Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Just a hometown girl trying to read more out here in the desert.

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OK, I did like this book

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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I’ve gone back and forth on this book. When I started writing this post I felt like there wasn’t really much to it, an intriguing plot and not much else. But now, coming back to it about a month later (and after having meditated this evening) I think there’s something more to it. Lillian, a former gifted child now living a listless life in her hopeless hometown, gets a letter from her best friend Madison with a job offer. It doesn’t sound that appealing, but […]

“Men’s rights is nothing!”

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

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…as the immortal Leslie Knopes notes.  I’ll admit that I’ve stayed away from this because I don’t need more evidence that while notallmen, white men sure do a hell of a lot of damage. However, I’m trying really hard to cultivate outside interests this year, so what the hey. Farrow skillfully balances the line of injecting enough of his personality to be engaging without overtaking the narrative. He appears to be very aware of his celebrity and it’s easy to see how he was able […]

A Positive First Contact Story

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  This is my first post for Cannonball Read, and I’m so happy I remembered to sign up in time this year! For my first book, I wish I could say that I chose a special book, but I didn’t. I bought this a few months ago as from a recommendation from i09. The book starts with a description of a battle, time or setting initially unclear, just a description of the ruined landscape and “the sodden bundles that cried aloud the emptiness and the […]



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