Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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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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My Heart Is a Chainsaw

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

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I honestly don’t know what to say about this book besides it did not hang together very well. I just could not get into it. I think the main character (Jade) was kind of insufferable for most of the book. And the interludes in between those chapters didn’t help me to stay engaged. I think this was what I said about the other books of Graham Jones’s that I read. Good thoughts, but bad execution. I put this book down several times this year because […]

Greek Myths: A Retelling

Greek Myths: A Retelling by Charlotte Higgins

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I thought this was so good. The cover was fantastic and I loved that as I read this one (I bought this in hardcover yesterday at a local bookstore) the cover sparkled. Higgins does a great job of following Greek myths through many of its famous women, but they are all linked by the loom and their weave depicting some of the terrible things the gods and goddesses have done. We start off with Gaia and Uranus and how their offspring where the Titans. And […]

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1)

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Original short review: DNF at 14 percent. After the first few pages there was just too much info dumping and names for me to even focus. I loved the idea behind some people who have special abilities, but think that there wasn’t a good build up and I still can’t tell you who anyone is after Anya. Longer review: Did Not Finish at 14 percent. I feel bad about this one. So many people recommended this book to me since they thought it be right […]

The Haunting of Alejandra

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Well this book packed a punch. We follow 30 something year old Alejandra. Recently moved from Texas to Philadelphia with her husband and three children, she feels adrift. You initially think that maybe Alejandra is suffering from post-partum depression. However, the book quickly moves that something seems to be haunting Alejandra. Telling her that she’s a bad mother, that her children would be better off with her, and […]

The Boardwalk Bookshop

The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery

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Good grief I definitely didn’t mind the sexy parts that was great. Not typical for Mallery but it was still good to see in her romance book. But the overall book was just a mess. Don’t read this book and think and it’s just gonna be about a book shop, it’s not. It follows three women, Ashley, Mikki, and Bree who go in together to buy a storefront on the beach. Bree runs the bookstore, Ashley a bakery, and Mikki a gift shop. All 3 […]

Desert Star

Desert Star by Michael Connelly

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End of watch? Maybe. Good installment with Renee and Harry. Curious where Connelly goes next with the both of them. I think my main issue is that there were too many plot holes in this one that don’t get addressed. Also the Renee we know who was just kind of done at the end of the last book, I don’t see her taking this path. She read like a new character. And it’s beyond weird to realize that it’s been a year since the events […]



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