Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I still like the characters, but the situations are getting harder to believe

A Different Dawn (Nina Guerrera #2) by Isabella Maldonado

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So in the first Nina Guerrera book, a serial killer was after Nina to finish the job he started years ago when he kidnapped her as a teen.  In this book, she's also related to the mystery.  I don't want to spoil it, because it is interesting.  It's just getting hard to believe that EVERY SERIAL … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , , , , ·

OK I may have over-estimated Odd Thomas filling the Bosch void in my life

Forever Odd (Odd Thomas #2) by Dean Koontz

Brother Odd (Odd Thomas #3) by Dean Koontz

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I had a great reaction to the first Odd Thomas book.  I did not love this book.  By the end of the book I was listening to the audiobook at like 1.6x.  This is pretty fast.  I basically hated it and wanted it to be over! At the start of this book Odd is awoken by his recently dead neighbor, who … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ·

A cool collaboration of thriller writers and characters

Face Off by David Baldacci

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This is the second collaboration audiobook I've borrowed and read from my library.  I got into it because of my buddy Michael Connelly.  If you read my previous review that I just posted, you'll know that maybe he's not my buddy after all, but Harry Bosch is.  Conveniently, Harry is in this … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

Nocturnes

Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro

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This is a relatively short, short collection by Kazuo Ishiguro, that was published in 2009. I think this is his only collection, and perhaps he never really wrote short stories otherwise. The stories are linked thematically, but in some cases with overlapping elements. The thematic elements appear … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:186 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

I’m starting to believe that I just love Harry Bosch, not necessarily Michael Connelly?

Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly

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This book isn't my first non-Bosch based Michael Connelly book, but my second.  I think I read the first one last year (Void Moon) when I wasn't actually participating in CBR.  Unfortunately, I didn't like that one either!  I think I just love the characters in the Bosch books, including the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , ·

Giving the old tropes an update

Her Fake Date Until Midnight by Eve Pendle

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This is a book where I appreciate what the author is doing more than I actually enjoy the book. His Fake Date Until Midnight felt like Pendle took the category romances from the late 1970s - 80s and then gave it all an update. Clara is insecure and a bit of a doormat. She's also an enormously … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , ·


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