Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

She “needs pictures on her face.”

Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein

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I am going to use for my cbr12bingo Reader’s Choice option for Nostalgia. And really this book could have been set when I was a teen (even if there are cell phones in this book). The tone of the story has that feeling of freedom most parents gave kids “back then.” That free-range parenting. The fact the parents are divorced has that feeling of  this is a new thing and “just coming to light” in a more open and less “((whisper)) So and So just got […]

There is grandeur in this view of life (CBR12Bingo: Green – Double bingo)

Human Errors by Nathan Lents

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Success gets all the headlines, but I’m far more interested in failures. Success can be attributable to luck, or timing, or actual skill, or some combination of small factors that ultimately propel a project to a good outcome. Failure? More often than not, you know why something failed, and that makes the next attempt better. Failure is a sign of reach exceeding grasp, as it should be. I don’t care why something works, I want to know why it doesn’t. The human body is no […]

A gateway in more ways than one (CBR12Bingo: Gateway)

Be Different by John Elder Robison

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I’m a big believer in an introduction not being anyone’s best work necessarily, you want to hook a reader but not give all of the wonder of future works away. My favorite Robison book is either Look Me In The Eye, his debut; or possibly Switched On, but this is a solid start for anyone interested in either book. Interestingly, Look Me In The Eye was more of a memoir with a mystery – Robison details his experience with what was then called Asperger’s (a […]

You might need a five-step plan to understand this book, but it does have some good nuggets of advice.

The Autoimmune Brain by David S. Younger, MD

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The Autoimmune Brain is a book in three parts aiming to demonstrate treatments for chronic pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue and attention disorders. Part one explains the concept of I-Cubed – infection, immunity, and inflammation – also known more commonly in the medical community as post-infectious autoimmunity.  It starts out with the basics of brain health and autoimmunity, and also goes into brain development and genetics. Part two lays out this doctor’s five step plan – Test for an Autoimmune Disturbance Apply Immune-Modulatory and Pain Therapy […]

cbr12bingo – Reader’s Choice (standing in for Book Club)

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

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It’s my first “bingo”- the rightmost column! I wanted to replace Book Club because I jumped the gun and read all of our CannonBookClub options earlier this year. Oops! That’s what I get for getting impatient; the choices for #thefutureisqueer would have knocked out multiple squares! I also started (and in some cases, finished) a few series. Oh well, *shooting star* the more you know. Speaking of “the more you know”, I accidentally came into this one over-prepared. Oops again! I’m pretty far into the […]

Probably a better show than a book (CBR12Bingo: Adaptation)

Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders

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This book was the equivalent of a short mystery collection where nearly every story was entitled “The Butler Did It.” I haven’t seen the Netflix series this inspired, but I have to imagine it’s better if only because it would HAVE to flesh out the stories of the patients and doctors contained here – each medical mystery is about two to four pages long, and there’s simply not enough material per story to support a half hour episode. Hell, there’s not even enough time for […]



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