Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

CBR Facebook Page. Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Instagram. The CBR Tumblr CBR on Goodreads

Classic

Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Booklikes, Goodreads, and NetGalley.

CBR11 participantCBR11 CommentsCBR11 LevelsCBR 9

Classic's Reviews:

Ehhh…

The One Who's Not the One by Keris Stainton

by Leave a Comment

I honestly don’t know what to say. I liked the character Cat and her friendship with Kelly and how much she loved her, Kelly’s son, and Kelly’s husband. That said, the whole book revolves about her getting feelings for her ex’s brother. If that part had been cut out I would have loved it. Cat is a former stand up comic who quit after her ex-boyfriend Sam (also a comic) moved to Australia 5 years ago and never came back. Cat we find out has some abandonment issues. What I think is funny about it is that Cat tries to […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Ehhh…"

4/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:93 |

Come Along and Walk With Me

Mystery Walk by Robert B. McCammon

by Leave a Comment

Well this was really good! I was pleasantly surprised since I have only really loved one of McCammon’s books, “Boy’s LIfe.” “Mystery Walk” brought back some of that feeling of magical realism along with horror that I liked in the previous book. We also get introduced to some pretty epic characters (Billy Creekmore and his mother) and I ended up wanting to read more about Billy after the conclusion of the book. “Mystery Walk” begins with a pregnant Ramona Creekmore who has a gift. She can see the dead that have not peacefully passed on and she can set them […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Come Along and Walk With Me"

4/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:92 |

Said the Spider to the Fly…

By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman

by Leave a Comment

I honestly don’t have much to say here except that I really enjoyed this updated look at Tess’s life. She is still suffering some aftershocks after the events in the last book. Having to kill someone or she would be killed left a hole in her. She and her boyfriend are living apart since she feels like he is trying to “fix” her and keep her safe. She is back to rowing and doing investigations again. Her uncle brings her a new client who is trying to track down his wife and three children. He doesn’t understand why she left […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Said the Spider to the Fly…"

4/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:91 |

What is Love?

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

by Leave a Comment

So though I thought the ending was quite good, I had some issues with certain aspects of this book. All in all I saw love as a dangerous thing to be in since it seems to not work out for anyone that is in “love” in this one. And the first part of the book takes a while to get going. It helps that Audrey Niffenegger takes the time to include headers that show the date and age of Henry and Clare so you can keep things straight. A very strong three stars. We have a young girl Clare who is 6 […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "What is Love?"

4/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:90 |

Flow was Up and Down and the Beginning Was Boring

Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves

by Leave a Comment

Not too much to say about this one. It was fine. I was bored though for the first 1/3 until we get Vera interacting with characters. Any time Cleeves away from her I found myself bored. The ending was very good though and a surprise. I liked how it was wrapped up. “Telling Tales” takes a very long time to get moving. We start off with a young housewife, Emma Bennett who sits around having fantasies about the local potter, Dan. Things change one day when her husband James comes home on the news that the woman (Jeanie Long) who […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Flow was Up and Down and the Beginning Was Boring"

4/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:89 |

Epic Rant–Spoilers

Buried Prey by John Sandford

by Leave a Comment

So I can’t talk about this book without spoilers. That’s how freaking annoyed I am. I may just give up reading anymore books in this series or ensuring they are library borrows. Lucas is not the end all be all for women everywhere. The fact that Sandford cheapens Marcy’s death by forgetting her backstory and having her thinking about Lucas in a someday romantic style made me heave. And then of course everyone is not focused on Marcy. Oh hell no, everyone must be focused on preventing Lucas from murdering the serial pedophile murderer since everyone knows that he loved […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Epic Rant–Spoilers"

4/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:88 |

Davenport’s Family is in Danger Again

Stormy Prey by John Sandford

by Leave a Comment

Honestly not too much to say about this. The POVs with the bad guys in this one don’t work. It was good to get more of Weather’s POV though and I realize it’s been a while since Sandford had her actually part of the story besides going to work and getting Lucas out of his bad moods. Other than that though, this book really doesn’t work. The bad guys are some of the stupidest people ever. The fixation on killing Weather makes zero sense. And then there’s an update about a character in this one that Sandford totally forgets about […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Davenport’s Family is in Danger Again"

4/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:87 |

A Mr. Darcy With Heat

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

by Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Please note this book will be released May 7, 2019.  Wow. What a wonderful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Only the Mr. Darcy character is gender swapped and instead of being an upperclass nobleman, we have a young surgeon whose family is descended from Indian royalty (Trisha Raje) I initially didn’t like that Dev had focused on the Mark Darcy character first, but I get why she did it. Eventually we get our Elizabeth Bennett (DJ Caine) and he was fantastic. Dev follows […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "A Mr. Darcy With Heat"

4/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:86 |


Follow CBR on Instagram

Shop on Amazon and Support CBR

Buy Original Cannonballer Prisco's book and help CBR!

Ad Partner