Banned Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion Now Open – Join us today for the discussion! Hello my lovely fellow Cannonballers! We are a week away from this year’s Banned Graphic Novels Book Club! (Did September get away from anyone else? Just me?) We’ll be discussing Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe, Class Act by Jerry Craft, and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki with topics ranging from how the art in each book impacted the meaning-making, to how much ‘explicit’ content is really present […]
CBR15 Bingo: Hold Steady (my first actual Bingo!)
Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovski
CBR15 Bingo: Hold Steady (Wren is in quite a rut at the start of the book) Official book description: Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. Morning brings the inevitable Oh God What Did I Do?, but he brushes that panic aside. Why stress about it? None of his could-have-beens are actually going to read […]
CBR15 Bingo: Edibles
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
CBR15 Bingo: Edibles (this book features both a lot of food and quite a few drugs) Lila Macapagal used to live in Chicago and dreamed of opening her own restaurant, but both her business and relationship failed miserably. She’s back in her hometown, helping to run her tita (aunt) Rosie run the family restaurant, where they serve Philipino food. Unfortunately, Lila’s ex-boyfriend is a food critic and seems determined to come back, again and again, to sample the food and write scathing things about the […]
#CannonBookClub October Book Club Announcement
Banned Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion Now Open – Join us today for the discussion! Last year when we decided to have a Banned Books Book Club the timing felt right – it was the 40th anniversary of the creation of Banned Books Week and nationally we were seeing an uptick in challenges against books for a variety of reasons. The uptick turned out to be a tidal wave unprecedented since ALA started keeping statistics – 2022 had the highest number of challenges ever and […]
Hot Fun in the Summertime (#CannonBookClub, June 2023) Discussion Post—Romance Edition
(You know, you should probably also check out the discussion post for our Hot Fun in the Summertime cozy mystery selection, Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala.) The Romance Extravanga Whether you’re a returning CannonBookClub participant or a newbie, welcome! This is the place to discuss the three (count-em, THREE) Hot Fun in the Summertime romance selections. You don’t have to be registered for CBR15 to comment below, but there are a few ground rules: The topics are numbered, so please refer to them […]
Hot Fun in the Summertime (#CannonBookClub, June 2023) Discussion Post—Mystery Edition
(Be sure to check out the discussion of the Hot Fun in the Summertime romance selections: Georgie, All Along; Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute; and Never Been Kissed.) Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries, Book 1: Arsenic and Adobo Whether you’re a returning CannonBookClub participant or a newbie, welcome! This is the place to discuss Mia P. Manansala’s Arsenic and Adobo. You don’t have to be registered for CBR15 to comment below, but there are a few ground rules: The topics are numbered, so please refer to […]
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