Cannonball Read 17

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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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The Main Character Was Too Hard to Take

Death and Other Happy Endings by Melanie Cantor

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on July 9, 2019.  Wow. This book ended up not working for me at all. Probably because the initial premise (Jennifer Cole) being diagnosed with an incurable condition giving her months to live didn’t really get focused on too much. Instead we focused on Jennifer writing letters to her ex-husband, her ex’s current wife, her ex-lover, her ex-childhood friend, and her sister. Yeah […]

What a Great Short Story!

Death on the Edge by Sara Paretsky

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I have to say this was fantastic! The only reason why I didn’t give it 5 stars is that I guessed what happened with the mystery about who wrote the essay. I loved the callback to a past case of VI’s and her annoying nemesis from that one popping up in this one (Marcena Love). In “Death on the Edge” VI gets involved in introducing Marcena to her old school in order to talk to a teacher who is concerned about an essay that was […]

So So Installment in the World of VI

Shell Game by Sara Paretsky

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I don’t even know what to say about this one. It was so far fetched that two of VI’s investigations would even link up. I still love this series though because it’s great to read about a strong female character who chose to remain single and not have children. That’s not to say that VI does not enjoy gentlemen companions, she’s okay without them though. “Shell Game” has her investigating a police matter involving Lottie’s nephew. She also gets a call from a niece by […]

Just Keep Swimming

Swimming for Sunlight by Allie Larkin

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Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book was released on April 23, 2019.  So “Swimming for Sunlight.” I went back and forth on this one. The main character is Katie Ellis who divorces her husband and takes her rescue dog Bark back to Florida to stay with her maternal grandmother, Nan. Katie gives up everything that she is entitled to so her husband doesn’t get joint custody of the dog. So she arrives with […]

Ehhh…

The One Who's Not the One by Keris Stainton

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I honestly don’t know what to say. I liked the character Cat and her friendship with Kelly and how much she loved her, Kelly’s son, and Kelly’s husband. That said, the whole book revolves about her getting feelings for her ex’s brother. If that part had been cut out I would have loved it. Cat is a former stand up comic who quit after her ex-boyfriend Sam (also a comic) moved to Australia 5 years ago and never came back. Cat we find out has […]

Come Along and Walk With Me

Mystery Walk by Robert B. McCammon

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Well this was really good! I was pleasantly surprised since I have only really loved one of McCammon’s books, “Boy’s LIfe.” “Mystery Walk” brought back some of that feeling of magical realism along with horror that I liked in the previous book. We also get introduced to some pretty epic characters (Billy Creekmore and his mother) and I ended up wanting to read more about Billy after the conclusion of the book. “Mystery Walk” begins with a pregnant Ramona Creekmore who has a gift. She […]



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