Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A good first snow is magical for sure

First Snow by Bomi Park

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Bomi Park created a poetic story about the first snow fall and how magical it is to one child. First Snow invokes The Snowman’s “sneaking out” feeling and that nothing bad could happen. It has that realistic-magical element to it. I went back and look at the illustrations more closely as there are some hidden items/critters/etc. that made me wonder if they are there or it is the child’s imagination (i.e.: did her puppy turned in the polar bear or there is a polar bear. […]

The Continuing Saga of Castle Rock

Elevation by Stephen King

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I was honestly surprised to see that King keeps returning to Castle Rock. I thought he was done with his fictional town, but he keeps coming back. There’s some nice callbacks to former novels and to his latest “Gwendy’s Button Box” too. The main character in this one, Scott Carey bugs me a bit though (one of the reasons why I gave this just four stars). He decides he is going to force his friendship on a woman that doesn’t want it (for good reasons) […]

Beginning of the end, in which a series redeems itself

Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Legends by Lydia Sherrer

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I’ve almost got my ‘started before 2019 began’ pile cleared out. This is the first of the final four: Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Legends. This book was a bit of a surprise in a few ways, most of them good. This was book 4 in a series I was starting to get annoyed with. Some structural patterns and a seriously pet-peeving plot development cliché seemed to be developing. I was ready to give up. I’ve mentioned the structure in reviews of previous volumes, but […]

Freshening up tired old tropes

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

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This book was such a fun time. It’s one of those books that is full speed ahead once it starts and won’t let you go until the very end, which definitely left me wanting more. Maggie Hoskie is an orphan, someone who lacks a true home and family, but has a few people she is fond of. There’s the medicine man and her mentor who disappeared suddenly several months ago, and now a new person in her life, Kai, the grandson of the medicine man. […]

Episode 2-05: Suffer Not An Actor to Live

Crucible by James Rollins

The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian

The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian

Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover

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https://killingmykindle.com/2019/02/25/episode-2-05-suffer-not-an-actor-to-live/ Wherein I review: 14. Crucible (Sigma Force #14) by James Rollins 15. The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin #11) by Patrick O’Brian 16. The Mangle Street Murders (The Gower Street Detective #1) by M.R.C. Kasasian 17. Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine #1) by Matthew Woodring Stover I keep SAAAAAAIILING through the Aubrey & Maturin series as they drift away from the war in which they started.  James Rollins has clearly run out of s–t to write about Indiana Jones style.  I […]

Shuffle

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

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What can I say. This was fantastic from beginning to end. Reading how Roland drew Eddie, Odetta, Detta, and then Susannah was wonderful from beginning to end. King made everyone come alive and I still smile thinking of our initial ka-tet. I can’t wait until the next book. “The Drawing of the Three” follows seven hours after Roland has his palaver with the Man in Black. The last gunslinger is told that he is going to be drawing three and is warned about what is […]



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