Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Evil AIs are in my wheelhouse

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

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I picked this up purely based on the renewed buzz it was getting in one of my book circles. It was available as a library audio download, so why not? I went into it knowing basically nothing about it except what the cover looked like. I was honestly expecting a mystery book since it seemed like a case file. And I guess it really is a case file, just not the kind I was anticipating. In reality, it’s part evil AI sci fi and part […]

This would make a good book club read

Sadie by Courtney Summers

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3.5 stars. A very interesting read, both from a story standpoint and a writing standpoint. It didn’t totally work for me on every level, but I’m not sorry I read it and I would recommend it. DO NOT do the audiobook if you’re a frequent podcast listener. The actors they got for the audio version are trying their hardest, they really are. However, the production and delivery weren’t at all like real podcasts so it was hard to stay inside the world of the book. […]

Enjoyable af

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

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3.5 stars. This is feel-good young adult lit without being too fluffy about it. It’s YA rom-com with some serious stuff thrown in. Jessie’s mom died a couple years ago and finds herself relocated to California from Chicago, living with a new step-mom and step-brother. She’s going to a fancy private school with a bunch of kids who either ignore her or hassle her and she misses her life from before. When a mysterious person starts emailing her anonymously offering to help her navigate the […]

The front seat is for people who’ve never been kidnapped by bloody numpties.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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Oh what fun!  This was such a delightful read during the grim darkness of winter. I have read a few books by Rainbow Rowell that I really loved and one that didn’t work for me. When Carry On popped up at the library, I was looking for something frothy and fun and escapist, and I had no expectation about the story. I could not have chosen a better book. Simon Snow, a 17 year old boy, is the most powerful wizard ever, but he is […]

The Best Little Beauty Pageant in Texas

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

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Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy Finished Jan. 28, 2019, took seven days to read 4 Stars on Goodreads, but I would rate 3.5 Genre: Young Adult Rating 2/5 for 2019 overall, 1/1 for Young Adult I made the mistake of watching the Netflix movie first. This goes against a pretty big rule for me: I read the book first and watch the movie second. But with Dumplin’ I had to watch it as one of my favorite Drag Race ladies was in the movie (Ginger Minj), […]

The Main Line continues to get dumped on

Wicked by Sara Shepard

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The Pretty Little Liars series is marketed as Young Adult mystery, but I think that it may have been wrongly classified. Five books in, I am convinced that the only explanation for the behavior of many of the characters in the books is possession by evil spirits. Wicked is a continuation of the story begun in Pretty Little Liars. The first four books solve the mystery of the identity of ‘A’, a malevolent ghoul embodied by a superficial, text-obsessed teenage girl. Wicked is the fifth installment of this […]



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