Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Light up the monsters

There Are Monsters in My Room: (Interactive Shine a Light; A Hidden Shadows Book; Fear of the Dark) by Fanny Pageaud

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There Are Monsters in My Room: (Interactive Shine a Light; A Hidden Shadows Book; Fear of the Dark) by Fanny Pageaud is, to be honest, okay for me when it comes to the story. It was not really “new” but was also not “same old” either, but still, it was not completely grabbing me. However, the clever illustrations are the complete package. These images caught my eye not because of what you do see, but what you do not see. They are fun and I […]

Solid Thriller

The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

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Thanks to the lovely Bibliophile, I was gifted The Night Shift by Alex Finlay from my wish list for the holiday book exchange. It was a quick read that I generally enjoyed. In 1999, a brutal massacre takes place at a Blockbuster video store. Three employees and their manager are stabbed to death, with one survivor, Ella. While the police have a suspect, he is released for lack of evidence and then disappears. Ella goes on to be a therapist, but has a troubled lifestyle […]

Judging some books by their covers

Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

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A few months ago on vacation, my niece and I stopped in a bookstore to browse. We saw the Shady Hollow series display at the same time and both said, “Ooooh.” These books have the most charming covers, so I downloaded the first one from my library to read on the flight home. Naturally, my hope was that the story would be just as charming so I could justify buying them all to hoard like a dragon. Sadly, ’twas not to be. Shady Hollow, a cozy mystery […]

Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien

Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This is the 12th book in the Noodle Shop Mystery series. At this point the series is like a well oiled machine. We have Lana, Meghan, Kimmy, investigating with Adam and the Mahong Matrons assisting. In this newest one, Lana helps out the bookstore owner in the plaza she knows. She’s happy to help since one of her favorite authors is going to come to the bookstore to […]

Slow But Worthy Burn

A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle

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Best for: Those looking for a straightforward mystery that holds a few twists. In a nutshell: Officer Birch is working on the Endeavor when a man dies, and another man – a detective from London – insists on investigating the death. Is it murder? An accident? Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: Had finish the author’s catalog as I’ve so enjoyed his other books. Review: Unlike the other three books Hindle has written that I have read, this book is told solely from the […]

Blood – Thicker Than Water?

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

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Bel Price was in the backseat when her mother went missing, but because she was two years old, she doesn’t remember the answers everyone wants, and she’s finally made peace with it. But when Rachel reappears sixteen years later, it upends everything Bel knew. I haven’t read Holly Jackson’s wildly popular A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series yet, but I requested up this book on NetGalley for the rave reviews those received as much as for the intriguing premise of this story. Certainly the […]



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