The CBR11 Book Bingo Reading Challenge is almost over! Bingo ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, October 31, 2019. There are 48 Cannonballers playing, and you have posted over 600 reviews. 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. This is also where we post important administrative issues. Administrative Stuff Check your tags! Please remember to tag your bingo reviews with cbr11bingo, and not any other variation. I am […]
Second CBR11 Donation to the American Cancer Society
Today we made our second donation of CBR11 to the American Cancer Society in memory of AlabamaPink. Thanks to generous contributions from people like you, ad revenue from this site, profits from our merchandise on RedBubble and earnings from our Amazon affiliate links, we’ve been able to give $125 today. Along with our donation in May, that brings us to $325 for the year, and brings our grand total of donations to $4,950. So close to 5K! We’ll be having a big donation push in November for #GivingTuesday, but you can support CBR at any time. Thanks to all of […]
September is Halfway There, Ooo-ooo Livin’ On a Bingo!
It’s September Check-In time for the CBR11 Book Bingo Reading Challenge! I’m sorry it’s late. I have a terrible cold, but I am hopped up on cold medicine so let’s do this thing. There are 46 Cannonballers playing, and you have posted over 450 reviews. 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. This is also where we post important administrative issues. Administrative Stuff […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Fiat.Luxury
When you’re feeling stressed or sad, what author, series, or genre helps you feel better and why? This is hard — I think just reading in general makes me feel better. If I had to choose, I’d say sci-fi, something that gets off this planet and far away from whatever my current situation is. I come back to reality feeling a little removed and refreshed, with a better perspective. In my last funk, I read The Freeze Frame Revolution, and it was a great tonic for my ills. What was it that first helped you fall in love with reading? […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: sistercoyote
How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? So it looks like, from my profile page, I’ve participated in seven CBRs. Several of those years, though, I know I didn’t meet my goal (I usually go for a quarter Cannonball and anything beyond that is gravy) and I think there was one year I signed up and then didn’t do any reviews. I think that may have been the Year of Bad Health, so I’ll try not to judge myself too hard. It’s difficult to say it’s changed the way I read; I […]
Hey look, I did a thing. After eight months…..STATS!
As some of you may have noticed, we’re doing something a little different this year. Namely, I have a new baby in the house (she’s currently mewling at me from her swing, refusing to go to sleep), and don’t have the time for the monthly updates. So I instead wanted to focus on quarterly updates (which I think I did last year). That turned into a half-year update….and here I am in August finally getting around to it. But – and this is the good news – I’ve taught myself a bit of coding, which has made my job so […]
August Bingo Check In – The Game is Afoot
It’s August Check-In time for the CBR11 Book Bingo Reading Challenge! There are 43 Cannonballers playing, and you have posted over 250 reviews. 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. Finally, we’ll be posting administrative notes and reminders. Administrative Stuff Important Clarification: I wanted to clarify 2 of the squares on the Bingo card for this year: Remix and Classic. We had mentioned the #CannonBookClub Classics […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Ale
How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? This is my sixth year of cannonball and it’s definitely changed how I read. I’m actually a much slower reader now since I’m reading to review instead of just to enjoy, but I was totally more prepared for close-reading during my MFA thanks to CBR. I also read much more widely now and am up for trying a book with a good review even if it’s not a genre I’m normally into. You’re an Adjunct in Creative Writing, which sounds awesome. Which is hardest to write: […]