Cannonball Read 17

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From the US. Living in the UK. Used to review under the name Lollygagger. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: ASKReviews' Quick Questions interview - as Lollygagger.)

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The UK Government Failed the NHS and All of Us

Breathtaking by Rachel Clarke

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Best for: Anyone interested in a health care worker’s perspective on the first couple of months of COVID-19. Anyone who just wants to feel a little more rage at government failure. In a nutshell: Hospice physician and author Clarke shares her experiences – and experiences of patients and their families – during the first few weeks of COVID in England. Worth quoting: “In a major trauma, it is effective logistics, more than anything else, that saves lives.” “It is abundantly clear that our patients were […]

Ari’s Back

Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson

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Best for: Fans of Icelandic crime fiction. In a nutshell: A young woman is found dead on a sidewalk, apparently having jumped from the balcony of a home. Or did she? Worth quoting: N/A. I just raced through the book. Why I chose it: Four years ago I picked up the first in the Dark Iceland series at the Iceland Airport. I immediately tracked down the rest of the books, and then read what I thought was the final (fifth) book. In a bookstore this […]

All Over The Place

Abolitionist Socialist Feminism: Radicalizing the Next Revolution by Zillah Eisenstein

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Best for: I’m not sure who the target audience of this book is. I’d think it’d be someone like me, but it didn’t work for me. In a nutshell: A series of essays. I really can’t describe it as I’m not quite sure what I just read. Worth quoting: “Suffering is more than economic and will remain grossly unequal as long as it is dealt with in this partial fashion.” “There is no one kind of feminism, although it is often represented as though there […]

Why Are We Okay With Just Two Days Off?

Overtime: Why We Need a Shorter Working Week by Will Stronge & Kyle Lewis

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Best for: Workers. In a nutshell: Stronge and Lewis make a simple, elegant, and frankly pretty difficult to refute case for shortening the work week to four days or fewer. Worth quoting: “[B]eing able to relax, spend time with loved ones, pursue self-directed activity and have freedom from a boss are all essential parts of what it means to be human. Time is life after all.” Why I chose it: Verso books had a sale 😀 Review: When I really think about it, is is […]

Delightful Look at Ethics

How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

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Best for: Fans of The Good Place. People who want to be better. In a nutshell: TV writer and Creator of The Good Place shares what he learned about moral philosophy during that show, breaking it down using funny analogies and stories. (Note: My review may have some spoilers for The Good Place. If you’ve never seen the show, I suggest you fix that immediately. Also, the .gifs aren’t showing up here, so if you want to see this review as intended, you can view […]

I Wish I Hadn’t Been Spoiled

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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Best for: Fan of claustrophobic fiction In a nutshell: In the 1600s in Norway, a sudden storm kills nearly all the men in the village of Vardø. A year later, a man is sent to govern the remaining women. Worth quoting: “But now she knows she was foolish to believe that evil existed only out there. It was here, among them, walking on two legs, passing judgment with a human tongue.” Why I chose it: It was in a subscription box and I hadn’t yet […]



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