Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The End of the World As We Know It and Happy New Years

The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World) by Sara Webb

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Full disclosure: this review is not of the first book I finished in 2025. Part of the reason for that is because it didn’t grab me as much as I’d hoped. In theory I figured it might be kind of funny to start off the new year with popular science book on the beginning and the ending of our universe, The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World). Basically, it’s astronomy with some physics in relatively common language. The first section covers […]

Meet the friends of, and Planet, you are standing on

Ocean! Waves for All? by Stacey McAnulty

Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth? by Stacey McAnulty

Earth! My First 4.54 billion Years by Stacey McAnulty

Sun! One in a Billion? by Stacey McAnulty

Mars! Earthlings Welcome by Stacey McAnulty

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Stacey McAnulty has caused me great stress. I cannot decide which of her books I liked best in the Our Universe series. Was it Ocean! Waves for All? Or was it Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth? Or even Earth! My First 4.54 billion Years (the first in the series)? Or the Sun! One in a Billion? Or even Mars! Earthlings Welcome. Each one is a lovely, funny, and educational way to learn about the planets, stars and more. Each subject tells their own […]

The Perfect Astrology 101 Course

You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

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I bought this book, because Chani Nicholas is amazing. I loved this book, because Chani Nicholas is amazing. So many poo-poo astrology. I used to be one of those people. Three-ish years ago, I began venturing into spirituality, something I had hidden away for over a decade due to terrible experiences with the Catholic Church and scrupulosity (Another story for another day.)  With this journey, I discovered the true nature of astrology – not the boiled-down, pop culture fluff – rather, a tool for self-reflection […]



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