Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


What If It’s You?

What If It's You by Jilly Gagnon

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I was hoping this would be a romance a la “About Time” and this was just way too much science and not enough romance. The main character Laurel got on my nerves and the ending was just eye roll inducing, probably because Gagnon didn’t spend enough time developing the two love interests, Ollie and Drew. “What If It’s You?” follows Laurel. Laurel feels scared and angry after she […]

Murder mystery with women you won’t like

Scenes of the Crime by Jilly Gagnon

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This is a classic beach or vacation read, with I Know What You Did Last Summer vibes but. You know, I say that, but I haven’t read that actual book. I might have watched the movie a looooong time ago though. Ok, there are major differences probably. But we have a group of friends, including Emily, who lost their friend Vanessa one fateful night at her family winery conveniently high up on a treacherous ocean cliff. At Emily’s suggestion, several years later, the friends reunite. […]

The Game is Afoot

All Dressed Up by Jilly Gagnon

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In an effort to shore up their faltering marriage, Becca and Blake go away for the weekend to a 1920s-themed murder mystery hotel. But when the actress playing the maid disappears, Becca suspects that a real crime might have occurred. I’ve always thought murder mystery dinners would be fun. I’ve never been to one, but I like stories and I like puzzles, and besides nothing that inspired the Edgar Allen Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party could be dull. I was intrigued by the idea of […]



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