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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Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones

Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Was pleasantly surprised how much I like this one. The last Jones book was kind of a mess to me, but this one hit the sweet spot. I only gave it 4 stars though because the cliffhanger ending irked the life out of me. I like my suspense novels to wrap things up in the end please. Killing Me Softly follows married couple Freya and Charlie. A power couple, […]

Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

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Not going to lie, this was really good. I started reading it and couldn’t put it down. I wish I had started this before some of my other books sitting in my get to finish by 2025 pile. I like all of the characters, the bits that take some time to fit, and the various POVs we get actually work in this one. And I thought the ending was so solid. I was worried at first it was going to end on some weird cliffhanger, […]

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

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Not going to lie, the first 30 percent of this book dragged. I just plugged away but honestly I just felt a bit deflated by the entire premise and the ending. Especially since it seems a client we get introduced to in this one, will take up the next The Lincoln Lawyer book in this series. The Proving Ground follows Mickey Haller, now strictly a civil attorney. His daughter is surfing in Hawaii and his ex-wife Maggie is now the new DA. Mickey feels content. He’s going up […]

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

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I can’t recall the last time I was this annoyed. Oh yeah, The Rose Field. Anyway. This book was slow, meandering, and ultimately made my brain mad because I knew within a few percentage of my e-Reader, I knew who was the killer, I just didn’t know why. And when you get to the why I tossed my hands up and said for real? And I just don’t know. No spoilers and all, but the whole thing was so unhinged and I feel like the […]

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor

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Updated 12/25/2025 Sigh. This honestly will always be one of my favorite books in the series. I don’t think Taylor ever did another ghost/horror story before and to set it on Christmas was definitely a great idea. Initially I didn’t think it would work, but it does. I really do wish that had more POVs starring Kinky and her gift. I think about how the series ended and get sad all over again. I have to say though, this and the first few books in the […]

Innkeeper Chronicles Re-Reads for the Holidays

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrew

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Updated 12/24/25: I ended up re-reading this and Sweep of the Heart on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, along with my other favorite Christmas re-read Irish Country Girl. I meant to update my currently reading list, but I just gave up because GR and StoryGraph didn’t seem to care for it via my cell. Ahem. Back to the book. I just loved this entire series and I really wish that we got another InnKeeper book. I assume the next book eventually will follow Maud and […]



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