Cannonball Read 17

Rating: 4 Stars In a nutshell: Willow is living with her partner of over a decade. They’ve founded a company together, but things may not be going as well as Willow thinks. Best for: Anyone looking for a different version of Eat Pray Love. Quote that made me think: “Be careful about what you label yourself, because a lot of the labels we put on ourselves might not be true.” Why ...

My first book by this author was Sea of Tranquility, which I loved. I didn’t like the next two I read by her quite as much, but with Exit Party, we have a return to form—or at least the form that most appeals to me. It features Mandel’s signature time- and perspective-hopping, as well as a return to mysterious happenings and overt science fiction elements. We start with Ari, rec...

Every single chapter in Song of Susannah starts with the “Come-come-commala” song that we first encountered in the previous book, Wolves of the Calla, when Roland Deschain, gunslinger, does a rousing rendition of the Commala dance. I can’t comprehend why Stephen King got so obsessed with this particular song that he decided to start every chapter with a line from a stylised vers...

This is the fourth in the ACOTAR series and hits the novella category rather than a novel. The plot, such that it is, it pretty much boils down to Feyre and Friends Go Christmas shopping. Winter Solstice is approaching in the Night Court. There’s plenty of drinking, eating and exchanging of gifts. It’s a really lovely little slice of life novella, offering a glimpse of what Feyr...

Rating: 3 Stars In a nutshell: Valerie goes missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail. The story of her search is told through her eyes, the eyes of the lead searcher Lt Bev, and an older woman Lena, who lives in a nursing home somewhat far away. Best for: Folks tired of stories focused on the relationships between fathers and sons and wishing more were about mothers and daught...