Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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And Now For Something Completely Superfluous

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese

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First let me just say that I realize John Cleese’s “old British fart” Twitter persona has made him pretty unpopular in a lot of places, and that I would not normally have read his new book. But, given that it was a gift from someone who is smart enough to not be online as much as I am I decided to give it a try. It was helpful in making that decision that the book is quite literally pocket sized and took me less than […]

Memoirs and Essays

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

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Baby Don't Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live by Chris Kattan

So, Anyway... by John Cleese

Burn the Place: A Memoir by Iliana Regan

Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters

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I apparently started this draft on 11/21 — time to catch up! (4 stars) Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman I can’t figure out where I heard about this book — I thought it was on CBR but I can’t find any reviews. Anyway, I’d never heard of Josh Gondelman before picking up this book, but he turns out he’s damn funny. He used to write for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and also created the SeinfeldToday Twitter […]

DISAPPOINTED

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In 2002, I sat in a dark movie theater watching Attack of the Clones. Around the time Yoda goes from wise wielder of the Force to crazy Ninja muppet, I contemplated walking out. I’ve never left a movie theater mid-screening, but on that day I was sorely tempted. Not because Attack of the Clones was the worst movie I’d ever seen, or even the worst movie I’d ever paid to see; I just couldn’t face any more disappointment in that series. What was once a […]



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