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CBR Diversions: 15-Word Reviews

April 20, 2023 by jomidi 35 Comments

It is time to celebrate 15 years of Cannonball Read with some fun. We challenge you to write a 15-word review for a book in the comments below. The rules: The review must be exactly 15 words, not including the title or author’s name. It can be a book you have already reviewed on the site or something new. You can do as many as you want. Only post your review as a comment to this post. (It won’t count on the Leaderboard.) Be creative! […]

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CBR Diversions: Using your TBR pile to time travel.

March 10, 2023 by jomidi 37 Comments

In the latest Cannonball Fodder, MsWas challenges us to “Take a look at your Goodreads (or real) “Want to Read” shelf, and crack open the book that has been on there the longest.” I recently went through all my bookshelves, reviewing every book that I own to determine its fate. Did I want to keep this book since I still intended to read it, it was autographed, or it had some other special sentimental value?  Did it belong in the donation pile, something my friend […]

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CBR Diversions: “But February made me shiver” Fighting the Winter Blues

February 16, 2023 by jomidi 33 Comments

I am not a huge fan of February. I could very easily do without the Super Bowl or Valentine’s Day (don’t judge me!) It is usually cold, grey, and dark (unless it is snowy, in which case it is cold, white, and dark). Like every faithful book lover, I turn to books to fight these winter blues. I pick up a funny rom com, or a suspenseful mystery, or I return to another time with a historical fiction. Time passes as pages turn, and suddenly […]

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CBR Diversions: Wrap it Up

December 21, 2022 by Emmalita 48 Comments

Cannonball Read 14 comes to an end at Noon (eastern) on Saturday, December 31. With 10-ish days to go, now seems like a good time to wrap up your thoughts on how CBR14 went for you. 2022 was a bit tumultuous for me. There were some big changes and it was the constant presence of Cannonball Read and Cannonballers that kept me steady. I read some really great books this year. I wrote a couple of reviews I’m very proud of. Your reviews are always […]

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CBR Diversion: Spooky Season Reads

October 27, 2022 by Emmalita 23 Comments

Since October 1, I’ve seen several of you posting about your spooky books and movies on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Personally, I’m not a huge horror fan, but I like some mixed in with another genre – for example, Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series is a great blend of sci fi, fantasy, and horror. Do you read specific books in the lead up to Halloween? Are you more of a straight horror fan, or do you look for a cozy mystery with witches? Or do […]

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CBR Diversion: The Books that Make You Scream

August 17, 2022 by Emmalita 69 Comments

I love it when I see people reading books I love and I am also one conversational turn from enthusiastically recommending a large number of books. At the same time there are a few books that make me so mad I get an eye twitch and my voice moves into a range only canines can hear. If you think this diversion is a thinly veiled opportunity for me to list a bunch of books I love, you are correct. I also want to know which […]

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