Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Careless? A Charming Understatement

Careless People: A cautionary Take of Power Greed and Lost Idealism? by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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Well, well, well, if it isn’t the worst people in the world. I don’t think I’ve been so infuriated since I read John Carreyrou’s ‘Bad Blood.’ I don’t believe there’s much left to redeem Silicon Valley at this point. Stick it all into the insinkerator and set the whole kitchen on fire for all I care. The funny thing is, I would probably have never heard of Careless People, let alone read it, if it weren’t for the suppression efforts. In a brilliant display of the […]

Judgy-wudgy was a bear…

No Judgement by Lauren Oyler

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Is it possible to read one-too-many feminist millennial essay collections? If so, I think I’ve reached that point. Through this collection of essays, I learned a bit about Oyler. I learned about her chequered dating history, her life as an expat in Berlin, her experimentation with drugs, her meandering views on autofiction, and her thoughts on how people ‘gamify’ Goodreads reviews. There were elements I liked. I appreciated the critique of criticism itself, the pretentious life-abroad anecdotes, and her takedown of TEDx-style vulnerability culture. She’s […]

Over 700 words and I didn’t say what I wanted to

Silence, Full Stop: A Memoir by Karina Shor

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WARNING: several trigger moments. When you get about a third of the way into a book and you know if you like it or not is an odd sensation. But a helpful one. Afterall, if you really really do not like it, you can stop and nothing is really lost. And if you like it, you can continue and nothing is lost but mostly it’s all gain. But what about that book (it might be rare) but you don’t like anything but you don’t hate […]

We All Know Facebook Is Not Good, Right?

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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Best for: Anyone who is still wavering on giving up Facebook and Instagram (and Threads, though does anyone use that?). In a nutshell: Corporations with this much power SUCK. Worth quoting: “It’s so ugly. What a thing to be responsible for.” Said in reference to Facebook helping elect Trump in 2016, but I think is a great statement describing the whole of Meta. Why I chose it: My sister-in-law mentioned she was reading it and it was interesting so I thought I’d check it out, […]

I cried six times while reading this memoir slash podcast slash pop culture book.

Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. First, here’s the blurb, because I’m not sure my review actually does a great job letting you know what the book is about: “A memoir reflecting on heartbreak, perseverance, and life lessons learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer. Kristin and Jenny’s marriage started with an ultimatum: to further their relationship, Kristin must watch Jenny’s favorite show, Buffy […]

The boy who became a fighter

Worthy : The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce by Andrea Wang

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I read a book that at first glance, I figured wouldn’t be “all that” as American Civil War stories are known, people of color are having their stories told and Asian people are having their stories told. How could this book be different? Well, when author Andrea Wang and illustrator Youa Vang got together they combined the three elements and made a unique, well-thought out story of one man and how he triumphed over adversity. That man was Joseph Pierce. His birth name has been […]



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