Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Well, obviously there is some overlap. - The Complete Rolling Stone Interview by Susan Sontag

He was completely on his own in this female world. - The Wife by Meg Wolitzer

Some Fables Are More Equal Than Others - Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham

What Rose Marshall Is Up to When She’s Not Playing a Price Aunt - Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire

Time for the Little Sister - Heroine's Journey by Sarah Kuhn

Holmes is an Avocado - The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis HIll

Definitely A Product of Its Time - Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Dating and Food in LA - The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

Fitting Conclusion to a Solid King Story - End of Watch by Stephen King

Some non-Sandman Slim from Richard Kadrey - The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey; Dead Set by Richard Kadrey

I pull my hand back. - All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

Seven crayons one colorful world - How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by Monica Sweeney

As our eyes met I saw that she had spoken in earnest. - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

“You can’t stop me!” she triumphed. - The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis

Basically the Same Response As Everyone Else Had - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne

“All the innocent crime seemed alright at the time” - The Trial of Lizzy Borden by Cara Robertson

“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.” - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Watching the sheep - Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep by Eric Barclay

Classic and a remix, and I’m not sure about either - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle; A Study in Seduction by Eva Chase

Two authors is one too many - What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Monkey See Monkey Tell Time - Monkey Time, by Michael Hall

A blazing good friendship - Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon by Melissa Marr

“But you, you’re special I might let you” - Inspection by Josh Malerman

If My Life Was a Story it would have a better sound track…. - If This Were a Story by Beth Turley

Requires Research - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Agatha Christie, Eat Your Heart Out - Fire Will Freeze by Margaret Millar

Either shorten it or split it - The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

I was born reaching for her. - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

(Bingo: Pajiba) All shall fade into the whiteness of death - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

It’s Chinatown - China Trade by SJ Rozan

If you must break the law, do it to seize power. - SPQR I: The King's Gambit by John Maddox Roberts

“It’s quite exciting,” said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.” (CBR11 Bingo) - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Puzzled, he silently mumbled. - Harriet Hume by Rebecca West

DO NOT READ THE BOOK JACKET! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! - The Witch Elm by Tana French

CBR Bingo: Youths! - The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby; Prince Caspian by CS Lewis; The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

Key Elements of a Hate to Love Romance Missing - The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

Elements of Story Were Interesting, Just Didn’t Work - Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George

Wilfred just wants a friend - Wilfred by Ryan T. Higgins

His first day of kindergarten - The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes

Surgery Before Anesthesia and Antiseptics - The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

Fine enough for a short vacation (Travel) - The Infernals by John Connolly

Lumberjane Standalone - Lumberjanes: THe Infernal Compass by Lilah Sturges, Polterink

Road Trip! - November Road by Lou Berney

No escape for any of us, of course. - Leader of the Band by Fay Weldon

It was sad, but then, it was always sad. - Say Say Say by Lila Savage

CBR11Bingo: And So It Begins (the first three books in the Harry Hole series) - The Bat (Harry Hole #1) by Jo Nesbø ; Cockroaches (Harry Hole #2) by Jo Nesbø ; The Redbreast (Harry Hole #3) by Jo Nesbø

Kill Your Darlings - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

Nonfiction reviews for CBR Bingo - The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson; Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier; The Amnityville Horror by Jay Anson

An army doctor walks into a bar. . . - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“Watching is like nature photography: You don’t interfere with the wildlife.” - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

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