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 Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

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It’s weird. Every time I go home to visit (I am from PA) I end up reading a lot of Stephen King books. I read this one when it first came out, but realized I never posted a review of it. This weekend was dark and rainy and cloudy and it was a perfect setting to read about Trisha and her adventures lost in the woods on the Appalachian Trail. I always wonder what happened next with Trisha and her family. I can guess, but […]

Growing Things and Other Stories

Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay

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At this point everyone who reads my reviews should know I do an overall rating for the collection, with individual ratings for the stories. So here we go! “Growing Things”-(3 stars)-This follows Merry from “A Head Full of Ghosts”. I didn’t find this scary honestly, and just kind of went well okay. “Swim Wants to Know if It’s As Bad As Swim Thinks”-(3 stars)-I honestly had to read more about what this even was since the title confused me. For those who don’t know, SWIM […]

Christmas on the Island

Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan

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Not too much to say about this one. I just didn’t enjoy it. It’s not a bad book, but the whole series is just getting a bit samey. I am also not a fan of Joel at all at this point. I understand he had a hard childhood, but at this point it’s just all about him at all times and not Flora. And I don’t understand why she wants to be with him outside of the supposed hot sex they have all the time. […]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

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Updated: September 26, 2022: Seriously this is just the best whodunit. The ending is always a smack to the face because you don’t see it coming. I am always shocked no one thinks of this one as the best Hercule Poirot out there. I see most people focusing on Murder on the Orient Express, which is definitely really good, but it was this one that had me going what in the world while reading. I also loved going back to re-read parts of this book […]

Portrait in Death

Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb

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I read Portrait in Death many moons ago so it was great to revisit it. This is one of the sharper installments in the series, IMHO. Eve and Roarke tracking down a serial killer who ends up murdering someone who ends up being close to another person in the series was I think a good choice. I remember my shock at what happened and the fallout from it. It was great to see this brought up again in later parts of the series and I […]

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

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Why is it when it’s a “Classic” I go…yeah this is not for me. I am really regretting not listening to this one. I heard it’s better that way. Trying to read this via my phone browser (yep, could not download as an e-book) was another pain which is why it took me so long to get through it. It’s fine, just not that interesting after a while. Reading about an invasion of aliens from Mars would probably have scared me prior to watching E.T., […]



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