Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Bloodless is not nearly as interesting as what it sets up.

Bloodless by Preston & Child

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Special Agents Pendergast and Coldmoon are back along with Constance and investigating a series of murders in Savannah, Georgia with corpses drained of every drop of blood. Bloodless begins right where Crooked River ended which I thought was rather unfair. After two high-profile and harrowing back-to-back cases, you would think the FBI could give the two agents a break.  Regardless, Pendergast and Coldmoon are on the case and Constance befriends the eccentric and reclusive owner of the lavish hotel the trio is staying in. Bloodless […]

There’s always a bigger fish.

MEG: Generations by Steve Alten

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MEG: Generations is the 6th book in the epic tale of prehistoric sea creatures and the people who really suck at keeping them in captivity. Yes, a series about giant sharks has more books than Game of Thrones. Let that sink in a minute. At this point in the saga thirty years have passed since the first megalodon (meg for short) escaped from the Mariana Trench to wreak havoc on the Pacific ocean. That first meg was killed, but she had a daughter, the formidable […]

The best thriller I’ve read this year

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

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You guys don’t know just how behind I am in reviews, because I kept prioritizing reviewing the bingo ones, but I have at least 15 overdue reviews and am not looking forward to catching up. But catch up I will, and I decided to start with something that’s made me happy.  This was by far the best mystery thriller I read this year. Honestly, I read this within a day. I literally couldn’t put it down. We follow 2 perspectives in Gorman University: Carly Schiller […]

An interesting contrast to the misogynistic nonsense that was Vox

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

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Usually I prefer a heaping helping of escapism in my media (as Murderbot would say), but this Bloggess-recommended book was CHEWY, and I think I will be pondering it for quite some time. I’m not sure how far to go into the synopsis, because it’s going to get spoilery real fast, but here goes: Evelyn is a brilliant scientist who specializes in clones, mapping the brain to make a clone more or less like their progenitor. Her husband is a less-brilliant scientist, jealous of the […]

One to skip

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

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While looking for a missing golf ball, Bobby Jones finds a dying man that has apparently fallen over a steep cliff. The man’s last words, “Why didn’t they ask Evans?”, appear to make no sense. Bobby’s friend, Lady Frances Derwent, is intrigued by the mystery, and together they set out to solve it. Usually I’m a huge fan of Agatha Christie, but this one is more or less a disappointment. Frankie and Bobby are the most incompetent amateur sleuths one can imagine, and Bobby especially […]

We need an enemy to give people hope.

The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

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Captain Simonini, a notary, forger, and spy, wakes up one day in his Paris apartment without remembering his past. He begins to reconstruct his memories by writing in a journal and by having a written conversation with his neighbour Abbé Dalla Piccola. The story takes them from Piedmont to Sicily and finally Paris where Simonini devises conspiracies to fill his pockets and further his ideological goals. Soon they begin to wonder if they are not the same person. This is such a clever and intriguing […]



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