Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Bodies? Bodies!

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

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Read this as part of CBR14 Bingo: Bodies. Because it has “bodies” in the title and involves a lot of bodies, some alive, some dead.  You was by far one of the best books I read this year. Which surprised me given that I don’t care for books about serial killers; finding them monotonous and often gratuitously violent. Everyone is trying to rip off Hannibal Lecter these days (and has been for the last thirty years). But Caroline Kepnes has crafted a you-niquely (see what I did there? […]

Over the River, Into the Woods…

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

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Read this as part of CBR14Bingo: adapt. This book was adapted into a movie that will be released later this year. It also features a character who has to adapt to a new situation after living in captivity the first part of her life.  Books about the outdoors and/or survivalism are not my thing. Neither are complicated family dramas where abuse has to be parsed and unpacked. Yet this one really worked for me and became one of my favorite crime novels of the year, even […]

The Sidewalks of New York

Tales of Times Square by Josh Alan Friedman

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I’ve always had this burgeoning curiosity of the old Times Square, even before seeing (and enjoying) HBO’s The Deuce. Who were the people that worked these parlors? The sex shows? The hustles? Where did they go when they were done? What are the truths and the myths surrounding the deuce? And moreover, how did one of America’s major entertainment landmarks become a red light zone of sex? Josh Friedman’s collection of story/essays covers almost all of this. I learned about the performers and the reluctance that drove […]

Double Play

Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant

The House that Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankee Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert Weintraub

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Thanks to watching The Captain, I’ve been on a baseball kick lately. This past week, I read two really good books that deserved to be fleshed out here. Rickey I’ve always been fascinated with Rickey Henderson, the player. A combination of speed and power made him the best leadoff hitter and stolen base champ in history. I always admired how instead of acting too proud to end his career with some hokey narrative, he kept playing independent ball, hoping to be signed.  I know less about […]

Legends of the Fall

October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish of 1978 by Roger Kahn

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As I get older, I make it a habit of going through books I once read or half read back in my teens and 20s. It’s amazing the perspective age gives you. I’m more patient of a reader and I notice more things and appreciate them. Roger Kahn is one of those baseball scribes I’ve always had mixed feelings on. He’s written some good stuff but his fascination with the Brooklyn Dodgers has helped cultivate this cottage industry around the team like they’re some kind […]

July 2022 Leftovers

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipies from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen by Snoop Dogg

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge

Stunt: A Mythical Reimagining of Nellie Jackson, Madame of Natchez by Saida Agostini

The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook Files of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block

Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragic Romance by Adam Bertocci

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

My Summer Darlings by May Cobb

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Firestarter by Stephen King

The Editor by Steven Rowley

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins

Lucky by Jackie Collins

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Here are reviews for the books I read in July that I didn’t have time or energy to do a full review on. Note: I was out of work in July so I read a lot. The Woman in Cabin 10 *** Read this while on a cruise ship and it definitely gave me some interesting feelings! A relatively entertaining thriller. I’d read another Ruth Ware book but wouldn’t rush out to do so From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen**** […]



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