Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Description of rape I was surprised at how much I didn’t really like this newest offering from Sarah Pekkanen. I think that the dual POVs was the reason why it didn’t work. And the ending was just kind of not finished in my opinion. But this one was a hard one to get into and I just didn’t really find some parts of it realistic. “The […]

The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien

The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Great installment in the “Noodle Shop Mystery” series. I think that Chien has hit their stride. At this point you should know all of the key players and how things work. Reading this series at this point is like taking a nice warm bath. I liked this one much better because Chien included some Chinese mythology and it seemed to be more “serious” I think than previous installments. […]

Mixing Things Up When Set In Their Ways

The Dinner Lady Detectives by Hannah Hendy

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Best for: Those looking for a bit of a cozy mystery. In a nutshell: Margery and Clementine are a couple who work together as dinner ladies at the local school. The kitchen manager is found dead in a walk-in freezer, and while everyone else writes it off as an accident, Margery and Clementine aren’t so sure… Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: I like the idea of a sort of simple, cozy little mystery, and it was available from my library. Review: I had […]

Where’s The Abyss When You Need It?

Murder on Canvas by Aaron Ben-Shahar

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Normally, I like reading. Curling up with a book and a strong cup of tea is how I like to end my days usually. Reading makes me happy. This book, however, made me regret not only learning how to read, but that there are light sources in the world that I can read by. My mother once hurled a book across a room she was so disgusted by it; I want to hurl this one into the sun, a black hole, or the abyss, whichever […]

Oh Stephanie

Now Or Never by Janet Evanovich

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You know I love you girl, but I need you to look at your life. I need you to look at your choices. There’s really no way to not spoil the heck out of the thirty-first book in this series. I’ll do my best to put the really spoily stuff at the bottom though in case you have decided to catch up. This is a comfort series for me; you know what you’re getting before you even start reading. Stephanie is going to have to […]

They Are Not All Answered

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

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When this book is rolling, it’s a really good book. When it stops to pause to consider how good of a book it is, it comes off as pretentious. I know that sounds ridiculous but that’s how this one made me feel. It took me multiple tries to get into this one but I kept coming back to it as I knew eventually I’d catch on to what Makkai is doing. And once I did, I mostly enjoyed the ride. This one is best read […]



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