Cannonball Read 10

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Caitlin_D

I've always been an avid reader but CBR has been a great way to motivate me to seek out new authors and read more varied genres. Last year my goal was a double cannonball and more fiction. This year my goal is 120 books (10 per month) although I secretly harbor a hope to hit a triple...

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“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark.”

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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“I don’t care if I’m the one who captures him. I just want bracelets on his wrists and a cell door slamming behind him.” Michelle McNamara died in April 2016 halfway through the writing of I’ll be Gone in the Dark but her husband, Patton Oswalt, editors and research assistants completed her book and published in February of this year. Two months later, on April 24th, the Golden State Killer was found using a DNA profile uploaded to a genealogy website. There was a lot of hubbub surrounding the book both when it first came out and after the revelation that former […]

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10/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:105 |

“A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.”

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff

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Beautiful Boy was put on my radar after watching the haunting preview for the Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carrell fronted film adaption based on this book as well as Nic Sheff’s memoir, Tweak. When I was in college a friend of mine set me up with his childhood best friend after we hit it off at a small party. He wasn’t really my type looks wise but he was funny, lived in a apartment over his dad’s garage that house a dozen classic cars* and showered me with attention. After a few weeks our mutual friend warned me not to get too attached because […]

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10/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:104 |

Midterm election are Tuesday, November 6th

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff

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You’ve probably forgotten about Michael Wolff’s Trump expose Fire and Fury as well as the explosive media surge its release caused in January because 10 months in the Trump White House is the equivalent to 10 years in anyone else’s.  Personally I was reminded of Fire and Fury by a friend who was reading it on the beach this past August so when I was looking for my next read (besides the dozen or so books currently unread on my bookshelf) I sought out this already outdated publication. How out of date is Fire and Fury? In the single week (10/4 to 10/11) since I […]

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10/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:103 |

If Scott Kelly can vote in the midterms elections from ISS then you can vote in November from Earth

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly

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Misha’s and my mission to spend a year on ISS is unprecedented. A normal mission to the space station lasts five to six months, so scientists have a good deal of data about what happens to the human body in space for that length of time. But very little is known about what happens after month six. The symptoms might get precipitously worse in the ninth month, for instance, or they might level off. We don’t know, and there is only one way to find out. I think everyone tangentially knows who Scott Kelly is and what he accomplished between […]

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9/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:102 |

CBR Bingo: Cover Art

My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie by Todd Fisher

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I actually struggled with the Cover Art Bingo square because a lot of times I pick books without ever looking at the cover. Review a book you pick solely on the title? I could write a dozen. I figured I’d know the book when I saw it (heh) and sure enough I was scrolling through Barnes & Nobel’s website during their Labor Day Sale and came across My Girls. At first I didn’t see the title or author just the photograph that takes up the bottom two thirds of the cover which inspired me to say, “Is that Carrie Fisher?” aloud […]

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9/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:101 |

I’m glad Rachel Hollis said she doesn’t read her book reviews anymore…

Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

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I had multiple people recommend Rachel Hollis’s Girl Wash Your Face but it was not for me. It probably isn’t for your either unless you’re a wealthy white woman who is incredibly devout as well as a bit holier than thou. Hollis has artfully mastered the humble brag in Girl Wash Your Face and the whole book is congratulating herself on basically having it all while pretending that she struggles with the same struggles regular folk do and that No, Really she doesn’t have it all. I should note that, for all my social media consumption, I am not a fan of bloggers in […]

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9/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:100 |

CBR Bingo (2!): Cannonballer Halbs Says

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

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The opening paragraph of fellow Cannonballer Halb’s review of The Madman and the Professor sealed the deal that this would be the choice for my “Cannonballer Says” Bingo square, “Fans of Comedy Central’s tv show “Drunk History” may be familiar with the story of Dr. William Minor: The Civil War doctor showed signs of struggling with mental health during and after the war (how could one not), and moved to London for a fresh start. Unfortunately, Dr. Minor suffered from the beliefs that all kinds of people were out to get him, and those beliefs led him to shoot an innocent stranger […]

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9/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:99 |

CBR Bingo- Delicious

Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat by Chrissy Teigen, Adeena Sussman

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I knew as soon as I saw this category that I wanted to read internet icon Chrissy Teigan’s cookbook Cravings for this particular square but I struggled with this review for weeks… How does one properly review a cookbook? She cooks! My initial plan was to drag my parents over for a hearty meal of John’s fried chicken, garlic smashed potatoes and roasted carrots but those plans turned into my mother coming over for brunch this weekend and my tackling of Chrissy’s dutch baby pancake and cheesy cheeseless scrambled eggs (I didn’t make the cherry tomatoes).   Dutch Baby Pancake: I make a […]

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9/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:98 |


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