Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Non-Fiction EOY Review Dump

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly

Fed Up by Gemma Hartley

meaty by Samantha Irby

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

How To by Randall Monroe

Food by Jim Gaffigan

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I’m making a final push to wrap up CBR13 with my non-fiction review dump. I read more non-fiction this year than I thought I did, and I was never able to sum up my thoughts properly. I’m trying here, with just moments left!  Food | Jim Gaffigan Although I disagree with Mr. Gaffigan’s take on mustard, I still enjoyed reading Food. It’s a simple take on food — the good, the not so good, how it shapes us and our culture. It was extra light […]

Family Friendly Cautionary Tale

Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

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I like Jim Gaffigan, and I’m not apologizing for it. I find his humour comforting and low-key, and I also eat like a toddler and enjoy it/hate myself for it, so there’s that. When Gaffigan had his Twitter outburst a few months ago, some people were surprised at his politics, and some were pissed that he didn’t speak up sooner, but he’s never really hidden his more progressive leanings. He just didn’t highlight them (like I just did on my kindle har har) or make […]

CBR12 Book Bingo – I Wish…

When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan

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“I had charts with every appointment, every activity, color-coded by child. Everything under control. Sure, I had throbbing headaches and trouble hearing out of my left ear. I didn’t have time for this. I pushed myself harder. Finally, at the recommendation of the kids’ pediatrician, to whom I’d admitted not being able to hear, I squeezed in an MRI.” Comedy is my love language, and Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan are two of the funniest. This is my CBR12 Book Bingo choice for “I wish…” because […]

No wonder Dad is Fat

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I followed Gaffigan’s Dad is Fat with his other book — Food: A Love Story. This one should reach an even wider audience, since who doesn’t like to eat? “I’m convinced that anyone who doesn’t like Mexican food is a psychopath.” “There’s an old Weight Watchers saying: “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” I for one can think of a thousand things that taste better than thin feels. Many of them are two-word phrases that end with cheese (Cheddar cheese, blue cheese, grilled cheese). Even unsalted […]

“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.”

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Caitlin_D recently reviewed this one, too — also fairly positively. I am a parent of two small, very loud boys (so, so loud). She doesn’t have kids (…yet) although she spends a lot of time with my boys and her sister-in-laws’ kids. My point is, you probably don’t need to be a parent to find Jim Gaffigan at least a little funny. “Every night before I get my one hour of sleep, I have the same thought: “Well, that’s a wrap on another day of acting like I […]

A Romance for the Ages

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“Overweight people have chosen food over appearance. When a fat person talks about a great place to get a burger, I lean in. They know.” Like Dad Is Fat, Food: A Love Story is a rehash of Jim Gaffigan’s stand up mixed with new insights. My husband and I recently took a road trip, we can never agree on music so we listened to comedy on Pandora and the “Seafood” section is almost verbatim from his stand up. It’s incredibly noticeable if you’re listening to the audio […]



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