Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Most people would probably call me a ghost”

Remember Me by Christopher Pike

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Bingo Square: Pajiba (review here). Shari Cooper is dead. She went to a party and woke up in her own bed not knowing how she got there. Her parents and brother ignore her. A call from the hospital makes them all upset, and Shari gets no answers until she sees herself lying in the morgue. Then she remembers. They say it’s a suicide but Shari can’t believe it. She’s determined to find out who killed her and why. Which of her friends could possibly want […]

I think I’ve read this book at least four times

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The Season of Passage is one of my favorite books from my teen years. I had always loved Christopher Pike as a teen, because he felt a little more sophisticated than R.L.Stine, who was the other “horror” author for my age group. I guess I probably loved this book from the beginning because the main character’s name is Lauren, which is also my name.  It’s just a great book overall though.  You get to know the characters enough to care about them before anyone is […]

Sometimes you just have to get away. But then you can’t ever escape. (another choice tagline)

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Sorry folks. I really should stop reading these books. But this one was available at the library. I was helpless. And I can’t promise that I won’t be going back to the library for more; apparently there’s a five-book vampire series that came out this century, so I kind of feel obligated to check it out. But back to this one, brought to you by the year 1986. Same basic premise as Slumber Party – a bunch of friends are getting together for a weekend […]

It’s the Perfect Weekend … for murder (that’s seriously the tagline on this book)

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So I think I’ve decided that thrillers set before cell phones and Internet research work well. It’s a lot easier to accept that someone going missing might just be them out on a walk if they can’t be reached by text message. As this book was written in 1986, it makes sense that when, say, one member of the group disappears, it’s totally reasonable that she’s just gone somewhere else. Or when someone seems suspicious, it makes sense to just feel things out, because you […]

Back to High School, Part 3

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Again, Spoilers. All of them. So at the end of the last book (book two in a three-book series), Shari/Jean was pushed from a balcony by Peter/Lenny. But she survived. In this book, she’s become a best-selling author, and is about to start shooting the film version of one of her hit books. She’s still a Wanderer, and she’s still getting guidance from mystical people from Southeast Asia, so that part’s still culturally appropriative. What else. Well, here’s the thing – there are some genuinely […]

Back to High School, Part 2

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Spoilers. All the spoilers. This book is not good. But I read it, and I’ll read the next one. This book continues following Shari Cooper, although now she and Peter (her dead friend who helped her navigate being dead in the first book) are trying to tell us about the meaning of life. The premise is that Shari is to return to earth as a Wanderer, joining the body of an 18-year-old who ‘dies’ (but doesn’t really – her soul just leaves) so Shari can […]



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