Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Kind of a badass

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

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I’ve been trying to find audiobooks for my commute to and from work. It’s not that long of a trip, but I figure I’m better off using the time for good instead of wasting it. The latest audiobook I discovered available at my library was The Bodyguard (2022) by Katherine Center. I’m usually a fan of bodyguard romances because I’m a sucker for a strong, protective guy. However, this book gives us a female bodyguard, and she’s safeguarding a man. Jack Stapleton is a famous actor, and […]

“My mother’s dying wish was for me to take a vacation.”

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

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When you forget you’ve already read books by an author and didn’t like them. Plot: Hannah is a bodyguard working for an exclusive company that serves the ultra rich. She’s a tiny powerhouse looking for an opportunity to prove herself in time for a major promotion. Fortunately, the company has just been hired by a production company to provide protection for a movie star who is moving into the area to support his mother through cancer treatments. Unfortunately, he doesn’t want his sick mother to […]

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. So this was a weird one. It’s definitely a romance. But I felt like the romance between Hannah and Jack took way too long to get going. I wasn’t picking up any he’s really into her vibes at all in this until a key point in the book. It also as some have pointed out felt like a very slapstick book. I mean I laughed a lot. Robby […]

If your therapist started writing chick-lit, this is what you’d get.

Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center

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This is the second Katherine Center book I’ve read. My book club read How To Walk Away a couple years ago. It was fine! Not my usual cup of tea, but we actually had a good discussion around disability, the ethics that therapists should/do follow, etc. I thought Things You Save In A Fire might be a good addition for the Beach Reads presentation that I’m doing for work. Cassie Hanwell is a 26 year old fire fighter. She’s also a rising star in the […]

How to walk away from a writer

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

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I generally try to give an author a couple of books before I put them on my Never Buy list. This makes 2 books from Katherine Center and she is officially on that list forever. I saw hints of problematic white feminism centring on a selfish Beckie who thinks she’s a gift to the world simply by existing in Happiness for Beginners. Those elements are that much more present in this novel. Plot: Becky (her actual name is Margaret) has never had an independent thought […]

Catching Up – Eight for CBR12 Book Bingo

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

The Final Girls by Riley Sager

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

What You Wish For by Katherine Center

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

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Lock Every Door – Violet The Bingo space reasoning for this book is obvious given the color of the cover. Lock Every Door completely kept my interest throughout; however, I would put it at the bottom of the list for Riley Sager’s books. That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth checking out. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a creepy read in the same vein as Get Out. In fact, I’m interested to know which one came first. The plots are so similar that […]



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