Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Talk about being Ghosted

Forever Home by Jenna Ayoub

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We talk about pets having a forever home, but sometimes people need them, too. And it is not because they are homeless, or need adoption, but because they and their family will travel a lot, such as being in the service. And Willow, is one of those people. When her family moves to Hadleigh House and promise this is the last move, Willow is overjoyed and will do anything to stay. Even match wits with four ghosts (two spicy sisters (one has a thing about […]

The Gold Bug Variations

The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers

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My first interaction with this book came from another Richard Powers book, Galatea 2.2, in which the narrator, Richard Powers spends his time lamenting having to give up this book to publication and how much he wants to go back and live with them. That book has some similar focus to this one. In a lot of ways this book is a novel version of Escher, Godel, Bach, which looks at complex systems, number sequences, spirals, patterns, and chaos. This book does the same thing. The […]

Another smart woman falls in love

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a community of women trying to mind their own business must be in want of a random man’s opinion.” I’ve been working through Ali Hazelwood’s oeuvre ever since my book club chose to read The Love Hypothesis. These aren’t my favorite romance novels, but I like Hazelwood’s feminist, science-y women and the books are pretty entertaining. I’d been waiting for a while for her latest, and I was happy when I was finally able to pick up Love on the […]

“I am what I am, regardless of what anyone calls it. No one can change it, regardless of what anyone calls it. And it mostly means that nothing has managed to kill me yet.”

Peace Talks (Dresden Files #16) by Jim Butcher

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I’m rounding third and headed for home with The Dresden Files, with only one more published book in the series to read. There were about 6 years in between book 15 and this book and if I had waited that long, I would have been disappointed, and a little mad. Here’s a one-sentence summary of books 14, 15, and 16 for explanation Book 14 – Everything happens. Maybe too many things? Book 15 – Heist and Hijinks! A moderate amount of stuff happens. Book 16 […]

I wanted to like this one more than I did

Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid

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I’ve had the Winston brothers series recommended to me by several friends, so I decided to give it a try. I started with Grin and Beard It, the second book in the series (the titles are all beard themed, in case you hadn’t guessed that already), because the first book was checked out from my local library and I am a chaos muppet. Grin and Beard It tells the story of Sienna Diaz, an actress and screenwriter who is shooting a film in rural Tennessee. […]

Watch out Scooby Gang, there’s a new team in town

Goldie Vance The Hotel Whodunit by Lilliam Rivera

Goldie Vance volume 1 by Hope Larson

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I read the Goldie Vance novel, The Hotel Whodunit, before the graphic novel Goldie Vance volume 1 (though based on the comics) because the novel was due before the graphic novel at the library. However, I do not think I would have liked or disliked any differently if I had read in reverse. Both stories are a combination of Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy and (from what I understand), Veronica Mars. I also got a bit of Archie Comics, along with a dash of the […]



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