Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Better late than never for CBR? (Bingo Square: Classics)

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

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I read A Study in Scarlet a few weeks ago to prepare for Cannonball Read and… forgot to review. So here’s my quick review before I dive into the discussion posts because I don’t want to be influenced. I’d read this before as a kid, when I went through a big Sherlock Holmes binge and read as many of the stories as I could get my hands on before I eventually got rather bored. Reading this now as an adult, I remember why I got bored–this one […]

Book Club Discussion Post: The Count Of Monte Cristo

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It is time for our fourth and final #CannonBookClub of 2016. It is my sincerest hope that you have enjoyed this experience, and I look forward to continuing on in 2017. I’m working on genre ideas now, so if you have hopes and dreams of what you’d like to see the group tackle, let me know. But we are really gathered here today to discuss the epic tome which is Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. It is the story of one man completely […]

No time to read the book? Well then this is the review for you!

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So, I know this book was long.  I was one of the people who voted for it, so I was going to read the whole thing, darn it!  And I’m glad I did.  It was ridiculously long, but also really good.  And I feel like I accomplished something when I finished.  As I read, I realized that things were going to get complicated, and I didn’t want to lose track of what was going on.  So I started writing my review chapter by chapter.  I […]

Discussion Topics: The Count of Monte Cristo

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How is everyone doing with The Count of Monte Cristo? Which version have you decided to tackle? Have you forgiven me yet for putting it on the poll in the first place? (I really thought you all would pick Frankenstein or The Age of Innocence.) As of the time of posting, we all have 12 more days to get as much read as possible about Edmond Dantès, his confinement to the grim fortress of If, the great treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo, […]

Book Club Reads Classics with Movie Adaptations – Voting!

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Voting is now closed for this book club. Please visit our Book Club page for more information!   We are heading into the tail end of 2016, and into our last Cannonball Book Club read of the year. When I originally spoke to MsWas about setting up our book club for this year, she had but one request: that we include Classics. Perhaps you’ve heard before, but the original book club was hosted on Pajiba and led by Yossarian in the pre-Disqus days. They read […]



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