Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Where Men Are the Worst, and Menopause Gives You Magic Powers

The Change by Kirsten Miller

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In a quiet Long Island town, three women of a certain age discover that they have more power than they ever thought possible. Jo, a former hotel executive, owns a women-only gym, and has hot flashes that can literally set things on fire. Nessa is a retired nurse who can hear the dead calling to her and see their unsettled shades. And Harriet? Well, Harriet hasn’t left her house in months, her garden has turned into a wild place full of unsettling plants, and there […]

A Mother Must Never Look Away. A Good Mother Can Do Anything.

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

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Frida Liu is a 39 year old woman, recently divorced and co-parenting their 18-month old Harriet with ex husband Gust. On one of her custody days, Frida is dealing with days of insomnia and Harriet has an ear infection. In a burst of insomnia-fueled insanity, Frida puts Harriet into her bouncer and leaves to go get a cup of coffee. Then she remembers that she left an important document at the office, and so goes to get that. Then she has to answer some emails. […]

Who Killed Annabelle Cartwright? Or, Surrounded by Narcissists.

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

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The media is calling it the Crime of the Decade – Georgia Cartwright, the glamorous eldest daughter of a wealthy South Carolina family, has been accused of murdering her younger sister. Whether it was jealousy – Annabelle was the biological daughter, while Georgia was adopted – or pure insanity is up for debate. But just to be safe, Georgia is being kept in the locked ward of a psychiatric facility while she awaits her trial. Mandy is reading about the crime in the news when […]

A Cozy Mystery That Will Make You Drool

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutano

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Vera Wong may be an old lady, but that doesn’t mean she’s slowed down. She’s up every morning before the sun rises to take her daily walk and send her grown son a good morning text. (Just to make sure that he’s up and ask whether he has a girlfriend yet.) He doesn’t often text her back, but that’s ok, because Vera has things to do. She owns and operates Vera Wang’s World Famous Teahouse in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, and has to […]

A Love So Powerful You Remake the World For Them

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

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Alice Scott is a celebrity journalist who is about to interview for the job of a lifetime. She managed to track down Margaret Ives, an heiress from the Golden Age of Hollywood who vanished from the public eye more than 20 years ago. Margaret agreed to meet with Alice to discuss them potentially working together on an authorized biography of the former media darling. But Alice discovers she’s not the only one up for the job. Hayden Anderson, a music journalist whose first book won […]

A Holmesian Mystery-Horror Set at Sea

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

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It is 1634, and a fleet owned by the Dutch East India Company is set to depart Batavia for Amsterdam, an 8-month long journey that will face perils throughout. Aboard are Jan Haan, the Governor-General of Batavia on his way home to join the ruling body of the Dutch East India Company, accompanied by his wife Sara Wessel, daughter Leah, and mistress Creesjie. Also on board are the world’s greatest detective, Samuel Pipps, arrested for an unspecified crime, and his bodyguard, Arent Hayes. The day […]



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