Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I've tried this three times now and I always fall behind on my reviews. My husband has heard me bemoan this for three years now and has decided to try it himself and the JERK is already AHEAD of me on reviews. Game on.

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The Chosen Ones- OMG yes read it

The Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

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I’ve never read any of Veronica Roth’s YA work, but I scooped up her adult debut. First off, it’s about superheroes and chosen ones, and much like I love gritty takes on fairy tales, I loooooove gritty takes on superheroes and chosen ones. Second, I’d finished Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo last year. I’d been lukewarm on Bardugo’s YA, but Ninth House was phenomenal. I shrugged, and figured maybe I’d have the same experience with Roth, another best selling YA author going adult. **this is […]

The Last Flight- A bit flighty but fun (horrible pun but I’m standing by it)

The Last Flight by Julie Clark

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In earlier reviews I warned you I am a domestic thriller junkie. So now you get to hear about The Last Flight. An abused wife fleeing her husband trades tickets with a stranger also fleeing her old life on a whim. The abused wife then watches with horror as the plane she was supposed to be on is reported crashed, with no survivors. She decides to step into the other woman’s life at the other end of the swapped flight and finds more then she […]

The One- Soon to be on Netflix (per the overly excited front page of the book)

The One by John Marrs

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The basic premise of this book is relatively simple- what if someone figured out a way to find everybody’s DNA-designated soulmate and made it into a dating service? What would that do to relationships? What would that do to married couples who decide to see if they really are meant to be? How sure could you be that your match was actually the real deal? The One explores this through the lives of several individuals as they use the service. There’s the engaged couple who […]

Such High Hopes, So Little Pay Off

The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

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I love gritty fairy tale retellings. I love “what comes after the wedding” fairy tale continuations. I love domestic dramas. So Charmed Wife seemed like a shoe-in. Cinderella 13 years after the wedding, hating her marriage and what comes next? Heck yes! Sign me up. And at first it was good. No big surprises, Cinderella’s unhappy, her fairy godmother is a selfish letdown, the Prince is a cheating ass. I was ready to see what the author did with this mix. I’ve read it before […]

A Worthwhile Revisit- Now I Remember Why This Was a Best-Seller

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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Years ago, when it was first published, Gone Girl was my gate way drug into the world of domestic thrillers/noir. Now I read all of them, and have strong opinions on Gillian Flynn vs. Ruth Ware vs. Kubica, etc. But Gone Girl was my first. So recently, because I had never seen the movie and wanted to compare the two, I did a Gone Girl reread. Surprise, surprise it totally held up. There’s a reason all aspiring domestic/unreliable narrator/thrillers try to claim they are like […]

In Which I Catch Up On My New Year’s Backlog of Reviews Pt. 4

The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall

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What an unexpected delight this book was! I got it in an ARC giveaway through Goodreads, and given everything happening *waves arms at world* I wanted something fluffier then my usual domestic thrillers. The Secret Bridesmaid is about a woman who started her own business as a for-hire bridesmaid. She pretends to be your best friend, accepts your bridesmaid proposal, and then makes sure your entire wedding goes smoothly from behind the scenes. Then she gets a gig to a very reluctant bride in high […]



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