Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I love to read, and I love to learn. I wish I were retired so I could spend more time on my random hobbies!

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Taking women’s healthcare seriously

Grown Woman Talk by Sharon Malone

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I’ve read Michelle Obama’s books, but it’s usually Barack Obama’s book recommendations that I pay attention to every year. However, I noticed Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy (2024) by Sharon Malone had a glowing recommendation from Michelle Obama. Now that I’m forty-five years old, I’ve become a little more aware of my health and the upcoming challenges that may occur with perimenopause and menopause. I’d rather not get my all of my health information from Instagram, so I thought this book might […]

Not my favorite

A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson

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My book club chose A Town Called Solace (2021) by Mary Lawson. I had not heard of it, but it sounded interesting enough. This story is told from the alternating perspectives of three different people who live in a small town in Canada in the 1970’s. Clara is only 7 years old, and she is concerned. She is concerned because her sixteen-year-old sister, Rose, has been missing for a couple of weeks after an argument with their mother. And now she’s concerned because a strange man just […]

A (very long) classic adventure

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Reading this book has been quite the project. My in-laws gave me a paperback copy of The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas for Christmas. I’d asked for it because I’d seen The Count of Monte Cristo on some book list or other, and it was the only one I hadn’t read. When I decided it would be a fun classic to read, I didn’t realize it was over 1,200 pages, but I was committed. The basic story is that Edmond Dantes is a young, optimistic, up-and-coming […]

Suffering on the high seas

The Wager by David Grann

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I first saw The Wager (2023) by David Grann on Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023 list. I’m a big fan of Obama, and I read a number of his recommended books every year. I also read The Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann about five years ago. It was a deep dive into a little corner of history that I knew almost nothing about, and I found it very interesting. The Wager is also something of a deep dive into a little corner of history. The Wager was […]

Psychopaths need love, too

Sociopath by Patric Gagne

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Once again, I was looking for an audiobook to read when I found Sociopath: A Memoir (2024) by Patric Gagne. It sounded unique and interesting, so I put it on hold at my library. Patric Gagne knew she was different from a very young age. She says that no matter how hard she tried to fit in, her classmates could sense that there was something “off” about her. Patric’s mother also sometimes found her difficult to figure out. When Patric’s beloved pet ferret died, her mom was […]

Tinder, but for true love

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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My first book by Christina Lauren (a writing duo using their first names) was The True Love Experiment, which I enjoyed. But The True Love Experiment was actually the second book involving these same people and places, and I decided I wanted to see how everything started. And it started with The Soulmate Equation (2021). While Fizzy is the main protagonist of The True Love Experiment, it is Fizzy’s best friend, Jess Davis, who finds love in The Soulmate Equation. Jess is a single mother who is devoted to her little girl, […]



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