Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I Came to Praise Carla Rinker

Mortal Prey by John Sandford

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Sigh. Wow. Sandford holds nothing back in this 13th book in the Lucas Davenport series. He brings back Clara Rinker and we are on for a wild ride. I really had no issues with anything except the ending, I wanted a different one, which probably says more about me than anything else. In “Mortal Prey” we have Lucas and Weather planning their wedding and expecting their first child together. Lucas is going crazy with plans for their new house coming together and also with him […]

Chosen Prey Rebounds After the Last Prey Book

Chosen Prey by John Sandford

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We get to see who Lucas chose after the mess of the last Prey book (spoiler: Weather) and how they are dealing with each other months later. Still ambivalent about what things mean, the two are back together, stronger than before. Lucas is dealing with a shake up though professionally. The chief who he has been working for is not likely to get re-appointed, which means Lucas is going to have to go too. If that’s enough, it appears a murder is leading Lucas and […]

Sweet Nightingale

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics

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Please note that I received this book for free via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. June Hardie is struggling to fit in. Too bad that her family starts to push for her to be more like other women in the time (1951) and the story weaves back and forth to a time before June was sent to an asylum to what takes place when she gets there. I rooted for June, but thought most of the story was kind of a […]

Okay Thriller and Mystery

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

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This wasn’t bad, and it wasn’t an exceptional thriller. Very paint by numbers after a while. I think it’s because I figured out what went on and none of the twists were a surprise. I still liked this better than the “Lying Game” though. That was not good. “The Death of Mrs. Westaway” has Harriet (known a Hal) Westaway being told that her grandmother has died, and left her something in her will. The only issue is that Hal knows that Mrs. Westaway can’t be […]

Mulholland Drive in Fiction Form

Haunt by Laura Lee Bahr

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I’m not sure if I even liked this book but I’m fascinated by it. I’ve never tried bizarro fiction. It’s not a genre that appeals to me. But when I saw this on a list of weird crime novels from the irreplaceable CrimeReads.com website, I figured I’d give it a chance since I love LA noirs. I went in with low expectations, knowing this isn’t the kind of thing I normally read. And while I don’t have a desire to try more bizarro fiction, I […]

You’re Not Over The Hill If You Can Still Match Wits With German Spies

N or M? by Agatha Christie

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This is the year that I will finish reading Agatha Christie, and what that means is that I have just a few left, and the ones that are left are not her best work. I long ago read And Then There Were None, along with all of the rest of the Poirot mysteries. I’ve finished Superintendent Battle and Colonel Race, and most of Marple (although I am saving Sleeping Murder for the end, because I’ve heard that it doesn’t suck). When I started figuring out […]



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