Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Mama always said to be successful in life you need to do three things: learn everything you can, try your hardest, and be the best at what you do.”

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

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In five words: twisty, Louisiana, thriller, identity, high-stakes Having had success with my new foray into reading and running with Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter, I needed something else to read as I geared up for my first half marathon (GULP). And this book literally helped me get to the finish line, with a twist in the book that hit me in mile 10 and distracted me from the absolutely nuts activity I was trying to complete, and my aching knees. (Spoiler, I finished the race. Woot!) […]

“The world’s like that. What matters in one moment, it doesn’t matter the next. Things that fall apart eventually come back together again.”

Lucky by Marissa Stapley

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In one word: Convenient I’ve been pretty pleased with Reese’s Book Club selections. This is the 8th of her picks that I’ve read, and even when the book wasn’t for me (I’m looking at you, “Where the Crawdads Sing”), I still saw the quality of the novel and understood why she would champion it as a female-written, female-centric story. This is the first Reese book that was a swing and a miss for me. At first glance, it had a lot going for it. Sexy […]

Lady Spies Rule

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

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I grabbed this book during my last in-person visit to the library where I was panic grabbing books to stock up prior to the closure. I’ve been a big fan of Reese’s book club and dove back to the beginning: this was the second of her picks (I had already read and enjoyed her first pick, “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.” This book was interesting but took a lot for me to get through, which I think was a combo of it’s hard to focus […]

Prepare to shift allegiances…and take a look in the mirror.

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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This was the January book club pick for the Reese Witherspoon book club, and a fun read to get through. I enjoyed the “book club” aspect as well, following along with prompts on Instagram and the loads of other folks tackling this book at the same time. On to the book! This book is clever. It starts with an embarrassing and racist encounter in a grocery store, Emira who is babysitting for Briar is accused by a security guard of kidnapping her. Emira is black, […]

CBR Bingo – Pajiba – A little shorter woulda been a lot better.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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This book is/was everywhere. EVERY. WHERE. It was recommended to me a number of times and was featured on Pajiba Archives in the article “What are the most talked about books of 2019 so far?” It was almost the case to choose being obstinate in the face of enthusiasm: I almost didn’t want to read it BECAUSE everyone was talking about it. However, I decided to dive it and I now understand the hype. It was, good; however, it just wasn’t my cup of tea, […]



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