In this crazy pandemic world, we need to connect with each other whenever we can. And so in light of that, Cannonball Read will be holding our first ever CBR Holiday Zoom Party! Mark your calendar for Saturday December 12, 2020 at 3pm! Anyone registered for CBR12 will receive a link by email. If you’re not registered for this year, but would still like to join in, send me your credentials so we can be sure to send you the details too. Sign Up for Updates
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Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish by Beth Ferry
Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish is a cute, funny and traditional birthday celebration. Tom Litchenheld’s has created colorful, funny and rowdy illustrations. It might not be the best gift to give as a birthday gift, but it would more likely be a fun read before you have a party. But make sure you or the person putting on the party has read it before you introduce it to the child. This is to make sure that you know all the rules and are prepared […]
How I Learned to Accept my Hangover
A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present by Mark Forsyth
I don’t know how I found this book, but somehow while freezing on the train platform in Tokyo on New Year’s morning, I located this little gem. I started to read it on my phone, as I stood huddled in a train car trying to not get elbowed by too many hungover locals on their way to see family. I’m told by a coworker that it’s a tradition in Japan. First you get hammered on New Year’s Eve and then travel to see your family […]