Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

I really liked it, until I didn’t.

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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So this novel has a lot going for it. I think the initial premise is really good. I think a lot about what would/will happen when there’s a huge environmental or financial crash that topples the total authority of governments to the point that there are corporate enclaves we swear fealty to. I personally will select Amazon because they’re clearly going to be the biggest, have the best supply chains, and I very honestly have thought about what it might mean to live on an Amazon corporate campus and teach employees’ children about the world. Maybe it will never happen, […]

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8/15/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:336 |

Hi. I’m Badkittyuno, and I’ve fallen behind again…

Sex in the Museum: My Unlikely Career at New York's Most Provocative Museum + 25 others (don't hate me) by Sarah Forbes + 25 others (don't hate me)

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Hi. Sorry. I really thought I was like 10 reviews behind and it turned out to actually be 19. So then I started up this list of reviews…and didn’t post it…and now I’m 26 behind. I would blame my kids/divorce/life, but really — I’d much rather read than write! Also, I’ve been working from home a lot and doing laundry instead of writing reviews (which is what I do when I get bored at the office), so that’s not helping. Anyway, here’s 26 brief reviews and please don’t hate me! Sex in the Museum: My Unlikely Career at New York’s […]

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7/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:158 |

I’m finally reading The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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I liked all of these covers, so I added them all. For some reason, I had no idea that this book was published in 1986.  It feels so so current.  I wanted to read it before watching any of the Hulu series, which looks great.  This will officially be my fifth Margaret Atwood book.  I think I like her 🙂 This book just tosses you right into the everday slog of being a Handmaiden.  You wake up in a blank, meaningless room, put on your red clothes, and walk downstairs.  You’re not supposed to look at yourself.  In fact, you […]

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7/17/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:37 |

The Final MaddAddam

MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 3) by Margaret Atwood

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So this is the final book in the MaddAddam trilogy.  I was so-so on book 1, and I loved book 2.  I felt like the second book tied together all of the crap you had to sit through in the first book.  Then the third book ties it together even more, and even wraps everything up. Here are a few things I learned along the way, and stuff I took note of.  I don’t think that’s a great sentence, but it’s Monday, so CUT ME SOME SLACK! We’re first introduced to Zeb in book 2, and he’s a semi-main character. […]

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6/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:28 |

Part 2 of the MaddAddam trilogy – much better than part 1!

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 2) by Margaret Atwood

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5/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

I Think I Read This at Just the Right Time in My Life

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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With the recent release of television adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, I made a realization: I am a Canadian who has never read anything by Margaret Atwood before. And she a national treasure!!! You’d think I would have at least come across something in my school curriculum, especially given that I even studied English as my minor in university. Really the only prominent Canadian author I had as assigned reading was Alice Munro. That seems… odd to me. But in any case, here we are now, and boy was it a treat to have a forward by Atwood herself regarding […]

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5/13/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:9 |

Looking on with a shame and confusion we can’t identify.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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I have tried diligently to avoid trailers for the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, because I wanted to avoid the hype and feeling disappointed (I’m *very* disappointed Hulu renewed it for a second season, because it should be a one-and-done deal. Like, where else are you going to take this story? ANYWHOO). I decided before I started the Hulu series that I needed to re-read the book, because it had been about 5-6 years. HOLY SHITSNACKS YOU GUYS. I told my husband that It Can’t Happen Here is the story of Trump’s presidency, but that The Handmaid’s […]

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5/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:62 |

Terrifyingly timely

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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There’s been a whole bunch of reviews posted for this book already, so I’m not going to spend a lot of time recapping the plot in my own words. Goodreads can help me out here: Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to the food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an […]

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5/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:36 |

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