Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

About Rachel

CBR11 participant
CBR12 participant

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:

Finally, a Fresh YA Trilogy!

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

by Leave a Comment

Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi Finished March 6, took 4 Stars on Goodreads Genre: Young Adult Rating 4/10 for 2019 overall, 2/2 Young Adult This book was highly recommended to me by a dear friend and several of my favorite bloggers. Zelie is a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, trained in secret to understand the ways of the Maji. Magic ruled her lands in the past, but the King killed every Maji over the age of 13 over a decade ago, […]

Love on the Spectrum

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

by Leave a Comment

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Finished Feb. 21, 2019, took 4days to read 4 Stars on Goodreads Genre: Romance Rating 4/9 for 2019 overall, 1/3 for Romance Well, this was a fun and fast read! I came across The Kiss Quotient from one of my favorite bloggers, Grace at The Stripe. She is an avid reader and I knew this would be a good fluffy romance read based on her recommendation. Stella is a very successful econometrician (whatever that is) in Palo Alto, California. […]

It Ends With…Me Not Enjoying This Book

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

by 3 Comments

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Finished Feb. 17, 2019, took 2  days to read 2 Stars on Goodreads Genre: Romance Rating 8/8 for 2019 overall, 2/2 for Romance I really need to keep track of where I get my book recommendations because I would question the person or blog that suggested I read this book. Apparently, it is part of a genre called New Adult Romance (NA Romance), which seems to be well known on Goodreads. Instead of Young Adult, we have New […]

Shake Me Because I’m Falling Asleep From This Book

To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins

by Leave a Comment

To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins Finished Feb. 15, 2019, took 11 days to read 2 Stars on Goodreads Genre: Non-Fiction Rating 7/7 for 2019 overall, 2/2 for Non- Fiction Let me preface this by stating that I feel bad for the review I am about to write. I realize this is a memoir about someone’s journey, which was likely emotional, passionate, and life-changing. But unfortunately, that doesn’t translate to a book. And now I am about to crap all over that book. […]

Snake Oil in Silicon Valley

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in Silicon Valley by John Carreyrou

by 1 Comment

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carr Finished Feb. 5, 2019, took nine  days to read 5 Stars on Goodreads, but I would rate 4.5 Genre: Non-Fiction Rating 2/5 for 2019 overall, 1/1 for Non- Fiction This is the true story of the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the “health care” company Theranos. I put health care in quotes because as we all know now, Theranos was basically a company built on false hopes and lies. Sure […]

The Best Little Beauty Pageant in Texas

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

by Leave a Comment

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy Finished Jan. 28, 2019, took seven days to read 4 Stars on Goodreads, but I would rate 3.5 Genre: Young Adult Rating 2/5 for 2019 overall, 1/1 for Young Adult I made the mistake of watching the Netflix movie first. This goes against a pretty big rule for me: I read the book first and watch the movie second. But with Dumplin’ I had to watch it as one of my favorite Drag Race ladies was in the movie (Ginger Minj), […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo