Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

There is a universal truth: we all panic when the toilet overflows.

Safe and Sound, a renter-friendly guide to home repair by Mercury Stardust

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This is a Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma’am, fan account. With her bright blue hair, great big laugh, and down to earth tips, she has helped me work through a number of home repairs. I know how to use a toilet plunger now! I’m pretty sure any scene of my dad teaching me how to do a home repair looked a lot like Moira teaching David how to fold in the cheese, but with a lot more crying (me)and throwing things (my dad, who […]

Epic bravery and sensible fears

Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

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There was a point several years ago when I got frustrated with YA and all the teenagers saving the world/saving the universe. Part of my frustration was that I don’t want kids to have to save the world. I got over that fairly quickly, but I remembered that feeling towards the end of Promises Stronger Than Darkness. Now I am so grateful that teens have a whole body of literature about fighting oppression and fascism. I might get a bit esoteric, because I don’t want to […]



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