Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Gentrification, as they understood it, was something other people did.

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

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CBR18 Bingo: Sheep – Anna and Tom daydream about buying a dairy in France and making artisan sheep and goat’s milk cheeses. Tom had argued that Sicily had been a conformist, lazy choice, in a tone that suggested that the conformist wasn’t him. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection An identical struggle for a different life motivated an entire sector of their generation. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection Berlin was, to all intents and purposes, their main pastime—exploring it, understanding it, feeling part of it. In a way […]

They are cooler and better than you are, and they will steal your girlfriend.

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

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CBR18 Bingo: Friends – Childhood friends formed bands together, many of whom had epic friend breakups after they got famous. Everyone thought we were fighters. I couldn’t care less about fighting. I want to fight off women, not men. ― Lizzy Goodman, Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 That Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP was really hard to find and should have been hard to find because it sounded like crap. Nick once told me that it […]

California fairy tale dreamin’

The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block

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The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block is an early 2000s reimagining of classic fairy tales set in “modern” Los Angeles. Block adapts nine of our most famous European fairy tales, each from the perspective of the young woman at its center. Some are narrated first-person and immediate, some are told in a more fable-esque tone. Each title is just a single word, and while some titles clearly indicate the tale they’re retelling, a couple are vague, which was fun to figure out […]

“I know you’re out of practice, Shiloh, but the point of bringing men home isn’t to argue with them.”

Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

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4.5 stars Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Plants or flowers on the cover Cary and Shiloh were best friends in high school. They saw each other every day, told each other everything, and were utterly inseparable. Everyone thought they were in love and would end up together, but by graduation, they’re still just friends. Both come from unstable family environments and dream of getting out of Omaha. Shiloh is going to college to become an actress and Cary has joined the Navy. Once Cary finishes boot […]

CBR15 Bingo: North America

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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CBR15 Bingo: North America I’ve been hearing about this book since it came out. So many people I know on the internet and whose opinions I trust have read, reviewed and absolutely loved it. So I feel bad only rating it four stars, but for all that that the story and the characters appealed to me, there was something that kept making me prioritise other things over listening more to the audio book, and I never really fully emotionally connected with this one. There are […]

If the improv form Harold were depressing and tragic

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

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BINGO – SHELFIE There is a long form improv format called the Harold. Boiled down, improvisors create three distinct story lines that, throughout the run time of the show, weave together into a single story. All of the seemingly disparate characters and story lines are actually all connected in hilarious and often ludicrous ways, and everyone has a great time. (If you feel comfortable doing so, I encourage you to find a local improv troupe that performs the Harold because it’s a hoot; definitely my […]



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