Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Did not expect my reaction to this one.

Defending Jacob by William Landay

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 10/30 I have traditionally really been into most legal thrillers I’ve read. I love all the procedural stuff, and I love watching characters be good at a job I myself would be absolutely abysmal at. There’s also a lot of room for twists and turns, and for all that hard-hitting thematic junk as well. They’re usually fast reads for me. Also, I love a good murder mystery. And this had all of that! In addition to an intriguingly […]

What Comes Next

By Way of Sorrow by Robyn Gigl

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Read as part of CBR13Bingo: they/she/he. The author is a trans woman and the protagonist (as well as another main character) is also a trans woman.  Once again, I’m grateful for book bingos because they challenge me to read stuff that I’ve been making excuses to put off. It’s no secret that the mystery/thriller world is largely devoid of bestselling LGBTQIA+ writers, specifically trans writers. This is not for lack of talent, rather a lack of seeking talent on behalf of publishing houses. On the rare […]

The Perfect Marriage: Meh.

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

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Meh. That’s about my whole review.  But in the interest of following CBR rules, here we go.  Adam and Sarah Morgan are a couple in crisis. They are growing apart thanks to Sarah’s demanding job as a lawyer and Adam’s failure to publish a quality follow-up novel to his first one. And Adam is having an affair. But when Adam’s lover is found dead in the Morgans’ beach house, he is the prime suspect.  Sarah runs herself ragged as she tries to both keep up […]

A jury that made the wrong call. OR DID THEY.

The Holdout by Graham Moore

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I must have read this entire book in about four or five hours. I was expecting to spend about three days with it, because my reading has slowed down ever since lockdown/quarantine/whatever started. I can still read, but for less stretches of time, and at a slower pace than normal. Several books I’ve just absolutely crawled through. But not this one! This one broke through for some reason, and I did not want to put it down. (ETA: This was written back in late April […]

You Can Go Home Again… But You Probably Shouldn’t

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Bonfire, by Kristen Ritter So, this is a great little thriller/mystery. It’s also a quick read, I think it took me three days or so. Abby Williams is an environmental lawyer. It is in this professional capacity that she returns to her hometown of Barren, IL even though she has had no desire to in the ten years since she left. The water in town is bad and her group is trying to find out if the local, town supporting factory is responsible. While trying […]

Damages > Profit = Recall

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It’s that hated introductory line: Long time reader, first time poster. Seemed like I should say something, and also introduce myself as “that person with a dog breed joke as a username who mostly only reads mysteries, medical thrillers and work-related nonfiction, binges one author at a time a lot, and refuses to give a book under 3 stars.” (Only partially true; I won’t review anything that was sub-3 star quality unless it was so bad it becomes doubly worth it, because I’m super overworked […]



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