Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“You’re the only person I’m nice to. If you weren’t around, I’d have no redeeming qualities.”

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

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An attempted When Harry Met Sally for the modern world. It isn’t, but nothing is. Plot: Ari is an unsuccessful comedian who is secretly fucking her roommate when her apparent boyfriend, a spoiled chef named Josh, shows up to make her dinner. They hate each other on sight. They meet again, by chance, over several years, and eventually find friendship, but these two like to throw sticks into their own spokes too much. Shenanigans ensue. I don’t really look into books much, which has come […]

History of the MCU and lessons in chemistry have been taught on audiobook

MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, Gavin Edwards - narrated by Andrew Kishino and Joanna Robinson

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - narrated by Miranda Raison

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What do MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, a non-fiction history of the creation and rise of Marvel Studios, and Lessons in Chemistry, a fiction narrative of a lady scientist, have in common?  Misogyny and a lot of it. I had the incredibly good fortune to be in Hall H, at the San Diego Comic Con, when the very first footage of Iron Man was shown in 2007 and have been a Marvel Cinematic Universe fan ever since.  MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios came onto my radar from Pajiba, […]

“I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.”

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness was not required reading in any of my English classes and frankly, seemed like a huge bummer, so I never got around to it. But my husband was a big fan, so 17 years later, here I am, catching up. It was not what I expected. Plot: Charles Marlow is looking to make a name for himself as an explorer uncovering new lands, and so, this being the colonial period, he secures an assignment for himself in Africa. He is warned by […]

I stopped reading the Dune books for a reason, who let me start again???

(Dune #4) God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

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Man did I review these books in a whack order. I think I’ve read about seven books since this one, but it’s somehow my latest review. Well, whatever it takes to get them all written! Like I said in the title, I stopped reading the Dune Chronicles books maybe last year. I loved Dune, I liked Dune Messiah, and I tolerated Children of Dune. God Emperor of Dune was a slog. If this wasn’t an audiobook, I think I would have given up and not […]

A heartbreaking but also heartwarming story

The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

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This book was recommended by a friend. I don’t normally read books about war, because I usually can’t get into them. And the ones that aren’t super detailed and technical (that I can’t get into) are usually just relentlessly sad, and that’s not my jam either! This book was none of that. Of course it was sad, but it was so incredibly filled with hope, and family, and people relentlessly trying to do the right thing that it made it all worth it. This book […]



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