Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“Love was seeing the truth of a person. Love was keeping faith that the best version you saw was the truest.”

Better in Black: Ten Stories of Shadowhunter Romance by Cassandra Clare

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Basically what it says on the tin: ten short stories set in the Shadowhunter Universe, each centered on one couple (or throuple, in one case.) They are as follows: The Good Storm (Will Herondale/Tessa Grey, set during their honeymoon.): So trite, so overblown. Cassie, if you can't write sex … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: , , , ·

Where Lovecraft Meets Spycraft

The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross

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I’m still making my way through the Laundry Files books, in hope that I’ll be reviewing the final one before the year is out. In my review of the Atrocity Archives I did mention that while the premise was good, the book was quite episodic and disjointed. To expand on that a little: re-reading it, it … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

“Bardun Jacques would’ve reshaped the landscape around him using the sheer force of profanity, which, Aelis reasoned, might actually have been an eighth College in his hands.”

The Warden (The Warden #1) by Daniel M. Ford

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I have read a couple of books lately where the back of the book synopsis does not completely (or accurately describe what the book actually contains; sometimes it's by a little, sometimes it's by a lot. The Warden, thankfully, is one of those books where it's only by a little. The basic plot is: … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: , , , ·

But We Dream Different Dreams

The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper

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Though it is Anne Boleyn who became the second queen of Henry VIII, her sister Mary had her own entanglements with royalty which in many ways paved the way for the rise of the Boleyns. Philippa Gregory retreads this same ground some two decades later, but my understanding is that The Last … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Hitchcock Deserves Better

Rear Window: The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age by Jennifer O'Callaghan

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Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window is an unimpeachable masterpiece, as compelling to viewers today as it was seventy years ago when it was first released. With two iconic stars, an ingenious premise, and the guidance of the Master of Suspense himself, it feels like the kind of film that would make for a … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

H.G. Wells is the villain for boring me to death

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

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Sometimes the idea of a story is a thousand times better than the actual story, as is the case with H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man. I look at that cover and think, "This is going to be one badass book--a fun, light read that will nevertheless leave me pondering the nature of loneliness and … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , ·


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