Hi, genericwhitegirl! Thank you for agreeing to participate in the Cannonball Read getting-to-know-ya. (And for providing such great responses to the pre-interview questionnaire.) Since this is a community of people reading and reviewing books to help kick cancer’s ass, it seems only right that we start with your favorite book or books. You mentioned that while you’ve really enjoyed the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, and Ella Minnow Pea by […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: a Classic mystery
Hi, Classic! Thanks so much for agreeing to participate in our interview! I see from your Cannonball Read profile that you’ve been participating in and off since CBR 9. How did you find us? I used to post on Pajiba, and reading Pajiba Love, I saw that there were often book reviews and I started to read the reviews that were linked. There were more CBR commenters back in those days, and I think it was Ms. Julien who told me about CBR and how […]
Quick Questions with Cosbrarian: Fairy Tales Are F*cked Up
Thanks for joining us today, Cosbrarian! We’re so excited to talk about your book, but we’ll get to that in a minute. For those of the Cannonball Read community that are new, would you please tell us how you found us and how long you’ve been participating? I was invited to join Cannonball Read when I was a more active Facebook member on the Pajiba community group. That was back in 2019. I have participated for several years, though I took some time off around […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Denesteak shares Southeast Asia
Denesteak! You’ve participated in Cannonball Read off and on almost since the very beginning. We’re so glad you’re back with us for CBR17. Would you share a little about how you came to be a part of the CBR community and what your screen name means? I’ve been part of the Pajiba community since the early 2000s, and I remember AlabamaPink fondly in the comment section, as well as Prisco. I joined CBR2 because I thought it would be a nice way to honor her […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: jormis takes us on a Hero’s Journey
Hi, Jormis! Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in Quick Questions with a Cannonballer. You’ve been participating for several years. While paging through your reviews, I realized that you have an extremely diverse collection of books that you’ve reviewed – everything from Maeve Binchy to pretty hardcore sci-fi. Do you have an absolute favorite genre? What do you consider to be the best representation of that genre? My absolute favourite genre is fantasy, followed closely by science fiction. In some of the best […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Jenny S. coaches for a better tomorrow
Jenny S., can you believe you’ve been reading and writing reviews for 10 years as part of Cannonball Read? Thank you for your dedication! Do you remember how you found your way to the Cannonball Read community? Yikes! Has it really been that long? My sister, Sara, was (and still is) a reader of Pajiba and she sent me the call for CBR in January of 2014. I had been writing reviews on Goodreads since 2007, but I thought, “Hey! F*** Cancer.” The rest is […]