Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“I disagree. If a feeling knocks and no one answers, it’ll get p[EXPLICIT]d off. It’ll kick the door in, chuck the gift at you and smash your best ornaments so you don’t disrespect it again. You’ll be clearing up a lot more mess than you had to start with. So it’s good, Maxine, to cry if you want. Remember that.”

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

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I might have to go lower my rating for The Appeal based on how much more I liked this one. The premise is once again based on a unique format; this time instead of being told through emails, we've got audio recordings made on an old iPhone 4 by a man just out of an eleven year prison stint. The … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , ·

A bit of a perplexing read for me. Half of this was great! The other half was . . . fine.

Sign Here by Claudia Lux

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I held off on rating and reviewing this book because I wasn't sure how I felt about it and I wanted to "let it simmer a bit." I regret this stupid decision now because I still don't really know how I feel about the book, and now I also don't really remember the book! I mean, I remember the book, … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:33 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , ·

“You really named her ‘Linnea’?” “Linnea’s a survivor.” “She dies in every movie.” “Her characters do, but she goes from movie to movie,” Letha says. “She never dies.”

Don't Fear the Reaper (The Lake Witch Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones

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So this was a really good book! But it had extremely large shoes to fill. My expectations weren't that high for it, but only because I purposefully set them low knowing that living up to the genius that was My Heart is a Chainsaw was just going to be a really tall order. I feel like I need to … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:32 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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I'm glad my kiddo had the occasion to read this book for school which nudged me to revisit it! I owned a copy (which I think is now battered at the bottom of his backpack) but nothing beats telling your kid, "Oh? What book? Yeah, we have that one." I can't imagine a summary of this classic is … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , ·

Tackling the wrong tough topic…

The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright

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The Couple Upstairs is about two women. Mel, a Gen X divorced mother of two, struggling to keep her sanity and her kids engaged through the pandemic in Sydney. The other, Lori, a Gen Z backpacker pursuing a romantic relationship with a handsome Aussie bloke to who lives above Mel’s apartment. The … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Deja Vu all over again

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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In reviewing The Twisted Ones, I would be correct in summarising the plot as such: A young women with a silly nickname, recently single, upends her life and moves to a kooky new location to assist a family member in need. In moving, she is thrown into a world of magical intrigue. She befriends a … [Read more]

's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: ·


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