Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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“He was only twelve, and understood that his experience of the world was limited, but one thing he was quite sure of: when someone said trust me, they were usually lying through their teeth.”

The Institute by Stephen King

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Welcome to The Institute, my favorite book of 2019. Was it the best book of 2019? Probably not. But I can’t think of a reading experience that I enjoyed more than this. This book brought me back to the feelings I had when I first discovered Stephen King, back in Junior High, staying up late at night, scared to death about what might happen to my favorite characters. Its been MANY years since those first late-night readings of The Shining and Thinner (not his greatest […]

“But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.”

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

White Night by Jim Butcher

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Trying so hard to finish up my Cannonball this year, so I’m hitting up my backlog of unreviewed books for the year. I read some (actually, SO MANY) great books that I just never got around to reviewing, and while perusing the list, I figured you can never go wrong with a little Harry Dresden/James Marsters action. What follows is not really a review…its seems to be more like my random thoughts about these two books, as it has been a while since I listened […]

The situation gets rough then I start to panic.

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

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Mary H.K. Choi’s Emergency Contact is going on my list of favorite books of 2019, so there was no doubt I was going to read Permanent Record as soon as I could get my hands on it. Pablo Neruda Rind, the half Korean and half Pakistani son of a pair of poetry lovers, is in a rut. Since he dropped out of NYU after (during? unclear.) his freshman year, he works the nightshift in a fancy Brooklyn bodega and hangs out with his roommates. He […]

Settle in for a cozy read with a Tim Horton’s coffee and a cruller.

Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

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Yes, this was yet another Jane Austen retelling. I was all about those this year. Supposedly, it was based on Pride & Prejudice…and I guess I see that, but it wasn’t a strict retelling. It was more of an homage. From Amazon: AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on.  Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty […]

Burn, baby, burn.

Firestarter by Stephen King

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Clearly, 2019 has been my year of reading Jane Austen reboots and Stephen King. I’m not complaining. For some reason, I just needed some cozy reading this year, and I didn’t stray too far from my comfort zone. I first read Firestarter so long ago that I can’t even remember reading it.*** I know I did, because I’ve always been a completist like that, but I just don’t remember. I assume I was in 8th or 9th grade, which was NOT recently, so I was […]

Finally trying to learn more about the suffragette movement than what I was shown in Mary Poppins.

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

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My friend and I recently went to Book Club night at our local — and amazing — book store, One More Page in Arlington, where they discussed Bringing Down the Duke. We had a fun night with a great group, and hope to be back for a gathering in the future. What was interesting to me was that we all agreed that the book was a quick, engrossing read, and that we all liked it. However, most people agreed they probably wouldn’t read the next […]



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