Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


This series should have been two big books instead of four smaller ones.

City of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles, #3) by Robin Hobb

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 7/30 This ended just as it was getting going! I understand that there were publishing issues, and logistical things to consider in terms of ballooning page length on this one, but if I were her publishers, I would have just let her turn in one gigantic book late … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:75 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

DNA app as plot device.

You Have a Match by Emma Lord

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 6/30 Reading this right after Perfect on Paper was probably a mistake, because I couldn't help comparing the two of them, to this book's detriment. But I don't think this would have been a full four-star book for me, anyway. Parts of it I really liked, even … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:74 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , ·

Yes, Darcy, you are queer!

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 5/30 I haven't read a really solid, really good bordering on great contemporary YA novel in what feels like a really long time. Actually, I just scrolled back through my GR reading challenges, and the last really good/great YA contemporary I read was Concrete … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:73 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

Catharsis

The Castleton Massacre: Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide by Sharon Anne Cook and Margaret Carson

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In 1963, a former minister, long separated from his wife, went on a rampage and murdered four people, two of whom were pregnant. Now one of the survivors of the massacre and her cousin have put together the story of what happened. I have never heard of this case before, but picked up this book … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:68 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , ·

The Pandemic mystery that got me out of my thriller slump

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

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I have been deeply disappointed by the last handful of thrillers I’ve read. It seems like each one has some over the top plot twist or framing device designed to make the author look super clever and creative, but actually just gets my eyes rolling so far back I give myself a headache (see Survive … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:32 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ·

Fresh Setting, Familiar Story

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

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I was ready to absolutely love this book. Honest! Fantasy, based on Chinese mythology, super stunning cover: check, check, check. Xingyin lives on the moon with her mother, Chang’e, the Moon Goddess. Chang’e is loving, but sad, pining for her mortal husband. Xingyin leads a sheltered life, not … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: ·


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