Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m still so mad at this book.

Dead Certain by Adam Mitzner

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This was terrible. I finished it, because I had to, because I started it. But guys. I’m so glad I didn’t pay for this book. I’m gonna not shy away from spoilers here, because I doubt anyone is considering reading this, and if they are, they shouldn’t be. So yea, spoilers will abound from here out. This book is not worth your time. The central mystery is the disappearance/murder of Charlotte Broden, as investigated by her sister, Ella. The biggest issue is that Charlotte and Ella are just really not well written. Their personalities are collections of flimsy woman stereotypes; […]

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9/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:10 |

Who do you run to when there’s no one to trust?

The Farm by Tom Rob Smith

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Daniel hasn’t heard from his parents in months, since they moved to an idyllic farmstead in Sweden to retire. When his father calls and tells him that his mother is sick, that her mind has failed her, it’s a shock. Even more so when his mother calls and says that his father is involved in a criminal conspiracy, and is trying to have her committed in order to keep her quiet. Daniel’s mother runs London to him to tell him her story of terrible crimes covered up by a powerful land owner, and to try convince him of her sanity. […]

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9/13/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:9 |

“Nothing good happens in the middle of the night, right?”

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

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Elizabeth receives a call late one night, and it’s the worst news she can imagine. Her son, Tommy, has vanished into the local woods without a trace after spending the day at his usual hangout, a large split boulder deep in the woods that the boys have been calling Devil’s Rock. The friends he was with seem to be hiding something and there are no other leads on where he might have gone. As the official investigation into his disappearance stalls, Elizabeth begins to see a ghostly figure in her room at night, and her daughter starts finding disturbing pages […]

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9/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

Kinda missed the Big Revolution

A Small Revolution by Jimin Han

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I’ve had a pretty mixed go of things with the Kindle First free book selections, and this one falls slightly above the middle for me. I was in the mood for something with an historical footing, and the off-beat structure of this drew me in very quickly, though it disappointed in the ultimate execution of the story. The story takes place over two timelines, one short afternoon in the present, and over several weeks as recalled by the main character. Yoona, our narrator, is being held hostage by a man with a gun in her dorm room along with a […]

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9/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:7 |

The original vampire-ess

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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Bram Stoker may have been the first to perfect the literary vampire, but he was certainly not the first to creep people out with a good monster. Carmilla was here first (by over 20 years), and she is perfectly frightening herself. After a carriage crashes near their remote forest estate, our narrator Laura and her father agree to take in a young woman as their guest while her mother travels on and promises to return for her. Not too surprisingly, young girls in the nearby village start dying of a mysterious ailment following a vivid nightmare of a monster in their […]

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3/29/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:6 |

Over there, inside the Smoke, pain was joy and anger peace. Violence was love.

Smoke by Dan Vyleta

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The alternative world presented in Smoke is a fascinating idea, and a mix of ideas I was thrilled to be spending time with. In Vyleta’s altered Victorian England sinful thoughts and feelings are manifested as smoke that rises from your skin and leaves a unwashable soot behind. Breathing in the smoke of another can spread their feelings into you, and breed more and darker thoughts. The cleanest of people, who happen also to be the wealthiest, are seen as morally better people, and spend their lives learning to control and repress their Smoke. Two boys from a high class boarding school are sent […]

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3/24/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:5 |

The Ghosts of Tragedies Past

Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger

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I am not particularly partial to psychic-based mysteries, and I don’t know if I would have read this one had I known beforehand that it fell into that category, but I’m glad I went in blind, because I really got swept up in reading this one. Finley is a budding psychic and college student, who rather than listen, is trying to escape the voices and ghosts of people she sees and hears all around her. When Finley starts hearing a strange noise over and over again and can’t get away from it, her grandmother, Eloise, knows what is in store for […]

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3/17/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:4 |

THE CASE OF THE MISSING NUN WHO WAS KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED (except obviously not)

The Mutual Admiration Society by Lesley Kagen

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I kind of hated reading this . I understand its goals and it had some interesting and touching moments, but was overall a slog to get through. One of many stories of childhood in the 1950s, I don’t think it offered any new point of view on the era. It does have an interesting look into grief and children, specifically losing a parent, but doesn’t dive as deeply into the topic as I wish it would have. The Mutual Admiration Society is made up of young Theresa “Tess” Finley, her sister Robin Jean “Bird” Finley, and Tess’s “fiance” Charlie. The society was named […]

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3/2/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:3 |

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