It wasn’t hard for me to determine that Sharp Objects (2006) is the creepiest and most disturbing of Gillian Flynn’s novels to date. And that’s saying a lot. Although I believe Flynn’s writing improves in her future books, I was impressed and disturbed by her ability to create a setting so dark and haunting. Camille Preaker, is a 30-something, struggling reporter in Chicago when her editor sends her back to her tiny hometown to cover the potentially sensational disappearance of an adolescent girl–shortly after another girl was […]
Good vampires, bad vampires, and half vampires
I’ve been steadily working my way through the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead ever since I got sucked into the first one. Hmmm…let me clarify, the books are fun and quick reads. The part of this process that is slow is getting the books from the library. There’s not a huge waitlist, but there also aren’t too many copies. Blood Promise (2009) is the fourth out of six novels about Rose Hathaway, a dhampir (half-human and half-vampire), her best friend Lissa (a nice vampire with […]
How to Alienate Your Reader
I honestly can’t remember how I ended up reading The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (2012) by Charles Duhigg. I must have seen it somewhere, and I like books that can teach me something. Depending on the day and my motivation, I can have significant problems with procrastination and efficiency. I am so idealistic and optimistic when it comes to planning everything I want to get done, and then reality sets in. I think picking up this […]
The downfall of the alpha male
I’ve read a lot of Karen Robards’ books, so when I saw Hush (2014) on a bookstore shelf, I picked it up as soon as I could. Robards’ contemporary work can usually be counted on for some suspense, violence, a buff protector-type, and long sex scenes. I’ve definitely enjoyed some of her books and hated one of her earlier works. Since this book was written recently, I began this one with relatively high expectations. So, I don’t know if my recent reading of Courtney Milan’s […]
It’s not what you think
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (2012) by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander is a New York Times and international best seller. It also has five stars on Amazon. However, it’s not a book I would have chosen to read on my own. Although World War II is the neverending source of remarkable stories, the constant death and destruction is hard to take in. So, I only read about war once in […]
Finally!
It was hard to ignore the fact that Courtney Milan was coming out with a new novel–highly anticipated by Cannonball Readers everywhere. What was even more difficult, however, was getting a copy from my library. I got on the waitlist as soon as the book appeared in the catalog and waited patiently for months and months, until, finally! Yea, now I can read the book that everyone else gushed over months ago! I was a little concerned when I picked up The Suffragette Scandal (2014) […]
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