Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Another lukewarm thriller

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

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It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a thriller. It used to be my favourite genre, but lately I’ve had a hard time finding ones that really excited me. Unfortunately, this one was no exception. I chose to read this because one of my favourite booktubers listed it on her top 5 thrillers, so I went in with high hopes. I’d read Clare Mackintosh’s sophomore novel a couple of years ago and I remember thinking it was okay (also a 3-star, though), so I thought […]

I’m approaching the end: The Wheel of Time, Book 9 (review part VI)

Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan

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When I first read these books, I think I made it through Crossroads of Twilight (the next book in the series). I bought Knife of Dreams (the last book written by Robert Jordan before his death) and The Gathering Storm (when Brandon Sanderson took over the series), but I never read them. This book came out just before I went off to college, and right around the time I stopped reading for pleasure. I don’t remember the next book at all. So, I’m about to […]

Excellent Novella

Assembly by Natasha Brown

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CBR13BINGO: Book Club (Sky Arts) Best for: Anyone who loves compact storytelling that manages to tell a deep and engaging tale. In a nutshell: The Narrator, a successful Black British woman who isn’t named, takes us through the day or two before and morning of a visit to her posh white boyfriend’s family home for a party. But that isn’t so much the point; the focus is how Narrator navigates the daily, hourly injustices she faces in this world. Worth quoting: “Assimilate, assimilate … Dissolve […]

Fun, fun, fun!

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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Ryland Grace wakes up in a spaceship. He has two dead bodies to keep him company and robotic arms to move things around, but he doesn’t know who he is or what he’s doing there. His memory is not gone gone, however; gradually it starts returning, but unfortunately that’s not such good news. See, Ryland Grace is not really an astronaut, but a science teacher. Earth is in BIG trouble and he’s the only one left who can help. And he’s very, VERY far away […]

A predictable twisty mystery where the twist is that I still enjoyed it

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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Bingo Category: Flora Another in the long line of twisty mysteries that are all so similar nowadays, but set apart by some pretty good writing and genuine emotion. You will recognize the setup for Then She Was Gone because you’ve read a similar plot summary a million times: Laurel Mack’s daughter Ellie is abducted, and ten years later she meets and falls in love with Floyd–and upon meeting his daughter, Poppy, is shocked at the physical similarities the girl has to Ellie. Then She Was Gone didn’t […]

Cool Story Bro. Shame about the main character though

The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Erik Maikranz

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I had a hard time sorting out my feelings about The Reincarnationist Papers after I finished it: even a couple of weeks later I’m not sure if I’m judging it by its own merits, or by the merits of the story I kept hoping it would be, or if I just totally missed the point. There’s one hell of an elevator pitch buried in the heart of this meandering story, one that makes me very curious about the upcoming film adaptation. Millenia-old reincarnated immortal being […]



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