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Cannonball Read 13 Has Begun!

January 1, 2021 by MsWas Leave a Comment

Cannonball Read 13 has officially begun, and you may begin posting your reviews for 2021.

December 2020 Donation to the American Cancer Society

December 31, 2020 by MsWas Leave a Comment

I’m pleased to announce that in the final hours of 2020 we made our fourth quarter donation to the American Cancer Society in the amount of $1325. That brings our total for the year to $1650, and our grand total of donations to ACS from all of the Cannonball Reads increases to $8,575. Thank you very much to all of our donors and supporters. You can help Cannonball Read by making a donation, buying Cannonball Read merch, or just visiting this site with your adblocker turned […]

Cannonball Read 12 Has Ended

December 31, 2020 by MsWas Leave a Comment

CBR12 is now complete! In about half an hour (12:30 p.m. EST or so), the site will enter maintenance mode, and you won’t be able to access it until January 1, 2021. This includes registering for CBR13, but don’t worry – it’ll be back up soon. Any posts that haven’t been published on the group blog at this point can be counted towards CBR13. If you aren’t sure if you completed registration for CBR13, when the site is back up, please go to your profile and make sure that under Cannonball […]

One Hour

December 31, 2020 by MsWas 1 Comment

Time is running out, so get your posts up. CBR12 will end at noon today (12:00 p.m. EST). That is in one hour! Any posts that haven’t been published on the group blog when CBR12 ends can be counted towards CBR13 when you publish in January. If you have any questions or problems, please email me at mswas@cannonballread.com.

CBR Diversions – Your Personal 2020 Round Up

December 29, 2020 by Emmalita 30 Comments

I’m giving Jake credit for this diversion. His Best of…post is something we should all feel welcome to do. The very fact that we made through 2020 deserves a celebration. Would you like to celebrate by creating your own Best of 2020 Books post? Great! We have some suggestions that will make your post easier on the reader’s eye. First, book titles should be italicized. The most viewed review post of 2020 was Sophia’s review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. Second, lists […]

Give Us Your Two Cents Worth About CBR12

December 28, 2020 by MsWas Leave a Comment

As we’re wrapping thing up for the year, please take a few minutes to complete this survey about how CBR12 went. Tell us about your experience with #CannonBookClub, bingo, and more. We’d love to hear from you.

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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