Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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You can Keep the “Golden Days of Yore”. I’ll Take Modernity, Thank You

Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England by Liza Picard

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Chaucer’s People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England by Liza Picard My rating: 4 of 5 stars Each year I teach selections from Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” I find the tales entertaining as well as revealing. I enjoy challenging my students to try and connect these medieval archetypes and their stories with our current world. In most cases, the truth then is still the truth now. It’s not always an easy lesson for my high school students to understand. Then automatically assume that something that old can’t […]

As If There Weren’t Enough Photographs of the Family Windsor

Modern Monarchy: The British Royal Family Today by Chris Jackson

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Modern Monarchy: The British Royal Family Today by Chris Jackson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll admit, I’m a fan of the British royals. To be fair, I’m also a fan of the Spanish royals too. I’m not exclusive. In my defense, I’m not so much a fan of the individuals themselves but, rather, their history. It’s almost like looking at a living museum. It fascinates me that the antiquated idea of a king has survived into our contemporary world. And the fact that […]

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! NOLA and Its 300 Year History

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

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City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is exactly what the title says. For the first two-thirds at least. I enjoyed the way Mr. Berry guided readers through the early history of New Orleans from the French, to the Spanish, to the Americans. It wasn’t an exhausting or tedious read in these chapters in fact I was fascinated by all the subtopics that he incorporated into the timeline. […]

Fake News-1890’s Edition

An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

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An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen My rating: 3 of 5 stars “An Enemy of the People” is a story of a man, Dr. Stockman, who finds out that the town’s spa is using bad water. As he is the spa’s doctor, he’s noticed that those who use the spa are contracting diseases associated with tainted water. He puts together his report and prepares to publish it. Problem is he’s not as politically astute as he is medically. The spa has brought the […]

How are We Not Talking More About This?

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The Radium Girls” is the true story of the young woman who used radium to paint clock hands and faces to “light up” in the dark. Radium was a new element discovered by the Curie’s that was touted as a miracle drug. It was also industrialized, during WWI and WWII, for soldiers to use on their instruments and watches to keep time and data during darkness. […]

Who is the Doll and What is the House?

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

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A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen My rating: 4 of 5 stars “A Doll’s House” is the story of a family that seems perfect on the outside. Helmer is a successful lawyer. Nora, his dutiful wife. Their three nameless children. They are all preparing for Christmas when things start to come undone. Through dramatic irony we learn that Nora has a secret she’s kept from her husband and only two other people are aware of this secret. While her secret has helped her husband be […]



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