Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Didn’t seduce me into joining the Brene Brown cult

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

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Brene Brown comes highly recommended by a few girlfriends, so I picked this one up at the library to see what all the fuss is about. I suspect seeing or hearing her speak may be part of the magic, as reading this was fine but not life changing. The book itself is a slim 160 pages, with the first half outlining the core ideas and the last half digging into 10 ‘Guideposts’ about things to move away from/closer too. The title of the book -The […]

Twisty fun thriller

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

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Lucy Foley has become one of the big names in chick-lit thrillers- you’ve probably seen the cover of this one on some of Goodreads ‘best of’ lists or the eye-level shelf at Indigo (The Guest List, The Hunting Party, The Paris Apartment- think out of focus black and white photos with bright colorful (hot pink, electric yellow, bright red) titles). This was the first of hers I’ve read, and it was fun (and tense! The woman knows how to dial up the stress level. The […]

There once was a girl from Nantucket

A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand

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This was my first Elin Hilderbrand novel and I’m not sure I’m sold on reading more of her (I’m not a hard no but I’m not a hard yes either). Part of that was expectations- with a name like The Summer Affair, I was expecting a fun juicy summer romance. Full warning to anyone who hasn’t read this (or who hasn’t read Hilderbrand- I suspect if you have you might have other expectations already) that this book is not that. The titular affair is almost […]

Pandesal? Mmm, Tell Me More

Arsenic and Adobe by Mia P. Manansala

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One of the cozy cooking type mysteries, I must knock it down a star because although our girl is charged with murder right out of the gate, there honestly is no danger of anyone buying that.  Lila Macapagal is back home from Chicago and is temporarily helping out in her Tita Rosie’s Filipino restaurant.  Unfortunately Derek Winter, a food critic who has been writing nasty reviews all over town, including her auntie’s, takes a face plant into his dessert, poisoned.  The dessert which Lila had […]

Thank you Jen!!!!! (CBR Book Exchange – Woooooo!)

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Y’all. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GIFT. A book I never heard of? EXCITEMENT. And an Edgar Award Winner? YES. I am a sucker for an award winner. SASSY SOCKS?!? YES. Jen wrote an awesome card (A HANDWRITTEN CARD?!) and noted that the socks were “a bit of a gamble” but I giggled immediately so the gamble paid off. My first pair of socks boasting a swear word. Here. For. It. THANK YOU THANK YOU LET’S BE BEST FRIENDS. Too much? Too bad, I’m […]

“Because I know that no matter what, I’m wonderful.”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) by Becky Chambers

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As the year is winding down I find myself in the position of staring aspirationally at my reading goal. I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet, so I am on the hunt for small books that will be a good way to spend my time and get me one step closer to that end. Clocking in at a mere 147 pages this little novella will charm, amaze, and move you. The only reason I wasn’t full-on sobbing at the end (cathartically, not with […]



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