Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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The Great Puptective V03 The Big Mousetake by Alina Tysoe

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The Great Puptective V03 The Big Mousetake by Alina Tysoe is a cute third story in her Puptective series and has lots and lots of fun extras.  Oh, I probably should introduce the series. If you are not familiar with the Great Puptective series (book one is The Great Puptective and volume two Purranormal Activity) you should read them first. While book three is a bit of a standalone title, you’re going to want to have read all the books about this precocious pup and […]

Everyone but the chihuahua is a suspect

The Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan

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CBR18 Bingo – Or: I can read about violence against women or… violence against women. I started The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie when I decided I wasn’t up for a mystery so dependent on real world violence against indigenous women and people. Then I jumped into this book like an idiot because I liked the cover. It was too late to go back by the time I realized Jennifer Givhan’s The Sleeping Sisters was inspired by the unsolved West Mesa Murders. I was hooked […]

The Dorians by Nick Cutter

The Dorians by Nick Cutter

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Trigger warning: Body horror and suicidal ideation I went back and forth on a rating for this one, but honestly I could not in good conscience give this more than 2 stars. It dragged painfully throughout the book. The body horror didn’t bother me that much, I thought that I had read other books that were more extreme than this one. Instead I just found myself getting bored. I think that this is an interesting subject due to that one billionaire who keeps claiming he’s […]

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

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Going to keep this one short and sweet. This was not a great mystery. I found myself realizing what was going on and who probably did it a good 15 percent into the book. I hoped I was wrong, was not, and felt aggravated by that and the lackluster characters too. I soothed myself by re-reading A Pocket Full of Rye. Just the Nicest Couple follows two married couples, Jake and Nina Hayes and Lily and Christian Scott. Christian comes home one evening and finds […]

Losing Stamina for Recent Thrillers

Tell No One by Harlan Coben

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Bingo: You, as in me, who is desultorily dragging her way through yet another mediocre thriller. As I mentioned in my last review, I decided to break up my more mind chewy reads and go on a streak of thrillers and mysteries. So far, the mysteries are panning out fine. Unfortunately, my eyes grow weary of the standard, similar thrillers I’ve been reading as of late. I have one more from that stack, and then two promising mysteries to finish the project. So let’s get […]

Hollywood Noir

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper

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Jordan Harper is a writer I’ve been hearing a lot of positive things about lately, mostly from podcasters. Harper has written for TV in addition to his novels and it seems he has a lot of friends and fans in the industry. His latest novel, A Violent Masterpiece, came out earlier this year to great acclaim, and I decided I should give him a shot. Then I realized I already owned an earlier book on Kindle (I buy too many books on sale on Amazon.) Everybody […]



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