Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I'm an engineer who reads books to think about literally anything other than engineering. My favorite genre is “takes place in an old hotel.” (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jenna's Quick Questions interview.)

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Ugh, poisoning is SO last season

#FashionVictim by Amina Akhtar

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Anya St. Clair is, like so many others in the fashion industry, incredibly stressed out. Her boss keeps telling her to lose weight, even though she’s only a size 6, an internet troll keeps commenting on all her blog posts, and her work BFF keeps saying “we’re not friends” “you’re a sad pathetic loser” “write all my articles for me”, whatever that means. Sarah’s so funny. Between green juice cleanses and putting together photoshoots, Anya has to figure out how to beat Sarah out for […]

Beach town meets movie set meets murder mystery

Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little

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Marissa probably shouldn’t have taken this job, but she’s worried she’s grown too dependent on Amy, her best friend / director-to-her-editor / roommate. So she moves out of their apartment in LA and asks her agent to book her something. After a whirlwind interview, she’s flown to Philadelphia and picked up by an imposing man who can’t possibly be just a driver (not that being just a driver, there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just -) and driven to Lewes, Delaware, and despite Marissa’s deep […]

Viscerally terrifying, but maybe a little too clean?

The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher

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Kara is reeling from an out-of-the-blue divorce from her husband when her Uncle Earl calls to offer her his spare room. Sure, the room is back in her home state of North Carolina. And sure, the room is in the back of Uncle Earl’s “curio museum,” featuring such exhibits as a “genuine” Fiji Mermaid and an uncomfortable number of taxidermied animals. But when you’re a freelance graphic designer with a small client base, sometimes you have to make do. So Kara moves to the Wonder […]



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