Question from your bio: what are aerial arts, and how do they relate to maths? I primarily have trained in aerial silks and aerial hoop (also called a lyra). Silks are exactly what you’re thinking of: long bits of fabric that aerialists climb up, wrap around us, drop and unwind from. Lyra is a thin metal hoop that is suspended from the ceiling that one can contort around, spin on, and swing from. Aerial arts were a great way to work out and stay active […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: pixifer
This is your first CBR, right? What do you think so far? And congratulations on Cannonballing your first time out! Thank you! Yes, this is my first CBR and I love it. I thought the best part would be finding new books to read but it’s actually the social aspect. Which is funny because 80% of the time I decide my comments on other people’s reviews aren’t worth posting, so I say nothing and just lurk. I should work on that. In one of your reviews, you […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: LittlePlat
How long have you been participating in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I’ve been participating for three years now. I started back in 2018 when I was feeling a little burnt out after writing my PhD thesis.My motivation for joining Cannonball Read — well apart from the charity aspect — was sort of two-fold: 1) it made me set aside time to read for fun. If I didn’t, I would suffer the embarrassment of not reaching my review goals and 2) to […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Bea Pants
How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I think this is my 5th or 6th CBR. I’ve had varying degrees of success with participating. It’s definitely made me a more mindful reader because I have to think about how I’m going to talk about the book in a meaningful way without spoiling it. How do you decide what to choose next from your TBR stack? If I really have no idea which of the hundreds of books […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: getoffmylawnn
How many times have you participated in Cannonball Read? Has it changed the way you read? I’ve been involved from CBR 10, probably a bit earlier by just reading all the reviews, but this was the first one I participated in and wrote reviews for! It has certainly changed the way I read a book; keeping in mind what I would like other readers to know about the things I liked reading in it, and making notes or highlighting certain sections (in e-books only) that stayed […]