Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

There are a lot of good reasons to not finish a book

The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

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I  was trying to get past a scene in Gabriella Gamez’s The Next Best Fling for two weeks. At first I thought the problem was that I have been tired and my job is very stressful right now. I finally pushed through, got to the next scene, and realized I am not going to be able to finish this book. The primary antagonist is a narcissist. Gamez has written the controlling and manipulative dynamics of his relationship with the two main characters so well that […]

I really did not like this book.

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell

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“The trouble with you is you don’t know what you want,” he said. “You say one thing and then another.” I knew he was right, and not just about my relationship with him; always I feel an ambivalence that spurs me first in one direction and then another, a habit that has done much damage. I didn’t deny what he said, I even nodded in agreement, at which his mood only darkened. ― Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You “Though I thought of him often, […]

Mariah Carey book DNF -> youtube rabbit hole of 90’s nostalgia

Why Mariah Carey Matters by Andrew Chan

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I am a Mariah Carey fan. Growing up in the 90s, it was hard not to be. With Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Toni Braxton, and Vanessa Williams at the top of every R&B or Adult contemporary hits list, it was a golden age of solo female power ballads. I thought I had a decent understanding of Mariah’s discography from when she burst onto the scene with 1990’s Vision of Love. However, there is an entire era (or multiple eras) of Mimi […]

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1)

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Original short review: DNF at 14 percent. After the first few pages there was just too much info dumping and names for me to even focus. I loved the idea behind some people who have special abilities, but think that there wasn’t a good build up and I still can’t tell you who anyone is after Anya. Longer review: Did Not Finish at 14 percent. I feel bad about this one. So many people recommended this book to me since they thought it be right […]

The Memory Librarian

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe

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Did Not Finish-2 and a half stories in (can’t find the book and mark what page I got to)  So sad I could not get into this collection at all. I know that Janelle Monáe did her “dirty computer” thing and I get where she was going with this. If you pretend it’s just a continuation to her songs/album it kind of works. But if you never listened to her songs or watched the movie based on these songs, you are going to be totally […]

Sugar and Salt

Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  I Did Not Finish (DNF) at 26 percent, skimmed to 40 percent mark. I got up to chapter 10 and tossed in the towel. It just didn’t grab me. The writing felt super slow and I felt like after a while the book was going through the motions. There’s no heat between Jerome and Margot. And why they would get involved in Ida’s business didn’t read as believable […]



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