Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The real happy ending is that she got to eat the whole plate of cheese.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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“Since when do you wear dresses?” he said, the second he saw her. “Ugh,” Kit said, frowning. How were you supposed to change—in ways both big and small—when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising I’ve read two TJR books in the past two months. I plowed through both of them within seventy-two hours. Addictive is the only way I know how to describe them. Nina […]

“And just as she was about to leave the mircophone, she said ‘And to anyone tempted to kiss the TV tonight, please don’t chip your tooth.”

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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When journalist Monique is chosen by the reclusive actress Evelyn Hugo to be her biographer, she has no clue why she was the one chosen – or about the tragic intersection of their lives. I feel like Contrary Mary here to say that I thought a generally universally acclaimed book was just fine, but I’m going to be brave and go ahead and say it: It was fine. Maybe I had too high expectations after reading the rest of the Reidverse books and all those […]

The Comeback Kid

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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At 37, Carrie Soto is well past the age of retirement for a professional female tennis player, and as the record holder of most Slam titles won, she can rest easy as the best player the world has ever seen – until a younger player matches her. At this point, I probably have to admit that Jenkins Reid’s historical novels have a distinct cheesiness about them, and that I enjoy it very much. Having first met Carrie in Malibu Rising in an unpleasant cameo, I knew she […]

Who Knew You Could Learn So Much About Tennis from a Novel?

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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What would you do to defend your legacy? How hard would you work to regain a lost record? For Carrie Soto, 37-year old retired tennis star, it isn’t a hypothetical. She’s just watched Nicki Chan earn her 20th Grand Slam title, tying the record that Carrie set five years prior. Carrie’s entire career was urged on by her drive to be the greatest, and she is not going to stand by and watch another take her place at the top. So, as the title says, […]

I used to care when men called me difficult. I really did. Then I stopped. This way is better.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Art doesn’t owe anything to anyone. Songs are about how it felt, not the facts. Self-expression is about what it feels to live, not whether you had the right to claim any emotion at any time. Did I have a right to be mad at him? Did he do anything wrong? Who cares! Who cares? I hurt. So I wrote about it. ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six It’s funny. At first, I think you start getting high to dull your emotions, […]

Daisy Jones & The Six: DNF at 52%

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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mood music: Fleetwood Mac – the chain This is definitely my biggest reading disappointment so far this year. I realize it’s only February, but still … I fell for the hype from BookTok. This post will be pretty short. My main issue with this book was the structure. Unlike other ensemble novels that I have read, the structure here was like that of an audio transcript, which to give credit, Reid does disclose in the prologue that this is a “collection of interviews” with the […]



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