Cannonball Read

An annual, memorial book challenge to review 52 books in a year. Or 26. Or 13. All while fundraising for the American Cancer Society in memory of Amanda "AlabamaPink" Amos. Since cancer claimed her life in 2009, Cannonballers have read tens of thousands of books in her memory. Shop Amazon through our affiliate link to fundraise for the American Cancer Society. Anything you order on Amazon through that link will generate revenue, even if you're buying something other than books.

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im a simple girl.. i see book, i buy book, i let book sit on my shelf for months unread

[macrolit]

Harper Perennial’s Olive Edition of Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)

[cannonballread]

Selfdestructible

★★★★★

Today, I am recommending a book written by a man I have known as both an in-character Cookie Monster talking about politics and life on the Internet, and as a freelance writer on pop culture. It’s a weird feeling, to be saying (in my own mind) “read Cookie Monster’s book!” but here I am, saying it.

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[godzilla-reads]

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

[pascalcampion]

Cool off sketch at the end of a busy day! #pascalcampion

[bibliolectors]

Leyendo en femenino (ilustración de Mar Azabal)

[cannonballread]

Ajax, The Dutch, The War

★★★★☆

The World Cup was on this past summer and anytime I see it, I’m inclined to read more books about soccer. I’m a big sports fan but my interest in soccer really only begun about 12 years ago when, bored out of my mind for the summer of 2006, I watched the World Cup fastidiously. Soccer is now perhaps my fourth favorite sport after baseball, football, and basketball and I’m wearing a New York City FC shirt in anticipation of the game tonight.

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[the-honey-dukes-deac]

Life is too short. Buy the damn book. 

[swoonreads]

We are LOVING all of these bookish holidays! What are you reading this International Literacy Day? 

[books-read-in-nooks]

me: “I really want to buy a new book!”

My Brain: “But you have a whole shelf at home that you haven’t read yet!”

me:

[cannonballread]

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

★★★☆☆

Sarah Wilson has been diagnosed over the years, everything from anxiety to depression to bipolar. She’s been on medication, off-medication, happy and functional, manic and gone and suicidal. This is a book for people who suffer from what she refers to as anxiety, but covers any sort of mental health issue where you feel like your brain doesn’t mesh with life.

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[mariesacademia-deactivated20250]

Me, as soon as I walk into someone’s house: So … where are your bookshelves?

[strandbooks]

Happy International Literacy Day! 📗📘📙📒 Tag a friend who loves reading as much as you do ⬇️ Art by: @lorynbrantz (at Strand Book Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/BneJep3DUcF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15of3u6b7q29b

[bookworm-on-rainy-days]

[cannonballread]

Crooked Kingdom

★★☆☆☆

Picking up where Six of Crows left off, Crooked Kingdom follows Kaz Brekker and his gang of ne’er-do-wells as they deal with the betrayal and fallout from their heist. Inej has been taken hostage and they don’t have the money promised them. They’re all a bit battered and exhausted but don’t have any downtime to recover before Kaz has them back plotting. For revenge and for their money and for the return of Inej (whom Kaz might just like a little bit, much to his own dismay).

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[kiramartinauthor]

When you finish a book on a cliffhanger:

[teencenterspl]

What?

[bibliolectors]

Tarde de lectura… con gatos! (ilustración de Jacques Tange)