Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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A dutiful duke and a beautiful courtesan – how will they make it work? - Dare to Love a Duke by Eva Leigh

Imperfect love and ruthless writing - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Sara Holmes - A Study in Honor by Claire O'Dell

The dangerous lull of monotony - Severance by Ling Ma

“I’ma wade through the waters. Tell the tide ‘don’t move'” - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Big City, Bad Dreams - Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

“One does see so much evil in a village,” murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice - The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie; The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

Everything changes in a Season - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

A boy, his canoe, and the beginning - The Book of Dust Vol. 1 : La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

a man has to make his own way—has to look after himself—and his family, too, of course, when he has one—and so long as he does that he won’t come to much harm. - An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

“The things that could have happened but did not are just as crucial to a life as all the things that do.” - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Romantic Comedies are my favorite genre, and these ones are good - Rule Breaker by Lily Morton; Deal Maker by Lily Morton; Risk Taker by Lily Morton

My Weakness for Pretty Books - Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince by V.E Schwab, Andrea Olimpieri, Enrica Eren Angiolini

This wasn’t God’s work. This was a health resort. - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Good mothers are a gift… - The Changeling by Victor Lavalle

Strike Three! You’re caught. - Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise by David A. Kelly

I love revisiting books at different times in my life. Perspective is so weird. - The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman

This made me track down a movie I loved as a kid about a polar bear that was totally based on Cupid and Psyche. - Mythology by Edith Hamilton

A Nibble of Hope can make you hungry for more - The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Dubb

There Is No Perfection, Only Life - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Wonder Woman vs Gods - Wonder Woman Vol. 3 Iron by Brian Azzarello

Revisiting a favourite from my early teens - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

A completely unsatisfactory review of a good book. - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Poetic Detective Fiction - Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

Life is better in running shoes - Patina by Jason Reynolds.

It’s not you… it’s me. - The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

He thinks she’s his angel - Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie #1) by Victoria Selman

Her mom was a serial killer - Truth and Lies (DI Amy Winter #1) by Caroline Mitchell

“But Ma used to say, not everyone circles the same sun. I never knew what she meant by that until Monday went missing.” - Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

A Good Beginning - Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear

“Sometimes we have to break the rules to get what we want. But now I think it’s time we change them.” - Puddin' by Julie Murphy

Mundane Lovers - Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Amateur Sleuthing on Your Sister-In-Law? That’ll Go Well… - Die A Little by Megan Abbott

“Something’s wrong in the air, you know, when a book costs less than a bullet. Or a Coke. Values-wise.” - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

Becoming – Be my friiiiiiiend, Michelle - Becoming by Michelle Obama

I had attempted a translation of my own fourteen years ago - Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! by Kenzaburo Oe

Requiem for the Aughts - Cherry by Nico Walker

The intern and the hockey player - Overnight Sensation by Sarina Bowen

I Have Heard of This Book So Many Times Without Ever Actually Knowing What It Contained - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

I wish this was a real band - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Luke Cage meets noir meets The Diviners meets more please! - Abbott by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivelä

Beware those who promise that they have the answer to everything - Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen

I’m Dreading This But I Need To Do It - Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing: How to Self-Publish Ebooks and Paperbacks by Chris Longmuir

True Journalist - Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace

In fact, as I get used to the idea in the days that follow, it begins to make sense of a lot of things. - Spies by Michael Frayn

The Roads Made By Kings Are Not The Only Paths A Man May Travel - Desire Lines by Elizabeth Kingston

We wish you a Merry Happy Tradition with family and friends - The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco; Leila in Saffron by Rukhsanna Guidroz

Liked it enough to not watch the show - The Passage by Justin Cronin

Finally, a Fresh YA Trilogy! - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Love on the Spectrum - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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