Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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3 Star Reviews

“Jesus Christ went by the name Jesus and was only called “Geez” by his closest friends.” - A Load of Hooey by Bob Odenkirk

The Silent Patient is a good book but I didn’t like it - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

One time at summer camp - Paul Has a Summer Job by Michel Rabagliat

Down Mexico Way - The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross Macdonald

Back to Form - The Crossing` by Michael Connelly

Willa & Hesper - Willa & Hesper by Amy Feltman

Murder Your Darlings - Bunny by Mona Awad

On the way to the hospital in Paducah, Spence notices the row of signs along the highway: WHERE WILL YOU BE IN ETERNITY? - Spence and Lila by Bobbie Ann Mason

Frank was great, the rest, shrug - Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson

Adding F*ck to the title makes it seem deeper - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Yer a wizard, Peter…but not that kind - Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

Telephone! - A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block

Took me a bit to settle into but then I was entertained by this sequel - Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

Growing UP - XL by Scott Brown

Not really - Do You Mind If I Cancel by Gary Janetti

“A Table of Alphabetical Hard Words”: Our First English Dictionary - The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson

This book confused my brain in ways it did not intend - Neuromancer by William Gibson

Sunny, you’re a fine girl - Sunny by Celia Krampien

Spring Again - Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak

Nora Roberts By Way of the Lifetime Channel - Under Currents: A Novel by Nora Roberts

Choo-choo ch’boogie - Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown

Far in the future a tadpole becomes a frog - Tad by Benji Davies

Hug me once, then hug me twice; Then hug me once again - One Hug by Katrina Moore

The land around Sydney and Alicia Bartleby’s two-story cottage was flat, like most of Suffolk country - A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith

“How many people has this hotel eaten?” - Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia

Cockle your own Doo - Crow of His Own by Megan Dowd Lambert

What were you telling yourself when it happened? - Pursuit by Joyce Carol Oates

The drought had now lasted ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. - 2001 by Arthur C Clarke

Cute but without the patented Rowell gut punch - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Follow a Star to Friendship - The Bear and the Star by Lola M. Schaefer

Context is everything. - Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

A Quaint and Curious Volume - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Fascinating Premise, Frustrating Execution - Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

In which our reviewer contemplates the definition of nice, realizes she agrees with Tucker Carlson on one point, and learns that Scott Adams is batshit crazy - In Defense of Elitism: Why I'm Better Than You and You are Better Than Someone Who Didn't Buy This Book by Joel Stein

The fluff that almost, almost got interesting - Mooncakes by Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker

Content advisory, some graphic, some cute - Tiny but Mighty by Hannah Shaw

Today is only February 1, and I already find myself way behind in reviews for 2020. - Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn; American Royals by Katharine McGee; The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Reading isn’t always a good idea while wearing eyeliner - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Scientific achievement and the depths of human emotion - Genius by Steven T. Seagle

May your 2020 have this Swinging good book in it - Swing by Michael Hall

Embrace your true self - It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn! by Jason Tharp

I arrive at St Gatien from Nice on Tuesday, the 14th of August. - Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler

Not for me - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

The Secret, Book, and Scone Society is a good mystery but maybe not for me - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

“All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person.” - From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

All the President’s Women - They Fought Like Demons by DeAnne Blanton & Lauren M. Cook

The novel equivalents of Hallmark movies - The Lost Husband by Katherine Center ; Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date #4) by Jasmine Guillory

Time to take a break from serial killers, I think - American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan; Birdman (Jack Caffery #1) by Mo Hayder

Crime Doesn’t Pay - Frank Sinatra In A Blender by Matthew McBride; The Nightrunners by Michael Collins

I probably wouldn’t have watched the movie, so I don’t know why I read the book. - Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

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