Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Besides, beautiful wasn’t a word you used to describe other people. - Light Years by Kass Morgan

Oh Cruel Obsession, You Must Be a Woman - The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason

Yadda yadda yadda, and there was peace throughout the land - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Not That Engrossing, Story Loses Itself Halfway Through - Sanctuary by Nora Roberts

The Main Character Was Too Hard to Take - Death and Other Happy Endings by Melanie Cantor

Not quite measuring up to expectations - Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1) by Ilona Andrews

The First Time that Willie Nelson Steered Me Wrong (Maybe) - The Mystery Religions and Christianity by Samuel Angus

How do you make an enormous, cult-creating, planet-destroying Cthulhu babydoll NOT exciting?? - Deadstock by Jeffrey Thomas

Did We Really Need that Character? - Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Not all of these meals changed the course of history - The Course of History: Ten Meals That Changed the World by Struan Stevenson and Tony Singh

He was headed for Wall Street and had been sidetracked by the money. Only the money. - The Firm by John Grisham

Sometimes it’s best to get out while you still can - Mr. Darcy's Debt by April Floyd

Slumpbuster - Sunset Express by Elvis Cole

X-Men Teens Fight Some More! - X-Men Blue - Toil and Trouble (Volume 2) by Cullen Bunn

Our father doesn’t go to church with us. - Monkeys by Susan Minot

TRYING SO HARD - My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper

Lovecraft, Racism and Disaapointment - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Sigh - Pride by Ibi Zoboi

So… apparently I’m not a fan of ‘chic lit’… - The Mummy Bloggers by Holly Wainwright

You know what I mean? Mr. Nakano had a habit of saying this. - The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami; Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

In which Liane Moriarty comes off as a grumpy old lady (sorry Liane) - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

I Might Have Liked This If I Didn’t Hate Every Character - The Awkward Age: A Novel by Francesca Segal

The original Book - The Good News Bible by God/ Anonymous

Wasted Possibilities Are Frustating - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Somehow I thought it would be cooler if animals went to school - If Animals Went to School by Ann Whitford Paul

Status Anxiety - Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton

He had not yet seen the little girl. - Vanished by Mary McGarry Morris

Great premise but a bit underwhelming - Incantation by Alice Hoffman

Some Things Happen To The X-Men?! Really?! - X-Men Gold - Evil Empire (Volume 2) by Marc Guggenheim

I’m not kitten, two new Bad Kitty books are on the way - Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving by Nick Bruel; Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa by Nick Bruel

Almost is Never Enough - The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

Sophomore Slump? - The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

That’s Not How Social Anxiety Works - Suddenly Single by Carol Wyer

A lack-luster follow up - Access Restricted (Word$ 2) by Gregory Scott Katsoulis

Part 2 of the trilogy is the worst, even in book 3 - The Dragon Lords Bad Faith by Jon Hollis

Mutants v. Inhumans – Wha’happen? - Uncanny X-Men: Superior - IVX (Volume 4) by Cullen Bunn; Extraordinary X-Men - IVX (Volume 4) by Jeff Lemire; All-New X-Men: Inevitable - IVX (Volume 4) by Dennis Hopeless

The Book is more Interesting than the Content - The Enemies of Books by William Blades

Clap your hands if you believe in fairies - Disney The Never Girls #01 In a Blink by Kiki Thorpe

California Dreamin’ - Now and On Earth by Jim Thompson

Honey don’t - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer; The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer; The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

Through the Distorting Mirror - The Last World by Christoph Ransmayr

A bleak view - Them by Joyce Carol Oates

So that’s why people download books on Kindle - Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption  by Vanessa McGrady; The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan

Not My Cup of Tea, Unfortunately - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

How To Make a Husband - Husband Material by Emily Belden

He must have been a wonderful man. - Journey Beyond Tomorrow by Robert Sheckley

Fine, but what’s in it for me? - The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey

I’m Sure There Was a Plot, But I Couldn’t Find It - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

No, you really shouldn’t - We Shouldn't by Vi Kreeland

Tristan locked his teeth and made some more stupid decisions - Ganwold's Child by Diann Thornley

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