Bibliophile by Jane Mount
Bibliophile by Jane Mount is a book about books. As a book lover I was thrilled to get this as a gift. It is a perfect book to start a new Cannonball year with. Jane Mount has a cool job, she draws book covers for a living. She takes a list of a person’s favorite books and creates a visual representation of their list (designed like the stack of books on the cover of this book). She has a very nice online shop called Ideal […]
Anxious poeple by Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman is a Swedish novelist who broke out a few years ago with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also a genius, which is proved by his latest offering Anxious People. I have read everything he has written which has been published in English. His latest might be his best (or at least a close second behind Ove). The premise is pretty simple. A bank robber, who makes the mistake of trying to rob a cashless bank, escapes by running into an […]
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson has an interesting premise. In the fantasy world Sanderson has created, United Isles, rithmatists use geometric shapes drawn with chalk to battle. The story takes place at a Rithmatic Academy, where rithmatists and regular students both study. Joel is the son of the chalk maker, who died a tragic death, but he is not a rithmatist. However, he longs to be one. A mystery unfolds when a rithmatic student is kidnapped and attacked in an unusual manner. Joel gets swept […]
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Double your pleasure, double your fun, with two mysteries in one! Anthony Horowitz has done it again. Following up his Magpie Murders, with the sequel Moonflower Murders. Moonflower Murders, is once again a book within a book. The “outer” book follows publisher Susan Ryeland as she is hired to solve a murder which occurred eight years ago at a hotel and my be tied to a hotel employee who has just gone missing. The ‘inner” book, was written by Susan’s former writer, the late Alan […]
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
I always enjoy a good YA novel. In recent years, I have read some really fun Young Adult mysteries. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson fits this genre. I first saw this title advertised in February as a Barnes and Noble YA book club selection. I tried to get it from my library back then, but it only became available when my library recently reopened. Pipa decides to do her high school capstone project about the murder five years earlier of high […]
