Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman’s best friend.”

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

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I’ve been sitting here trying to think about how to write about this book, and it’s sort of defeating me. I keep thinking of sentences to start the review, and then dismissing them because I hate them. Okay, so here we go again, let’s see if this sticks: This is one of King’s rare experimentally playful books. It feels weird to say that a book that is what this book is about (abuse, husband murder, caretaking) and features what this book features (old ladies who […]

Short King

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

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I’m never quite sure how to review a short story collection. Recapping each individual story would get rather tedious, and there isn’t a strong thematic connection between the twenty-odd stories presented here apart from the fact that they’re all very definitely Stephen King stories. The collection kicks off with its longest entry, the novella The Mist, which sets an appropriately eerie tone. As a bunch of Mainers ride out a bizarre cataclysmic event in a grocery store, their humanity is pushed to the brink. Several […]

July 2022 Leftovers

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipies from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen by Snoop Dogg

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge

Stunt: A Mythical Reimagining of Nellie Jackson, Madame of Natchez by Saida Agostini

The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook Files of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block

Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragic Romance by Adam Bertocci

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

My Summer Darlings by May Cobb

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Firestarter by Stephen King

The Editor by Steven Rowley

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins

Lucky by Jackie Collins

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Here are reviews for the books I read in July that I didn’t have time or energy to do a full review on. Note: I was out of work in July so I read a lot. The Woman in Cabin 10 *** Read this while on a cruise ship and it definitely gave me some interesting feelings! A relatively entertaining thriller. I’d read another Ruth Ware book but wouldn’t rush out to do so From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen**** […]

Grab Bag #2

Yearbook by Seth Rogen

Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson

Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

End of Watch by Stephen King

Runnin' With the Devil by Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Last Guard Out by Jim Albright

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I am falling so far behind on reviews it’s time for another grab bag! You may look at this list and say “Wow, Tyler (not my real name), you are all over the place with genres!” To which I reply in my best Scar/Jeremy Irons voice “You have no idea.” I tend to be mercurial with my interests and obsessions and just go wherever the whim takes me. Also whatever I see that looks interesting at the library because we are blessed to have a […]

Desk Job

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

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If you’ve read Stephen King, or even just followed his career, you’ve almost certainly asked the question, “how does he do it?” Bestseller after bestseller, sometimes releasing multiple novels in a calendar year, and not dimestore paperbacks neither. How does one man write so much and (in my subjective opinion) so well? On Writing is King’s attempt to answer that unanswerable question. King leads off by presenting an autobiography of sorts, covering some early childhood incidents that he feels impacted his decision to become a […]

Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

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With her mother and her brother arguing too intensely to notice her, nine-year-old Trisha MacFarland veers off the path during a family hike intending just to go to the bathroom and rejoin her family on the trail. But a wrong turn followed by another wrong turn and just like that Trisha is lost. Uncertain what do, and with only a walkman for company, Trisha begins wandering through the dense Maine forest, struggling to fight off hopelessness while listening to her beloved Red Sox on the […]



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