Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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1 Star Reviews

Nonetheless, I still want to be a lighthouse keeper - The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

Bigger Is Not Always Better - Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen

ugh. show not tell the “NOT ALL CONFEDERATES” edition - Varina by Charles Frazier

More like lost lizard - The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

Why do people keep ruining this book? - Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa De La Cruz

Naughty List - The House that Santa (Almost) Missed by Paul Laud

It is a romance! - The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

….And then everyone clapped - Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins

I hated this book – whoever would put up with this crap (in the book) hates themselves! - Here to Stay by Mark Edwards

A Tarnished Reflection - Moon by James Herbert

Turns Out, We Weren’t a Match - Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson

Horrible. But he was acquiring the knack of steering his new form. - The Cockroach by Ian McEwan

Disappointing Look at Where Some Characters Are Four Years Later - The Summer Guests by Mary Alice Monroe

Grab a buddy - The Buddy Bench by Patty Brozo

What a Letdown - Memories of Tomorrow by Dean Koontz

Um….why don’t you just go to the store and get more syrup? - Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk

Ok, who licked the butter? - The Great Indoors by Julie Falatko

Convoluted Plot With Unlikable Lead - Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly

CBR Bingo – Listicle – Snooooooooooooze - The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White

Lackluster Career Advice - Safe and Effective Practice by Jean Cote

This small revolution was suuper small. - A Small Revolution by Jimin Han

It was a dull and boring night… - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

DNF at 10 Percent - They Thirst by Robert McCammon

Abruptly and with vivid recall. - The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub

Not sure if it’s me, the genre, or the book… #SummerRead - Gone Viking by Helen Russell

This Book Was Too All Over the Place - Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Pro: It Was Short - White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

I Stared into the Abyss… - Strangers by Dean Koontz

Even More Annoyed Now - The Saturday Supper Club by Amy Miller

Terrible True Crime Book That Focuses on Everything but the Subject of the Book - The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer by Roseanne Montillo

Yup, still hate Beckett - Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett

Sorry Least Favorite of Japanese Mysteries - The Moai Island Puzzle by Alice Arisugawa

Ooh I hate read most of this book! - What Have You Done by Matthew Farrell

How to Fall in Love With a Peacock - The Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt

More like The Meh Twin - The Bad Twin by Avery Scott

One tantrum to go, please - Finn Throws a Fit by David Elliott

Struggle Read - Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss

No HEA or HFN Honestly - The Middle-Aged Virgin by Olivia Spring

So many bad tropes (Bingo: Youths!) - Dragon Called (Deadweed Dragons, Book 1) by Ava Richardson

How ‘The Ruins’ Ruined My Week - The Ruins by Scott Smith

So Much For Romance - The Miracle at St. Bruno's (The Daughters of England Book 1) by Philippa Carr

This one could not have ended soon enough - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Before Eleven - Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond

Even worse now than it was when it was first published - Iced (Fever #6) by Karen Marie Moning

Forced breeding is not appealing - The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

If I Knew Nothing About Congress This Would Have Been Mildly Interesting - The Dance of Legislation by Eric Redman

The Hallmark Movie Channel Wouldn’t Take On This Book - The Lucky Dress by Aimee Brown

Awful - The Good Bride Guide by Matt Dunn

The first adventure of the Bug Boys will probably be my last with them - Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger

A pair of DNFs - I Like it Like That / The World According to Monsanto by Claire Calman / Marie-Monique Robin

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