Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Many moons ago I took part in Cannonball Read II, under the name Teabelly. A lot has changed since then, and I now have five year old twin girls. I'm not getting as much reading done, but I'm hoping to make a half Cannonball at least.

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Younger generations give me hope.

Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen

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On February 14, 2018, a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida. This book is not about that day, it is not a painstaking retelling of the traumas suffered by those who survived and those who did not. It is about what sprung from that day, a movement propelled by hope and grief and a determination that it never happen again. A movement run by kids. Almost immediately in the aftermath of the shooting these kids got together to do…something. […]

“All you children playing with fire, looking surprised when the house burns down”

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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At 20 years old, Galaxy ‘Alex’ Stern is a freshman at Yale university. She doesn’t quite fit, but she took a deal from a stranger at her hospital bedside, and she’s determined to use it as a fresh start. But that’s harder than it looks when magic is all around. Yale has many secret societies, and all of them pull their power from magical sources. Alex is now a part of Lethe, the house that monitors the goings on of those societies, and makes sure […]

“I remember a world where abortion was legal in my country. I hope you do too.”

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

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Beth and Tess live in a world where time travel is a reality. Several machines were discovered around the world, and have been there for thousands of years, but no one knows how they came to be. Time travel is regulated, but it can be abused. Beth is in 1992, a teenager who finds herself in a violent situation where a friend’s boyfriend is murdered, and the group gets a taste for it. Tess is in 2022, a traveler, studying the timeline but also trying […]

The ongoing struggle to be a good parent

Parent Like a Triplet: The Definitive Guide for Parents of Twins and Triplets by Kari Ertresvaag

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Kari Ertresvåg is an identical triplet and brings a rare first-hand account of what it’s like to grow up as an identical multiple. It’s part memoir, part parenting guide as she weaves stories from her own childhood and adolescence with tips and tricks on fostering individuality and a sibling bond, in a world that treats multiples (especially identical ones) as a unit. She also references psychologists and research to help parents raise happy, independent kids. It covers how multiple births occur, twin myths, why you […]

She’s a witch, burn her!

The Familiars by Stacey Halls

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In 1612, 17 year old Fleetwood Shuttleworth is the mistress of Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire. She is pregnant for the fourth time, the previous three ending in miscarriages and stillbirths. She has discovered a letter to her husband from a doctor saying if his wife becomes pregnant again she will not survive. Desperate, she seeks the help of Alice Gray, a midwife whose tinctures and herbs offer Fleetwood some relief. But Alice becomes caught up in the local witch trials, and Fleetwood risks everything to […]

No one’s life is perfect

So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter

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From the outside, these women look like they have it all together. Beth is running her own wedding planning business and has a wonderful husband who is taking time off work to look after their four month old son while she finishes up her latest celebrity shindig; Ruby is forthright and intimidating, and Lauren is about to marry one of the wealthiest men in the country. But Beth’s husband is repulsed by her and they haven’t had sex since they conceived their son. Ruby is […]



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