Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I love to read and would like to get better about reviewing the books I go through every year. Fighting cancer at the same time only makes it better. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Rachel's Quick Questions interview.)

Rachel's Reviews:

If You Live Forever…Maybe Do Something?

Eternal Life by Dara Horn

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Eternal Life – Dara Horn Finished on April 7, took 13 days to read 2 stars on Goodreads Genre: Fiction Rating 2/2 Fiction Well, this was not a good book. Finishing this book convinced me that in addition to keep a list of books I want to read on Goodreads, I need to keep notes on who or what media outlet recommended books to me. That way I can actively avoid recommendations from those sources in the future if I end up disliking a book. […]

Hope the TV Show Brings This Book to Life

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Finished on May 2, took 9 days to read 3 stars on Goodreads Genre: Fiction Rating 2/3 Fiction  There were so many reasons why I was excited to read Daisy Jones & the Six. Several of my favorite blogs, podcasts, and friends recommended this book. I loved the author’s earlier novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. And most notably, earlier this year Daisy Jones got the ultimate bump when it got picked by Reese Witherspoon’s […]

Leah on the Offbeat – Fun Visit Back to Creekwood

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

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Finished on March 26, took 2 days to read 3 stars on Goodreads, actually a 3.5 Genre: Young Adult Rating 4/4 Young Adult Leah on the Offbeat is a follow up novel to one of my favorite books from last year: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. I devoured Simon in one night, and immediately watched the movie (not as good as the book but still fun). So I was very excited to visit the characters from the point of view of Leah, one of […]

12th Century Boss Lady: Part Two

The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick

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The Winter Crown – Elizabeth Chadwick Finished on March 24, took 3 days to read 5 stars on Goodreads Genre: Historical Fiction Rating 2/2 Historical Fiction Good lord Elizabeth Chadwick has a way with words! The Winter Crown is her second installment in the Aelinor (actual historical spelling of Eleanor) of Aquitaine series. I am hooked on this series. I read the first one back in January and I am deliberately taking a few months off between each installment to make them last as long […]

A Delightful Spring Romance

A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood

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A  Sky Painted Gold – Laura Wood Finished March 21, took 4 days to read 5 Stars on Goodreads Genre: Romance Rating: 1/4 Romance The hosts of one of my favorite podcasts, Bad on Paper, absolutely gushed over this perfect little book. Lou (short for Louise) is a teenaged girl living on the coast of Cornwall in the late 1920s. She is from a huge family, loves to write stories, and is incredibly close to her older sister. Lou lives in a very small town […]

Thank You, Next: Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

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Throne of Glass – Sarah J. Maas Finished March 19, took 12 days to read 3 Stars on Goodreads Genre: Young Adult Rating: 2/3 Young Adult I had incredibly high hopes for this series as I devoured Sarah Maas’s other series: A Court of Thorn and Roses. Unfortunately, Throne of Glass did not draw me quite as quickly. I can’t quite put my finger on why, as there were a lot of similarities between the two first books of each series. We meet Celaena, an […]



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