Cannonball Read 10

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“To look out and see not another soul between you and the horizon could be a strange and disturbing sight.”

The Dry by Jane Harper

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This was by no means a pleasant reading experience. But its one that I’ll remember for quite a long time. Aaron Falk is a federal police officer in Australia, specializing in financial crimes. He comes home to the country for the funeral of his childhood best friend, Luke, who apparently brutally murdered his wife and young son, and then took his shotgun to himself. Luke’s father, who knows a secret about Aaron, convinces him to stick around town for a while to investigate. Luke’s parents simply cannot accept that he would commit such a heinous crime. Aaron hesitantly agrees. He’s […]

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3/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:18 |

I wish I had a sköldpadda of my very own.

Song of Susannah by Stephen King

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For a long time I’ve stood by my assertion that Song of Susannah was my least favorite Dark Tower book, hands down. The last time I reviewed it (back in 2012), I even went out on a limb and said this: Song of Susannah, however, was my least favorite Dark Tower book when I first read it. And I can safely say that it will always be my least favorite. Well, I guess I can’t trust myself. Now that I’m almost another full loop through the saga, I’m not sure if my opinion is still the same. Is SoS still […]

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3/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

This was a book? I read it. I liked it?

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

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There’s been a lot of talk about Lincoln in the Bardo over the past 18 months or so. It won a lot of awards, for sure. I finally got it from the library and I read it. And I have no idea, honestly, if I liked it or not. I did? There’s a lot going on here. Abraham Lincoln’s youngest son, Willie, has died and been laid to rest in a cemetery in Georgetown. Lincoln is mad with grief and spends the better part of the night after the funeral sitting in the cemetery, mourning his son. Meanwhile, Willie’s spirit […]

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3/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn’t spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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My new book club has a bit of a fascination with books that Reese Witherspoon likes. And that’s fine. Reese’s picks are usually quick and entertaining reads, and lead to interesting discussions that pair well with wine. Without Reese Witherspoon, I’m not sure I would have had Eleanor Oliphant on my radar — I know its been positively reviewed here many times, but something about it just didn’t call out to me. Until Reese announced it would be a movie, which inspired my book club…and here we are. To be honest, I wasn’t 100% on board with this choice, until […]

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2/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”

Night Shift, Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

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I think it would be fair to say that Uncle Stevie and I have an understanding. He writes, I’m a constant reader, and that’s that. And I’ve been known to reread some of the things that he’s written many times. Even when the stories are upsetting or dark or scary, there’s something comforting about them for me. Maybe because I started reading them at a really early age (seriously, way too early….what exactly was going on in the 1980s?), his writing is sort of a nostalgic part of my childhood. I can picture myself wandering around the adult horror section […]

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2/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:14 |

“I wanted to say goodbye to someone, and have someone say goodbye to me. The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we’re still alive.”

Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

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I think its safe to say that I’m addicted to my Audible account. Driving around all day and meeting with demanding clients is hard, so the best thing I can do is lose myself in a great story and a great narrator. And I think that’s why I keep coming back to these Dark Tower books…the narration is great, the story always delivers something new for me, and it really doesn’t matter if I hear every single detail or not, because I’m stuck on Ka’s wheel and I know I’ll be returning to this story before long. Wolves of the […]

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2/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

If you like sociopaths and unreliable narrators, then have I got a book for you!

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

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Amber wants nothing more than to live the way she thinks she deserves. She wants it all — wealth and jewels and real estate, with a rich handsome husband on her arm. In her mind, this dream life is owed to her, because her early life was one of poverty and despair. So just let her have this, ok? And it doesn’t matter if the house she wants has people living in it. Or if the man she wants is married to someone else. She wants it so she deserves it so don’t worry about the details. Amber moves from […]

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2/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:11 |

If you’re going to judge a book by its cover, this should be the one.

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

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As an 8-time Cannonballer, I can’t believe this is the first Leigh Bardugo book I’ve ever picked up. I think I’ve meant to read some of her stuff before…but I guess life just got in my way. I first heard about this book when the great Rainbow Rowell was raving about its utter gorgeousness on her Instagram. I had never heard the term “progressive illustrations” before, so my interest was quickly piqued. (FYI, a progressive illustration is exactly what it sounds like. In this book of short fairy tales, the margins of each page are illustrated with additional art as […]

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2/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:10 |


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