Not My Wheelhouse – Cannonball Read 17

A violent, sad, but very satisfying ending (Triple Bingo)

Locke & Key, vol 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

October 19, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Not My Wheelhouse (horror) (Would also work for Illustrated) Spoiler warning! This is the sixth and final volume in the Locke and Key series. It is absolutely NOT the place to start. This review will probably contain spoilers both for earlier and this collection, so don’t read it unless you’re completely caught up. The first volume is Welcome to Lovecraft. In this final volume, the Locke kids have to confront the evil that has been haunting their family for over a generation. If there was any doubt that […]

Definitely not a bedtime story!

Daemon Hall by Andrew Nance

October 16, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I’m not one to search out horror. I don’t read horror, I don’t watch horror movies, and I only go to haunted houses because I think they’re funny. (And I used to work in one. So yes, I go to judge.) And Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark gave me nightmares as a kid. So I can’t really say why I picked this up. Our general story is that a famous horror writer is having a contest for kids in his old hometown. Kids […]

Definitely not my wheelhouse

The Whisper Man by Alex North

September 28, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo Not My Wheelhouse. I was a precocious reader as a child. I learned to read before kindergarten, and pretty quickly outpaced my elementary school library. I read everything I could get my hands on, and when I ran out of my own reading material I moved on to my parent’s books and magazines. Which is how I came to read the work of Stephen King at an inappropriate age. For several years, starting in about third grade, Stephen King’s books were my constant […]

I’m as shocked as anyone that I love a book about trees!

Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori

September 24, 2019 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR11bingo: Not My Wheelhouse BINGO, diagonally: Cannonballer Says, Not My Wheelhouse, Own Voices, Illustrated, Reading the TBR I may have been called a tree hugger in my day, but botany has never been my area. I can enjoy plants from a purely aesthetic point of view, but reading an entire book dedicated to trees? For my tree fix, I’d prefer to turn to Joyce Kilmer’s 12-line poem and call it a day. But Jonathan Drori’s Around the World in 80 Trees. . . I’m speechless! This […]

Who’s Up for a Day at the Races?

The Fine Cotton Fiasco by Peter Hoysted, Pat Sheil

September 16, 2019 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

I am not much of a horse person. Far from being the kid who immersed themselves in Pony Club, I never learnt to ride and was possibly even allergic to them until the age of about twelve or thirteen–put me around the horsey stuff, and I would break out in hives. I’m not much of a fan of horse racing either, which is probably to the dismay of some members of my extended family, as they’re pretty heavily into it. There have always been suspect […]

So Much For Romance

The Miracle at St. Bruno's (The Daughters of England Book 1) by Philippa Carr

August 31, 2019 by blauracke 2 Comments

In 16th century England, Damask Farland falls in love with the orphan Bruno who was raised by monks and hailed as a miracle child. The historical background is mostly formed by the tumultuous reign of Henry VIII, but continues on until the coronation of Elizabeth I. The history of the time is explained in great detail, the intrigues at court, Henry’s many wives, religious conflict, etc., but while some events affect the characters, others don’t. Damask’s father, for instance, is denounced as a traitor and […]

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