This is your first CBR, right? What do you think so far? And congratulations on Cannonballing your first time out! Thank you! Yes, this is my first CBR and I love it. I thought the best part would be finding new books to read but it’s actually the social aspect. Which is funny because 80% of the time I decide my comments on other people’s reviews aren’t worth posting, so I say nothing and just lurk. I should work on that. In one of your reviews, you […]

How long have you been participating in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I’ve been participating for three years now. I started back in 2018 when I was feeling a little burnt out after writing my PhD thesis.My motivation for joining Cannonball Read — well apart from the charity aspect — was sort of two-fold: 1) it made me set aside time to read for fun. If I didn’t, I would suffer the embarrassment of not reaching my review goals and 2) to […]

How many times have you participated in CBR? Has it changed the way you read? I think this is my 5th or 6th CBR. I’ve had varying degrees of success with participating. It’s definitely made me a more mindful reader because I have to think about how I’m going to talk about the book in a meaningful way without spoiling it. How do you decide what to choose next from your TBR stack? If I really have no idea which of the hundreds of books […]

Which imaginary kingdom would you most like to visit? Teenage-me says “Rohan!” without hesitation. If I’m being honest, adult-me would probably be more at home in the Shire. Adult-me also thinks the Vale of Arryn sounds gorgeous, even though the GOT/ASOIAF world in general might not be a fun experience! What do you write? Will CBR fantasy fans ever get to read an Aquillia original? I hope they will be able to someday; fingers crossed! I write fairly traditional fantasy — secondary world, largely medieval-Europe-based, […]

Why ‘octothorp’ (besides the fact that it’s a super cool word)? Apparently I have a punctuation fetish I’m sublimating – ha! My husband and I have ampersand tattoos because of Y The Last Man (the whole section about ampersands being used to denote partnerships that are collaborative as opposed to typing the word “and” if each person did their own work resonated), I used to post in the early days of the mothership as ellipsis, nearly named my kid Thorn with a plan to get […]

You read a wide variety of genres. How do you decide what to read next from your TBR list/stack? It’s really just based on my mood at the time. I try to alternate between fiction and nonfiction, or between something pretty dense and lighter fare, but it depends. Often, I just stand in front of my bookcase and see what grabs me. Right now, I’m reading Frankenstein because I recently watched National Theatre Live’s production, which they are currently streaming, and that put me in […]