Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Institutionalized

Boodroot by Bill Loehfelm

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For the life of me, I will never understand why Bill Loehfelm isn’t a bigger name in crime fiction. I first came across his Staten Island trilogy by accident, having seen The Devil She Knows on some random list or another. There aren’t many crime novels set on the Island so I figured I’d try it. It was one of my favorite reads of the year. I didn’t know at the time that it was his third Staten Island-set book featuring characters that were loosely connected a […]

“There’s an old rule of thumb in prisons. Actually, it’s more of a life lesson. Always know what you’re walking into. Dark corners can be danger points.”

Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) by Megan Goldin

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This is probably a three, three and a half star read, objectively (if there even is such a thing). It’s a little rushed, a little flawed, a little incomplete-feeling. But it hit me at the exact right time and mindset, so I had a great time and I read it super fast. The second book to feature Goldin’s podcasting reporter, Rachel Krall, Dark Corners kicks off when she is summoned to Florida by the FBI to meet with Terence Bailey, who is 48 hours away from being […]

‘Hi! I’m Your Birthday Twin!’ A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

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If this would have been told entirely in mixed media format, I probably would have given it the fifth star. But as is, it was just a really good read. This is going to be one of those annoying reviews where I tell you to go in knowing as little as possible. Generally, it’s about the fallout when two women born on the same day in the same hospital meet again on their 45th birthday and develop a very unique relationship. Alix is a podcast […]

A genre-bending good time.

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge, a book I’m having a hard time slotting into a particular genre, isn’t going to rock your world, but you will probably have a good to great time with it. Just a solid, fun little book that tweaks your emotions a tad every now and then. I guess let’s call it cozy crime/adventure. It’s not a mystery, not a thriller, not (despite what the title […]

And Melt With You

I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman

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I’ll Stop the World is the debut novel by Lauren Thoman, published by Mindy’s Book Studio, the Mindy being Mindy Kaling. It’s clear from her opening note at the beginning of the book that there are twists in this book. I did get one of them because math, but I was really surprised by the second. I admit though when I know there’s a big twist in books I try not to think to hard about it because I just want to enjoy the story […]

More disturbing than I expected

The Girl's I've Been by Tess Sharpe

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Time has flown by, but with this book, my book club will have been meeting for ten years! It’s been a great way to stay connected with friends and read books I might not otherwise read. I’m grateful that someone (I can’t remember who at this point) had this wonderful idea. We even kept it going during Covid with video chats. Because we started our book club with a young adult thriller (Divergent), we decided to mark our ten-year reunion with a young adult thriller […]



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