Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Don’t Nix this one from your to read pile. #obviouspun

The Nix by Nathan Hill

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As I saw the saw my Goodreads Reading challenge accusatorily tell me how many books I am behind right now (6!!) I panic searched for something I could do via audio while going on my many social distancing walks. This came up on my local library app as “available now” and a cursory search showed me that folks I like had it in their to read piles, so on I went. Once again, I found myself unknowingly entering a book set in Chicago (where I […]

Petitio Principii (or “The Circular Argument”)

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I have mixed feelings about this novel but I blame it on the election.  So, I picked up The Nix from my college’s library (No fines for faculty for overdue books! No fines! No fines!) back in late October after reading a couple of reviews and hearing the author on NPR (I can’t remember which program).  It seemed like it could be a sprawling, intriguing mess, in the vein of The Goldfinch, which I enjoyed.  However, it took me over a month to finish this, […]



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