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Book Club Discussion Post: Deerskin

September 17, 2021 by faintingviolet 18 Comments

Welcome to our Fairy tale Adaptations  book club! This go round we’ve selected four books that showed their author’s take on various fairy tales and folktales. Each of our books below have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our Zoom Book Club on Saturday September 18 at 7 pm EDT. Other Discussions The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deerskin by Robin McKinley Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson For those of you returning […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Deerskin, Discussion Post, donkeyskin, fairytale adaptations, Robin McKinley

Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Deerskin, Discussion Post, donkeyskin, fairytale adaptations, Robin McKinley ·
· 18 Comments

Book Club Discussion Post: Sea Witch

September 17, 2021 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Welcome to our Fairy tale Adaptations  book club! This go round we’ve selected four books that showed their author’s take on various fairy tales and folktales. Each of our books have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our Zoom Book Club on Saturday September 18 at 7 pm EDT. Other Discussions The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deerskin by Robin McKinley Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson For those of you returning or […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, fairytale adaptations, Sarah Henning, sea witch, the little mermaid

Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Horror · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, fairytale adaptations, Sarah Henning, sea witch, the little mermaid ·
· 6 Comments

Book Club Discussion Post: The Bear and the Nightingale

September 17, 2021 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Welcome to our Fairy tale Adaptations book club! This go round we’ve selected four books that showed their author’s take on various fairy tales and folktales. Each of our books below have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our Zoom Book Club on Saturday September 18 at 7 pm EDT. Other Discussions The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Deerskin by Robin McKinley Sea Witch by Sarah Henning Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson For those of you returning […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, fairytale adaptations, Katherine Arden, Rumplestiltskin, The Bear and the Nightingale, the winter king, Twelve months

Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: book club, CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, fairytale adaptations, Katherine Arden, Rumplestiltskin, The Bear and the Nightingale, the winter king, Twelve months ·
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Book Club Discussion Post: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

May 21, 2021 by faintingviolet 17 Comments

Welcome to our Young at Heart book club! This go round we’ve selected three books that reminded us of childhood in order to hopefully have a bit of lighthearted nostalgia. Each of our three books – Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Claribel Ortega’s Ghost Squad  – have their own Discussion Posts and don’t forget, we’ll be having our first ever Zoom* Book Club on Saturday May 22 at 7 pm EDT. (*Sign up […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Young Adult Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, Don't Panic, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart

Genres: Book Club, Young Adult · Tags: CannonBookClub, Discussion Post, Don't Panic, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Young at Heart ·
· 17 Comments

Book Club Discussion Post: Kindred

Kindred by Octavia Butler

June 8, 2018 by faintingviolet 49 Comments

The time has arrived (and no limbs were lost in the process); we’re going to spend the next two days talking about Kindred. It’s our “most popular” category Anniversary Read so I’m very interested to hear how you feel this book rates in your all-time Cannonball list. Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. All of our topics are numbered and we […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Science Fiction Tagged With: Anniversary Reads, book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Book Club Reads Kindred, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, Discussion Post, kindred, octavia butler, octavia e. butler

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Science Fiction · Tags: Anniversary Reads, book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Book Club Reads Kindred, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, Discussion Post, kindred, octavia butler, octavia e. butler ·
· 49 Comments

Book Club Discussion Post: Life Moves Pretty Fast

June 14, 2017 by faintingviolet 22 Comments

Welcome to our second book club chat of the year: Life Moves Pretty Fast by Hadley Freeman. I’m so excited to talk the movies of the Eighties and this book with all of you! Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining us for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. All of our topics are numbered and we ask that you refer to them below by that number to help people find the conversation topics […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Non-Fiction Tagged With: book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Book Club Reads, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, Discussion Post, Hadley freeman, Life Moves Pretty Fast, Non-Fiction

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Non-Fiction · Tags: book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Book Club Reads, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, Discussion Post, Hadley freeman, Life Moves Pretty Fast, Non-Fiction ·
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