Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Consequences are literally the reason not to do things. That’s what they’re for.”

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

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Gareth Inglis was abandoned by his father when he was about six years old, sent to live with his uncle, who clearly didn’t much care for him. Now he works as a clerk in his uncle’s company but dislikes his job. When his father suddenly dies, Gareth becomes a baronet and inherits a home in Romney Marsh, a remote area on the coast. There he discovers that he has a half-sister whom he’d never previously heard of (who’d also never heard of him) and that […]

In the Shadow of Spindrift House

In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant

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Seanan Maguire tends to write her most experimental stuff as Mira Grant. It just so happens that these are my favorites of her books (notable exception: the Every Heart a Doorway series). In the Shadow of Spindrift House is Lovecraftian to an extreme degree, blending elements of Shadow Over Innsmouth and the Rats in the Walls (minus of course the most racist name for a cat ever ashamedly put to pen) to produce familiar themes, blended with the fun of Scooby Doo and the threat […]

It’s just a phase: death doulas don’t have to be dark

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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“What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life?” A young girl is plucked from one path in life and placed onto another when her parents die and she moves in with her grandfather. Shortly thereafter, she witnesses the death of a teacher and is so ushered along this path towards the duties of a death doula. She helps some people, some people help her, things end well. I picked this up thinking it would be a […]

Horrifically funny

The September House by Carissa Orlando

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Have you seen the show Ghosts? It’s a campy sitcom about a woman who sees ghosts in her house and has learned to live with them. This is kinda like that, but a lot more macabre, and a lot more funny! If it isn’t bad enough to live in a haunted house, try living in this haunted house in September! The ghosts act up more than usual, the walls bleed profusely, and forget about sleeping, with all the moaning and screaming. But Margaret is resigned […]

No Winners in Crime and Politics

The Peking Express by James M Zimmerman

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A train full of wealthy passengers, both foreign and Chinese, is wending its way across the country to Peking. But after being taken hostage by bandits, their plight goes from bad to worse as geopolitics rear their head too. In the summer of 1923, Chinese bandits robbed a luxurious train and took over 300 of its passengers hostage, including many foreign citizens. As the situation became worse and the consequences mounted, it became an international crisis that eventually struck a blow against the stability of […]

When Josh Met Ari…

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

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Nowhere Book Bingo: Starts with J, K, Q, U, V, W, X, Y or Z Ari and Josh first meet and develop an intense dislike of one another when Josh arrives at the apartment where Ari is staying, to cook a meal for his girlfriend, who happens to be Ari’s roommate and occasional hook-up. Ari likes to keep things very casual, never spends the night with her hook-ups and is trying to make it as a stand-up comedian. Josh is quite neurotic, a trained chef, […]



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