We are going to have a Check In post every month. This post is a place for you to ask questions, ask for recommendations for categories, and find a review buddy if you need one. You can always post your questions in our Facebook group, Cannonball Read Book Chat, or on Twitter @cannonballread. We will also post the prizes we have so far. Finally, we can post administrative notes and reminders.
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer – lowercasesee
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How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I started CBR6 but only got a handful of books in before I fell by the wayside. I guess I’d almost consider this my first real CBR. I feel that I remember more of what I read now because I’m focused on the review, but I also extra hate bad books because it lingers with me until I get the review out. I’ve been a voracious reader my whole life, I’m grateful that CBR has me more carefully considering what I feed my brain. What’s […]
The CBR10 Bingo Book Challenge Begins!
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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!
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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.
2nd quarter stats update!
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Now that we’re (more than) halfway through the year, it’s time for the second quarter database update. I’m not going to lie, though, I kind of forgot to do this. That’s the bad thing about not doing this every month, I guess. You kind of get out of the habit of it. And I kind of miss doing the more in-depth posts, but I just don’t have the time for it. Sorry about that, everyone. On with the stats! Monthly review totals: January – 416 (3.68 average) February – 316 (3.72 average) March – 355 (3.55 average) April – 380 […]
First CBR10 Donation to the American Cancer Society
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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 can become one of our awesome volunteers.
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer – Jen K
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How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I did the first six, wrote one review for CBR 8, and then fell incredibly behind. Recently, I have noticed two changes in my reading habits. The first was due to my shift to reading almost exclusively on my iPad/Kindle app. At first, I only used it to read novels didn’t think I wanted/needed physical copies of so I started reading a lot more romance and urban fantasy series. While now I read everything on there, I used to space books in a series a […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: teresaelectro
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How many times have you participated in CBR? Seven. Has it changed the way you read? Yes, it encouraged me to join more book clubs to read a wider variety and larger quantity of books! If you were to get a book-related tattoo, what would it be? Unfortunately, I can’t get any tattoos, but I’d probably wear a “reading is magic” temporary tattoo for fun. What are your three desert island books? Oh, this one is so hard as I read so many genres. If I’d have to pick from what’s in my house right now, it’d be Neverwhere by Neil […]