Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“I wish his darkness lived outside of him, because you have to know it’s there to see it. Like all real monsters, he hides in plain sight.”

Sadie by Courtney Summers

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A few weeks ago, I had a chance to go and see Cannonball favorite Karen McManus talking about her new book, Two Can Keep a Secret, along with another YA author I hadn’t previously heard of, Megan Miranda. I asked them a few questions during the panel, including wondering what they — as writers of suspenseful YA fiction — liked to read, and were currently reading. They both, without hesitation, told me to read Sadie by Courtney Summers, right away. So, I did. I knew […]

“I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it takes a huge amount of fake blood to keep a Halloween theme park running.”

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M McManus

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I could not have been more excited about the release of Two Can Keep a Secret. Karen McManus** — who has been such an amazing supporter of the Cannonball Read — currently has TWO books on the NYTimes bestsellers list, which is phenomenal. So many of us read — and loved — her debut novel, One of Us is Lyinglast year, and its been great to see that book is still attracting new readers and new fans. TCKAS is a mystery about missing girls in a […]

“Unless one of us is lying. Which is always a possibility.”

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This was so much better than I thought it was going to be! And I don’t even care that I guessed most of the ending about halfway through. I ended up liking the characters so much by the end, I just wanted to hug and squeeze them all. I suggested One of Us is Lying to my book club, and as soon as they heard, “The Breakfast Club, but with murder,” they didn’t even want to listen to any of my other suggestions. Sometimes you […]

“He Had It Coming, He Only Had Himself to Blame”

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I can’t believe how much I liked this novel!  I also was surprised that some of themes addressed in The Dirty Girls Social Club overlapped with this novel since two characters in this novel have similar issues to two characters from my previous read.  Then again, both novels have what could be considered stock characters but imbued them with enough life and personality to make them feel original and interesting so it shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. Another discovery I can blame on […]

Teen Angst Kills

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Karen M. McManus’ One of Us Is Lying is often described as a blend of Gossip Girl or Pretty Little Liars and The Breakfast Club. Five high school seniors walk into detention one afternoon and by the end of the day, one of them is dead. When it turns out the death was a homicide, naturally the other four students are suspects. When we discover the victim ran a nasty gossip app that was about to reveal dirty secrets on the other four kids in […]

One of Us is Lying, But Not Like in the ABBA Song…

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Adding myself to the list of fellow Cannonballers who have already reviewed One of Us is Lying recently (a few of said reviews made me want to push it further up my to-read pile!) and I must say, it was quite enjoyable! A little mystery involving a setup of various high school students from different groups all ending up in detention together, when suddenly one of them dies and the rest are now suspects in his apparent murder. Right from the start you get a […]



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