How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? Hm, per Cannonball Read itself, this is my 4th time participating. But, per me, I’d say this is really only my second proper go of it. I don’t know if it was something akin to burnout after setting a record (at the time) for most books, which could’ve been higher had I not fallen so behind on the review part of the equation, or if it was just a more […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Pooja
Did you grow up as a reader, or was there a particular book or story that sparked your love of reading? I have been an avid reader since I was a little kid, but I do have an origin story for it! My school used to do a program where older kids would be partnered with younger ones as reading buddies, and I was a kindergartner forcing her fourth grade buddy to read picture books all year. Finally she got very fed up and sat […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: auntadadoom
You were a previous Cannonballer, right? Welcome back! How many Cannonballs have you participated in? This is my second Cannonball, after a looooong break since my first one. I didn’t hit my first one, but I read >100 books last year without the review part, so I’m feeling good about making it this time! You’re going to be stranded on an island and can only pick one genre/author’s books to take with you. What/who do you pick? Does “farce” count as a genre? If I […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Jenna
Your bio says your favorite genre is “takes place in an old hotel.” I love the specificity of that! Do you have a favorite “old hotel” book, or one that you think best represents the genre? I think anything Agatha Christie wrote set in a hotel or boarding house (most recently, I read N or M?) exemplifies what I love about hotel stories. There are always secret nooks and crannies, everyone knows more than they let on, and time is always of the essence because […]
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Nannerbears
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 […]
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