Last year when we decided to have a Banned Books Book Club the timing felt right – it was the 40th anniversary of the creation of Banned Books Week and nationally we were seeing an uptick in challenges against books for a variety of reasons. The uptick turned out to be a tidal wave unprecedented since ALA started keeping statistics – 2022 had the highest number of challenges ever and nearly double the number challenged in 2021. So, we’re going to have another Banned and […]
Hot Fun in the Summertime (#CannonBookClub, June 2023) Discussion Post—Romance Edition
(You know, you should probably also check out the discussion post for our Hot Fun in the Summertime cozy mystery selection, Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala.) The Romance Extravanga Whether you’re a returning CannonBookClub participant or a newbie, welcome! This is the place to discuss the three (count-em, THREE) Hot Fun in the Summertime romance selections. You don’t have to be registered for CBR15 to comment below, but there are a few ground rules: The topics are numbered, so please refer to them […]
Hot Fun in the Summertime (#CannonBookClub, June 2023) Discussion Post—Mystery Edition
(Be sure to check out the discussion of the Hot Fun in the Summertime romance selections: Georgie, All Along; Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute; and Never Been Kissed.) Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries, Book 1: Arsenic and Adobo Whether you’re a returning CannonBookClub participant or a newbie, welcome! This is the place to discuss Mia P. Manansala’s Arsenic and Adobo. You don’t have to be registered for CBR15 to comment below, but there are a few ground rules: The topics are numbered, so please refer to […]
#CannonBookClub June 2023 Discussion Topics
Hot Fun in the Summertime #CannonBookClub discussions are now open. Join us to talk in the comments about our three romances or the cozy mystery selection; and Zoom with us Saturday June 24 @ 7PM EST. If you haven’t gotten your invite, contact us. Hello, Cannonballers! I’ve posted zero reviews, and it’ll probably stay that way (yay for repetitive stress injuries!). But I will be very excited to talk with you about our 4 selections on Saturday! Hope to hear from (and chat with) some of you this coming […]
#CannonBookClub June 2023 Book Announcement
Hello, Cannonballers! Whether school’s out or not, the time for summer book club is nearly upon us. Since I decided that my first time participating in CannonBookClub in any way, shape, or form should involve me organizing and hosting, I figured the smart plan would be to keep things simple: one book, nothing too heavy. It was a good plan, but then I remembered that much like summer in the hometown I’ll soon be moving back to (New Orleans, LA), I have ZERO chill. So, […]
“Our myths have not served us well.”
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
I don’t imagine this will be a long review, not because the work doesn’t deserve it, and not because there wasn’t plenty to discuss during our book club earlier this fall, but because after spending months with this work, I don’t know how much more brain space I can give it. In a not insignificant way, I need to be done with this work for now. This book is a discussion. Its various contributors are providing context, new or more in-depth analyses of how so […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 20
- Next Page »