Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I guess I have a Cannonball – even though most of my reviews are of short stories.

The Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory

Apt Pupil by Stephen King

Morality by Stephen King

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Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle (3.5 stars) Pierre Boulle published two dozen novels in his lifetime – but he is most famous for the semi-autobiographical The Bridge over the River Kwai and this franchise creating science fiction story from 1963. We’re all familiar with the basic story, right? A group of scientists board a ship bound for Betelgeuse (the second brightest star in the constellation of Orion, after Rigel). Due to traveling near the speed of light, centuries pass on Earth. When they […]

Half an hour after Tim Jamieson’s flight was scheduled to leave Tampa for the bright lights and tall buildings of New York, it was still parked at the gate.

The Institute by Stephen King

Apt Pupil by Stephen King

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The Institute – 4/5 Stars I really liked this one! For whatever reason this one kept getting criticized in ways that made me push reading it for a few months (I’ve had the Audiofiles since the week it came out), but I could tell in the opening chapter, the book was going to settle into itself slowly in ways that I’ve liked Stephen King’s longer books to do. If this book were 1000 pages I would still like it. The last act speeds up a […]



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