Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Just the same, Caroline, I think you should accept the fact you don’t really know the truth. I wonder if anyone does, or ever will.”

Silversword by Phyllis A. Whitney

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CBR 14 Bingo: Shadow In this book, the past casts long shadows, entangling the main character even in the present. Caroline Kirby, fresh off a divorce, returns to her childhood home in Hawaii, to the mother she had thought long dead and the mystery of her father’s death in a sacred volcano crater. I do like a certain flavor of vintage suspense books, with their gentle pace and their deep dark secrets. Here, the author set us up with a long ago mystery to solve, […]

“Even in his final moments, I doubt he learned his lesson. But I didn’t kill him to teach him a lesson; I killed him to carve him out of this world like a tumor. And I’d do it again.” #CBRBINGO – Gaslight

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

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It takes a lot for a thriller to get five stars from me, but this book fully earns it. I’m fairly certain that unless I have an exceptionally stellar rest of the year, this book will be making it into my top ten books of the year, maybe even my top five. I have made nearly all of my IRL friends read it, so now I want everyone who I have only met virtually to read it, too. It gave me joy. I do not […]

An intense and timely YA thriller.

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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I’ve decided to keep this rounded down to four stars for now, because while the rest of the book was absolutely great, the climax was a little underwhelming for me, and that’s the moment you’re waiting for in a thriller. The epilogue ended the book on a great note, but this wasn’t a perfect read. It was very, very good, though, and I will definitely be checking out everything from this author going forward. If this is the book she can write at 21 years […]

“I guess that’s the world we live in today. A world where accusations sway opinion. A world where evidence doesn’t matter.”

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 22/30 This was really good, but I was able to connect the dots easier than I think the author wanted me to. If twists were all this book had going for it, I wouldn’t have liked it, but other elements were just as important if not more. In fact, I’d rather have a thriller/mystery with substance than twists that surprised me, although it’s fun when you can have both (I have one of those waiting to be […]

BookTok Made Me Do It

The Land Where Sinners Atone by V.F. Mason

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Phoenix Hale is convicted of manslaughter for the death of Zachary King’s wife, and he, unsatisfied, arranges to make her life an endless torment. But it turns out Phoenix is innocent, and when she is released, the pair are forced to work together to stop a serial killer before they can strike again. I am not one much for BookTok, but it is a fun way to find books I’d probably not come across otherwise. The video about this book attracted me immediately because of […]

The Perfect Neighborhood

The Perfect Neighborhood by Liz Alterman

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Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  Initial thoughts: Wow. Too many points of view. I think I counted 6? I don’t even know. This maybe would have worked better if we followed just Cassidy and her friend Lexi. Also some of the characters like Rachel I flat out disliked. The plot was way too predictable though. It’s obvious what is going on and why and it took way too long to get there. Also I’m […]



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