Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Slaying You by Michelle Gagnon

Slaying You by Michelle Gagnon

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Well our serial killer hunter duo pops up again. If you have not read “Killing Me” you are going to be totally lost, so suggest that you don’t try to read this as a stand-alone. It’s been about a year, and Amber has a new girlfriend named Kat. Amber is making her way back to Las Vegas for her friend Dot’s wedding. Amber is still dealing with the […]

Hippy Shenanigans Colorful Characters Dope and Crime

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

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Although it’s been many years since I read it, Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 is one of my favorite books of all time. I’ve read a few other books of his and generally enjoy the psychedelic, conspiratorial, convoluted style. Inherent Vice is absolutely in this vein, but by the end I was thoroughly bored and wondering what the meandering point was supposed to be. The story follows Larry “Doc” Sportello, a pothead hippy private investigator who seems to get hired by everyone in […]

Groundhog Day with a food scene

Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

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This is only my second Jackie Lau novel (I think, if Goodreads is accurate). I actually quite liked the other novel I read by her and yet … I don’t know, sometimes, you just have those authors that you check out, you enjoy but they just also don’t quite pull you in enough to make you want to go read everything else they have written, for whatever the reason. I generally like a good time loop story, though (hello Palm Springs, Groundhog Day and that […]

Morel Dilemma: He Just Couldn’t Resist the Cap

The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley

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Hey friends! Guess what? This is my first Cannonball Read review of the year…I’m a little behind. Hahaha…have no fear, I’ve read a lot of books and I’m almost done with teaching for the year so my own Cannonball challenge will be, can I catch up with the review part?!?! Stay tuned! This book though…this book brought me out of review hibernation because I kept trying to think of cool titles for my review.  Some of the discarded ones were: I’m a Fungi: Tales of […]

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. […]

This was a disappointment

The Gods Time Forgot by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzales

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Thank you to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Rua remembers nothing from before she woke up in a muddy hole in upstate New York. Her maid and everyone around her claims that she’s Emma Harrington, missing for two days, but Rua while Rua may look just like her, she is certain there is nothing of Emma in her. Emma’s wealthy parents are determined to try bury the scandal of Emma’s behaviour, which isn’t made easier when Rua […]



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