Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by Annabeth Bondor-Stone,

A Stinky History of Toilets: Flush with Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries (Wacky Histories) by Oliva Meikle

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Have you ever needed a bathroom? Usually you’re close enough to one so there are no issues. Yet, what happens when there are no bathrooms? You just might have a messy situation, that’s what. Now, we all take it for granted. It is just what it is. Though, if you are like me, you might have a story or two (I have done or seen: tinkling on a snake, slipped on some wet leaves, used a (thankfully) one-seater in the middle of winter, and would […]

Having fun and making money

Art Club by Rashad Doucet

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Art Club by Rashad Doucet is fun. It has a modern take on things, has a mostly diverse cast, and while we know the coming of age story, it is fresh. Best for ages 10 and up (younger can read, but I’m not sure the concepts would be okay for some. Content is fine). There were a few bumps (things solved too conveniently, a few cliches for the adult characters) but overall everything works well. The idea is how the adults in our main character’s […]

“That’s not a father. That’s a sperm donor. Forget him. He’s a mess. Concentrate on me. I’m terrific.”

The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie

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I love reading Crusie novels to remind myself that not every romance novel pre-mid-2000’s is, in retrospect, unreadable trash. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore Loretta Chase, but her 90’s books, as lovely as they are, definitely still need to be read with the context that those books are 30 years old now. The real pain from reading this book almost 30 years later was that Daisy was paying, for a bachelor apartment, $300/month in rent. *cries in rent inflation and wage stagnation* Plot: […]

And cbr16-BINGO is its name-o

Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell

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Thank you to the person (I have forgotten your name! Sorry!) that said the Fangirl novel by Rainbow Rowell would work for the cbr16bingo Fanfic category! I knew that I could probably read that as it is a young adult and I like young adult reads, so win-win! However, while looking for it, I found that it comes in a manga format as well. I like graphic novels, but manga is not really my go-to choice. But I want to read more manga and this […]

Ali Wong is a funny lady

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

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Nowhere Books Bingo: About someone you want to learn more about I don’t think I’d heard of Ali Wong before her first Netflix special, Baby Cobra. I’ve now seen all her stand-up specials and also enjoyed Always Be My Maybe, a fun romantic comedy she wrote and starred in with Randall Park, and famously got Keanu Reeves to star as himself. I’ve heard very good things about Beef, but there’s just too much TV out there at the moment, and too little time (especially if […]

Mostly Entertaining but Maybe Leave Out the Slurs?

The Little Book of Profanities by Malcolm Croft

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Best for: Your foul-mouthed friends. In a nutshell: This gift book looks at the usage and origination of common – and uncommon – swears. Worth quoting: “If you swear all the time it loses all impact and if you repeat the same curse ad nauseam swearing loses its joy.” Why I chose it: Our friends gave it to us as apart of a housewarming gift. Review: The idea of the book is pretty fun. It is broken into four chapters: classic profanity, contemporary swearing, crude […]



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