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Two Lists for Thanksgiving from MsWas

November 27, 2015 by MsWas 7 Comments

Things I am thankful for: Family Books Cannonballers Books Jr. Cannonballers Diana Gabaldon CBR Book Exchanges Rainbow Rowell Inspector Gamache Pumpkin pie Books Things I’d like to say “no thanks” to: Spam comments Hotlinking bastards (who cost us $20 and group blog downtime) Manual leaderboard updates (curse you, PHP!) I’m most thankful that the first list is longer than the second, and that’s because of you, Cannonballer. Well, you and books. We’re having a fantastic year so far, and I’m excited for some new things coming […]

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MsWas's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: ·
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Our Cannonball Holiday Tradition – Book Exchange

November 23, 2015 by MsWas 5 Comments

It’s time for our Cannonball Holiday Tradition – Book Exchange! Katie (faintingviolet) has offered to handle the arrangement of the exchange again this year. You can email her directly with any questions and to sign up (see the directions below). The CBR Book Exchange is completely voluntary, but it’s a nice way to add another layer to our sense of community here at CBR. If you are interested in participating this year, here are the details: The time line: Sign up by 1 December. Send a […]

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MsWas's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: Book Exchange ·
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Fourth CBR7 Donation to the American Cancer Society

November 21, 2015 by MsWas 3 Comments

Yes, yes, YES! Thanks to your clicking, posting, sharing, and buying efforts, we’ve been able to make another donation to the American Cancer Society. Today’s $120 brings the total for CBR7 to $435! And not only that, due to a special drive at Cancer.org, our $120 was matched, dollar-for-dollar, to make it worth $240 to the charity. Thanks everyone, and keep up the good fight!

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MsWas's CBR8 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: donation ·
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Third CBR7 Donation to the American Cancer Society

September 16, 2015 by MsWas Leave a Comment

Hip Hip HOORAY! We’ve made another donation to the American Cancer Society today in the amout of $90.00! That brings us to a total of $315.00 so far this year. You can also buy website hosting through our affiliate link at A Small Orange, buy Godtopus Gear, or send funds. Find out more on our Fight Cancer page!

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MsWas's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: donation ·
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You Will Love These Books, I Promise

Still Life by Louise Penny

August 12, 2015 by MsWas 8 Comments

Oh Cannonballers, my Cannonballers, you must read this series. MUST! I was waxing eloquent about Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books on Facebook, and emmalita suggested I write a review. At first I said I couldn’t as most of my extra time is spent taking care of CBR-related tasks. But then I finished How the Light Gets In and it was JUST SO GOOD that I thought I had to break down and tout them to you. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is a homicide detective with the Sûreté du Québec […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny

MsWas's CBR7 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny ·
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Second CBR7 Donation to American Cancer Society

June 10, 2015 by MsWas 1 Comment

Huzzah, we’ve made another donation to the American Cancer Society, of $75.00!

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MsWas's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: donation ·
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