Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“she allowed people to act in accordance with their own preconceptions”

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1) by Helene Tursten

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I definitely want more from Maud, the old lady who never met a problem she couldn't just casually murder. I had this out from my library so long they charged me for a replacement copy, which is dumb of me because it's the world's shortest read. I finished it off in less than two hours. (Don't … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:107 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: , , , , , , ·

A good last book to this pretty good series.

Blood of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles, #4) by Robin Hobb

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Dang, I thought I'd already reviewed this. Sorry I'm about to do a half-assed job because I had already scrubbed my critical thoughts from my brain upon my (imaginary) completion of this (nonexistent) review. This was definitely not Robin Hobb's best series, and definitely a let-down after The … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:106 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , ·

The Curious Incident of the Convoluted Plot

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

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My thoughts on this book are... messy. On one hand, it is refreshing to see a book narrated entirely by a character with ASD. On the other hand, Haddon did not research prior to writing the book, saying "imagination trumps research." Plus, the novel doesn't even commit to the diagnosis. There exist … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , ·

Why do you take all the life out of life? Why do you kill all the beauty?

The Collector by John Fowles

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CBR Bingo: Minds I remember GP saying that collectors are the worst animals of all. He meant art collectors, of course. I didn’t really understand, I thought he was just trying to shock Caroline—and me. But of course, he is right. They are anti-life, anti-art, anti-everything. I have had John … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , ·

Basically a zany movie rom-com in book form

Dream On by Angie Hockman

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I’ll be honest: it was the adorable and colorful cover that caught my eye, and then the absolutely bonkers description pulled me in. While I had some quibbles with the plot, it’s very entertaining and I could easily imagine this being a blockbuster rom-com movie. “So I’m the man of your dreams?” A … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , ·

“Phoenix-like, he flamed against the cloudless sky, looking down upon our miniature school world and all the golden fields of Fairacre.”

Village School by Miss Read

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CBR14Bingo: Cozy My mom had the complete set of these when I was a kid and I'd read them and feel very grown up. All I remembered about the book as an adult was a feeling of coziness and warmth, hence the bingo square. I was struck a few weeks ago with the urge to revisit these and see if my … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:75 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·


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