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Be a Goddamn Cheetah

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

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Glennon Doyle hits the ground running in her latest book Untamed with a story of the caged cheetah Tabitha. Tabitha has been raised in captivity and her best friend is a Labrador named Minnie. As they watch Tabitha and Minnie perform, Doyle is captivated. She senses the ‘wild’ in Tabitha. “I nodded at Tish and kept my eyes on Tabitha as she stalked. I wished I could ask her, ‘What’s happening inside you right now?’ I knew what she’d tell me. She’d say, ‘Something’s off about my […]

A Story I Should Have Learned In History

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

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This is hard to write because there are already so many great Cannonball reviews about this book. So, I will just start by saying – You need to read this book! This story should be taught in every school. I was amazed that I had never heard of the Radium Women, and now I will never forget them. During WWI, women were hired to paint dials on watches using a brilliant new material – paint infused with radium. This paint mixture was lauded for its […]

“I don’t know what’s so scary about zombies. … ” said the author in her hit graphic novel

The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by Noelle Stevenson

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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures is not for everyone. It took me some time to get through Noelle Stevenson’s memoir. Before I go into the details, I will say, read this book as many times as is needed. This is not an easy read, not just because of the themes, but because of how it is written. A graphic novel is not always the best way to present yourself but also, what better way for an artist to do just that? […]

Selena: Queen of Tejano Music

Selena: by Silvia Lopez

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Selena is a downright gorgeously illustrated book by Paola Escobar. Silvia Lopez’s text hits on the highlights of the singer’s life. Each page is a short chapter into a piece of her life. The two pieces blend together; complimenting each other and bring to life the world, the looks and the sound of Selena.  There is not only the world inside the home and on the stage, but the neighborhood and people as well. The afterwards dealing with everything from definitions and explanations of terms, […]

Less thriller, more meditation

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

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American Spy opens with a literal bang, the way most spy novels do. But then it becomes something different – more of a memoir, more of a reckoning with the past that led to the opening shot. Marie, the titular spy, is the lone black female employee in her FBI field office. Attacked in her home, she flees New York to her mother’s country of Martinique; meanwhile, she reflects on her girlhood with her sister, now deceased, and her time as a spy during the […]



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