If you like tangential explorations of relationships within a family that don’t reach any real solid conclusions then this book’s for you. The Red House is the tale of a family’s week-long holiday near the Welsh border. The chapters are divided by days of the week and follow a sort of chronological order. Haddon switches from different points of view within the book and it’s not always clear whose POV is whose. Haddon also favours listing eg: machine guns. Popguns. Potato guns. Cap guns. Bows […]
War and Peace (This Title is Stolen and No Relevant)
So I slacked off a bit on getting the reviews done in a prompt and efficient manner. I’ll try to do better. I promise nothing. A straight up detective novel is something a bit different for me. I like to switch up the subject matter and genre of the stories I read as going too long reading one style gets old and repetitive and boring and blah. Someone somewhere (probably a lot of someones) had I Am Pilgrim in a list of book recommendations so at some […]
Pusheen is my spirit animal.
If you’ve been on the internet at all, you’ve probably seen Pusheen in one form or another. She has a blog, a set of Facebook stickers, and a bunch of merch at online indie shops. If you’re already a fan, you will get most of your favorite comics in one book. And if you’re a newbie, hopefully you will be inspired to check out her tumblr. My darling BFF and I had a belated Christmas gift exchange. This is what she got me, minus the chocolate. I’ve already eaten that. I have one cat, and […]
“Bleak” is the mot du jour
Year of Crime, Book 3 This is the 2nd book in the DS Logan McRae series. The first one I read prior to being a Cannonball Reader, but to summarise, it’s a grim, bleak and cold book set in Aberdeen and dealing with the gruesome murder of children. Fun times. The rest of the series ended up as a Kindle Daily Deal and so here we are. The second book opens with McRae disgraced by a botched operation which ended with a policeman on life […]