Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”

Vanishing Treasures by Katherine Rundell

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I found Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures (2024) by Katherine Rundell because it was available as an audiobook from my library. Environmentalism and animals are two themes that are right up my alley, so it was no surprise that I downloaded it as soon as it was available. Vanishing Treasures is a short collection of essays on endangered animals (or animals that have a subspecies that is endangered). The animals vary widely from the very common raccoon and bear to the rarely seen or studied […]

Love: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott

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Somehow: Thoughts on Love is a collection of Anne Lamott’s thoughts on love and all its complexities. This was the second book that I have read by this author, but the first that I have listened to on audiobook. She reads the novel herself and I really enjoyed that. Especially with a topic as complex as love, having her narrate the text made me feel like she was there and we were having a discussion. Each chapter takes a look at a different aspect of […]

Summer Lovin

Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

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The adventure continues! I don’t remember when I stuck with a series for this long, but this is the fifth book and I’m still very much into it! This time the overarching story with the Faceless Man takes a backseat and Peter Grant is sent to the countryside to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two little girls. Nightingale conveniently has to stay back in London to guard Varvara Sidorovna, making room for another competent partner at Peter’s side: Beverly Brook, river goddess and love interest […]

I want you to ruin me

Unromance by Erin Connor

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I missed the opportunity to get an advance reader copy of Erin Connor’s debut, Unromance, so when I saw an advance listener copy offered I grabbed it. I enjoyed it, plot, characters, and narration. Mia Hutchinson Shaw and Lee Osorio do a great job bringing Erin Connor’s story to life. Sawyer Green is a romance writer who had a big early success, but now she’s in danger of being let go by her publisher because she can’t write. Mason Alvarez, an actor known professionally as […]

Sweet and and a Little Salty

Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman

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Best for: Fans of gentle storytelling and humor. In a nutshell: Comedian and writer Gondelman tells stories from his life, usually with a humorous take, and often with a bit more self-awareness than one gets from such books. Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: I’m most familiar with Gondelman as a panelist on the NPR show Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, and I follow him on BlueSky, but didn’t realize he had a book, so figured I would check it out. Review: This is […]

A little disappointing

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

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I’ve read and enjoyed two books by Christina Lauren*: The True Love Experiment and The Soulmate Equation. So, I decided to go looking for more by them, and that’s when I found Something Wilder (2022). I was excited to read this one because Christina Lauren had already proven themselves to me, and because this book takes place in Canyonlands National Park. I love Utah, and I also love a good romantic adventure, so I had high expectations when I began listening to this audiobook. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this […]



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