Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

British Mysteries

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

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As I’ve said several times in these parts, I’m a bigger fan of the “whydunnit” than the “whodunnit.” The big reveal of the killer has never appealed much to me. I like to know what makes one person want to take the life of another. Murder is dismissed as a regular crime in fiction because of the prevalence of mystery novels but being an empathetic person, I need to have some sort of understanding as to the motivations of the players. My love of the […]

Fae Murder Mystery in San Francisco

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

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Rosemary and Rue is the first book in the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. I’ve been meaning to read this forever. I’m a big fan of detective mysteries and urban fantasy. I’m very happy to review it for the And So It Begins CBR11 bingo square. October Daye, Toby for short, is a changeling and a knight errant to the Duke of Shadowed Hills. In this universe, the Fae are hidden to humans and live amongst them in secret. Toby’s mother is a powerful […]

Good Grief This Book Was Bonkers

Halloween Party by R.L. Stine

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So I don’t even know what to say. What a crazy ride this book was. Also it takes place in 1984 and I maybe laughed at how some of the characters were talking. But the main plot and reveal of what the villain was up to made me go what in the world. And then I started to wrack my brain and wonder if I had seen a tv movie based on this book or what since it sounded familiar to me. I never read […]

Solid Installment in Death, but Timeline Drives me Bonkers!

Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

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Well we have the 49th in Death novel and it’s pretty solid. I am going to say though, if Bella (Mavis’s daughter) is 1 freaking years old and can somehow read we have issues. Also it’s only been a year?? “Born in Death” was book number 23 and I don’t want every book to be a year, but good lord can they at least be 6 months or something? I think the biggest issue I have is that that Eve and Roarke have grown so […]

Maybe If I Had Started With Book #1

Anything for You by Saul Black

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Not much to say here, I could not get into this book. Other reviewers mentioned how crude it is, and honestly it is. I just couldn’t root for the main character, Valerie Hart. I don’t know if I would have felt differently if I had read book #1 (The Killing Lessons) and book #2 (LoveMurder). Valerie is obsessed with sex it seems and her ties to this case […]

Great Book, It’s Just Not a Thriller or Suspense Book as Marketed

After the End by Clare Mackintosh

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So this is weird to me. This book definitely meets somewhat being slightly classified as a mystery novel based on how the author tells the story and the question that is left open in the end. But it’s not really a mystery novel. So I wondered at it being more a women’s fiction book. And then a friend and I got into that a bit. So instead of The Book Gods post, you get Blue’s comments with a friend while out drinking prosecco last night […]



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