Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Bitter, Sweet, Love, Family

Hundred Years of Happiness by Thanhha Lai

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I had many emotions and thoughts while reading Hundred Years of Happiness. I was wondering the nationality of the family (you learn Vietnamese) as I was curious where the food came from and where the traditional represented (colors are important to cultures and I was wondering why white was not … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:134 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Romance · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

Mind your mindfulness

Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness by Maria Gianferrari

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I really dislike the word, mindfulness.  It has taken on a pretentious air of “being better than you.” A feeling of, “I practice mindfulness and you don’t.”  However, I went at Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness with an open mind. Okay, big groan to “tail” verses “tale” but I was able to forgive … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:133 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , ·

The True Crime File: Serial Killings, Famous Kidnappings, Great Cons, Survivors and Their Stories, Forensics, and More

The True Crime File: Serial Killings, Famous Kidnappings, Great Cons, Survivors and Their Stories, Forensics, and More by Kim Daly

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  Not what I was expecting. This honestly is a good primer if you have not read a true crime book before. But I was familiar with about 90 percent of the stories that the author chose to provide details … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:80 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ·

My Wife is Missing

My Wife is Missing by D.J. Palmer

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. So D.J. Palmer is hit or miss with me. This one was such a miss. I think the issue was not only the three points of view (showing Michael Hart and then Natalie Hart before and then in the present) just … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ·

“No Mourners, No Funerals”

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

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I picked up (and reviewed) the original Shadow and Bone trilogy after watching the Netflix series. At the time I read in various forums (including, I’m pretty sure, other Cannonball Read reviews) that the Grishaverse novels get even better in the spin-offs - and based off of these two books, I have … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: , , ·

The Overnight Guest

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

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Trigger warning: Rape This is a good book to keep in mind for Halloween Bingo. It fits a couple of squares that I selected when I added this to our library. I really enjoyed this read. I was interested in the story that Wylie was there writing and loved how things tied together. I will say … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ·


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