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Second CBR9 Donation to the American Cancer Society

July 11, 2017 by MsWas 1 Comment

I’m happy to announce our second CBR9 donation to  The American Cancer Society for Cannonball Read 9, in the amount of $150! That brings our total for the year so far to $300. Find out what else you can do to help our mission to fight cancer.  

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Q&A with a Cannonballer: alwaysanswerb

June 12, 2017 by MsWas 8 Comments

How many times have you participated in CBR? CBR4 was my first year, making this my sixth! Has being a participant changed the way you read? If so, how? Yes — I actually read now. It’s a bit of an exaggeration, but allow me to set the stage for you: I hadn’t properly read for pleasure since before high school, an idyllic time when I threw myself fully into extroversion and a high school boyfriend of questionable compatibility. Suddenly, upon breaking with that guy almost […]

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Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: ingres77

May 18, 2017 by MsWas 16 Comments

Our own Sultan of Stats, ingres77, takes a turn. How many times have you participated in CBR? This will be my third year. I was a long time lurker on Pajiba, and remembered the original Cannonball with Alabama Pink. But the amount of reading I did had nose-dived after college, so I never signed up. I took a job in 2014 that allows me to listen to audiobooks, so I signed up the next year – and here we are. I’m back to physically reading […]

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MsWas's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: quick-questions ·
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Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: yesknopemaybe

April 17, 2017 by MsWas 12 Comments

Cannonballer yesknopemaybe took some time out of running the Cannonball Read Tumblr page to answer a few questions for us. How many times have you participated in CBR? I did one review for CBR5 and then stopped because I was paralyzed by writing anxiety. Finally for CBR7, I said fuck it and signed up again, willing myself to not care so much and just write. Has being a participant changed the way you read? If so, how? It’s definitely influenced my reading list. I finally […]

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MsWas's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: quick-questions ·
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First CBR9 Donation to the American Cancer Society

April 14, 2017 by MsWas 3 Comments

We all need some good news these days, so I am pleased to announce that we’ve made our first donation  to The American Cancer Society for Cannonball Read 9, in the amount of $150! Find out what else you can do to help our mission to fight cancer.

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MsWas's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: donation ·
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Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane

The Stopping Place by Marden Dahlstedt

April 12, 2017 by MsWas 4 Comments

How many books have you hung on to since childhood? As the daughter of a librarian, my answer is, “not many.” I did hang on to my Scholastic Book Club copy of Marden Dahlstedt’s The Stopping Place, from fifth grade though. I recently came across my slim paperback story of a girl from Brooklyn forced to move to New Jersey’s Pine Barrens when her hippie family relocates. (The horror!) I saved a few books from my childhood, but most of my favorites came from the library. I still […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #libraryweek, coming-of-age, librarians, library, Marden Dahlstedt, new jersey, nj, pine barrens

MsWas's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #libraryweek, coming-of-age, librarians, library, Marden Dahlstedt, new jersey, nj, pine barrens ·
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