Voting for this #CannonBookClub is now closed. The selection is In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa. Please join us on September 13 for our discussion. Who’s ready for an ambitious summer read? Here at the #CannonBookClub we are always on the lookout to expand our horizons and try new and different genres, so this summer we are going to go in the direction of Literary Fiction. Our twist this time is that we will be focusing on Non-Western authors. This is a very broad literary […]
Book Club Reads Non-Fiction – Voting
Voting for this Book Club is Closed. Come see what we chose on our Announcement Post, and join us on June 14. It is time once again friends to decide what book we want to tackle as a group. Following a great discussion, if not great reading, for our Fantasy pick, it’s time to head in a new direction, west you might say – and fall into some Non-fiction about the history of Hollywood. Below you will find our four choices, which cover different times […]
Book Club Reads Fantasy – Voting
Voting for this book club is now closed. Check out our Book Announcement and join us for Book Club on March 8, 2017! Last summer Book Club tackled Science Fiction, and as promised back then, we are going to take on Fantasy this year. Right now, in fact. Fantasy will be our first genre of the year (with Non-Fiction, Non-Western Literary Fiction, and Plays rounding out the year). I have pulled together five possible choices, and since part of the overarching goal of the Book […]
Book Club Reads Classics with Movie Adaptations – Voting!
Classics with Movie Adaptations by faintingviolet
Voting is now closed for this book club. Please visit our Book Club page for more information! We are heading into the tail end of 2016, and into our last Cannonball Book Club read of the year. When I originally spoke to MsWas about setting up our book club for this year, she had but one request: that we include Classics. Perhaps you’ve heard before, but the original book club was hosted on Pajiba and led by Yossarian in the pre-Disqus days. They read […]
Book Club Reads Young Adult – voting!
Young Adult by faintingviolet
(Note: Voting is closed, and Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is the selection. Join us on Sept 1 to discuss this YA book . See faintingviolet’s discussion topics to get ready — MsWas) Hello my lovely Cannonballers, it’s that time again… Book Club Voting! I’m so happy that so many of you are reading and enjoying (mostly!) the books we’ve been selecting, and I’m seeing some “runner-up” reviews as well. For our September 1 discussion we’ll be adventuring to the land of […]
Book Club Reads Science Fiction – voting for June
(Note: Voting is closed, and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is the selection. Join us on June 1 to discuss this book about time travel. — MsWas) Hello Everyone! After a slightly bumpy start this spring, we are at it again with another Cannonball Book Club vote. Our summer Cannonball Book Club Reads selection will be Science Fiction. Since part of the raison d’etre for this book club is to highlight various genres and hopefully get ‘ballers to read new things, we’ll tackle Science Fiction […]