Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Kinga is having a rough week

A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi

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A New New Me is narrated by seven different characters, each a different personality occupying the same body. Kinga Sikora has a personality for each day of the week. Kinga-A is capable and optimistic and handles Mondays. Cynical Kinga-B is in charge on Tuesdays. Kinga-C spends each Wednesday flying by the seat of her pants. Thursday’s appointments and errands are handled by Kinga-D, the “self-care queen.” Dreamy Kinga-E drifts through her Fridays, and Kinga-F parties hard every Saturday. Kinga-G…well, nobody knows much about Kinga-G, but […]

The Mystery of the Ward and the Family Curse

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

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This is another first for me! Even though I know KJ Charles is a popular author here, I never got around to reading her till now. It probably doesn’t help that for a long time I didn’t realize KJ Charles and Cat Sebastian were two different authors and kept conflating the two. I liked a lot about this one. I quite enjoyed the gothic mansion, toxic family dynamics and trapped in the house set up. I also appreciated how she set up the narrator and […]

If Vox Machina Was Family Friendly

Imagine Nation #1 The Blood of Kings by Matt Myklusch

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Imagine Nation #1 The Blood of Kings by Matt Myklusch and illustrator Onofrio Orlando  There are ups and downs happening within these pages. Things are both familiar and fresh with the combination of realism and fantasy that captures the reader. Overall, I enjoyed it, but one small bump was that it felt as if this was not the first in a series but maybe book two or three, which makes me wonder if this is a continuation of the novels in the Jack Blank Adventure […]

For the Birds

The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer

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The Impossible Thing is a curious little book. It’s part cozy-mystery, part coming of age novel, and part historical romance. It tells parallel stories about one hundred years apart, deftly using stylized prose to distinguish them for the reader. The story is unconventional without falling into the trap of being irritatingly quirky. While it’s by no means a classic, its charms will be readily apparent to most readers. In 1920s Yorkshire, Celie Sheppard’s birth brings hardship on her farming family, as her mother’s husband immediately […]

“I don’t know if any of the people we know are suspicious or whether they’re just trying to live their lives.”

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

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Thanks to NetGalley and Tantor Media | Tantor Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I’m a little annoyed that this was marketed as a mystery when it is very much not, but it was a very good book, so I can’t in the end remain annoyed. I just wish I’d been able to set my expectations accordingly. This is, in fact, historical fiction that errs into literary territory on occasion, with a smidgeon of crime for light flavor. This takes place […]

History Sticks With Them

Entry Island by Peter May

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Rating: 3 Stars In a nutshell: Montreal Inspector Sime (pronounced Sheem) Mackenzie has been tasked with leading a team to investigate a murder that has taken place on a tiny English-speaking island in the heart of French-speaking Canada. Best for: Those who enjoy stories that have elements set in current day as well as the distant past (in this case, about 200 years ago). Worth quoting: Nothing stuck out to me. Why I chose it: So I finally bought a book by Peter May – […]



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