Cannonball Read 9

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How Do We Get the Power to the People?

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy by Christopher Hayes

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Best for: People looking for some insight how the U.S. got where it is, and some ideas for what we need to do to change that. In a nutshell: The inequality in this country is harming us, and the powerful (in Government, in Business, in Banking) are so focused on the idea of meritocracy that they can’t see that it isn’t working. Line that sticks with me: “In reality our meritocracy has failed not because it’s too meritocratic, but because in practice, it isn’t very meritocratic at all.” (p53) Why I chose it: I finally read the back cover and […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:50 |

Untold Stories Unearthed

The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washingtons to the Obamas by Adrian Miller

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Politics in any form is hard for me. I avoid confrontation and disagreement like the plague, so almost everything to do with politics makes me go running for the nearest blanket to hide under. But one of my Political Science students brought me a book catalog from a trip she went on, and The President’s Kitchen Cabinet was in it. I love food and anything to do with it, and looking at the history of politics through the lens of a thing I enjoy made this book an incredible read. Miller’s extensive research into the untold, and often undocumented stories of […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:13 |

Feed me, Seymour; feed me.

Alice Waters and Chez Panisse by Thomas McNamee

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So, like any new parent, I will take any opportunity to insert a story about my kid into a conversation.  At three months old he’s abnormally interested in food, which is fairly remarkable when his first-hand experience of it is limited to milk. The kid watches people eat like it’s the most fascinating thing anyone has ever done. It will sometimes calm him down when he’s fussy. He’s transfixed by the experience of eating, even when he isn’t able to  enjoy it directly. The kid comes by it honestly though, as his mom does the same thing with books and […]

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6/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together

The Angry Therapist: A No BS Guide to Finding and Living Your Own Truth by John Kim

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  I’m of the opinion that in a perfect world, therapy would be treated like any other kind of health maintenance. Some of us only need to go once or twice a year to make sure everything is still functioning like it should, and others might need a little more frequent fine tuning. But until that magical time occurs, we Americans are pretty much on our own as far as mental health. While John Kim’s book is by no means a replacement for a good counselor, it’s a great little guidebook for the basics of living your life honestly and […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:23 |

to stay sane. to stimulate, provoke, nourish and to console.

How to stay sane ( The School of Life Series ) by Phillippa Perry ( Series Editor Alain De Botton )

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How to Stay Sane – This book’s stated goal is “how to remain stable and yet flexible, coherent and yet able to embrace complexity” sounded like a good brief – and let me tell you the tricks I’ve learnt, they work, they 100% work, they 1000% work. I have suffered with bouts of depression since my late teens and I embrace the opportunity to learn new ways to manage my depression and new behaviors to interrupt my descent into that pattern. This book has allowed me to see some patterns in my behavior that I had not recognized before and […]

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6/24/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:21 |

Is this where the Roxane Gay fan club meets?

Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay

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I finally made it to the Roxane Gay party! Bad Feminist is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by Roxane Gay that covers many topics. The essays are divided into categories such as “Gender and Sexuality,” “Race and Entertainment,” “Politics, Gender and Race,” and “ME.” Within each category, Gay offers a number of essays related to the topic at hand, writing with insight, well-argued liberal opinions, and humor. She is well versed in politics and pop culture, and is willing to reveal something of herself while discussing TV, movies, reproductive rights, books, politics, and more. These essays read as if […]

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6/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:26 |

Delightful and Deep

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul

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Best for: People who enjoy strong, witty writers who are able to handle fluffy and serious topics with equal finesse. In a nutshell: Scaachi Koul shares some snipets of her life as the child of Indian immigrant now living in Canada. Line that sticks with me: “It changes you, when you see someone similar to you, doing the thing you might want to do yourself.” (p 123) Why I chose it: Because Lindy West, Jessica Valenti and Samantha Irby can’t all be wrong. Review: I’d seen this book in my local bookstore a bunch of times and always walked past […]

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6/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

Murder and Mayhem in Oklahoma

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

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Everyone’s history deserves to be told. One of the principal reactions I had to David Grann’s new book, about a series of heinous murders committed against wealthy Osage Indians in the 1920s, was incredulity that I had never heard even an inkling about this terrible chapter in American history. The story, in brief: after being forced out of their original homeland the Osage Indians found themselves on a rocky, arid plain in Oklahoma that was given to them essentially because no one else wanted it. The Osage were smart enough to ensure that the terms of their agreement gave them […]

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6/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

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