Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Nick and Charlie are in love. Still.

Heartstopper volume 5: A Graphic Novel by Alice Oseman

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Heartstopper volume 5: A Graphic Novel by Alice Oseman is more of the same with the characters Nick, Charlie, their family and their friends. While we focus on Nick and Charlie (as the other volumes have done) Oseman has added a few areas that are “outside” of the boy’s knowledge (such as there is a flashback with Charlie’s mom and one with a teacher), and there are a few areas that are just “Nick focused” or just “Charlie focused” as usual. There are some sexual […]

How do you read?

101 Ways to Read a Book by Timothee de Fombelle

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The Sunflower, The contortionist, The sleepwalker, The romantic are all ways you can read a book. You can read one in the tub, or if you are The Octopus you can read many at a time. But Timothee de Fombelle decided to show you 101 ways in 101 Ways to Read a Book. Each page has one or two ways of reading. There are readers on bikes and readers on the floor (there are about 10 different ways to do that). And each one is […]

An exercise in female rage

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

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  This book filled me with rage. You must read it! There’s no way for me to write a proper review without some spoilers, so be warned. I will do my best to keep them to a minimum. This appears to be Tracy Sierra’s first book, and I can’t wait to see what she does next. It’s a tight, well written thriller that I had a hard time putting down, but also wanted to throw across the room because, as I said, rage. A mother […]

Game, set and …

The Match by Harlan Coben

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Several decades ago, a young boy was discovered living alone in the woods. The boy was put in foster care; the authorities assumed the boy would eventually be claimed. But no such thing happened. The boy, nicknamed Wilde, grew up and became a… PI? Enforcer? Jack of All Trades in the security business? We don’t know, we don’t care. All we know is that the boy’s memories never came back, save for one: a red banister, a portrait of a man, and the sound of […]

Milly knows your secrets, but she has some of her own

(The Housemaid #1) The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

(The Housemaid #2) The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden

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I read both of these books as actual real physical books, which for me is a big deal. I was over my aunt’s house and she was like “you have to read this book” about the first one, but I only had the weekend to read it, because she borrowed it from the woman she babysits for (and she’s crazy – my aunt). So I hit my timeline because I had a timeline, but also because the book was good! Then, mom of the kids […]

So I’ve started a new series! Still trying to fill my Bosch hole (TM that nasty sounding phrase)

(Stone Barrington #1) New York Dead by Stuart Woods

(Stone Barrington #2) Dirt by Stuart Woods

(Stone Barrington #3) Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods

(Stone Barrington #4) Swimming to Catalina by Stuart Woods

(Stone Barrington #5) Worst Fears Realized by Stuart Woods

(Stone Barrington #6) L. A. Dead by Stuart Woods

(Stone Barrington, #7) Cold Paradise by Stuart Woods

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I read these books over the course of the year. I did read them in order, but not all consecutively. I just thought it would be appropriate to review them all together since it’s a new series for me, and a few of them have characters and storylines that connect to each other. Books 5 through 7 are actually my most recently read books (32 – 34 for the year), but they all fit in this post. Like I said in my title, I’m still […]



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