Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King

Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King

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Honestly, just a nice little audiobook by Stephen King. He begins telling about how he became familiar with Maurice Sendak and how he told stories to his three children and what their favorite stories were. I honestly always loved the story of Hansel and Gretel. What’s not to love about two children who manage to out-wit a witch and get away from their evil stepmother? I do love that King is like yeah I have taken liberties with this story and I regret nothing. Hansel […]

“What’s the difference between a private library and a book hoarder?” “Feces.”

The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

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I’m a bit late jumping on the train with regards to this one. I think I’ve had a copy of this sitting on my ebook reader for years… and just never opened it up. Then, forgetting about my ebook, I then purchased the audiobook. Oops. Such a shame though; The Trauma Cleaner is one of those rare gems of a biography where a truly talented author gets a chance  to tackle a truly fascinating subject. The Trauma Cleaner is also unusual in that the subject, […]

An Adults Only Lord of the Flies

Batavia by Peter FitzSimons

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The Batavia, the pride of the Dutch East India Company, is on its maiden voyage from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies when it wrecks off just off the coast of western Australia. But the tragedy of the Batavia stems not from the forces of nature, but from the evil in men’s hearts. I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts about this story in the last couple years, and was so curious about this strange, dark story, part survival story and part true crime, that I decided […]

Not That Kind of Oven

Skye O'Malley by Bertrice Small

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Beautiful Skye O’Malley falls in love with Niall Burke on the eve of her marriage to another man, but even someone as adventurous as she cannot imagine the twists and turns her life will take on her way back to him. Sometimes you just want to lay back, turn off your brain, and enjoy a rollicking adventure full of romance, drama, and a surprising amount of politics. Bertrice Small’s work fits the bill perfectly, and in the life of Skye O’Malley, her best known heroine, […]

“When you love someone who deserves it, you have to be willing to adapt a little.”

Nobody's Baby (Dorothy Gentleman #2) by Olivia Waite, Blair Baker (narrator)

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The second book in the Dorothy Gentleman series by Olivia Waite was one of my most anticipated books of 2026. I’m pleased to report that Nobody’s Baby lived up to my hopes. The book continues in the world that Murder by Memory began last year. The world Dorothy lives in is that of 10,000 people living on a generation ship sailing through space on their way to a new home. The Fairweather has been sailing through space for three centuries already and its passengers live ,and age, and when it’s time to die they are provided a new body aged 20, and their consciousness and genotype are loaded in from the saved files in the Library when they are ready. […]

Killers of a Certain Age: Damn, I love a competent woman.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

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Killers of a Certain Age has been lurking on my TBR for a while. When I picked it up from the Libby app, I was searching for an audiobook option to help fill my ears while doing something with my hands – chores probably. Killers primarily follows four post-menopausal women – Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie – as they near retirement from a lifetime of service with The Museum. The Museum is an extra-governmental organization dedicated to assassinating the Bad Guys, and our heroines […]



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