Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Our pets’ HEADS are falling off!

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

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In 2013, it looked like Allie Brosh had disappeared off the face of the Earth, or at least the face of the internet. In reality, she was (of course, duh) still around, but she was in the midst of a years-long struggle to grieve and get a handle on her health, both physically and mentally. During all the years she was gone, I did periodically wonder what was going on with her. I know I wasn’t alone. Her blog, Hyperbole & a Half, was wildly […]

I rate this book 9/10 DVDs of The Fugitive.

Shit, Actually: The Definitive 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

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Not all of the jokes landed for me, but most did! I found myself arguing with her about some things, but also agreeing with a lot of it. (I like Love, Actually! I do, can’t help it.) Mostly I was just very entertained. Take this excerpt from her Lion King essay: “So then [Scar] decides to just murder Simba and resume his position as Mufasa’s number two. Say what you will about Scar, but when the dude has an idea, he commits. Simba isn’t just […]

That PC guy is funny!

Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman

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I like John Hodgman. I dig his quirky, off-beat humor. I LOVE his history of hobos video done in the style of Ken Burns documentary. After reading this book, I like him even more. In Vacationland, Hodgman talks about his life and his family and how and where he finds himself today. He is a little older than I am, so a great deal of the experiences, especially those with family are things that I am starting to face with my own family. One point […]

That’s life and I can’t deny it

That’s Life by Ame Dyckman

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I am going to do one more review and it is a positive one! Yeah! (I hated the idea of my last review being negative.) That’s Life by Ame Dyckman is a goofy look at how wonderful, silly, and even hard, life can be. I do not know what Life actual is (A dust bunny? A hedgehog? A porcupine? Ame Dyckman in a furry gray suit?) but Life sure does have a good time in this easy picture book. And while it is simple, even […]

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become?”

Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Terry Pratchett

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Christmas of 2019, I received many books most of which I have not managed to read in 2020. One of the ones I did get to however was Hogfather, specifically because I wanted something Christmas adjacent in this year of not really having my usual holiday traditions and routines. I’m glad that I revisited Discworld this month, even if I couldn’t really sink into it. But that’s definitely a me problem in this adjective year, and not a problem with the book. Hogfather tells the […]

Jasper Fforde has written a world librarians are basically superheroes.

The Woman Who Died a Lot (Thursday Next, #7) by Jasper Fforde

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This wasn’t supposed to be the last book in the Thursday Next series, but it works as a good finale anyway. (Someday we might get Dark Reading Matter? Who knows what Fforde will do next.) I liked this much better than the last one in this series. Actually, I think it’s my favorite in quite some time (not really sure, though, since it’s been so long since I’ve read one through five). I was very relieved at the small presence of the Bookworld. I much […]



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