Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“A city like Ankh-Morpork was only two meals away from chaos at the best of times.”

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

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Oh, what to say about a Terry Pratchett book that can’t be summed up as “just read it!” in increasingly louder tones? AS I said in my review of Wintersmith, the worst Terry Pratchett book is better than some of the best examples of other authors’ works. And this book has to be in my opinion one of his best. Sam Vimes, Commander of the City Watch, is soon to be a father, which means perhaps chasing Carcer, one of the more dangeous of Ankh-Morpork’s […]

May Want To Avoid If You Are Insect-phobic. But Otherwise, Yes!

Weyward by Emilia Hart

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Three generations of Weyward women, about a hundred years apart, and each with a peculiar gift of working with potions and spells, and having a close connection with birds and insects.  Sort of a slightly more sinister Cinderella.  The birdies aren’t the cute ones, and there is a distinct lack of adorable little mammals.  The potions are mostly for women’s health issues, abortion in particular.  Lord knows their customers are in desperate need of some help. Of course this leads to them finding themselves frequently […]

Life is too short for all these tomorrows

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Having read this book I now understand how people felt in BtVs when they said “I’d rather have a railroad spike through my head than listen to that awful stuff!” I’d rather have railroad spikes or hot pokers shoved into my eyes rather than have to read this book again. The author seems to have read the old saying “that if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit:, only I’m afraid he believes he’s brilliant. I know he writes as if he […]

We’re All Named After Murder Victims. What Could Go Wrong?

The Family Plot: A Novel by Megan Collins

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Living on a secluded island mansion, the Lighthouse family allows no outsider into their lives. The parents, obsessed with all things true crime, named their four children after various victims; the eldest, Charlie (the Lindbergh baby), his twin Tate (after Sharon Tate), Dahlia (after the Black Dahlia), and her twin Andrew (after Lizzie Borden’s father). Everything is fine in their lives until the sudden disappearance of Andy one night, with barely a note left behind. Back on the island to bury her father after ten […]

Remember, you already are a good mom.

The Influencers by Anna-Marie McLemore

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Anna-Marie McLemore’s The Influencers is one of the most interesting, frustrating, thought-provoking books I’ve almost not finished in a long time. We start with a chapter title telling us that there has been a murder, but before we hear anything about the crime or the victim, an anonymous chorus called “we the followers of Mother May I” tells us about May Iverson, mommy vlogger and influencer, and her 5 adult children, who she named April, June, July, January, and March. The murder victim is May’s […]

“I generally want to commit a felony when I see him. I’m not sure that’s a sign of romantic compatibility.”

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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4.5 stars StoryGraph Easy Reading Challenge 25: A book with two authors Jessica “Jess” Davis is a single mom who tries to make ends meet doing freelance statistics work, mostly working at a local coffee shop, with her best friend writing her romance novels right next to her. She lives in a small apartment on the ground floor of the apartment building her grandparents manage, and they help her raise her daughter, just as they raised her after her irresponsible mother gave up on Jess. […]



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