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I was today years old when I discovered this book and I are pretty much the same age

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

July 29, 2021 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Machinery (space ships, the guide, Marvin – a lot of examples) Arthur Dent wakes up one morning to discover his house is about to be bulldozed. He’s very upset about it and goes to lie down in front of one of the bulldozers, so it can’t knock down his house, but is interrupted by his friend Ford Prefect, who has some very important things to tell him, and very little time left to do so. It turns out Ford Prefect is […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adapted into a variety of media, Aliens, Cannon Book Club, CBR13, cbr13bingo, douglas adams, funny, machinery, Malin, space, Stephen Fry, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Malin's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Audiobooks, Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, adapted into a variety of media, Aliens, Cannon Book Club, CBR13, cbr13bingo, douglas adams, funny, machinery, Malin, space, Stephen Fry, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ·
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How the hell did I miss the book club?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

July 2, 2021 by postcardsandbooks 2 Comments

So anyway – I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for the #CannonBookClub back in April. And then I proceeded to never find the link to the chat and completely forget about all things book club. And then I didn’t know if I could post a review before hand so I was overthinking everything and got so behind on reviews that I now have 8 books to review. Wow… talk about slacking. So I’m welcoming myself back 🙂 Now on to The Hitchhiker’s Guide […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, douglas adams

postcardsandbooks's CBR13 Review No:33 · Genres: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, douglas adams ·
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The One Where I Review All the Young at Heart Book Club Picks, Finally.

Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

May 27, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I read these books all together for our Young at Heart book club so it only feels right to review them all together. Our goal for book club was to find book selections that reminded us of childhood in order to (hopefully) inspire a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. For the most part, these books succeeded on that metric for me. Ghost Squad – 4 stars Up first is Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. I often have trouble sinking into Middle Grades books – it is where […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Children's Books, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, faintingviolet, Ghost Squad, judy blume, reread, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Book Club, Children's Books, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, faintingviolet, Ghost Squad, judy blume, reread, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
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Douglas Adams was brilliant and gone too soon

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

May 22, 2021 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

I don’t remember the first time I read, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (HGttG), I suspect sometime in middle school.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read it since.  HGttG is probably responsible for much of my sense of humor.  When Adams suddenly passed away in 2001, I felt a profound sense of loss, he was brilliant, ahead of his time, and his writings (fiction and non) were so very funny.  Every so often it will pop into my head, “What would Adams think […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, #Science Fiction, All Ages, CBR13, comedy, Dome'Loki, douglas adams, Fiction, humor, SciFi

Dome'Loki's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, #Science Fiction, All Ages, CBR13, comedy, Dome'Loki, douglas adams, Fiction, humor, SciFi ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

May 21, 2021 by faintingviolet 17 Comments

Welcome to our Young at Heart book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that reminded us of childhood in order to hopefully have a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. Each of our three books – Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  – have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our first ever Zoom* Book Club on Saturday May 22 at 7 pm EDT. (*Sign up […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Young Adult Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, Don't Panic, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club, Young Adult · Tags: CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, Don't Panic, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
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Reminder! The Young at Heart #CannonBookClub is Coming Soon!

May 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Hello my lovely fellow Cannonballers! We are 10 days away from our first #CannonBookClub of 2021 – Young at Heart. Our books this time are Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad. Choose one or more and join us to chat about these (hopefully) nostalgic stories. We’ll have three discussion posts – one for each book – here on the site starting May 21 as well as Discussion posts on Social Media.  Then on […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, Ghost Squad, judy blume, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club · Tags: CannonBookClub, Claribel Ortega, douglas adams, Ghost Squad, judy blume, tales of a fourth grade nothing, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
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