whodunit – Cannonball Read 17

Murder mystery in spaaaaaaaace!

Dead Space by Kali Wallace

August 25, 2021 by Bothari43 8 Comments

I can’t remember why this was on my list (a quick CBR search tells me it wasn’t a rec from here), but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I requested my local library order a copy of it, and they DID. Now I am drunk with power, and want to flood my library with niche things only I will read. MWAHAHAHAHAAHAA! Anyway, I hope they’re glad they added it to their catalog, because it was really good. Hester Marley was on a spaceship with a bunch of […]

a very special episode in a very farcical town

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

March 15, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

*”Yakkety Sax” blares through your speakers* A robbery- wait, but not quite. A bank robber, but not who you expect. An accidental hostage situation. Aggressively unhelpful witnesses. A nervous eater who devours a whole lime, pith and all. Bumbling cops. Feisty old ladies. Sounds fun, yes? It is fun! There is a solid farce at the core of this story. Misunderstandings, misdirection, and missed connections fly in and out of quickly slamming doors. A manically wound player piano would not be out of place in […]

cbr12bingo – Cannonballer Says

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

August 17, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 6 Comments

Y’all really got me with this one! Bothari43 first grabbed my attention with an excellent review/cat pic combo, then Bea Pants increased my interest with promises of broad swords and dirty magazines. I don’t usually read much Science Fiction/Fantasy, but after the surprise hits of new favorite Becky Chambers (whom I would not have found without the help of Cannonball), I decided to give it a go! I was wary at first of the breakdown of Houses; I am often scared off by complex mythologies, […]

Stockholm syndromed by a crappy book.

January 28, 2017 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

It’s hard for me to know exactly what I’m reviewing when I review this book. It was my first audiobook, and the narrator was awful. Am I really reviewing the concept of audiobooks, new to me after 24 years as an avid reader? Am I reviewing the narrator, kind of? Or the book? One thing is certain: the latter two things were terrible. So I guess it really doesn’t matter. Dr. Mike Scanlon is a podiatrist serving in the Army, repairing feet blown up by […]

“Love wants the best for others. Attachment takes hostages.”

April 15, 2016 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Last year I double cannonballed with the second Inspector Gamache book, A Fatal Grace. It grew naturally from its predecessor, Still Life, and expanded the universe of the Sûreté du Québec and the various residents of Three Pines and its surrounding area in the Eastern Townships. Having decided that I enjoy consuming these books in the time of year in which they are set, I knew that I would be listening to The Cruelest Month this April. I can happily report I’m as happy with […]

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