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the apocalypse will not be as pretty as this cover art

“There are certain qualities of light that blur the years.” (CBR10Bingo Blackout!)

November 30, 2018 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

I apologize now, this review will not really be a review. It is more a love letter to our community here at Cannonball Read. Of the ten books we had to choose from for So Popular, I had read most, but not all. The ones I haven’t read I don’t care to (looking at you, Divergent) so I was thinking about re-reading Eleanor & Park to go with last year’s re-read of Attachments or maybe The Martian to see if I still had a book […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Bingo blackout, book club, cbr10bingo, Emily Mandel, Emily St. John Mandel, faintingviolet, reread, So Popular!, Station 11, Station Eleven

#CannonBookClub Survey

November 13, 2018 by MsWas Leave a Comment

We had a banner year with the CBR10 #CannonBookClubs, and we’re planning for next year. Please fill out this survey to give us some feedback on your book club experience in 2018. Even if you weren’t able to participate, we still want to hear from you so we can make CBR11’s book clubs even better!

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: book club, CannonBookClub

So bad it made me make up a bad metaphor

November 3, 2018 by crystalclear 2 Comments

So I thought this was going to be Craig Ferguson’s biography.  I know it says “a novel” but I still thought it was semi-biographical at least. I was wrong, it appears. This is not good.  It bounces around and rambles.  Everyone seems to have miserable lives.  Some of the background characters have interesting stories, but as others have mentioned, women are not portrayed well.  I didn’t hate it as much as other people, but I didn’t like it either.   We follow certain people around, […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, book club, cbr10bingo, craig ferguson

Book Club Discussion Post: Between the Bridge and the River

November 2, 2018 by faintingviolet 20 Comments

Our final #CannonBookClub of 2018 has arrived. Our second Anniversary Read, Between the Bridge and the River, has inspired a wide range of emotions and responses – admittedly most of them negative. Craig Ferguson was after something, and we’ve all had different takes on what he achieved and how he failed. 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. The topics are numbered and […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: AlabamaPink, Anniversary Reads, Between the Bridge and the River, book club, CannonBookClub, cbr10bingo, craig ferguson

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