Cannonball Read 13

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I failed miserably at my first cannonball (the reviewing part, not the reading part) so I'm trying again. I've also roped my siblings into the game. Currently living in Florida as an artist, mom, gallery/community arts space operator, and person that says yes to too much probably.

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Witchy as hell (but there’s something about it…)

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

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I’ve been escaping some of the heavier research reading I am doing for work/project through fantasy/fiction audiobooks. The last one wasn’t entirely a dud but also didn’t leave me with that ecstatic, “I’m so happy I’ve consumed this story and can’t wait to read more” feeling. This one, The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, was also somewhere in the grey zone for me; somewhere between being really good and thoughtful, but also not being something I was consuming with great vigor either. […]

I like the idea that Life potentially starts in every moment, but the execution was just okay

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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I wish I had written this review closer to when I actually finished the audiobook, but I wasn’t too anxious to review this one since it’s not as stellar as other books I’ve read this year so far. Checking out The Midnight Library was a direct result of cannonball reviews, both good and bad, and a certain curiosity about how I would fare with the story. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that Matt Haig’s, The Midnight Library, is about a woman who […]

“I mourned not the loss of what I once had, but what had been taken from me before I drew my first breath…”

The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames by Justine Cowan

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*Full disclosure: I know and work with Justine Cowan at the Atlanta based nonprofit, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta   I do not read a lot of straight history for fun because I tend to prefer my history with a little flourish, or through the lens of a personal experience, fictional or lived, and so far I’ve found it difficult to find history books that do that well (but if you know them please send them my way because I do actually like learning history […]

Love what you do, how you do it, and the body you do it in

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor)

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Woof. I have been reading a lot of really amazing critical work this year and a lot of it has been just for fun. Also, a lot of it makes me feel like my brain is exploding but in a way that feels really really good to me, and I think Adrienne Maree Brown would approve.   Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, by Adrienne Maree Brown, is a collection of essays, interviews, and other writing by Brown as well as a series of […]

More of the same, but with a bit of personal nostalgia

The Elvenbane by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey

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The Elvenbane is written by two giants of fantasy and science fiction, Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Specifically, two female giants of fantasy. I have learned that Norton was supposedly a mentor or Lackey as were other giant names like Marion Zimmer Bradley. Norton is apparently often called the “Grand Dame” of science fiction and fantasy. Lackey may be less well known, I’m not sure, but she was a name that was more familiar to me when I first read this book. I like to […]



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