Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Tales of the Past

Walk A Black Wind by Michael Collins/Dennis Lynds

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Lucked out that I finished this one on the last day of my Kindle Unlimited subscription as it’s the only one in the Dan Fortune series my local library doesn’t have. One of the best of the four I’ve read so far, maybe my favorite after Act of Fear. Michael Collins/Dennis Lynds takes the story out of New York City, or at least large parts of it, to investigate corruption in an upstate New York town. I always love a good tale of municipal corruption and there’s […]

Tripping the Light Fantastique

The Long Fall by Walter Mosley

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I’ve been going through Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series the last few years and mostly enjoying it. He’s a good writer with a solid sense of time (post-WWII Los Angeles), a compelling character, and a point-of-view that many readers don’t get from “mainstream” (re: dominantly white) mystery writers. I hadn’t thought much of reading his Leonid McGill series, which is basically Easy Rawlins set in New York in contemporary times. But as I’ve been on a big New York City reading kick lately, I figured […]

Did You Know Graham Norton Was Also a Novelist?

A Keeper by Graham Norton

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I had no idea that Graham Norton was a novelist until I saw him on Colbert talking about his new book. I like Graham Norton, so I added the book to my TBR pile (also known as my library Hold list). I had zero expectations going in, he didn’t give much away plot-wise on the chat show, so I had no idea what to expect. I enjoyed it. It isn’t the most amazing book ever, but it’s a quick read and it held my attention […]

Take It Easy

Heart of Darkness Club by Gary Reilly

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I am a slacker at heart. Even though I work hard at my job and try to give a good effort in other endeavors in life, my goal is to just crawl somewhere and be left alone. I love my friends and I love my family, but I have no greater aspiration in this life than to have time to myself. Murph, the star of Gary Reilly’s Asphalt Warrior series, is a kindred spirit for me. He has a shabby apartment where he grills burgers, […]

Full Circle for Armand Gamache

A Better Man by Louise Penny

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So this is a very good Louise Penny book following the Armand Gamache and another change in his professional and personal life. I gave “Kingdom of the Blind” three stars due to that whole opiod epidemic thing that still gives me hives when it is referred to in this book. I think Penny is a bit repetitive at times, but not as badly as she has been in the past. Though I gave this five stars, I honestly think this is a 4.5 star book (I rounded […]

All That Razz

Night of the Toads by Michael Collins/Dennis Lynds

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Trying to pour through as much of the Dan Fortune series as I can before my Kindle Unlimited subscription finally expires (for real this time). I really enjoy these books. I’m a Ross Macdonald devotee and “Michael Collins” (Dennis Lynds) is one of the closest writers I’ve read who’s capable of aping Macdonald’s style. He is empathetic yet engaging. He also uses just enough of New York City without getting lost in it. This one is another good entry in the series, though the seams […]



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