Never in a million years as a kid would I have thought I’d be thanking my lucky stars for Dolly Parton. I mean, who wouldn’t be impressed by her gun-toting, wisecracking character in 9 to 5. But not being into country music led me to dismiss her from my own pop culture lens over the years. In looking back at another dumpster fire of a year, Dolly continues to be a delight and one of very few bright spots. Last year alone, she released an […]
Wrapping up CBR14
Cannonball Read, Inc. became an official 501(c)(3) organization in 2022, and not only that, we topped that milestone by reaching, and then exceeding, the $10,000 mark in our total donations to the American Cancer Society. To think all this began as a friendly wager on a pop culture site between a couple of Pajibans–AlabamaPink and Prisco! We’ve read over 27,000 different titles and written more than 49,000 book reviews. I’m in awe every day at what folks are writing… Read the full wrap-up at Pajiba.com […]
CBR13 Final Standings and Most Read Books
The final standings for last year’s Cannonball Read 13 are posted over at pajiba.com. Find out how many reviews were written for CBR13 (hint: it’s a record!), who the Top 10 Reviewers of 2021 were, what our top 14 most reviewed books last year were, and more.
2018 Was Amazing!
Last year was the tenth anniversary of Cannonball Read, commemorating the first CBR where Prisco challenged AlabamaPink, a fellow Pajiban who was fighting leukemia, to read 100 books in a year. These days you can read pretty much anything: graphic novels, children’s books, cookbooks, self-help books, fiction, non-fiction, romance, speculative fiction, you name it. You just have to be able to write at least 250 words about it.
Looking back on 2017… fondly?
2017 might have been a craptacular year in many regards, but there’s one thing that was awesome: you. Yes YOU! In total, 123 Cannonballers reviewed 4,146 books. That’s 30% more than last year. We’ve read nearly 25,000 books in AlabamaPink’s name since the beginning of CBR, and we’ve donated $3,000 to the American Cancer Society in her name.