Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Lacking Evil-Geniusness

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz

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I should have seen it coming. The first of this series was a best-seller, and I didn’t think it was that great. The second installment was also a NYT best-seller, and I figured maybe this one will be better. I was wrong. It was not better; if anything, Moriarty was worse than The House of Silk. I can at least understand why people were interested in the book. They premise involves what happens immediately after Reichenbach Falls to both Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty, a time-frame Conan-Doyle never really filled in, and there’s a pretty good twist at the end that […]

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6/24/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:42 |

More Than Elementary

Mastermind by Maria konnikova

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I was so taken with The Confidence Game, Maria Konnikova’s book on not just why, but how we fall for deceptions, that I immediately added her earlier book – Mastermind – to my Amazon cart, not really caring what it was about. I wasn’t disappointed, exactly, but I doubt many books could live up to the expectations I had for this one based on my effusive review of her follow-up. Mastermind has a similar enough conceit to The Confidence Game, in that it does not merely demonstrate the mental tricks Sherlock Holmes uses as a master of deduction, it shows […]

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5/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:14 |

Another lukewarm Sherlock Holmes adventure

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Stephen Fry

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As I slowly continue to work my way through the complete works of the world’s most famous detective through the hands of his creator, I find myself kind of grateful that so many others have attempted to capture his essence in so many different means. I say that because I have loved all Sherlock Holmes related entertainment for so long, and I’d never want to give it up. But if I’d started out with the original books, I would have certainly never wanted to keep going back for more. Alas, maybe I’m being a little extremist here. The sign of […]

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4/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:15 |

“I was maybe the only person to ever have his imaginary friend made real.”

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

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3.5 stars English teenage boy James “Jamie” (although he really would prefer it if you didn’t call him that, even if NO ONE seems to listen to him) Watson has been given a scholarship to a preppy boarding school in Connecticut, not far away from where his father lives with his new family. He’s rather excited about the chance to meet another of the students there, though, the already famous Charlotte Holmes. James and Charlotte’s great-great-great-grandfathers were one of the most famous pairings in history, after all, and even though their families don’t exactly keep in touch much after all […]

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3/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:23 |

Elementary, my dear Cannonballers.

A Study in Scarlet (Part 1 of Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection) by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Stephen Fry

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Yes, he did it. Stephen Fry narrated all of Sherlock Holmes canon plus a personal prologue for each and every book. This is a total of 9 books, 72 hours, all in one pretty little package available for one measly audible credit. Plus a free 30 minute Audible Sessions interview where he’s talking about his experience recording both this and the Harry Potter series. If you, like me, love a good Sherlock Holmes adaptation (or any adaptation) but never actually got around to reading the original books, this is your chance. Plus, as I’ve already stated in an earlier review, I would […]

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3/8/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:13 |

I want to say I excpect more from Gaiman, except when it comes to his short stories I don’t really.

Trigger Warnings: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

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Trigger Warnings is a collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman, I believe his third collection. It’s a pretty meh collection, practically all of the stories were forgotten the moment I turned the page. I find this to be true of most of his short stories if I’m honest, I like (and occasionally love) his novels, but his short stories generally leave me cold. That this collection is so bland is rather ironic considering the tittle. Before I get into the actual stories, I do want to say I’m kind of angry at him for the tittle and his introduction. […]

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1/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:3 |

Move over Sherlock Holmes

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

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3.5 stars. This was a good, solid mystery book. In a way, it’s Sherlock Holmes fanfiction reclaiming the original series for women (in a similar way that Elementary the tv series functions). Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are classics for a reason, but the casual sexism is undeniable and for a modern reader like myself, it can be hard to swallow, “the woman” Irene Adler or no. The Beekeeper’s apprentice examines what it would be like if an older Sherlock had a female protege. Holmes meets Mary Russell by happenstance when she’s fifteen. He takes her for a boy at first […]

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12/30/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:72 |

A Fun Holmes Version

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

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I like the story and the characters in A Study in Charlotte. What does irritate me a little bit is how in this version of the Conan Doyle universe, the Watson and Holmes families are expected to keep their famous characteristics and relationships through each generation. Jamie Watson can’t wait to meet his Holmes counterpart Charlotte, because he hopes they will develop a close relationship like their ancestors Sherlock and John. When you try to break away from that established characterization, things will go horribly wrong as at a positive Holmes-Moriarty (yep, that family is also a part of this) […]

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12/27/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:48 |


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