As part of our anniversary year, I’m pleased to announce that our first ever Bingo Reading Challenge has officially begun! Select five squares across, down, diagonally, or 5-up (four corners + center square), and get an entry into a drawing for some cool prizes. Complete the entire card – a blackout! – and get 15 entries into our drawing. Detailed prize information to follow, but I can say right now that the current list includes autographed books and a CBR tote bag filled with bookish things.
Announcing the CBR10 Bingo Book Challenge!
As part of our anniversary year, I’m pleased to announce our first ever Bingo Reading Challenge! Select five squares across, down, diagonally, or 5-up (four corners + center square) and get an entry into a drawing for some cool prizes including autographed books and CBR merch. Complete the entire card – a blackout! – and get 15 entries into our drawing.
First CBR10 Donation to the American Cancer Society
I’m happy to announce our first CBR10 donation to The American Cancer Society for Cannonball Read 10, in the amount of $125! But it’s never too late to support Cannonball Read. You can do so by supporting us: On Paypal – make your contribution via “Send funds to friends and family” to mswas@cannonballread.com On Venmo – visit our page on venmo.com By purchasing CBR10 anniversary gear – shirts, mugs, totes, you name it. Of your time – if you’ve got an idea or just want to pitch in, contact MsWas to see how you […]
Hooray for Hollywood… eventually
Mendoza in Hollywood by Kage Baker
So far, hands down this is the best book so far in “The Company” series. It’s the first one I read, *gasp* OUT OF ORDER! But what a killer title, how could I resist? I was young and naive. 2018 me would never do such a thing! The book starts off with Mendoza in a private hearing in 1863, and right away, she confesses to the two auditors (Company men) that she’s killed seven mortal men. We see that she’s eating Theobromos, the chocolate that intoxicates […]
Wily Coyote
Sky Coyote by Kage Baker
Kage Baker’s “Company” series began with a volume focused on Mendoza the botanist, and in this second volume in the series the narration turns to the man who made her what she is, Joseph. A Facilitator Grade One with the company for thousands of years, Joseph was the one who spotted Mendoza during the Spanish Inquisition and recruited her. In Sky Coyote, it’s 1699, a century and a half since Joseph was the head of the family in Tudor England during Mendoza’s doomed romance. The […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: ardaigle
How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? First of all, I had literally no idea how many times I participated! Thanks to the immortality of WordPress, I now know I have been participating since Cannonball Read 5 (!) so this is my 6th time. I have fluctuated between doing a half and full cannonball, and this year I am back for the whole enchilada. It doesn’t change how I read, but it has changed how I retain […]
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