I’m not going to lie, I slacked off a lot on this towards the end of the month, and was having a hell of a time playing catch-up pre-election. I used the shock and dismay after last night to power through the last few days of reviews. Anyway. I’m going to start doing something different, going forward. It can be pretty time consuming organizing all this information, so I think I’m going to stop updating the yearly information every month, and instead make one culminating […]
Fifth CBR8 Donation to American Cancer Society
In these uncertain times, we are renewing our dedication to our cause. Today we donated $100 more to The American Cancer Society. Now our total for the year so far is $675, which breaks all of our previous records! Find out what else you can do to help our mission to fight cancer.
Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: faintingviolet
Today’s interview is with our own book club maven, faintingviolet! How many times have you participated in CBR? My first Cannonball was in 2012 for CBR4, so five years. I had been a lurker on Pajiba for about two years and I finally got up the courage to sign up. I’m so glad I did, I love our little community. Has being a participant changed the way you read? If so, how? I’d say yes in a pretty big way. It got me back into […]
September Stat Round-Up!
My most recent addition to the database is the birth year for each author (when available). I want to see the age at which authors are publishing their books. I just started doing this a few days ago, though, so I don’t have that information for most books. Look for it next month. September stats: 226 reviews (-29% from last month) Average rating: 3.61 stars (-1.4%) Most popular book: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (4 reviews; 4.25 avg) Most popular author: Eric Van Lustbader […]
We Like Banned Books and We Cannot Lie
The list of the American Library Association’s Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of the 21st Century reads like a Best of Cannonball Read list. That’s no surprise, really. With books like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Color Purple, Of Mice and Men, the Harry Potter series, and our most recent book club selection, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, those lists include many wonderful books that we’ve loved and recommended time and again. From CBR4 in 2012 through the end of August […]
Quick Questions with 2 Cannonballers: Pattykates
Questions for both halves of the crackerjack reviewing team: Have you been team-reviewing since the beginning? How long have you been participating, either separately or together? Patty: I participated in CBR 4, I think? Only managed to actually review a handful of books. Katie has been much more diligent about it (as is her annoying, goody-two-shoes way). She took advantage of the fact that I was making love to a bottle of Glenfiddich one night and talked my drunk ass into doing a joint review. […]
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