Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Thorough Exploration of Misogyny

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

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BINGO: Book Club: Waterstones’ Ms Afropolitan Philosophy Book Club (2019) Best for: Those looking for a deeper look into what misogyny really is. In a nutshell: Philosopher Kate Manne explores different definition of misogyny, providing support for her hypotheses with case studies many of us will be familiar with. Worth quoting: “Sexism [is] the branch of patriarchal ideology that justifies and rationalizes a patriarchal social order, and misogyny as the system that polices and enforces its governing norms an expectations. So sexism is scientific; misogyny […]

The more books I read about high school, I feel like mine was weirdly not weird

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, read by Noah Galvin

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This is not what I thought it was going to be.  I mean, I didn’t look into it too much when I picked up the audiobook, but one of my coworkers said it was her favorite book, so I decided to give it a shot.  I think I thought it was going to be a high school story from the perspective of a quiet kid on the sidelines.  I mean, it kind of is, but it’s a lot more than that.   The book is […]

Whelp, another dystopian book. But this one is a bit more hopeful!

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper

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This is a non-fiction book about what would happen to the environment if all humanity suddenly disappeared.  What would happen to all of our structures, the animals, the plants, and the oceans?  For the most part, good things!  Well, not the structures.  Most of them will fall apart, and fairly quickly without human maintenance.  Without people and power, the NYC subway system is a goner in a few days.  But the forests will come back, although perhaps not the same.  We’ve introduced many invasive species […]

You gotta do what makes you Happy

Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Corpies by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Super Powereds: Year 4 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

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I saw somewhere that re-reading or re-watching things we’ve enjoyed in the past is great for anxiety, because you’ve already experienced it.  You know exactly what’s going to happen.  And a pandemic is full of anxiety, so a lot of us have discovered this comfort!*     Someone on Facebook was asking for recommendations for an audiobook to listen in the car with her 13- and 15-year-old sons, so I recommended Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes.  I remembered that the story was fantastic and […]

I don’t know how these characters had friends

To Have and To Hoax by Martha Waters

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This is the author’s first novel, so I’m going to try to be nice… After reading half of the book, nevermind.   The main characters, Violet and James, married quickly, were wildly in love for a year, and then they had an argument that halted their happy marriage in its tracks.  The couple live in the same house, but they have a cold marriage where they try to avoid and ignore each other.  We haven’t learned what the argument was about a third of the […]

Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy walk into a bar… wait, that’s not right…

Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir & Sarah Andersen

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Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz have all had a rough go of it after their adventures in the stories.  And the stories we were told were not their only adventures.  No, these girls have grown up a bit and have spent more time in their respective other worlds.  Alice is bitter and angry, Wendy always carries a knife, and Dorothy has been subject to electroshock therapy, but that last bit is cannon, I think.  […]



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