Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Tim Kaine would totally wear white Rockports

Tim Kaine Is Your Nice Dad: a work of dad fiction by Sara Benincasa

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This book was so cute. This book was so cute that while doing this review, I went back and read it again. I first discovered its existence during the 2016 election. I haven’t been able to find a copy anywhere until recently when it popped up on Kindle unlimited. So if you have Kindle unlimited, you can read this cute little thing for free. If you do pay for it, Benincasa will donate the proceeds to help mentor foster kids, though, which is pretty cool. […]

Content warnings are a thing for a reason.

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This is the kind of book that needs to land in your lap at just the right time. It is a quirky book filled with lots of different and varied life advice. It has everything from showing gratitude and chasing your dreams to managing anxiety and remembering to brush your teeth. And one chapter about getting a dog…? So yeah, his is the kind of book that needs to land in your lap at just the right time. Sadly this was not the time for […]

He really is, though…

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Warning – this post is political in nature, and a little bit of my … ahem… anger? Disappointment? Total confusion about the state of our country?… leaked through, which is to be expected, I think, given the nature of the book, and of our country right now.  If you’re not ready to read stuff about people being disappointed about how things could have gone, or if you’re on Team Trump, I just want to give you a heads up: this is not for you, and […]

Teens Gone Wild

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Getting my YA Week book in just under the wire, although DC Trip is probably somewhere between YA and true Adult Fiction due to language (the group of mean girls is referred to as the “cuntriad” and the prefix is used a lot) and some of the trip’s shenanigans. Sara Benincasa’s DC Trip focuses on a group of New Jersey teenagers who visit the Capitol for a high school trip; the narration bounces between shy Gertie and hippie teacher Alicia. Gertie finds out her summer […]

Benincasa’s Back!

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Ms. Benincasa is the author of two YA novels and one deeply honest and very entertaining memoir. This latest novel follows three high school sophomores and one very young teacher on a high school trip to DC. My local library somehow ignored the release date (November 3), and so yesterday I got told my hold notice was up. This book was so entertaining that I started it while working out this morning and didn’t end up putting it down (for real) until I finished it […]

Above Average

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“Remember that you can’t be one person in one place and a totally different person in another place. Right is right and wrong is wrong, no matter where you are.” I wonder what he would’ve said if he’d met Jacinta Trimalchio. When I was in high school The Great Gatsby was one of my favorite “required reading” books, and Leonardo DiCaprio is on my Pajiba10 list, so needless to say I’ve seen Baz Lurman’s theatrical take on the novel a few times as well. Amazon […]



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