Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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My Life with Ariel

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

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When we were selecting which title we wanted to lead for #CannonBookClub, I offered to take The Little Mermaid and Sea Witch⁠—having seen the Broadway show once and the animated movie approximately 10,000 times with my two daughters, I thought I surely knew the source material.  A couple of days later, I was coincidently  recommended Malcom Gladwell’s podcast Revisionist History, and the next 3 episodes he aired was a series on the movie. (Listen to Episode 1 and/or read the article by the guest of […]

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

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We’re closing out the summer of 2021 with a Zoom Check-in on Saturday, August 28 2021. If you’d like to join in,  please vote for your time preference below. What Time Do You Prefer for the August 28 End of Summer Zoom Check-In? We can meet up for a virtual lunch at 12 pm noon New York time or for an evening get together at 8pm. Enter your vote so we can select the time that the most Cannonballers can join. An Earworm I’ll close out […]

My Stomach Still Feels the Same

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

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My retired librarian mother and I are alike in many ways; but one of the big differences between us* is that I’m a big proponent of rereading books, and she never rereads ANY THING. She says there are too many books that she hasn’t read to spend time on rereading. Personally, as much as I do like going back to books, I usually only reread books I enjoyed like A Wrinkle in Time, The Stopping Place and The Owl and the Pussycat.

Dear Cannonballer

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How are you doing with your Cannonball this year? Do you think you’ll meet your CBR13 goal?  Or does the thought of clicking that publish button send chills down your spine? We’re getting towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, and 119 CBR13 Cannonballers* have posted a review and made it onto the Leaderboard. Did you know, though, that’s only 50% of registered participants? So, it’s literally a toss of the coin whether or not any given Cannonballer has posted a review.    […]

December 2020 Donation to the American Cancer Society

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I’m pleased to announce that in the final hours of 2020 we made our fourth quarter donation to the American Cancer Society in the amount of $1325. That brings our total for the year to $1650, and our grand total of donations to ACS from all of the Cannonball Reads increases to $8,575. Thank you very much to all of our donors and supporters. You can help Cannonball Read by making a donation, buying Cannonball Read merch, or just visiting this site with your adblocker turned […]



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