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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Understanding dogs and humans

The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell

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Back when my boyfriend and I first started talking about getting a dog, I decided I should read some books about dogs and dog training. The Other End of the Leash (2009) was a little bit older, but it looked interesting and had very positive reviews. McConnell was also the author of The Puppy Primer, that I recently read, which is a book dedicated to the specifics of training puppies. The Other End of the Leash discusses dog training, but it’s more general. Its focus is more on the […]

Philosophy, nature, and ecology

Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald

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Just over a year ago, I stumbled into birdwatching, and it has stuck with me. I feel like I’ve discovered  a whole new world that was right under my nose my entire life; I just wasn’t looking. So, when I saw a bird on the cover of Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald on NPR’s Best Books of 2020, I was eager to read it. Vesper Flights is a collection of essays by Macdonald. They all explore the connection between humans and the natural world. There are a number of references […]

“Every woman who enters the sea carries a coffin on her back.”

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

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I had never heard of it, but when my book club chose The Island of Sea Women (2019) by Lisa See, I was excited to read it. The ones who had already read it mentioned that there was some very graphic violence, which is helpful to know if you prefer not to read that sort of thing. I’m glad my book club chose this historical novel. It was well-written and gave me a glimpse into a time and culture that I knew nothing about. Interestingly, I have […]

How could I pass this up?

You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

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You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the cover makes you laugh and then you decide you should read it. That was the case with You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe. I saw it on NPR’s Best Books of 2020 List and laughed out loud. My interest was also piqued because I’ve recently been exposed to some George Washington history from both Hamilton the musical and Alexander Hamilton the book. Two other things drew me to this book. First, it is written by a woman, which seemed […]

This was fun

First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

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I enjoyed Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai, and then I got sucked in to Rai’s next book when the publisher put the beginning of First Comes Like (2021) at the end of Girl Gone Viral. It was an intriguing beginning and I immediately got sucked in. Jia Ahmed is a beauty expert and influencer. She took the jump and moved to Los Angeles in order to further her career, and that has been her primary focus for quite some time. But then she received a direct message from Dev Dixit. […]

The dogs were the best part

Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima

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I was looking for an audio book for a road trip when I found Killing Trail (2015) by Margaret Mizushima. I thought it was the perfect book for me: a suspenseful mystery set in a small Colorado town, and it’s all about police dogs! Killing Trail is book 1 of 7 in the “Timber Creek K-9 mysteries” series. Mattie Cobb has just recently returned from the training where she obtained Timber Creek’s first police dog. Her dog, Robo, is a highly trained German shepherd who is always eager to […]



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