Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

Emmalita's Reviews:

The normalcy was almost violent in its opposition to everything else.

Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly

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Sometimes, I’m going along and suddenly my brain wants to read something real weird. Usually, nothing that fits that weird shape calls itself to my attention and I can get on with my usual reading. Last night I came across Eris Adderly’s Bass-Ackwards and knew it was the real weird thing I wanted to read. This one is an approach with caution, your mileage may vary, taboo, boss-employee, age gap romance. Christina needs to ask her boss for a day off. She thinks of her […]

Jake Tong didn’t believe in love at first sight, not until it happened to him.

Her Favorite Rebound by Jackie Lau

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Her Favorite Rebound is the fourth book in Jackie Lau’s excellent Cider Bar Sisters series. It would be helpful to have read the previous books, but it isn’t necessary. You should, because they are great, but if this is your first book, you won’t be totally lost. Despite dating a billionaire and happily running her own small stationary shop, Sierra Wu has frustrations in her life. Her family never approves of her. She shares a name with a famous fictional demon slayer character (imagine if […]

Thoughts on Until the End of Time – Guest Post by Rich Harrison

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Greene

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Note: When I read blauracke’s review of Until the End of Time, I knew I had found the perfect gift for a 90 year old man who is tough to shop for (cookies, pie and cake are always appropriate gifts, but I needed something different). Rich had a lot to say about the book as he read it and when he was finished, I introduced him to Goodreads, where he posted the review you can read below and he suggested my internet friends on Cannonball Read might […]

Intersectional environmentalism argues that the same systems of oppression that oppress people also oppress and degrade the planet.

The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas

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There is a person in my life with whom I share many values, but he consistently dismisses race and gender as things about which he ought to be concerned.  Because he doesn’t consider himself to hold racist beliefs, he doesn’t understand why we’ve all been talking about race when we really ought to be focused on climate change. Since I am a known radical, he has largely dismissed my insistence that climate change can’t be solved without also dismantling patriarchy and white supremacy. While my […]

Dishes don’t think. Dishes don’t judge. Care tasks are morally neutral

How to Keep House While Drowning: a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing by KC Davis

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I read KC Davis’ self published How to Keep House While Drowning in January 2021 and since then I have recommended it to many many people and bought it for a few. I was delighted to see that Davis’ book is being republished by a Simon & Schuster imprint, Simon Element. I hope it gets in the hands of more people. I consider this an essential book. I value this book on several levels. One: my ability to stay on top of multiple care tasks […]

Say Yes to the Corn Stock

To The Last Bite by Alexis deBoschnek

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Judged solely by the recipes, To the Last Bite is almost a 5 star cookbook. It has some great recipes, and beautiful, appetizing photographs. But, it doesn’t quite do what it says it wants to do – teach tips and tricks for reducing food waste. It starts to go there, but then doesn’t really commit. After spending a couple of weeks with it, I wondered if a decision was made to put more of it emphasis on being pretty than useful. But let’s talk about […]



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