Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I skipped CBR for 2020 because I was expecting my first child and knew time would be finite. Then the world imploded and I missed the crap out of y'all. Plus I read so much less without y'all's recommendations! (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Caitlin_D's Quick Questions interview.)

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“If I’m going to die, I’d like to actually live first.”

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis

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My review of Five Feet Apart:  Oh you want more? Sorry, I am a bit rusty on my review writing. Five Feet Apart is written by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis which means it took three people to write this The Fault in our Stars rip-off. Stella has cystic fibrosis; she has a popular vlog, is developing an app for monitoring her drug regime and is well-liked at the hospital she has been treated at her entire life. Her healthy older sister died in a freak accident and now Stella […]

Gentlemanly and Lady-like Guides to 18th century living

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

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Guys. The last (not even) 30 days of my life have been bonkers- like I would not be upset if you did not believe me when I say all of the following things have occurred since May 29th: I got in a horrific car accident. I walked away unharmed despite the airbags in my totaled car failing to deploy. My husband and I are in the process of buying and selling houses which is wonderful. We just found a (dream) house faster than planned which meant we […]

“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.”

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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I’ve read a lot of YA the last few weeks and constantly found myself comparing them to the YA master, John Green, so the natural next step was to reread some Green’s books. I really enjoyed Turtles All the Way Down when I read it the first go around during CBR9. Back in 2017 John Green hadn’t published anything in over five years so perhaps in my hunger for new J.G. YA I was not as critical as I could have been and posted an effusive […]

Just don’t read the last chapter

When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica

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“I remembered the way it is with dreams sometimes, how they have a habit of being less literal and more metaphoric, and I thought that sometimes with dreams like this, it’s not about who’s chasing you, but what you’re running from.” Jessie Sloan’s mother, Eden, has recently passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer; Jessie is overcome with grief and is unable to sleep. When Jessie goes to apply for college, something her mother suggested she do, she is told her social security number […]

So take a look what you’ve done/ ‘Cause, baby, now we’ve got bad blood, hey!/ Now we’ve got problems/ And I don’t think we can solve ’em

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

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Bad Blood is the story of Theranos and its founder’s, Elizabeth Holmes, fall from grace following the revelation that the whole company was built on secrets and lies.  I was aware of Holmes and Theranos from the countless articles written about her before and after the truth came out but it wasn’t until I saw the HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood that I really grasped how deep her deception went. By positioning Theranos as a tech company in the heart of the Valley, Holmes channeled […]

Girl power AKA WWII most decorated spy was a woman

Code Name: Lise. The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis

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I had never heard of British spy Odette Sansom Churchill before Code Name: Lise because, like any spy worth their salt, Odette has managed to fly under the radar. The French born Odette’s espionage career began when she answered an ad for photographs of the French coast. When she inquired about getting her photos back she was instead approached about joining the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E). And there was something about the eyes – dark, determined…defiant. If his instincts were right, this was a girl […]



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