Who’s ready for an ambitious summer read? Here at the #CannonBookClub we are always on the lookout to expand our horizons and try new and different genres, so this summer we are going to go in the direction of Literary Fiction. Our twist this time is that we will be focusing on Non-Western authors. This is a very broad literary arena, so in order to find something new for many of us I have tried to pick books representative of various regions that are not already likely on your radar. We’ll see how I did. As is our usual way, […]
These books taught me more about life than any middle school health class.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume
I remember the summer that I discovered the “older” section of my local library’s children’s department. It had books by authors like Paula Danziger, Lois Duncan, and the goddess Judy Blume. I tore through them all between 4th and 6th grade (and then moved on to Stephen King). And while I knew that I loved these books, I also knew that I didn’t quite understand everything going on in them. Until health class. And then I understood more than I bargained for. Honestly, Judy Blume was so far ahead of her time, writing about subjects that nobody else would come […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 | 
| Tags: are you there god its me margaret, cbr9, judy blume, Scootsa1000, then again maybe i wont | Category: Children's, Fiction, Young Adult | 1 Comment
Werewolves in New York? It’s more likely than you think!
A Canadian Werewolf in New York by Mark Leslie
A Canadian mystery writer lives in New York city and gets involved in some supernatural/criminal hijinx. Also, he’s a werewolf (which is kind of obvious right from the cover, so, like, not a spoiler). This book started life as a stand-alone short story called “This Time Around”. I read that and totally loved it. The author has a nice touch and a good sense of humor so I was interested to see how the whole story played out. The short story serves as the start of the book, rolling into the continued action.
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:1 | | Tags: Fiction, humor, Mark Leslie, New York City, Urban Fantasy, werewolf | Category: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction | 0 Comments
Pretty cover, but that’s all this book has going for it
Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell
Well, this was one of those books that is like junk food – you know it’s bad for you and yet you keep eating, or in this case reading. It’s the story of Pandy Wallis, an author of a successful series of books about a beautiful woman named Monica. Pandy is tired of writing about Monica and has written a new book, based on one of her ancestors – however her agent doesn’t think the book will sell. The book starts off with a party to celebrate Pandy’s divorce, but the timeline bounces back and forth a lot between the […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:60 |
Why I’ll never help anyone with a broken limb
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
I was about 8 or 9 years old when I first stumbled upon a book of my dad’s – an encyclopaedia of serial killers. Up until that point, I’d known that people died, whether that be through accident, illness, war or whatever, but it was this book that informed me that sometimes people died because someone enjoyed hurting them. Given that I’ve been reading about murder ever since, I’m amazed that thirty years later I’d still somehow never got around to reading The Stranger Beside Me – a giant in the true crime genre thanks to the unusual circumstances that […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:45 |
Secrets can kill you
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. This is book eight in the Will Trent series by Ms Slaughter, which I didn’t know when I picked it up at the library and no idea it was such until I was done and looking it up on Amazon. Even so, I had no trouble following the story (though some reviews on Goodreads indicate that you shouldn’t start with this book); it seemed a self contained novel and I was hooked from the beginning right to the end. It was […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:59 | | Tags: cbr9, Karin Slaughter, murder mystery, Will Trent #8 | Category: Fiction, Mystery | 0 Comments
Hilarious, quirky science fiction fun
Emperor Mollusk versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez
If you haven’t picked up anything by A. Lee Martinez and you’re a fan of humor-laced horror or science fiction (aka Douglas Adams type stuff), you’re missing out. This book was the third or fourth by him I’ve read, and each one has been a delight. As the title should indicate, this novel is ridiculous. It’s about an alien from Neptune (who looks like a giant mollusk) who is a super genius. In his quest to understand “science” he’s constantly conquering worlds and creating diabolical weapons, making him a kind of accidental super villain. He long ago conquered Earth, […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:16 | | Tags: #brain, A Lee Martinez, Aliens, humor, mollusk, science fiction, space | Category: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction | 0 Comments
“I am afraid for your priorities, son”
Jackalope Wives and other Stories by T. Kingfisher
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories is another short story collection by T. Kingfisher and I loved it. I’ve read a couple of these stories previously, when they were first published, but I love that they’re all collected in one place. I especially that that because while the collection only contains two completely new stories, most of them were new to me. Kingfisher brings her usual sensibility and love of practical characters and talking animal companions to this collection. If you like her work then this is a collection worth picking up. I also really like the approach that Kinfisher takes […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:64 |
Be Afraid to Dream
Final Girls by Mira Grant
I know, intellectually, that some people find horror to be cathartic and therapeutic. I may think those people are crazy, but you know I understand that they exist. I am not one of those people, I am the person who spent the whole night in terror because I finished Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None at midnight and was so haunted by the imagery and the deaths that I couldn’t get to sleep (I was 20). And yet, the power of my love for Seanan McGuire is such that every so often I’ll meander over to her Mira Grant […]
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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:63 |