Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

About Siskel101

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The best gift my father ever gave me was a love of reading. He lost his batttle with cancer last year. I'm doing something we both love to support him.

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The Perfect Thriller?

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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This thriller is told from the point of view of a criminal psychotherapist who switches jobs so he can try to help this infamous “silent patient”.  Alicia Berenson is a famous painter that was convicted of shooting her husband Gabriel in the face 6 years ago and hasn’t spoken since.   She was found at the scene with the gun in her hand, covered in blood because she had slit her wrists in an attempt to kill herself.  The prosecution never presented any motive for Alicia […]

Finishing the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

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I loved Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone and was excited to dig into Days of Blood & Starlight, the second book in the trilogy.  When that book ended on a cliff hanger, I did what any other bookworm would do at midnight – downloaded the next book to my Kindle and stayed up the rest of the night finishing it! “Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.” […]

Big Summer is a Big Departure

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

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Daphne Berg and Drue Cavanaugh were once best friends until that one day where Drue pushed Daphne just way too far. They haven’t spoken since.  Looking back, Daphne realizes the friendship was a little one-sided and had a slight frenemies vibe. Six years later, Daphne has moved onffrom her friendship with Drue. She’s made a comfortable life as a social media influencer, she just made a major plus-size brand deal and she’s feeling comfortable in her body. Then Drue pushes back into her life. Drue is […]

Not an actual Guidebook

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

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As somone who grew up reading Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie, I love a good mystery.  If I had it to do again, I would definitely have chosen the audiobook for this since it has such strong Serial podcast vibes. In Fairview a beautiful and popular senior, Andie Bell, was murdered five years ago by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself.  The tragedy has haunted this small town and the people who knew the families involved.  Now five years later, 17 year old Pip […]

You had me at “Thelma and Louise”

Hadley & Grace by Suzanne Redfearn

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I have to confess that I was drawn to this book by the comparisons to Thema and Louise by reviewers and the fact that it was free thanks to my Kindle Unlimited subscription.  The book doesn’t quite succeed in living up to the Thelma and Louise hype but I still found it entertaining. First we have Hadley (aka Budget Thelma), a woman in an abusive marriage.  Needing to escape , Hadley flees with her daughter and special needs nephew, knowing it might be her only […]

Tales of Old Hollywood

The Seven Husvands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Read

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I loved Daisy Jones & the Six so I was excited to start on this book by the same author.  Like Daisy Jones, this book has an interview format and moves back and forth between the past of Hollywood legend Evelyn Hugo and the reporter Monique Grant.  The story goes back and forth between the past and the present, which in the hands of a lesser author could be tricky but here feels seemless.  Neither the reader nor the reporter know why she was chosen […]



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