Never in a million years as a kid would I have thought I’d be thanking my lucky stars for Dolly Parton. I mean, who wouldn’t be impressed by her gun-toting, wisecracking character in 9 to 5. But not being into country music led me to dismiss her from my own pop culture lens over the years. In looking back at another dumpster fire of a year, Dolly continues to be a delight and one of very few bright spots. Last year alone, she released an […]

Last year was the tenth anniversary of Cannonball Read, commemorating the first CBR where Prisco challenged AlabamaPink, a fellow Pajiban who was fighting leukemia, to read 100 books in a year. These days you can read pretty much anything: graphic novels, children’s books, cookbooks, self-help books, fiction, non-fiction, romance, speculative fiction, you name it. You just have to be able to write at least 250 words about it.

2017 might have been a craptacular year in many regards, but there’s one thing that was awesome: you. Yes YOU! In total, 123 Cannonballers reviewed 4,146 books. That’s 30% more than last year. We’ve read nearly 25,000 books in AlabamaPink’s name since the beginning of CBR, and we’ve donated $3,000 to the American Cancer Society in her name.