Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Satisfying conclusion to fun fantasy trilogy – CBR14 Bingo: Shadow

Siege of Rage and Ruin: Wells of Sorcery Book Three by Django Wexler

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CBR14 Bingo: “Shadow” – One of the wells of sorcery is Shadow, gifting the user with the ability to switch places with their shadow and move between shadows. Siege of Rage and Ruin is the conclusion to Wexler’s “Wells of Sorcery” trilogy that started with Ship of Smoke and Steel, and was followed up by City of Stone and Silence. Isoka’s plan is simple.  Sneak ashore outside Kahnzoka’s harbor.  Hitch a ride with a merchant traveling to the city.  Get to her sister Tori and slip […]

I think George RR Martin read this before writing A Game of Thrones.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

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Ken Follett left his journalism career after three years of boredom to work for a small, London-based book publisher in the late-1970s. He began writing fiction as a hobby, and became proficient enough to end up earning money at it. With the publication of The Eye of the Needle in 1978, Follett entered the international stage and super stardom, selling 10 million copies. For the next several years, he wrote several best sellers and seemed set on a path to writing airport novels. Everything changed […]

What a difference two years makes…

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

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How in the heck was this written a mere two years after Solitaire!? They legitimately feel as if they were written by different authors, or at least by Oseman at polar opposite points in here career. Maybe it’s largely the subject matter informing that statement, as we don’t have the absolutely insufferable main character or outlandish side-plot or all the stuff that should’ve come with a content warning. It does make for a lighter read overall, more in line with the rest of her work. […]

July 2022 Leftovers

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipies from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen by Snoop Dogg

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge

Stunt: A Mythical Reimagining of Nellie Jackson, Madame of Natchez by Saida Agostini

The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook Files of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block

Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragic Romance by Adam Bertocci

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

My Summer Darlings by May Cobb

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Firestarter by Stephen King

The Editor by Steven Rowley

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins

Lucky by Jackie Collins

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Here are reviews for the books I read in July that I didn’t have time or energy to do a full review on. Note: I was out of work in July so I read a lot. The Woman in Cabin 10 *** Read this while on a cruise ship and it definitely gave me some interesting feelings! A relatively entertaining thriller. I’d read another Ruth Ware book but wouldn’t rush out to do so From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen**** […]

Magic is just a plot point for a passionate romance

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

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BINGO – HEART Vivienne knows better than to mix vodka and witchcraft. She does. But when her cousin recommends a harmless bit of non-magic to curse Rhys, the man who breaks her heart after a wild and passionate summer, she can’t resist. Though she and her cousin Gwen are real witches, they’re aren’t about to do a real piece of magic. It’s mostly a symbolic exercise to help Vivienne move on. Nine years later, Rhys comes back to town to find that things just aren’t […]

An impulse buy that I’m really happy I picked up

We Kill Monsters: Vol 1 by Christopher Leone, Laura Harkcom

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BINGO – MONSTER Brothers Andrew and Jake are barely scraping by running their dad’s old auto-body shop. Andrew too is trying to mend his broken heart that he was left with after local bartender Vanessa dumped him. Unfortunately Vanessa has already moved on to Dennis, the Vice President of a breakfast technologies company. Oh, and there are giant, hideous, horrifying monsters suddenly attacking the town. The entire town has evacuated, except for these four who stick around to help save the town. In the very […]



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