Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The power of three will set us free

The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller

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While I didn’t rate The Change as 5 stars (there were some pacing issues in the middle), I quite enjoyed it and have been thinking back to it quite a bit since reading it last December (even more so in the last few months given certain political topics). As a result, I was looking forward to Kirsten Miller’s new release, The Women of Wild Hill. As a general reaction, there were quite a few things I liked better about this novel and that I think […]

Not all men, but certainly a lot of them. Especially rich, white ones.

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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4.5 stars Buzzwords Cover Challenge 25: Pattern CBR17 Bingo: Red (A book with a red cover) Official plot summary: In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment… After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long […]

Where Men Are the Worst, and Menopause Gives You Magic Powers

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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In a quiet Long Island town, three women of a certain age discover that they have more power than they ever thought possible. Jo, a former hotel executive, owns a women-only gym, and has hot flashes that can literally set things on fire. Nessa is a retired nurse who can hear the dead calling to her and see their unsettled shades. And Harriet? Well, Harriet hasn’t left her house in months, her garden has turned into a wild place full of unsettling plants, and there […]

“Justice may be slow, but she’s also relentless.”

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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Bingo Square: Bodies, Bodies (lots of talk about the female body and menopause, but also dead bodies) Three middle aged women, tired of being ignored and facing hideous sexism, band together to take on a serial killer. Nessa hears the call of dead girls, coming from near the ocean. She was told she had this gift when she was a child, and it would surface when she was much older. Now she can’t rest until she helps these lost souls. Jo’s hot flashes are almost […]

“She’d been seeing things through men’s eyes for years. Her entire career, men had informed her what was good and what wasn’t. And she’d always assumed they were right.”

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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I had been in a bit of a reading slump lately, i.e., it had been a minute since I had a slam dunk, a can’t-put-down book that was going to make me shout about it to innocent bystanders. I asked my reading peeps for something that would fill this void and my friend delivered on all cylinders. I’M EXCITED TO SHOUT ABOUT THIS BOOK AT YOU. I loved it 5000. This book is tasty and scrumptious. A true chef’s kiss of literary perfection: a well-written […]

“Yes, you’re afraid of me because I’m better than you are. And if you give one talented woman the power she deserves, another will follow. Then another. And together they’ll show that their way is better. Then your whole fake fucking world will come tumbling down.”

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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This book is more complicated than you think it’s going to be just by the premise, which admittedly is a great way to get you in to the book. Basically, in the world of this book, which is only about a hairsbreadth away from being our world, some middle-aged women develop magical/supernatural powers when they are going through menopause. These are the protectors, the healers, the fighters, and the witches. Our three main characters are Nessa, Harriett, and Jo, and they find each other at […]



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