Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


I was on a “And Then There Were None” kick with mixed results

One by One by Freida McFadden

One by One by Ruth Ware

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Ok I read the original Agatha Christie version of this story, “And then there were none” a while ago, and then I apparently went on a bender. I know I’ve read at least one or two other versions before this one too. Here is Freida’s version, because it was apparently a summer of Freida for me. I thoroughly enjoy the premise of these “and then there were none” stories, because it’s usually a group of seemingly innocent but secretly kinda crappy people who one by […]

More Freida!

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

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  And here we go again with Freida! I must’ve been on a rampage in July. I feel like I put a whole bunch of the same kind of books on hold, and then they all come available at once! This book is about Brooke Sullivan, who is a single mom and a nurse just starting a new job at a men’s maximum security prison. She’s not very good at not telling the inmates her personal business. Oh and the man who nearly killed her […]

Returning to CBR after the summer of moving!

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

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OK full disclosure. Most of my July and August was spent moving into my new house. Then I guess I rested in September? I’m not sure! But I’m back and I’m reviewing the tons of books that I read since July! My coworker got me started on Freida McFadden books. I don’t know how many I’ve read now, but I seem to like them. She has a way of leading me down a path where I think I know how it will end, and then […]

What if you lost 7 years of your life overnight?

Do You Remember by Freida McFadden

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We’re first introduced to the main character Tess on the eve of her engagement to her boyfriend Harry, who she had been living with for a while. They have some celebratory drinks and fall asleep. Unfortunately, Tess wakes up like 10 years later with no memory of what happened in between.   Her “husband” is next to her in bed and tries to comfort her. It turned out she was in a bad car accident and had a head injury. They start every day like […]

Bringing Her Back for a Speedy Read

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

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Yes, my friends, I’m back with another Freida McFadden thriller. My strategy to get to a Cannonball is picking books I can get through at a brisk pace. McFadden has never let me down in this department. As I once wrote, her books are like potato chips: compulsively readable and bad for you. McFadden’s newest book (man, she churns them out) Never Lie has a similar set up to many of her other books. The chapters flip-flop point of view, which I enjoy for the […]

What’s a Vestigial Eye Among Friends?

Suicide Med by Freida McFadden

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Spoilers ahoy, because this book has to be revealed to be believed. Freida McFadden’s Suicide Med is an absolutely bonkers thriller that I’m almost at a loss to describe. The story revolves around a small group of medical students who attend a school known for its string of suicides. The book is divided into parts, each part from the point of view of a different student. There is the dippy one, the temptress, the ferocious competitor, the handsome sociopath and the lumbering ox. Plus an […]



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