Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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All That Remains: A Life In Death by Sue Black

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I went through a phase as a young adult when I thought I might go to school to be a forensic scientist or medical examiner (this was when we were all watching a lot of CSI). That didn’t pan out, but I still love reading books about the profession (I Love This!). Dr. Judy Melinek’s Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner was another excellent book about the same subject. And if you liked Mary Roach’s Stiff, I’d recommend this as […]

“This world demands nothing short of perfection from women who aim high, and our need to see perfection in women has, until recently, far outweighed our need for their participation.”

Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution by Amber Tamblyn

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Amber Tamblyn has been acting since she was a child, and raised in a very “Hollywood” environment. Her father is Russ Tamblyn from West Side Story, and she has a lot of famous people listed as godfathers on her Wikipedia page. She’s famous for several roles, notably The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Joan of Arcadia and last season or so of House. She’s also married to a fairly famous actor (David Cross — she discusses him in the book, not always in a glowing way). All […]

CBR11Bingo: Listicle

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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Back from vacation and back to reviewing! Not that there was any chance I wouldn’t read Michelle Obama’s incredibly well-reviewed memoir Becoming, but I do love that Barack Obama listed it as one of his favorite books for 2018 (Listicle!). It’s so good, and while I listened to the audio book and highly recommend that format for the lovely experience that is Michelle Obama’s voice, I also perused the hardback copy (thanks Caitlin_D!) and the pictures included there are great. “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere […]

CBR11Bingo: Youths!

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

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Maureen Johnson has contributed short stories to YA collections that I’ve read before, but The Vanishing Stair and its predecessor, Truly Devious, are the first stand-alone YA novels (Youths!) that I’ve read by her. The Vanishing Stair, in my opinion, really improves on the first book — mostly because it focuses solely on my favorite character, Stevie. However, you really need to read the first one before you read the sequel so go run and do that before you read my review. I’ll wait. “He looked a […]

CBR11Bingo: Own Voices

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

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Terese Marie Mailhot is a First Nation Canadian from Seabird Island. In Heart Berries, she writes about her experience growing up on Seabird Island First Nation reservation (Own Voices) and how writing helped her through hospitalization as an adult due to post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder. It is a beautiful, painful book. “In white culture, forgiveness is synonymous with letting go. In my culture, I believe we carry pain until we can reconcile with it through ceremony. Pain is not framed like […]

CBR11Bingo: Reading the TBR

Maybe You Never Cry Again by Bernie Mac

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I added this book to my TBR on Aug 11, 2014 (Reading the TBR!), but couldn’t find a copy anywhere. I finally decided to just use an Audible credit on the audio version, and listened to it. Honestly, it was good but not really worth a 5 year wait. But at least that knocked one book off my TBR! “When you see people in terms of race or religion, that’s when the trouble starts. I don’t understand why people work so hard at pointing out […]



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