Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.”

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

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Cbr11bingo Banned Book, bingo #10 & 11 A frequently challenged classic according to ALA Slaughterhouse-Five propelled Kurt Vonnegut to fame when it was published in 1969. It has been banned in a number of school districts over the decades for language, sex and religious references. Slaughterhouse-Five is  Vonnegut’s attempt to write about his experience as a POW in Dresden during WWII, where he witnessed the firebombing that destroyed the city and caused the deaths of 135,000 people. Slaughterhouse-Five is an anti-war classic that shows through […]

Vonnegut’s little war book.

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There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.” So basically everyone I’ve ever talked to has read this book before me, and I’m kinda pissed off about that. Why didn’t y’all tell me I needed to read this? I know most people had to […]

And so it goes

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Slaughterhouse Five was on my “to read” list because of its acclaim, so for me it was medicine that I wanted to take.  This was an uncomfortable novel, but certainly an important one, as Vonnegut painstakingly outlines his anti-war stance and the far-reaching consequences of war. Billy Pilgrim is a reluctant participant in war and his experiences in Dresden are always with him.  He suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, and spends his life “traveling in time” along his personal timeline due to his experiences with […]

My Triple Cannonball, and Why I Won’t Even Try for the Quadruple

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#151: Yes Please by Amy Poehler: 1 star. #152: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut: 4 stars. #153-4: Death Note, Vol. 1 & 2 by Tsugumi Ohba: 5 stars. #155: Lucky Bastard by S.G. Browne: 2 stars. #156-7: Doughnut and When It’s a Jar by Tom Holt: 4 and 3 stars.



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