Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Always reading before bed

philrockwell's Reviews:

Ode to the Idiot Box

I Like to Watch: Arguing my Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum

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I’m here because of the critics. The only reason I am even aware of the Cannonball Read is because I am a devotee of Pajiba’s cultural criticism. Roxana Hadadi, Kristy Puchko, and Kayleigh Donaldson have guided me to so many good films and books (at least two future Cannonball contributions) that they’ve become my Holy Trinity of artistic revelation. So, it’s probably appropriate that one of my first contributions to Cannonball is I Like to Watch: Arguing my Way Through the Television Revolution by Pulitzer […]

Ascending to Hell

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

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In 1996, Outside magazine sent journalist and mountain climber Jon Krakauer to chronicle a typical journey to the summit of Earth’s highest peak, Mount Everest. Instead, he played witness to one of the deadliest excursions to ever befall the mountain. Numerous climbers died or disappeared into the white of a brutal storm, and those who survived suffered untold psychological and spiritual damage long after the journey. Murphy’s Law came down mercilessly on this group, even before the disastrous final day. Into Thin Air reads like […]



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