Did you grow up as a reader, or was there a particular book or story that sparked your love of reading? I have been an avid reader since I was a little kid, but I do have an origin story for it! My school used to do a program where older kids would be partnered with younger ones as reading buddies, and I was a kindergartner forcing her fourth grade buddy to read picture books all year. Finally she got very fed up and sat […]
CBR Diversions – My Love Language is Books
I fall in love every day…with books. I fall in love with characters. I fall in love with authors. I fall in love with other readers when we are talking about books. My ideal gift to receive is money so that I can buy more books. My ideal gift to give is a book. If you want to kidnap me, tell me you are taking me to where the books are, and I will follow. At Cannonball Read, we share a love of books and […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: auntadadoom
You were a previous Cannonballer, right? Welcome back! How many Cannonballs have you participated in? This is my second Cannonball, after a looooong break since my first one. I didn’t hit my first one, but I read >100 books last year without the review part, so I’m feeling good about making it this time! You’re going to be stranded on an island and can only pick one genre/author’s books to take with you. What/who do you pick? Does “farce” count as a genre? If I […]
CBR13 Final Standings and Most Read Books
The final standings for last year’s Cannonball Read 13 are posted over at pajiba.com. Find out how many reviews were written for CBR13 (hint: it’s a record!), who the Top 10 Reviewers of 2021 were, what our top 14 most reviewed books last year were, and more.
Thanks from the American Cancer Society
We received a lovely thank you note from our contact at the American Cancer Society, thanking us for our donations last year. Thanks to two matching donations at the end of the year, Cannonball Read donated $1,080 to ACS in 2021, which brings our total donation to ACS to $9,655. Please consider making a donation to support us this year in our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time.
CBR Diversions – Ok, You’re Here, Now What?
If you are joining us for the first time, you might have some questions about how to get started. The FAQ is a great resource, but this post is the tl;dr version, the things MsWas and I want you to know and the answers to questions we get asked a lot. Feel free to ask other questions (or answer them) in the comments below. The Most Important Point We Want Every Cannonballer to Know MsWas: Don’t be put off by other Cannonballers’ totals, every review […]
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