Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


The Hollow and Lord Edgware Dies + Audible Originals

The Hollow by Agatha Christie

Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie

See How they Run by Rachel Howzell hall

Stories of the Stalked by Lily Baldwin

Free Billy by Don Winslow

Approval Junkie by Faith Salie

Out of Bounds by Chris Ballard

The Dogs of Venice by Stephen Rowley

Island Nation by Peter Heller

Fragments of a Young Conquistador by Lincoln Michel

Song of the Northwoods by Jessica Huang

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The Hollow - 4/5 Stars This is one of the mid-career Poirot novels, and it's one of the ones where Poirot begins to revise and critique the ways in which crimes are investigated. We begin with a group of people on an estate swooning and hand-wringing about their wonderful, innocent, and sad … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:175 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Dystopian Cinderella Story

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

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Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron is a dystopian take on the classic fairy tale. Set 200 years after the fairy tale happened, sixteen-year-old girls are now required to go to an annual ball, where a suitor will select a girl to marry. If after three balls, a girl isn't selected they are never … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: ·

There is a Forced Proximity Romance here, but there’s also lots of things I cared less about.

Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles

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I have been rabidly on the hunt for Lockdown on London Lane since January, having requested it from any library source I possibly could. It eventually arrived to me in early April and in the middle of a bunch of other things (and other books) I blew through it. Was I captivated? No. Did I skim a … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:32 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , , , , , ·

Old Story, New Take

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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One of my students suggested this book a few weeks ago, and I always try to take their recommendations seriously. Most of the time I'm disappointed, or their tastes just aren't mine, but this one was an absolute winner. The Song of Achilles is one of the most poignant and beautiful novels I've read … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

I hope this new must-read author is a fast writer – I need more!

Finder by Suzanne Palmer

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The problem with finding a new author who is new to the scene and not just new to me is that there’s no backlog to dive into. Suzanne, I hope you’re working on a stack of new stuff STAT! I actually started this series with book two and loved it, this is book one, and book three came out last year … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: ·

The Littlest Library

The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  A really solid book. The only reason that I didn't give this 5 stars is that things started getting a wee bit repetitive regarding Jess's need to get a job and her ongoing thoughts surrounding Aiden. … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:91 · Genres: Romance · Tags: ·


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