Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I love to read. I'm usually reading at least 3 books at a time. They're not all good... some are really bad. I have trouble not finishing books though. Now CBR has doubled down on that trouble, because I want to get credit for reading the bad ones too!

kfishgirl's Reviews:

Sand and worms and spice oh my!

Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert

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My dad read this book a long time ago.  It was originally published in 1965, but he read it in 1983.  I’m sure he told me about it later (I was only 2 in 1983), because I remember him talking about it.  I also have vague memories of watching the original movie.  They aren’t good memories.  I guess they’re not necessarily bad, they’re just weird.  I remember the worms, and I remember a very large bad man.  I guess I also remember the blue eyes.  […]

Another book with an interesting concept that meandered aimlessly and ran full steam ahead into despair

Anthem by Noah Hawley

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The summary of this book may sound morbid, and it may be odd that it drew me in, but here we are.  I like a mystery. Here is what my library’s audiobook / ebook app had as a synopsis: Suddenly and without precedent or explanation, something awful has been happening to teenagers across the globe, forcing parents to face a lonely future without their children.  At the site of each loss, there lies a cryptic message, A11, which may be the clue to solving the […]

Like doing Wordle with a serial killer and if you lose someone dies! Fun for all ages!

The Cipher (Nina Guerrera #1) by Isabella Maldonado

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I think this might’ve been a Kindle First Reads book for me?  I legit have no idea how I get to read some of the books I do.  Like the process I mean.  How do I select them?  Why do I have such a backlog on my Kindle when I’m constantly reading?  Who knows? Anyway, I’ve never read anything by Isabella Maldonado before, but I would love to read more in the future!  This is the first book in the “Nina Guerrera” series.  She’s an […]

Frustrating, intriguing, and even sometimes satisfying

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

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If anyone’s a long time Kfishgirl fan (like read my CBR posts in the past few years), you’ll know that my favorite thing / something that brings me silly joy is when the title of the book is mentioned in the actual book itself.  I also like when people run out of bullets in movies and throw their gun at their enemies, but that’s a different topic.  Catch and Kill is basically what media organizations were doing or are currently doing when there’s a big […]

Another short story to fill the void between the super long ones!!

2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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I think I saw Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and remembered back to high school where I read Fahrenheit 451 (not KVJr), Catcher in the Rye (not KVJr), and some other book that wasn’t written by him.  I guess I just got them all mixed up in my head, so don’t yell at me.  I’m not sure I’ve ever read a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. book now that I’m looking back? Anybody have any recommendations?  Obviously I read this book, but it’s a short story, so a bit […]

So many characters die in this book!

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

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This is one of those books that I randomly saw on the list of available mystery / suspense / thriller audiobooks list at my library.  I usually just search for audiobooks that are in English, “Available now”, and fall into the horror, mystery, suspense, or thriller categories.  Those are my preferred genres of books.  I’ll also throw in some science fiction, but that’s neither here nor there.  Sometimes I feel like I get on a streak of crappy or boring books with this random approach […]



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