Hi, G.D. Giant! Thank you for agreeing to participate in our Quick Questions series. Would you please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you found your way back to Cannonball Read? A little bit about me; I am an avid reader and an avid gardener. I live with the love of my life in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. He and I don’t have any kids, but we have several nephews and a couple of nieces nearby. I participated in Cannonball 9 […]
CBR Diversion – YAY for YA – Genre Discussion
I started reading YA when my daughter was old enough to start reading YA books. That was over 20 years ago, and we both continue to enjoy reading lots of YA. Many people think YA books are somehow less worthy than other genres of books. Yes, there are YA books that are poorly written, predictable, and just plain bad. However, there are poor quality books in every genre (and “a few bad apples don’t spoil the whole bunch”). To me, the beauty of YA books […]
CBR Diversion – Community Bookshelves – Please judge a book by its cover!
Let’s talk book covers. The old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” is ridiculous. We all judge a book by its cover, and the publishers know this and spend lots of time and energy designing book covers for just this reason. If book covers didn’t matter, why do they change covers between US and UK editions of the same book? (They sometimes change titles also, but that is a different discussion.) I have a lot of opinions about book covers, so make yourself […]
Library Week! Show us Your Library Joy
National Library Week in the US runs April 19-26 and the theme is Find Your Joy. At Cannonball Read, we love libraries of all kinds. Without libraries, many of us would have access to fewer books and resources. This year alone I’ve checked out crafting books, cookbooks, and a book about Malcolm X’s legacy. I’ve listened to 135 hours of audiobooks, gone to crafting workshops, and used their meeting rooms for community building.
T. Kingfisher Author Discussion- Spoilers Allowed
It would be pretty hard to not have heard of T Kingfisher. With her March release of Wolf Worm, she has been everywhere lately, including a wonderful interview in the NY Times. She is a prolific writer, in recent years releasing three adult titles a year. Kingfisher is an alias for the multitalented Ursula Vernon, who pens middle grade graphic novels. She claims somebody told her when looking for a penname always choice a bird, thus T Kingfisher was born. Let me start by talking […]
Quick Questions with NatalieH: All Aboard the Magical Mystery Tour
Hi, Natalie! Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in our Quick Questions Interview series. To get things started, would you please tell us how you found Cannonball Read, how long you’ve been participating, and what your favorite part of it is? I’ve been a lurker over on Pajiba for years (probably since around 2013 or so?), so I’ve known about CBR for quite some time, and occasionally read the reviews on it. I didn’t join the community and start writing my own reviews […]
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