Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow.”

Carrie by Stephen King

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#CBR11Bingo — #bannedbooks The first time I read this book was the summer before I went into 8th grade. A friend at camp had her mom’s copy of The Shining, which we all read, and became obsessed with. The next time I went to the library, I headed right over to the Adult “K” section, and found a paperback of Carrie, sitting along with Firestarter, ‘Salem’s Lot, The Cycle of the Werewolf, Night Shift, and a few other King titles. I read them all that […]

“Cause I might open my eyes and find someone standing there”

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

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After getting unceremoniously laid off from her job and coming home to find her boyfriend cheating on her, Jules Larsen is forced to couch surf with her good friend until she can get back on her feet again. When she is offered the opportunity to apartment sit at The Bartholomew, one of the most exclusive and notorious buildings in Manhattan for $1000 per week, it seems too good to be true. If you’ve consumed even the smallest amount of fiction in your life, you know […]

Maybe I don’t wanna visit a Stephen King kinda town after all…

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

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In my very long Stephen King reading history, it’s a rare book of his that I don’t enjoy (The Talisman, The Dark Half and The Regulators are the only books so far to really hold that distinction). While Bag of Bones doesn’t quite rate as one of his best for me, it’s definitely up there – I read this big, fat book in just two sittings, with Sara Laughs and the residents of the TR being so vividly rendered that I even dreamed about it […]

If you haven’t caused a scene in a psych unit, it’s just because you haven’t been inside long enough.

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

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The titular devil in LaValle’s The Devil in Silver comes in many forms. Its most obvious is the monster that roams the halls of the New Hyde psychiatric ward at night, attacking patients who leave their doors unlocked. When Pepper is committed against his will after committing a crime he doesn’t fully remember, he quickly comes face to face with this evil. Along with some of his companions on the ward, he sets out to solve the mystery of this hushed up resident of the […]

“Remember, never take no cut-offs and hurry along as fast as you can”

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown

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The Indifferent Stars Above is the gripping tale of the Donner Party who in 1846 set off from their homes in the east of the United States of America to travel overland to California, only to discover that the ‘shortcut’ they’d been promised was no such thing, leaving them to flounder in a hostile landscape as winter set in. As the months passed and with no thaw in sight, a small number of the party would attempt to reach civilisation and get help, leaving the […]

Definitely A Product of Its Time

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

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I read this shortly before the movie came out although I didn’t end up seeing the movie.  I like the idea of horror, and I enjoy reading it on occasion, but I don’t like watching it that much.  I used to, but at some point, I decided I didn’t like jump scares, and haven’t really watched much horror since.  I did see Get Out, but it was at home and during the day. The thing is the story itself is intriguing and I can absolutely […]



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