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 […]

Produce the produce

Grandma’s Roof Garden by Tang Wei

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I have been reading several intense books lately. Therefore I decided that I needed to cleanse the palette. And what better way to do that but with food and books. Then I found Grandma’s Roof Garden. As I munched my Hemingwing (a chicken sandwich with goat cheese, some funky herbal mayo, and onion jam) I read this book by Tang Wei and translated by Kelly Zhang. Though it is currently available, I read it via an online reader copy. I might find a few physical […]

A little grass in my coffee might actually sound …good?

Mooncakes & Milk Bread by Kristina Cho

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Bingo 6: Part 1 Mooncakes & Milk Bread is a cookbook emphasizing Chinese bakery baking. For those, like me, who don’t exactly know what that is, there are occasional 2-ish page interludes with stories and explanations. The reason such a thing qualifies for this square? About 80% of the recipes are extensions of one of four base recipes (the parts 1): milk bread, mooncake, steamed bun, and a variation on puff pastry. Basically, there are 4 part ones, followed by a lot of recipes that […]

Let’s see how many bingo squares I can find cookbooks for

Girls Gone Veg by Toni Pressley, Ali Riley

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Bingo 5: Games The title girls of Girls Gone Veg: Plant-Based Recipes by Athletes for Everyone are Toni Presley and Ali Riley, both professional soccer players. I don’t really follow the sports ball, but at least at some point these two played for the Orlando Pride within the NWSL. Thus, while this is a cookbook, it’s also a book written by athletes with the physical demands of their game in mind. It shows up in the photos and occasionally in the headers. So it counts. […]

Pretentious Platters and Elitist Elements Served with a Certain Tone (but it really does look good)

Mostly Plant-Based Platters & Boards by Lea Dixon

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Bingo 4: Golden Since this square is about perception, appearance, status, and maybe also the question of gilding vs purity vs who cares, I’m going to use Mostly Plant-Based Platters & Boards. The foodie board trend is almost always about appearance and about interesting frequently high end ingredients that must go together. The pictures in these kinds of cookbooks are almost always really pretty, but how reproduceable are they really? And then there’s the question of who really has access to locally, and has the […]

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s SUPERBUNS!

Superbuns!: Kindness Is Her Superpower by Diane Kredensor

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cbr16bingo  Golden (for the “golden rules”)  Superbuns!: Kindness Is Her Superpower by Diane Kredensor is a cute story about real superheroes. Or more accurately, what makes you, an everyday person, a “superhero” to other people. There are cute illustrations that are fairly simple, but still support the story. This allows you to focus on the text, but are still able to enjoy the art as it is not lacking in fun or details Buns is a bunny who likes helping people in her community. The […]



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