Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Let’s start this year with a green light!

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

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I’m not a memoir reader. But this was gifted to me during a happy hour, when my defenses were down and I was probably more excited than normal to receive a gift. All jokes aside, I will admit that one of my favorite books, The Glass Castle, is a memoir, so when Greenlights arrived in my audible account, I decided to waive judgment. But I felt like, of all the memoirs out there, is McConaughey’s really going to be the one to change my life (as […]

“I don’t know if any of the people we know are suspicious or whether they’re just trying to live their lives.”

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

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Thanks to NetGalley and Tantor Media | Tantor Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I’m a little annoyed that this was marketed as a mystery when it is very much not, but it was a very good book, so I can’t in the end remain annoyed. I just wish I’d been able to set my expectations accordingly. This is, in fact, historical fiction that errs into literary territory on occasion, with a smidgeon of crime for light flavor. This takes place […]

I liked the cover best for this one.

Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne

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As part of my prepping for the new year, I decided to take stock of my digital bookshelves and do some housekeeping. In doing so I clocked Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne on my Chirp shelf. It must have been a Friday Freebie I downloaded at some point. It’s a quick hockey romance novella centered on a New Year’s Eve party, so it felt like something I should listen to around the actual holiday or delete from my to read shelf in the app, so I loaded it up while I spent Friday alone at work.   Having now listened to […]

History Sticks With Them

Entry Island by Peter May

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Rating: 3 Stars In a nutshell: Montreal Inspector Sime (pronounced Sheem) Mackenzie has been tasked with leading a team to investigate a murder that has taken place on a tiny English-speaking island in the heart of French-speaking Canada. Best for: Those who enjoy stories that have elements set in current day as well as the distant past (in this case, about 200 years ago). Worth quoting: Nothing stuck out to me. Why I chose it: So I finally bought a book by Peter May – […]

Anyone Got a Spare Kidney?

The Red Market: On The Trail of the World’s Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers and Child Traffickers by Scott Carney

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Rating: 2.5 Stars – a solid ‘fine.’ In a nutshell: Investigative journalist Scott Carney explores the various ways humans sell bodies and body parts. Best for: Those interested in the ethics of these issues and who aren’t squeamish. Lines(s) that stuck with me: N/A Why I chose it: The audio book selection from my local library is ROUGH. Virtually none of the books on my TBR list are available, so I started scrolling non fiction and this seemed interesting. Also … medical things fascinate me, […]

“I know, I said, if the humans were dead, who would make the media?”

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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Murderbot is back and we pick up the story not long after the end of the first. They are sort of on the lam, in that their new owners did expressly tell them they could do what they wanted, but they have also chosen not to go to a planetary system where they have personhood, so out here in these streets, they’re just a rogue security unit with a minor history of mass murder running around humans. Today’s plan is simple – figure out whether […]



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