Cannonball Read 14

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About CBR
    • Getting Started
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • 2022 CBR Event Calendar
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
    • CBR Merchandise
    • Supporters and Friends of CBR
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Sign Up
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media
> FAQ Home
> Tag: CBR Diversions

CBR Diversions – Tell Us Your Favorite True Story

March 25, 2022 by Emmalita 65 Comments

I’m in a non-fiction kind of mood right now. Spring has sprung and as the days get longer and the news gets well, you know, I’m craving knowledge. I love books that help me connect the dots. I’m reading Hannah Gadsby’s truly excellent memoir, Ten Steps to Nanette. Along with writing about her childhood, she adds in breaks to give the historical and cultural context that she wasn’t aware of as a child, but internalized anyway. I’m also reading Rachel Maddow’s Blowout, which is also […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR Diversions

Genres: News from MsWas, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR Diversions ·
· 65 Comments

CBR Diversions – My Love Language is Books

February 14, 2022 by Emmalita 23 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: CBR Diversions

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CBR Diversions ·
· 23 Comments

CBR Diversions – Ok, You’re Here, Now What?

January 13, 2022 by Emmalita 19 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: CBR Diversions

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CBR Diversions ·
· 19 Comments

CBR Diversions – So How’d It Go In There?

December 9, 2021 by Emmalita 113 Comments

In another shocking turn of events, 2021 is almost over. That means it is time to start thinking about the end of CBR13. There is more to the year than just your best and worst reads (did you get those in to MsWas?). How did your year go? Did you get in some good reading? Did you write the reviews you wanted to write? Did a theme emerge? What surprised you? Is there still stuff you want to do before CBR13 ends? I’ll put my […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: CBR Diversions

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CBR Diversions ·
· 113 Comments

CBR Diversions – Books Are the Best Gifts

October 21, 2021 by Emmalita 27 Comments

We are coming up on the most wonderful time of the year—Cannonball Read Holiday Book Exchange—when Cannonballers sign up to be matched with other Cannonballers and send books to each other (completely volutarily). I’ve participated a few times. My favorite part is picking books for my giftee, and my other favorite part is getting books from my gifter.   This year, because of supply chain issues and shipping delays, Book Exchange sign up is going to start earlier than usual. Keep an eye out for […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: CBR Diversions

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CBR Diversions ·
· 27 Comments

CBR Diversions – Unbanned Fiction

September 30, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Did you hear about the students and parents in Pennsylvania who banded together to pressure a school board into overturning a ban on books, most of which were written by Black and Brown authors? I looked over the very long list, and then I read the rationale behind the ban. The board believes that the fundamental purpose of school is that of core academics, objective education without indoctrination from any political or social agenda… The racism really jumps out. One thing that struck me, among […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: #BannedBooksWeek, CBR Diversions

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: #BannedBooksWeek, CBR Diversions ·
· 2 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 5
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • narfna on Can a romance be horny and slow burn?Yeah, these dang authors always shoehorning in romance to their romance books.
  • Emmalita on Can a romance be horny and slow burn?At least you picked up on it being a romance. One reviewer complained that they didn't like the romance shoehorned in to the book about...
  • narfna on Can a romance be horny and slow burn?LOL I thought this was going to be a review of an astronaut having a romance with a literal star and I was down for...
  • Emmalita on “Dear Sir, May I humbly suggest being less of an idiot and doing whatever it takes…”I haven’t read all her books, but I’ve yet to be disappointed in one. I will say that Marion Hayes sparkles with a sharper rage....
  • Emmalita on Voting for September #CannonBookClub – Banned BooksVoted!
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

Select Us on Amazon Smile

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo
© 2022 Cannonball Read | Log in