Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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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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Rich People Problems and One Person Who Wasn’t

Carnegie Hill by Johnathan Vatner

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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 August 20, 2019.  How was this tagged as a romance? I guess train-wreck was too on point. Seriously though, I ended up loathing 99 percent of the characters in this book. Even the one person I didn’t loathe, I seriously disliked because he outed someone. I am surprised this wasn’t an Oprah Book Pick since every time she loves a book I […]

A Thoughtful Romance

The Flastshare by Beth O'Leary

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Wow. I don’t know what to say about this one. I read the synopsis as I was looking for something to read and wondered if this book was going to be worth the $13.99 price tag. I tend to not buy if I haven’t read the author before, but just plunged right away. Have to say that I am very glad that I did so. O’Leary doesn’t just give us a romance, she gives us something that I think will resonate with a lot of […]

Main Character Started to Bug Me

When In Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison

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It’s weird. I have seen Beth Harbison’s books recommended via Amazon the past few years, but have never read her before now. I don’t think based on this book I will read her in the future. I did like that the book took place in a setting I know (Maryland and DC), but the main character, Gemma actually started to bother me a lot while reading. When she gets into the weight of one of her clients I was just over it. She is very […]

Interesting Premise that Fizzled Out Too Soon

The Victim by Max Manning

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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 August 6, 2019.  Well this was a shame. I was looking forward to this one because having an author follow the two possible paths a potential car jacking victim could go sounded so intriguing. Too bad that Manning didn’t just focus on the main protagonist and added in POVs from so many people. Also I got so confused after a while if […]

Ever Closer to the Tower

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

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I have to say that it was great to re-read this and see the ka-tet all together again. I have issues with some of the upcoming books and heaven knows I will forever be irked by Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower as standalones. That said, this book helps set up the latter books as well as foreshadows what will become of some of the ka-tet I think. The main reason why I didn’t give this five stars was that I still loathe that […]

Five Stars, but Still Some Issues Which is Why It’s Not a Favorite

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

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Wow. What a great book by Dessen. I do enjoy her Young Adult books though the last couple I have read have been misses with me. This one is expertly written, but some things as the time line shifting back and forth and the mess with Saylor’s father prevented me from giving it five stars. I really enjoyed this one and hope that we see more from characters that she introduced to us in this one. “The Rest of the Story” follows 17 year old […]



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