Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Mine is: Damn it Jim…. Indeed.

Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes by Guy P. Harrison

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From Dr. Who, to Fahrenheit 451, to The Walking Dead, to The X-files, to Douglas Adams, to Star Wars (1977) plus lots more (and that’s just the first two dozen pages), we find 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes (according to Guy P. Harrison) in Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes. From Art to Hope to Humans to War to Intelligence to Quantum Realms, and much much more, there are quotes. To say that there is a lot packed into […]

Appetizing

Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods by Grace Lin

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Officially I have not finished Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods by Grace Lin. Not because it is a bad book, or because it is a hard read, but because it is actually a good collection of stories that you need to take your  time with. Lin takes myths, legends, some truths, historical facts and creative license and tells us the story of the menu of Chinese culture. I have only gotten  little over half way through, but want to […]

More of a Reference Book Than I Expected

How Bad Are Bananas: The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee

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Best for: Anyone interested in the overall topic of climate footprints; those who are looking for some ideas on how they can reduce their own. In a nutshell: Author Berners-Lee explores the literal carbon cost of pretty much everything. Worth quoting: “Cryptocurrencies have to be one of the most fundamentally pointless ways of using energy. … Blockchain…adds even more to the energy use and the carbon footprint.” Why I chose it: I was looking for a book to leave at work and read when I […]

If someone makes fun of your outfit, fart in their face

The League of Super Feminists by Mirion Malle

Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati

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When history starts to become current events again, you might be surprised at how the “old books” became “new” and recommended reading. Two books I happened to find (when browsing for something else) that were on the current event theme of feminism are League of Super Feminist (published 2020) and Feminism: A Graphic Guide (published 2019). I am assuming due to the way they were set up and presented, not too much needs to be updated, but while I haven’t finished the second, I did […]

Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors

Al Capone by Swann Meralli

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Al Capone by Swann Meralli and illustrated by Pierre-François Radice is told from Capone’s POV but due to who he was, and the images given, we know he is not a reliable narrator. However, he does tell you “the facts” but his version is colored by his personality and the fact he is telling his mother his side of things. It is an interesting graphic novel that highlights important events that will start with him as a child (which little to nothing is known), continue […]

The first woman to sit down was a teenager

Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! by Claudette Colvin

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We know Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, Dr. King and more of the civil rights movement people, but do you know Claudette Colvin? She was a teenager who one day was sitting on the bus. She was, like Rosa after her, tired and knew her rights. She said No, I’m not giving up my seat. She would be yelled out, arrested and charged with numerous crimes (none of which were true). And her mother and preacher would bail her out of jail. But that was not […]



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