Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Malice House

Malice House by Megan Shepherd

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Rape is discussed, but not shown. The only reason why I am giving this two stars is that the stories within the big plot, “Bedtime Stories for Monsters” were fantastic. Frankly if this book had just been the stories from that unpublished manuscript I would have been happy. Because when you jump from those stories to the “plot” my whole head started to hurt. I wanted […]

And she was never ours to claim.

Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

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CBR 14 Bingo: Rec’d Katee Robert is probably not an author I would have gotten into without all the hearty recommendations of her that I have read! Helen Kasios wants to be more than a pawn, and competing in the trials to become Ares seems to be her way out. But her family has other plans for her, and her brother offers her hand in marriage to whoever wins. Of course, I love Katee Robert’s books, and I really enjoy her more plot-heavy Olympus books. […]

Tonight on the Titanic

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

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CBR 14 Bingo: Cold It’s cold out on the water, cold enough for icebergs – which is half the trouble. Lord recounts the last night of the Titanic, for the moment just before it hit the iceberg to how the rescued passengers were picked up by the Carpathia. I know about as much about the sinking of the Titanic as I’ve gleaned from the movie, but it was fascinating to see myths set straight and learn more in this short book. Lord meticulously gathered firsthand […]

The Moving Finger

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

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August 15, 2022 update: Honestly this one drags even on a re-read and I knew what was coming. And the main issue with that is that the book does not have Miss Marple come into the story until more than halfway through. And we don’t get to see what she is up to since we just follow the book via Jerry Burton’s point of view. As I said in my original review, I really wish we could have built up Joanna more. She’s a lot […]

The Body in the Library

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

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Update August 15, 2022: I had to read something that was going to get me out of a reading funk. Two other books I started this last week just put me in a mood. I love a good Miss Marple, and I am trying to get back into the flow of things for an upcoming book bingo that I start yearly from September through Halloween. I always loved the Bantry’s and they appear in the “13 Problems” and Dolly appears in some later books in […]

The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party by Cathy Kelly

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So this hands-down was one of my least favorite Cathy Kelly books. This was all over the place and unlike her other books dealing with sisters, there was too much going on for you to even follow one person’s storyline in a coherent way. I also didn’t find the whole thing with Savannah realistic because it seemed to be going on for years and her family who supposedly is so close didn’t notice? I just found the plot contrivance this all happen the week of […]



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