Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Jingo by Terry Pratchett

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I have been listening to these three books on audio on repeat all year.  It has been an anxiety filled couple of years and I have found audio books at night help me shut down the worry voice in my head. I know the stories so well it doesn’t matter if i have missed pieces along the way. The rereads have reinforced my understanding of Pratchett as a great writer and observer of humanity.  There are likely to be unintended spoilers, as i have read […]

‘I’m shadowed by doubt that I didn’t have it bad compared to others. But racial trauma is not a competitive sport.’

Minor Feelings: A Reckoning on Race and The Asian Condition by Cathy Park Hong

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This will be a tough one to review. Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings wasn’t just good – and it was unbelievably good. It was both recognizable – like a familiar friend who I just nodded along to as they spoke – and a revelation. She skillfully put into words a shade that has maybe always been super-imposed over my world view, feelings I never knew were nagging at me before. Her seven essays also covered so much ground that any review I write – and anything […]

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

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“You can’t ignore the truth just because you don’t like it. It’s true whether or not you want it to be. It’s true even if you think it’s impossible…” Priya has had a difficult year. She had been on the road to greatness, enrolled in medical school across the country at Stanford. After a bout with Lyme disease, Priya moves back home to recover. Even though the bacteria is gone, the effects of the disease still linger. She deals with joint pain, swelling, and brain […]

House of Hollow

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

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“We all knew too well what could happen to girls on poorly lit streets at night, because it had happened to us. Then again, all girls knew that…” It happened on New Year’s Eve years and years ago. The three Hollow sisters were walking down the street. The clock turned to midnight, and their parents looked away to kiss, just a moment. When they looked back, the girls were gone. They searched high and low, but they couldn’t be found. One month later, the girls […]

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

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“Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?” Linus Baker lives a dull, ordinary life. He works at DICOMY, the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, where his job is to ensure that the magical children living in state run homes are being cared for properly. […]

This Is Not the Jess Show

This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey

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It’s going to be pretty difficult to talk about this book without spoiling the big twist, although the twist is pretty obvious from the beginning. It’s advertised as a cross between Black Mirror and My So-Called Life, which partially gives it away to me. Anyways, I’ll try my best to toe the line… Jess Flynn is your typical late-1990s high school girl. You know, the late 90s, Spice Girls and BSB, Titanic, TGIF, Doc Martens and babydoll dresses, Clueless, pagers, inflatable furniture and lava lamps…that […]



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