Cannonball Read 17

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

I was hoping to be able to relate to this book, and holy hell, I could not - All Fours by Miranda July

Middling Mystery Collection - The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024 by Ed. Anthony Horowitz

Stand Back Everyone! - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Humanity’s Last Prayer - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

“For I was indeed a student of human nature, as every orphan and hooker and unwanted kid must be.” - Vera by Carol Edgarian

One of my most anticipated books of the year is a complete flop. CBRBINGO – ‘B’ - Behooved by M. Stevenson

Tales of a Profiler - Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases by Paul Holes

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

A Bit of a Dud - Finders Keepers by Stephen King

And the quips just keep on coming - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

This novel could have been an embroidered pillow (and also a rant about unnecessary italics) - The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? - How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Read about Cabin Head and Tree Head along with Automobile Head, Volcano Head, Library Head, Trash Can Head, Pool Head and more - Cabin Head and Tree Head, Book #1 by Scott Campbell

want more wooing, gosh darn it - Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis

An Irish Summer by Alexandra Paige - An Irish Summer by Alexandra Paige

“But for someone in need, she could always find something to spare. —there was always more of herself to give.” - A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

A disappointing follow-up to a beloved fantasy novel - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune

I Am Alice by Joseph Delaney - I Am Alice by Joseph Delaney

Native American Horror Story - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Much Bigger CW Needed - Dan Da Dan vol. 1 by Yukinobu Tatsu

Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island by Susan M. Boyer - Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer

I don’t do torture - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

But where are the crows? - The Puzzle Wood by Rosie Andrews

Night & Day by John Connolly - Night & Day by John Connolly

The Man in the Arena - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Failure to Launch - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Surprisingly Dull Bones - The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist by Mary Manhein

“No other bosses but mine and my opponents’ can have your soul jerked out of your body and sent to the deepest fiery pits to suffer for eternity. Unless you work for Walmart.” - The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams

This is why you shouldn’t touch chain emails with a ten-foot pole. - The Devil's Advisor by Brad Abdul

Too Much Moral Ambiguity? - One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall

This was sadly a complete dud - The Love Haters by Katherine Center

All Cops Are… Bad at Telling a Story - From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely - Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely

All This Can Be True by Jen Michalski - All This Can Be True by Jen Michalski

Jeneva Conventional - Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

I really did want to like this! - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Crash by Frieda McFadden - The Crash by Frieda McFadden

Maybe it would work as a movie but needed more for a book - Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Let Me Forget - Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

Judgy-wudgy was a bear… - No Judgement by Lauren Oyler

I give up - Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

The Love Haters by Katherine Center - The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Invading plants from outer space - Overgrowth by Mira Grant

Hippy Shenanigans Colorful Characters Dope and Crime - Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware - One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

Battle for the Truth - Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

What If It’s You? - What If It's You by Jilly Gagnon

Pretty Weak Essay Collection - How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky

Two and a half cigarette men! - The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James

The face of the cyborg and detective - Model Five Murder: a sci-fi noir by Tan Juan Gee

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