Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Long time reader, first time reviewer. Hoping to write one of these book thingies myself one of these days.

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I wanted to like this one more than I did

Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid

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I’ve had the Winston brothers series recommended to me by several friends, so I decided to give it a try. I started with Grin and Beard It, the second book in the series (the titles are all beard themed, in case you hadn’t guessed that already), because the first book was checked out from my local library and I am a chaos muppet. Grin and Beard It tells the story of Sienna Diaz, an actress and screenwriter who is shooting a film in rural Tennessee. […]

Thank you Bonnie!

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Super excited to read This is How You Lose the Time War and A Marvellous Light based on the reviews I’ve read here! Thank you for the books and for supporting my local indie bookstore!

An exploration of the hidden factors that shape the food on our forks

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

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When I was a sophomore in high school, my typical lunchtime routine was to consume a can of Hawaiian Punch, a bag of white cheddar cheese Lance popcorn (both purchased from the ‘snack line’ of the school cafeteria), and an apple (brought from home), while doing my world history homework. I would have been wearing round wire-framed glasses and a hunter green sweater with maroon and white horizontal stripes. Also I had a perm. So many things about that image are terrible, aren’t they? Anyway, […]

Compelling origin stories aren’t just for superheroes

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

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Alex Segura’s Secret Identity tells the story of Carmen Valdez, a 1970s-era employee of second-rate comic book publisher Triumph Comics. Carmen loves comic books and would like to write them, but hasn’t found a way in, given the boys club atmosphere. She thinks she may have found a foothold when her colleague Harvey Stern suggests they collaborate on a new series. Carmen has lots of ideas built up over a lifetime as a comics fan and together she and Harvey create the Legendary Lynx – […]

It is slightly easier to get to 250 words if you choose a book with a long-ass title

Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Pheobe Robinson

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A friend gave me a copy of Phoebe Robinson’s Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays as a Christmas gift, and I was excited to dig into it shortly after the new year. Robinson is a comedian, writer, and actress, and I was familiar with her podcast 2 Dope Queens (which she co-hosted with Jessica Williams, formerly of The Daily Show), but I hadn’t really kept up with her work after 2 Dope Queens ended in 2018. She has been busy! […]

The art and science of trying to see the future

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

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During my recent holiday travels, I listened to an episode of the Ezra Klein show featuring Philip Tetlock, a psychologist known for his work on how people make judgments, particularly in the form of predictions about future events. I found the podcast interesting and so sought out Tetlock’s book Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (written in collaboration with journalist Dan Gardner) to find out more. The book focuses on the phenomenon of “superforecasters”, a group of people Tetlock has discovered in his research […]



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