Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I love to read. I'm usually reading at least 3 books at a time. They're not all good... some are really bad. I have trouble not finishing books though. Now CBR has doubled down on that trouble, because I want to get credit for reading the bad ones too! (Learn more about this Cannonballer: kfishgirl's Quick Questions interview.)

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I tried with this one

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

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This was another book that my new spin friends suggested to me. It was MUCH better than the Flock book, but not as good as they thought it was or I wanted it to be. Again, cute premise, but mother of god this main character was oblivious. I have a really hard time with stories that require the main characters to be generally dumb about normal interactions, and keep them from having simple conversations that would clear up most of the conflict. Olive Smith is […]

A witch is simply a woman who listens to her intuition

First Witches Club by Maisey Yates

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If you’re looking for a cozy-ish read about women learning how to live for themselves and get revenge, this is it. We meet each of our three main characters fairly early in the book, but it’s basically Nora’s story. Her husband has just left her for a wellness retreat in Chile to “find himself”. Nora tries to convince herself for a lot of the book that her marriage is fine, and she’s just helping out her new friends with their failing marriages. She reconnects with […]

Atmosphere got me here

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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This is one of those stories that starts out at the end. We learn that Nina’s house is the site of a huge party every year, and this year it’s burning to the ground. To the writer’s credit, I very quickly forgot that the story was going to end in a fire. We meet the four Riva siblings in bits. Nina is basically the main character, and she’s a world class surfer and supermodel. She just found out that her husband has been cheating on […]

Recommended by my new friends, and I won’t hold that against them

The Ravenhood #1 Flock by Kate Stewart

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So it took me a while to get into this book. My new friends that I met at spin class recommended this book / series to me. There’s some steamy sex in it, and I think that may have blinded them to how badly this book is written. I really like my new friends, so I will not judge them harshly for liking this book. We all have our things. Let me just start by sharing my kindle highlights for this book… Please keep in […]

Accidental re-read

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1 Still Life by Louise Penny

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A coworker suggested this book to me at work. For some horrific reason, Goodreads didn’t know that I already read it. I think it’s even possible that my coworker suggested it to me a few years ago, I read it, didn’t update Goodreads, and then she suggested it to me again, so I read it again. I’m sure everyone her can relate to this – I read so many books that I cannot personally keep track of which books I’ve read. That’s what Senor Goodreads […]

Sometimes you need more story with less words!

Leave It Up To Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Deadly Ambition Series #5 The Silent Muse by Lauren Ling Brown

Deadly Ambition Series #6 The Line by Tim Weaver

Deadly Ambition Series #1 The Price of Honey by Liane Moriarty

Deadly Ambition Series #3 You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by A.R. Torre

Deadly Ambition Series #4 A Fatal Delivery by Lauren Oliver

Deadly Ambition Series #2 The Roommate by Andrea Mara

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Earlier this year I got a little bit burned out on long books and went on a bit of a short story binge. It also helps that there are a bunch of Amazon Prime free short stories. I love a free book. So this is a collection of the short stories I read when I was going through my regular book burnout. Some were good, and some were meh. None were really terrible. Five of the books were from the Amazon “Deadly Ambition” series, which […]



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