Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

He wouldn’t be shocked if there was a spreadsheet on her laptop about him listing the pros and cons.

Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

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One of my greatest disappointments of adulthood was realizing that there is no point at which you have your life completely figured out for all time. In every decade we find ourselves considering our priorities and our choices.  After reading her debut, The Donut Trap, I think I can safely assert that Julie Tieu writes characters who are figuring out how they want to be in the world really well. In Circling Back To You, Cadence Lim and Matt Escanilla are at a point in […]

If you’re looking for a Canadian author to read in connection with Canada day, Jackie Lau is an excellent choice

Her Favorite Rebound by Jackie Lau

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This was an ARC given to me by the author. My views are my own. Sierra Wu shares the name of a popular fictional monster slayer (think Buffy Summers), but she’s not exactly slaying in her personal life. A complete disappointment to her family since she decided that engineering just wasn’t for her, she now runs a moderately successful greeting card store in Toronto. She’s also divorced. However, now she finally has something that her mother finds impressive, a billionaire boyfriend. She’s dating the Colton […]

Two mysteries for Flavia. . .well, maybe one and a half

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley

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Cozy mysteries are a great solace during troubling times, which makes me wonder why I’ve bothered to read anything else since 2017. I started reading the Flavia de Luce series at the end of 2020 and finally got around to picking it back up a few weeks ago. (Thanks, ‘Murica!) For those unfamiliar with the series, it stars an 11-year-old girl named Flavia de Luce who is an aspiring chemist and amateur detective. No doubt she would take offense to both the “aspiring” and “amateur” […]

I don’t want to review this, f*** you.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 28/30 It’s too good! I loved it too much! This is like how I put off watching The Falcon and the Winter Soldier because I love Bucky too much. My feelings, THEY CANNOT BE CONTAINED WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME CONTAIN THEM. I was going to try and re-read this before I reviewed it to try and make some thoughts more thoughtful and coherent, but I just don’t have the time right now, even though […]

Murder by Numbers

Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson

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Twenty-something Kate has been holed up in her apartment for too long, so when her distant relative Corbin is willing to swap apartments with her – his place in Boston for hers in London – she seizes the opportunity. However, soon after she arrives she discovers her neighbour has gone missing. But what does it have to do with Corbin? And how is her mysterious neighbour Alan involved?  There’s something weird about this book and it’s mostly in the writing. It’s almost as if an […]

If I’m ever unsure as to the correct course of action, I’ll think, “What would a ferret do?” or, “How would a salamander respond to this situation?”

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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I haven’t loved a book this much from the get-go since The Night Circus. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman is the story of Eleanor Oliphant, a scarred (in both the literal and figurative sense) awkward outcast who falls in love with a singer during a ill-begotten quasi-date with another man. She makes it her mission to change herself in order to attract the singer’s interest, although he has no idea who she is. Eleanor is a very funny character with many quirks, […]



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