Hi, bjornsnipe! Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in the Quick Questions with a Cannonballer series. Congratulations on your recent Cannonball! How did you find your way to the CBR community? My mother reads Pajiba, and saw a mention of CBR and decided to lob the URL at me. … [Read more]
To Whom it May Concern by Roxie Noir
*My review title is a little bit of a fib - there is a Halloween decoration as the plot McGuffin here, but the story takes place November - February. There are a handful of authors whose mailing lists I am on. One of those is Kate Canterbary and in some of her newsletters she provides links to … [Read more]
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I've read a number of books by Taylor Jenkins Reid and enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. I picked up Malibu Rising (2021) because I was going on a road trip and needed some audiobooks for the ride. I barely looked at the description. It was enough for me that I knew the author and it was … [Read more]
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
A book about a female serial killer? Um, not really. This is the story of a lonely little girl who bad things happen to and she turns into a lonely old woman. But heartwarming? I'm giving this a grudging 3.75 stars, bumped up 0.25 from 3.5 because it wrung salty tears out of me. They were … [Read more]
The Book of the Dead by Jonathan Strahan
DID NOT FINISH-54 percent. Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. I usually will provide readers a breakdown of each story, but I am not going to this time. I tried to finish this book over 4 plus days and finally threw in the towel today. … [Read more]
Human Rites by Juno Dawson
Rating: 3 Stars In a nutshell: In this conclusion to the HMRC trilogy, the witches of the UK coven come together to fight a few different forms of the devil. Best for: Fans of the series. Fans of books about modern witches. People who don’t mind a bit of time travel as clean-up to resolve … [Read more]
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Volume 1 by Beth Brower
Volume 1 of this multi-volume series is set in March and April of 1883. Emma M. Lion is 20 years old, nearly 21, and has recently returned to her family home, Lapis Lazuli House in the St Crispian’s neighborhood of London, a quirky place with fine homes, a Roman ghost, a handsome young pastor with … [Read more]
