Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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39 years old. New Jersey resident. Fan of mystery novels, classic literature, and non-fiction about movies, television, sports, and American history.

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Who’s the GOAT?

Messi vs. Ronaldo by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg

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I’ve read two other books by Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg: The Club, which was about the English Premier League, and The Formula, about Formula 1. I’m a novice football fan and I don’t follow racing of any kind at all, but in each case, Robinson and Clegg did such a great job elucidating the human stories behind these behemoths of the sports world that my lack of knowledge in both cases and my lack of interest in one couldn’t have […]

Don’t Call Me Shirley

Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk

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Marjorie Morgenstern lives with her parents on Central Park West in the 1930s. She’s a good girl despite how frequently she argues with her mother. She does well in school and is well-liked socially, being especially popular with the boys because of her good looks and sweet disposition. She is in short, a very ordinary American girl. Except the last thing Marjorie wants to be is ordinary. The easiest thing in the world for her to do would be to go to work as a […]

Forty Years Into the Future

Future Boy by Michael J. Fox

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Future Boy is Michael J. Fox’s memoir of his time simultaneously filming both Back to the Future and his sitcom Family Ties. Famously, Fox was the original choice for the role of Marty McFly, but producer Steven Spielberg and Director Robert Zemeckis couldn’t convince Family Ties showrunner Gary David Goldberg to let Fox out of his filming schedule for the TV show in order to do the movie. Instead, Eric Stoltz got the part, only to be fired after shooting for several weeks, apparently because […]

Acting Like a Child

Playworld by Adam Ross

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Griffin Hurt, 14, is a preternaturally gifted actor, which is why he’s got a big part on a cheesy NBC family show. On camera, Griffin is confident and charming as hell, but offset, his world is in a constant state of turmoil. Like many child stars before him, he’s been placed in a terrible position by his family wherein his income is helping keep the family afloat. He’s paying for the fancy private school that working on the show is keeping from attending consistently enough […]

The National Pastime in a Past Time

Electric October by Kevin Cook

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If the 1947 World Series had been an uneventful contest, it still would have held two historic distinctions. Most importantly, it was the first World Series featuring black players. Rookie of the Year Jackie Robinson was a big reason the Brooklyn Dodgers won the pennant. (The Dodgers also had a second Black player, Dan Bankhead, but he had been an ineffective relief pitcher late in the season and was only used as a pinch-runner in the World Series.) Secondly, it was the first World Series […]

A Quizzical Case of Murder

The Killer Question by Janice Hallett

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A few years back, there was a Jeopardy champion who proved to be a controversial figure in the quizzing community. His main offense? He and his friends weren’t very amiable bar trivia participants. They didn’t order many drinks or any food, they didn’t interact with the other teams, they were rude to staff, disputed any ruling they deemed questionable, and, of course, they won every single week. Bar trivia, or pub quiz as our friends across the pond would prefer it, can be either a […]



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