Cannonball Read 18

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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Classic's Quick Questions interview.)

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How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding

How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Yes, I gave this 5 stars, I loved it to pieces, but it’s not on my favorites shelf because I think the handling of the addiction story-line felt a little too pat and I wanted more details than what I got on that. I just thought that it was great to keep the main storyline on the heroine (Bea) and hero (Nate) so applause for that. Give me […]

Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island by Susan M. Boyer

Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer

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I started to get eh about Boyer’s other series, so jumped into this one. “Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island” has some of the same beats, but it just does not really work me in the end. Similar to her “Liz Talbot” series, this new series has a main character who is a P.I. [Hadley]. She is also focused on not swearing (it got old) and being a “lady” and some other things. I just think honestly this book was missing a lot of heart with […]

Night & Day by John Connolly

Night & Day by John Connolly

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This took me several months to complete and I really wish I had DNFed it. I didn’t because I love John Connolly so much, but honestly this anthology was not great. And when I realized 50 percent of the book is in essence a biography of Christopher Lee and his involvement with a film called “Horror Fest” I should have been fully done. I adore the Charlie Parker series since Connolly has done a great job of blending mystery/horror/magical realism, etc. I was hoping for […]

Review of the Alibis Collection

Death Row by Freida McFadden

The Ex-Wives Club by Sally Hepworth

False Note by David Lagercrantz

The Skydivers by Chris Bohjailian

Good Neighbors by Chad Zunker

Small Things by Wanda M. Morris

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4 stars for this one. I thought the first story in the “Alibis Collection” was really strong and honestly the best out of the bunch. I thought that McFadden actually stretched herself in this one in a good way. I didn’t see the twists coming and loved how she tied things up her. “Death Row” follows a woman named Talia Kemper has been on death row for years after being convicted of the murder of her husband. We find Talia remembering things before she was […]

Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger

Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger

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Whelp, this was bad. I mean not Trump starts a war with Iran bad, but it was not a good book. I think that a lot of authors are trying this destination thriller sub-genre and it’s not a great read. It doesn’t help that Unger has I think 7 different points of view in this one (Adele, her two kids, Maverick, Maverick’s girlfriend, another player, and I know I am forgetting someone else). There’s no character development of anyone due to this and the ending […]

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This took forever. What kills me is that it’s a short book (only 269 pages) and it dragged. Terribly. I have read all of the Tess Monaghan books, FYI there are 11 books and some novellas too. I was a huge fan of this series and I think only gave two of the books 2 stars, but I thought most were 3 stars or above reads. For the […]



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