Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A sinister Halloweentown, a missing dad, a murder. CBRBINGO – Free Space (in place of Border)

No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. So many thoughts, where to start. How about that cover? I love it, but questionable marketing. Not sure it conveys the tone of the story! Which is not horror, and is not cozy at all. There are definitely legions of cats in the story, but they are in the background. So, I am conflicted. (The town is overrun with stray cats, due to a local commercial series […]

“My unhappiness was rooted in my mother’s inability to stop drinking.”

There Was a Little Girl by Brooke Shields

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CBR17Bingo: “School” – because Brooke Shields talks a lot about the process of getting into Princeton and how much that school changed her life. I’d recently seen some media of Brooke Shields talking about her childhood, so she was in the back of my mind when I was hunting for another audiobook to listen to on my commute. Memoirs read by the author are some of my favorite audiobooks, so I was happy to pick up There Was a Little Girl (2015) by Brooke Shields and get […]

“But what I’m seeing is that the more comfortable he gets, the less he cares. As his importance compounds, his regard diminishes.”

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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CBR17Bingo: “Citizen” – Using my “Free” square for the Citizen square I had no knowledge of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism (2025) by Sarah Wynn-Williams when my book club decided it would be our next book. I’m usually a fan of listening to memoirs on audiobook, especially when they’re read by the author, so I downloaded the audiobook. Sarah Wynn-Williams (Williams) is a New Zealander who had idealistic aspirations of changing the world. She began at the United Nations and then […]

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Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

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CBR17Bingo: “Play” – because Gladwell discusses sports at Harvard I read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell back in 2009 and found it interesting. Since then I’ve read a number of other books by Gladwell that I’ve liked in varying amounts. When I saw that Gladwell had written Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (2024), I was curious enough to pick up the audiobook. Gladwell uses examples to show how overstories, superspreaders, and group makeup influence a number of things in our […]

“Why do I have to be nice when most of the men aren’t?” (double Bingo)

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Nowhere Bingo 25: A book about sport CBR17 Bingo: Play (tennis) Official plot summary (finished the book in August): Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her […]

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The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

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CBR17Bingo: “Arts” because this book has a heavy emphasis on sculpture and painting. I am usually very good about writing my reviews in the order that I read the books, but Seven Sisters (2015) by Lucinda Riley somehow slipped through the cracks. Maybe I just didn’t want to think about this book anymore. Seven Sisters is the first book in a series of eight, and it was chosen recently for my book club. I dutifully downloaded the audiobook and began listening to the over eighteen hours of narrative. This […]



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