Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This girl got all the gifts! Thanks Loubear!

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Thank you, Loubear, for my lovely gifts!  (And thank you scootsa1000 for being a helpful mom! Your review made me want to read The Girl With All the Gifts!)  My library doesn’t have The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, so the only way to read it was to get it.  And the bookplates are adorable, so maybe I can safely lend out some books and know they’ll come back home!  Can’t wait to see you in Cannonball Read 9!

badkittyuno is a book sommelier!

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 A big thanks to badkittyuno, whose super power must be picking out the perfect book for someone! I am super excited with my gifts – Little Face by Sophie Hannah and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness – I can’t even decide which one to read first!

Thank You, Ellepkay!

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I have a soft spot for the community here at Cannonball Read, and it gives me great pleasure to organize our book exchange each year. Pairing up just the right people is a fun challenge. The most awkward part? Sending my own name to someone. It doesn’t stop me though, since I love giving and receiving books. This year Ellepkay nailed it (I have always been very lucky with my gifters!). Not only did I receive a very sweet card (one is on its way […]

Nasty women read! Thanks, crystalclear!!!

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November was a wretched, ugly month. This morning, I decided to ring in December on a high note, and I played Christmas music all.day.long. That helped. And then, I got home after a lovely post-work dinner with a good friend to a package laden with goodies from crystalclear: She gave me (from left to right) an adorable Beanie Baby tiger (how did you know stuffed animals were a total weakness of mine???), with the note, “In case things get sad,” Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred, Penelope […]



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