Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sharp-Dressed Cats, Angels, Murder, Noir that Stands Apart

Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk

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I feel like I came to Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk late even though it’s still a relatively new release. I also started it, had to pause because I had to read for work on deadline, and then picked up where I left off… but only after my required reading made it abundantly clear that, by comparison, this book is amazing. That said, it moved slower for me than others and perhaps that affected my overall rating for it. This is a novella that […]

More Thursday Murder Club!!

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman

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OK so this is literally the Thursday after the end of the first book. Like I said – I fell in love with these characters. I want to be in the Thursday Murder Club. I feel like I’d be a snack contributor though. These people have contacts and make connections that are really impressive! I could make really impressive snacks! We start out with Elizabeth getting a letter from her ex-husband, who is supposed to be dead. Sidebar – I love how in all of […]

A teen goes missing… years later the truth comes out

Open House: A Novel by Katie Sise

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Ooh I liked this one. It’s a common theme in the thriller or suspense genre. Something happens to a teen. Years or decades pass. Something brings the people surrounding the event back together. The truth comes out slowly. More people die! I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I love it. I’ve read a bunch of books with that similar theme, but I’ve liked them all. Our main character is Haley, and the missing/murdered teen was her sister Emma. Haley leaves for a while to […]

A good Swedish Thriller

Hidden in Snow (Åremorden #1) by Viveca Sten

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Have you ever watched a Swedish crime series? It’s a bit of a different experience. Everyone is kind of cold. And I don’t mean that as a pun. Yes the weather is cold, but the people are a little bit frosty too. I felt a bit of this reading the first book in the Aremorden series. Along with frosty, they were kinda tough. They left the house when there were feet of snow on the ground. It made me think of people living in Buffalo. […]

“It’s the living who are left to suffer. A hard truth, but that’s the way it is.”

Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo

Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo

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Pray for Silence – 3 stars After an Amish family of seven is discovered slain in their home, chief of police Kate Burkholder investigates, uncovering a dark second life that one of the daughters was leading. The second book in the Kate Burkholder series, this book moves away from the subplots surrounding Kate’s past and lean more into a straightforward police procedural surrounding the murder of an unassuming family. Again I enjoyed following along the investigation and the camaraderie between the police officers, as well […]

“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 […]



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