Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Good heavens! There are two groovy turtles in the house….. or wait…. is there?

Turtle and Tortoise are NOT Friends, by Mike Reiss

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While did not like Turtle and Tortoise are NOT Friends, as much as my co-worker did (she called it “freaking hilarious”), there is plenty to love and laugh along with. Mike Reiss tells the familiar story of two beings that seem like they could be the best of friends, except for the fact they are so radically different (think Star Trek and the epoiside where one was Black one side and White the other; the other was White on one side and Black on the […]

“I don’t really have any dreams beyond comfortable pants and unlimited sparkling water” (Bingo)

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

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#CBR11 Bingo: The Collection (Could also work for True Story, Cannonballer Says, Own Voices and Rainbow Flag) Official book description: Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., “bitches gotta eat” blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making “adult” budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette–she’s “35-ish, but could easily […]

Um…Hockey?

Amazons: An Intimate Memoir by the First Woman Ever to Play in the National Hockey League by "Cleo Birdwell" (Don DeLillo)

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Well then. I’ve wanted to read this book for a long time and I’ve tried many times. I’m a diehard New York Rangers fan and I thought a fictional take on what it would be like to be a female Ranger would be a blast. But after 10 pages, I soon realize that’s not what “Cleo Birdwell” (aka Don DeLillo) is going for here. This book is really about sex. Lots and lots of sex. Sexual exploration, etc. Which is fine. I’m not a prude. […]

Do a little dance, while not weeing in your…

I Need to Wee! by Sue Hendra

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I was cleaning up reader copies of picture books and saw, I Need to Wee! by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.  I thought it funny the book title had WEE and not PEE. That alone, I thought, was going to make this a fresh new story about using the potty. I opened to page one and the first pun (our hero “whizzes” down the slide) jumped out at me. The whole “cute little dance” happened. Yes, I thought, we have our story. I thought “How […]

Ted Mobsy Is Not a Hero

Dumped, Actually by Nick Spalding

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I need to get ahead of the books that I have finished the past week. Due to me being at training right now I just don’t have a lot of energy to post reviews. Going to post as many as i can before I finally fall on my face. So this book, eh, the main character got on my nerves. That’s before the reveal about what a loon he was when you find out the backstory on his and his girlfriend’s relationship. I used to […]

Finally getting around to a series I’ve had on my TBR for ten years. #CBRBingo – Reading the TBR

Goblin Quest (Jig the Goblin, #1) by Jim C. Hines

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Somehow I’ve ended up reading all of Jim C. Hines’s series in reverse publication order. Jig the Goblin is the last series of his I have to read, and the first published. It’s definitely not as polished or witty as I found his later books, and perhaps I’m missing something because I don’t play Dungeons & Dragons, but it was a fun time anyway. Having read a shit ton of fantasy in my day, I felt I could still appreciate it. Plus, I get to […]



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