Where did “Nannerbears” come from? Nannerbears came from years of morphing a nickname from one thing to another. When I was little, my sister called me Nana, which eventually got shortened to Nan. It was common for friends and family to call me Nan through high school and college, and that got lengthened to Nanners, and then Nannerpants, and then Nannerpuss (based on the Denny’s nannerpuss ad). When thinking of a CBR persona, I thought something more serious was needed and bears are serious, so […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Jake
How do you decide what to read next on your TBR list? I wish I had an easy answer. In the summer, I participate in various library bingo games, which help me clear my shelves of books I would otherwise let sit there. I read only Black writers in February and I’m going to try to read only female/femme writers in March. I collect Hard Case Crime novels and make a point to read one a month. Otherwise, it’s wherever the wind (and my library […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: esmemoria
You read a lot of heavy stuff! (Or ‘deep’ as you call them.) What do you like best about reading challenging books? I am very interested in how people get through difficult or traumatic experiences. It’s kind of like why I watch a lot of true crime. There is something about people’s responses to adversity that make me feel more connected to humanity and my own story. Even when books don’t have an uplifting ending, I find it important to understand life in all of […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: The Book Omnivore
So you’re a “running nerd?” Do you listen to audio books while you dash up mountains? No, not when I dash up mountains 😁 but late autumn and winter here are usually cold and very dark, so during those months I need all the motivation I can get to go out and run. And audio books provide me with motivation and a well-needed distraction from the weather. I’ll never forget running in a dark forest last winter, with only my head torch for a light, in the […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: postcardsandbooks
You seem to read a wide variety of genres! If you could only pick one genre to read the rest of your life (let’s say a Kindle glitch while you’re on a space station/desert island type scenario), which would it be? Oh, God! What kind of cruel and unusual punishment is this? I want to read it all!!? I’ll be honest with you, I read so many different genres because I realised a couple of years ago that I don’t actually know what I like […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: wicherwill
You’re a first-time Cannonballer, right? How’s it going so far? Mostly kicking myself that I didn’t participate before! If there were a lurker trophy for Cannonball I’d have one for pretty much every single year. I love how I learn new perspectives on books that I’ve liked and disliked–keeps me honest and on the path to becoming a better human. What’s a wicherwill? This is a decades old nickname. In middle school, a friend and I would race to the elementary school during lunch and […]
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