Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I love books, and after completing graduate school, I want an excuse to think deeply about them again. Proud granddaughter of multiple cancer survivors and would love to read and write for a cause.

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The Wrong Family, and Potentially, the Wrong Book

The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

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This is a bit of a rollercoaster, but I didn’t particularly enjoy the ride. It’s diverting, but overall, I would say I enjoyed it a medium amount.  Juno is a former therapist with some dark secrets who is living in Seattle. She lives with a cute little family with the last name Crouch – Winnie, Nigel, and their teenage son who is starting to rebel against his parents. He no longer wants to do what they say or eat what they want him to or […]

Anxious People: Not what I expected, but charming

Anxious People by Frederik Backman

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This was our June Book Club pick. This is an unexpected and delightful novel. I saw all of the press and buzz about A Man Called Ove and was never really tempted to read it. But this delightfully quirky and human story has made me curious about Backman’s other works.  This is a novel about a bank robbery. And an apartment. And a hostage situation. And the conflict between City and country Swedeners. And love. And marriage. And winning. And losing. And dying . And […]

The Searcher by Tana French

The Searcher by Tana French

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Reading Tana French makes me want to go to Ireland. Her Ireland feels like a much more complex and textured place than I’ve seen represented in more romantic representations.  However, after reading The Searcher, it strikes me as not the wisest choice for an American to up and move to the Irish countryside.  That’s precisely what Cal Hooper has done. Cal is a retired Chicago police detective, and he takes his nest egg to Ireland to buy a run-down old home in a small, quiet […]

Too Good to Be True: Who’s to blame?

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

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Skye has found love. She never thought it would be possible, especially with her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Her knocking patterns and need to kiss clocks prevents her from living a “normal” life. But Burke sees her for who she is, OCD and all, and he accepts her.  They haven’t known each other for long, and they got engaged after a couple of months. They are planning to be married within a year of meeting, and Skye could not be happier.  However, in chapters which alternate […]

The Echo Wife: Come for the thriller, stay for the ethical quandaries

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

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I came to this novel for a domestic thriller, and I left with thoughts about science, ethics, and the nature of humanity and personhood.  Evelyn is a world-renowned scientist known for her work with clones. She’s developed a process by which you can have a fully developed adult quote cumin within about a little over three months. She’s kind of a big deal – winning awards and making waves in the scientific communities.  Personally, her life is a bit of a mess. She’s estranged from […]

Not That I Could Tell: Nosy and Nefarious Neighbors

Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

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A woman is missing. Not just a woman, but a woman and her twins. Out of a beautiful, safe neighborhood in Yellow Springs, Ohio – home to Dave Chappelle.  She went missing after having a girls’ night with some of the neighborhood ladies, and no one seems to know where she is. But everyone is interested in finding out: from the intrepid young reporter, publishing an independent neighborhood paper to the only single woman in the neighborhood with a fraught familial relationship to the stay-at-home […]



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