Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Rich People Problems

You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

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  I needed a bit of a palate cleanser, and short story collections almost always fit that bill nicely. I had already read Prep by the same author years ago. I remember liking it, but not really identifying with the characters very well, they were a little too outside my personal experience. I had kind of the same feeling with some of the stories in this collection. A lot of them are really great, and overall I did like this collection, but Sittenfeld does tend […]

I had no idea, of course, that of all the feelings of my youth that would pass, it was this one, of an abundance of time so great as to routinely be unfillable, that would vanish with the least ceremony

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You Think It, I’ll Say It – 4/5 Stars You’ll see in my second review here that I was going to start this one off with a book I really didn’t like, but then luckily I read a book I really did like. Curtis Sittenfeld rubs people the wrong way sometimes and she also sometimes rubs people the right way. I think a major reason for this is that this book is a pretty accurate portrayal of middle-class whiteness without apology toward or away from […]

Y’all, Reese Witherspoon has a book club!

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It’s hard to believe that the girl from Cruel Intentions and Sweet Home Alabama* would grow into a feminist, taste making mogul but here were are and Reese Witherspoon is one of my favorite people to watch for their next move. She has optioned countless books into film and television projects, many I’ve already read & loved, and I seek out a lot of her recommendations. All of this is to say I was thrilled to discover Reese has an Instagram book club! May’s book club selection was Curtis Sittenfeld’s You […]



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