Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

down to the wire (as always) – BOOK CLUB TIME!

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Why did I wait so long to read these two? This isn’t just a question of Book Club procrastination; this is a “what was I thinking?” moment! I had heard good things about both, I was enraged as ever when they (and others) showed up on lists of challenged and banned books, and they were both available on scribd! Also- why did I treat these books like homework? “oh man, I have to read these before I can move on to other things”- at the […]

“There’s no such thing as living happily ever after — there’s only living.”

Hunted by Meagan Spooner

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Let’s retell Beauty and the Beast, but make it Russian. Yeva is Beauty. She’s the youngest of three daughters, and the favorite. She would much rather be out in the woods hunting with her father than playing lady’s maid at the palace. But alas, her father is a merchant now, not a hunter, and so everyone lives in town and Acts Civilized. Until, of course, her father loses everything on a bad investment, and the family is forced to pack up and move to their […]

Dirty Harvey

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

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Going in to this audiobook, I though I knew the whole story about the Harvey Weinstein, but this story is genuinely so much more. The retelling of this story by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow (yes, that Ronan Farrow) and his quest to ‘out’ a predator is… important. It’s not just about his diligence in following up leads, supporting the unheard and diminished voices of victims, and contributing to the start of the #MeToo movement. It’s also about the insidious cover-ups by the media, the hopeless […]

Wolves rule

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

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My sister’s sister in law gave her this book to read, and then she recommended it to me. They read the hardcover version, but I totally recommend the audiobook version. The narrator is Australian, as is the main character. I think I’m a total sucker for a good accent, especially in a narrator. Anyway, let us start with some trigger warnings. There are animal deaths in this book. Going into a book about wolves, I knew that there would probably be some carnage. I asked […]

This book really made me not give a F*ck

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

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I’m not sure what got me to read this book, but apparently something enticed me. I think I liked the idea of not being positive all the time. I have a tendency to be relentlessly positive. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not sure if my problem was the narrator, or the words, but I was frequently annoyed by this book. I think one of my issues was the gratuitous F bombs. Like obviously by the title, there will be F*cks. I have […]

I Finally Got There—I Finally Read Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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Caution, mild spoilers ahead. I have tried not to explain too much beyond the blurb in this review, but I don’t think I can talk about Project Hail Mary properly without pulling back the curtain—just a little—on one of the major plot points. It probably won’t be a huge deal as this book has been out a while, and I suspect most people are probably already conscious of the little point I want to reveal, even if they haven’t read the book. But I just […]



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