Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Get Out of My Head, Guy!

My Life as a Goddess, a memoir through (un)popular culture by Guy Branum

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I got this as an audiobook, as I almost always do when reading a celebrity memoir, especially if it’s a comic. If you are going to read this book I recommend the audiobook. So I spent a good 90% of this book thinking, “I know, right??!!” It is almost creepy how much Guy Branum and I think alike. He grew up in a town about an hour away from where I grew up and he’s only about 4 or so years older, which I think […]

This will end up in my top 3 for the year

My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture by Guy Branum

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“Because a goddess’s job isn’t to be good. It’s to have compelling stories lyre players can tell about her at the court of kings and princes.” This book kept popping up in my Overdrive recommendations, and I kept ignoring it because I thought it was going to be a dive into reality TV and…meh. But it has a great rating on Goodreads and I needed an audio book so I finally cave and I’M SO GLAD I DID. Branum grew up “different” (gay, kind of […]

“Because a goddess’s job isn’t to be good. It’s to have compelling stories lyre players can tell about her at the court of kings and princes.”

My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture by Guy Branum

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My Life as a Goddess was recommended to me by my sister, the elusive badkittyuno, who told me I needed to get the audiobook in order to enjoy the full experience. I will echo her advice- you must read this book, you should also try and listen to the audio. I know Guy Branum from Chelsea Lately but I grew tired of Chelsea Handler before Guy did so I didn’t know they’d had a falling out. It does seem like Guy has managed to come out on top […]



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