Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Part 8

My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator)

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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Book 36: My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator) Rough Review: 5 stars. I have so many thoughts and feelings about this book. AND SPOILERS NO TIME TO REDACT. The first 70 pages or so were perfect. Just quirky and heartfelt and true, and SO funny, these sensitive, awkward little weirdos with too many feelings, lucky enough to find their people, for however brief a time. I thought there was no way he could keep it up for 400+ pages, and if he did, I would […]

Crime Yarns of Varied Awesomeness

Be My Enemy by Christopher Brookmyre

Last One Out by Jane Harper

Never Flinch by Steven King

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Way back in 1996, I picked up a book by Christopher Brookmyre based on a staff recommendation in a long-since-closed book store.  I’ve never regretted it, and I’ve gone on to read and reread all his books.  This Christmas, it was Be My Enemy (or Fuck This for a Game of Soldiers). Set at the opening weekend for a teambuilding retreat in the Scottish highlands, the novel unites an eclectic group of advertising execs, PR teams, one crime reporter (familiar from earlier books), and a […]

The Sublet by Greer Hendricks

The Sublet by Greer Hendricks

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So one thing about when I am sick. I tend to sit in bed, read, and then nap, wake up, read, nap, and then so on and so on. Today I took some time to start cleaning up my e-reader for 2026 and then saw that I apparently read this short story two weeks ago. I have zero memory of it. I re-read it today in between other books (this is only over 50 pages) and honestly, I think I just forgot about it because […]

Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones

Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Was pleasantly surprised how much I like this one. The last Jones book was kind of a mess to me, but this one hit the sweet spot. I only gave it 4 stars though because the cliffhanger ending irked the life out of me. I like my suspense novels to wrap things up in the end please. Killing Me Softly follows married couple Freya and Charlie. A power couple, […]

Tigers, Spooks and Podcasters

Real Tigers (Slough House #3) by Mick Herron

Spook Street (Slough House #4) by Mick Herron

A Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall

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A.k.a. The reviews I didn’t feel like writing, but hey, I read the books.  Real Tigers & Spook Street I read the first two books in the Slow Horses series. I got them from my library, which unfortunately only carried translations.  Pro tip: translations suck and avoid them where you can.  They’re not bad translations, but all the whimsy and finesse are lost. I got the rest of the series in its original English, and whether that’s the sole reason I enjoyed the next parts […]

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

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Not going to lie, the first 30 percent of this book dragged. I just plugged away but honestly I just felt a bit deflated by the entire premise and the ending. Especially since it seems a client we get introduced to in this one, will take up the next The Lincoln Lawyer book in this series. The Proving Ground follows Mickey Haller, now strictly a civil attorney. His daughter is surfing in Hawaii and his ex-wife Maggie is now the new DA. Mickey feels content. He’s going up […]



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