Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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This cute green card plot has very different connotations right now

Roomies by Christina Lauren

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I now feel like I’m wasting time if I’m not listening to an audiobook while I’m in my car, so I’m always on the lookout for a book that will hopefully work well for listening. I’ve read a couple of books by Christina Lauren (two writing-partner friends who smash their first names together to make one author’s name), so when I saw Roomies (2017) available at the library, I figured I would enjoy listening to it. Unfortunately, this one was not my favorite. There were some good […]

Obama told me to read it

The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş

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I read The Anthropologists (2024) by Ayşegül Savaş solely because Barack Obama put it on his Favorite Books List. Although Obama and I don’t have exactly the same taste in books, I appreciate that his choices are always well written and thought provoking. The Anthropologists is a short, quiet novel that centers around a young couple in New York City. The two are looking to buy their first home together. Asya first came to the United States to go to college, where she met her husband, Manu. Manu was […]

The evil father and the CIA agent

Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith

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I downloaded the audiobook of Mr. Nice Spy (2024) by Tiana Smith because it looked like a fun book to listen to on my commute. I’m a big fan of adventurous romances with hunky, protective men, and I figured a book with a CIA agent as its hero would be right up my alley. Mr. Nice Spy started out well. Adam Chan, before we even know he’s a CIA agent, saves our heroine (Andee Paxton) from a hulking man who is after her. He’s immediately interested in Andee, and […]

“Women can be heroes.”

The Women by Kristin Hannah

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The Women (2024) is now the third book I’ve read by Kristin Hannah. I started with The Great Alone, which I loved. Then I moved on to The Nightingale, which I’d seen on countless ‘best of’ lists. There were some good things about The Nightingale, but on the whole, I was disappointed with it. So, it was with just a little bit of trepidation that I started The Women. Fortunately, I thought The Women was a very good book. I would put it behind The Great Alone, but significantly ahead of The Nightingale. The […]

“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”

Vanishing Treasures by Katherine Rundell

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I found Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures (2024) by Katherine Rundell because it was available as an audiobook from my library. Environmentalism and animals are two themes that are right up my alley, so it was no surprise that I downloaded it as soon as it was available. Vanishing Treasures is a short collection of essays on endangered animals (or animals that have a subspecies that is endangered). The animals vary widely from the very common raccoon and bear to the rarely seen or studied […]

I wish I could be friends with Julia Child

Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge

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We chose Mastering the Art of French Murder (2023) by Colleen Cambridge for our next book club book. A young American woman who lives in Paris after World War II solves a murder with the help of her friend, Julia Child. I had never heard of this mystery novel before and wasn’t too sure what to expect from it. I enjoy the occasional mysteries, and I like The Great British Baking Show, but I’m not much into cooking. I wasn’t sure how I felt about reading about cooking–and/or […]



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