Cannonball Read 18

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Ten Years Gone

Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty

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Rating: 4 stars In a nutshell: Ten years after the events of the first book, the kids are teenagers, their mothers are perimenopausal, and once again something has happened that has shaken up the town. Best for: Fans of Moriarty. Fans of the TV series (and who can forget the second season). Quote that made me think: “How was it that the woman always ended up in this position? Trying to meet the competing needs of every member of the family, undertaking the most complex […]

Sometimes you need more story with less words!

Leave It Up To Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Deadly Ambition Series #5 The Silent Muse by Lauren Ling Brown

Deadly Ambition Series #6 The Line by Tim Weaver

Deadly Ambition Series #1 The Price of Honey by Liane Moriarty

Deadly Ambition Series #3 You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by A.R. Torre

Deadly Ambition Series #4 A Fatal Delivery by Lauren Oliver

Deadly Ambition Series #2 The Roommate by Andrea Mara

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Earlier this year I got a little bit burned out on long books and went on a bit of a short story binge. It also helps that there are a bunch of Amazon Prime free short stories. I love a free book. So this is a collection of the short stories I read when I was going through my regular book burnout. Some were good, and some were meh. None were really terrible. Five of the books were from the Amazon “Deadly Ambition” series, which […]

Review of Deadly Ambition Short Stories

The Price of Honey by Liane Moriarty

The Roommate by Andrea Mara

You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by A.R. Torre

A Fatal Delivery by Lauren Oliver

The Silent Muse by Lauren Ling Brown

The Line by Tim Weaver

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I really enjoyed this anthology. I thought most of the reads were 5 stars. The last one was not in my opinion, but that’s just because it felt like a really unfinished story to me. And when I got to his afterword and he starts talking about his other works and these characters may show up again, I realized that’s why I got that feeling well reading.   5 stars-I really liked this futuristic look at a woman (Honey Beckett) dealing with the funeral of […]

Final Destination

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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I’ve been a fan of Liane Moriarty ever since I got sucked into reading Big Little Lies back in 2015. When I saw that she had a new book out, Here One Moment (2024), I knew I was going to read it. Unfortunately, Here One Moment, is my least favorite of Moriarty’s novels. It’s not bad, but it did not live up to my high expectations. Fortunately, it did get better once I got past the beginning of the novel. On a delayed flight from […]

What if…? Aussie edition.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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How is it that I, a middle-class, middle-aged white Australian woman, have never read a Moriarty book before now?! I was failing all sorts of stereotypes but NO MORE. I have joined my clan. I have Moriartied. I have no regrets. ‘Here One Moment’ starts with a great What If…? premise. What if, on a frustratingly delayed domestic flight from Hobart to Sydney, an elderly woman suddenly rises from her seat, points at you, and says ‘I expect you to die by [cause] at [age]’. […]

“You won’t necessarily win against fate, but you should at least put up a fight.”

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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I am a huuuuuge fan of Liane Moriarty. I came to her as I’m sure a lot of people did, with her breakout hit Big Little Lies and I’ve never looked back. I am yet to find a book of hers that doesn’t completely capture my attention, as I forego all responsibilities and obligations in favor of reading. This book was no different, as it had me spellbound, though it was a bit more of a headscratcher than her previous books, with more mystical and magical elements […]



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