Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Cinderella is Dead (RIP)

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

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Cinderella gets a Handmaid’s Tale twist for a YA Audience in Bayron’s book, with a queer protagonist too! It has been 200 years since Cinderella got her “Happily Ever After” in the kingdom of Lille.  Her story is now essentially the kingdom’s Bible, but very few people in Lille get to share in a happily ever after of their own. The kingdom is ruled by a cruel king, whose rulebook is a patriarchal nightmare. Curfews for female residents and no freedoms of which to speak; […]

“With this book, I wanted to pit a man freed from all responsibilities but his appetites against women whose lives are shaped by their endless responsibilities. I wanted to pit Dracula against my mom. As you’ll see, it’s not a fair fight.”

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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Despite very recently giving five stars to the latest Grady Hendrix weirdo horror book (review HERE), I was surprised by how much I liked this. As I’ve been exploring the horror genre over the past year, I’ve learned that my tastes usually run towards the lighter end of the horror spectrum, and that I don’t do well with gore and violence just for gore and violence’s sake*. I need that sort of thing to have a purpose, and I need it to not make me […]

Use Your Weapon

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I listened to the audio book of Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give, narrated by Bahni Turpin. It’s so good. I’ve read a bunch of really great books this year, this one will stick with me for years. As I have sat with this review, two things have stuck with me.  One is weapons, and the other is the Third Commitment Of Ethical Culture. We choose to treat each other as ends, not merely means. To enable us to be whole, in a fragmented world, […]



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