Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Appreciating an attractive middle-aged woman is one of the great luxuries in life.

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

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She was truly a beautiful girl. I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways, and yet she managed to toss her pebble right down to the bottom of it all. ― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance Sometimes when I’m with you. I remember the things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the rain and the smell of the wind. And it’s really a gift, […]

What used to hold us in community no longer works.

The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do by Casper ter Kuile

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That’s what this book is all about–taking things we do every day and layering meaning and ritual onto them, even experiences as ordinary as reading or eating–by thinking of them as spiritual practices. ― Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do As a control freak and a lover of routine, I appreciate and find calm in performing my daily rituals: making my coffee, showering with my favorite tunes playing, checking and culling my collections in […]

Someone should turn this dull book into a cute film.

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

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“We are going out. Clearly I had a bad day, and by the looks of the new books on the counter, you did, too.” ― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics Florence Day has secrets. She’s a ghostwriter for one of the world’s most famous romance novelists, Ann Nichols. After her own debut novel flopped, Florence picked up a sweet job ghostwriting bestsellers. No one except Ann, her publisher, and Florence’s best friend Rose know this. Despite her success, Florence is struggling to finish the final […]

I am the wrong audience for this book.

How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters by Michael Bungay Stanier

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CBR17 Bingo: Using the Free block for the Red square In the next couple of months, I’m fortunate to have some downtime as my busiest season is over. During this time, I want to try to relax, catch up on stuff I shoved to the side, and enjoy the slower pace. I also want to work on some of my long term projects. However, as these projects are daunting, I’m deciding which approach is the best. I want to make meaningful strides without burning myself […]

A little faerie magic and a lot about real world sustainable gardening practices

Shroom for Improvement (Mythical Mishaps #1) by Jemma Croft

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“So, you’ve seen me naked before?” I said. “Oh, yes, many times. You have a beautiful body, by the way.” My cheeks heated. Damn. It had been so long since anybody had complimented me, I was blushing at the disembodied words of a magical house. ​​ ― Jemma Croft, Shroom for Improvement CBR17 Bingo: School Sonny is a professor and his knowledge of mycology is a key part of the story. Sonny Daye has a problem. To complete his research on mushroom glamours, he must […]

Even when it came to herself, Margo could see it both ways: hometown girl makes good, defies capitalist patriarchy, or teen whore sells nudes while nursing, too lazy to work.

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

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CBR17 Bingo: Review It’s because you know. It’s because you’re in control of it! That is what makes someone slutty or not slutty! Think about it. If a girl doesn’t know she’s hot and is innocently going about her business, and some guys spy on her naked, she’s not a slut. But if she knows guys want to see her naked and charges them money to spy on her, she’s a slut. The same physical thing is happening in both scenarios, guys see her naked […]



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