Cannonball Read 18

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A love letter to the NHS

This is going to hurt by Adam Kay

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The NHS being a demanding mistress, that is.  Adam Kay is a screenwriter for various UK TV shows, but before he switched careers he was a doctor specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics. During his studies, he was advised to keep a diary. Years after switching careers, he received a letter from the Medical Board of Whatever stating that they’d struck him from the professional register as he hadn’t practised medicine in years. It led him to revisit his diaries, now presented here in book form.  […]

Finding Home

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

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If you want a really tough read, and not just because of the theme, then pick up As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh. None of the difficulties I had with this book comes from the story or even technically the writing itself. However, my issues were that the beginning is slow. There is a lot of build up, taking what feels like forever to “get to the point.” The author, like her main characters, are terrible flirts (as in they like […]

Jodi Picoult Does Racism

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Jodi Picoult is one of those authors I think of as “easy reading.”  Her books are written in a way where thing are pretty well laid out for the reader.  She does tackle topics that can be controversial or morally ambiguous but does it in a gentle way where she’s not alienating most readers.  I found out that my mom’s book club was reading this book and purchased a copy for her, and figured I would read it myself. The book is the story of […]



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