free, but left destitute and mostly friendless. The Earl of Brundage, tipped to become an ambassador, hires Hawkes to locate his missing fiancée and a very valuable necklace (who was only on loan to the Earl) the young woman had in her possession when she went missing. Hawkes would like nothing better than to tell Brundage to […]

Even If Unsuccessful, Attempted Murder Still Makes You a Murderer at Heart

Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

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An Agatha Christie novel is always a fun time, so when I got to Advanced Prompt #4, the 24th book of an author, Agatha Christie was an easy choice. I was also excited that it was a Poirot novel. I enjoy Miss Marple, but there’s something special about Hercule Poirot and the “little grey cells”. Dumb Witness did not disappoint. Hercule Poirot is hired by Emily Arundell to investigate what she believes to be attempted murder, but which her family and employees believe to be […]

Roses Are Kinda Horrifying, Huh?

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

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T. Kingfisher has a knack for taking the most innocent of things (rabbits, tree branches bumping windows, a still & quiet room) and making them horrifying. After reading A House With Good Bones, I may never look at roses the same way again. But let me start from the beginning. Sam is archaeoentomologist, a researcher who studies insect remains at archaeological digs. She had been set to go on a six month dig when it was postponed at the last minute. But her room has […]

Really cute fake dating romance

Love, Lies and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

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4.5 stars This was an ARC from the author. My opinions are my own. CBR16 Sweet Books: Cozy Emily Hung is happily single, but her mother won’t let that stop her from trying to set her up with suitable men, often the sons of various family friends. Since Emily is now the only unmarried daughter, her mother’s efforts are intensifying. At her sister’s wedding, her mother makes sure Emily is paired with Mark Chan, who is an engineer and seems stuck-up and boring. To make […]

“I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.”

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

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CBR16 Bingo: Détente (Cordelia and Aral start out as enemies and end up married) Official book summary (read this in early May): In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discovering deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into a separate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan – he who was called “The Butcher of Komarr” – and would consequently become an outcast on […]

Three short novels that lack for nothing

Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels by Katherine Anne Porter

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Cbr16bingo Horses  This collection of three novellas- “Old Mortality, “Noon Wine” and “Pale Horse, Pale Rider”- was originally published in 1939. Each story involves characters whose illusions — about themselves and/or their families — are eventually stripped away, forcing them to face hard realities. Some are not up to it while others find the strength to move onward.  “Old Mortality” is divided into three parts and focuses on the point of view of a girl named Miranda. She and her older sister Maria are part […]



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