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Featured Reviews

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review #321:

an art piece
She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace

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LanierHgts's CBR18 Review #2:

Don’t Read This Before Bed
The Ascent by Allison Buccola

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LittlePlat's CBR18 Review #27:

Define What You Mean by Vermin
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

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Malin's CBR18 Review #52:

My most surprising 5-star read of the year (also Cannonball, finally)
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

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What is Cannonball Read?

Cannonball Read (CBR) is an annual, memorial reading challenge that challenges participants to read and review 52 (or 26 or 13) books in a calendar year. We donate profits to the American Cancer Society in memory of AlabamaPink, our fierce warrior queen, in the fight against cancer. Read More »

CBR18 Book Review Bingo September Check In

September 18, 2026 by Emmalita 11 Comments

The card, square descriptions, and rules can be found here. Make sure I have the correct numbers for reviews! This should be current as of 12:00 pm eastern on Friday, September 18. The Players: auntadadoom - 3 reviews beereadsbooks - 13 reviews, 3 bingos BlackRaven – 25 reviews, card … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr18bingo ·
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CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Wheels”

September 1, 2026 by jomidi 13 Comments

Hope you are enjoying this year's Cannonball Read Book Bingo Reading Challenge. You can get complete information here. I am back with assistance for finding books to meet the bingo circle "Wheels". Wheels - leaving; traveling; transportation; immigration; vacation; assistive mobility devices; … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: #cbrbingo, #CBRDiversions, CBR Diversions, CBRDiversion ·
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For the Children

Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children's Rights by Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

To me, it is always funny when you find a book and really all you can say is, “Wow.”  This Wow can be “WOW! Greatest ever.” Or “Wow, really you wasted a tree on that?” Or even, “Well, wow. That’s an experience.” And Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children's Rights by Amanda … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:346 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Abigail Rajunov, Amanda West Lewis, Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov, Children's Rights, Dom Sierot, Dr. Janusz Korczak, europe, family, foster homes, Henryk Goldszmit, Holocaust, orphans, Pan Doktor, Poland, Stary Doktor ·
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Little Fish, Big Pond/Country Mouse-City Mouse

Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer.

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I enjoyed the graphic novel Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year by Ramsey Beyer. The story was fairly familiar, but at the time it would have been a newer story as I think coming of age and graphic novels were just finding their place in the genre of young adult. The way Beyer made … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:345 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: art, college, coming-of-age, family, friendship, Ramsey Beyer, school, self-esteem, Self-Reliance, small-town teenager, Social Topics ·
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There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either you’re his true love, or you killed him.

The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater

September 21, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Bird and Steal Bird - Ronan has a pet raven named Chainsaw. Steal - Ronan and Kavinsky steal items from the dream world. The Raven Boys There were three boys in the doorway, backlit by the evening sun as Neeve had been so many weeks ago. Three sets of shoulders: one square, … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: cbr18bingo, character study, chosen family, codependent relationships, Depression, graphic novel adaptation, Loners & Outcasts, Maggie Stiefvater, psychic abilities, quest, Sas Milledge, small town romance, Stephanie Williams, supernatural adventure, toxic relationships, trauma response, yearning ·
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Pounce into the world of Cats

A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life by Ema Tohyama

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One thing I like about working in a bookstore is that there are always ways to get free books and/or books you wouldn’t purchase for yourself, therefore never read. And A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life by Ema Tohyama is one of those types of books. I got it for free and it wouldn’t have picked it up … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:344 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, Cats, East Asian Style, Ema Tohyama, heroes, isekai, manga, Manga Isekai, Social Themes ·
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Red Panda Time Travel Agency

The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder: The Asian Hall of Fame by Oliver Chin and Philip Amara with Juan Calle

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Perhaps it was the subject matter (I am not a huge gunpowder fan, though I am a bit of a fireworks enjoyer) or the fact that I have read read several titles by Oliver Chin and Philip Amara, that made this book, The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder: The Asian Hall of Fame, feel a smidgen weaker … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:343 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Asian, Asian Hall of Fame, China, fireworks, gunpowder, Juan Calle, Oliver Chin, Oliver Chin and Philip Amara with Juan Calle, Philip Amara, Places, red panda, travel ·
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Tackling a Classic

Oedipus the King by Sophocles

September 21, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Usually, the Read Harder Challenge tasks are broad, and it's up to you to decide how you want to fulfill them. But every so often they come up with a very narrow one that leaves me annoyed. This year, that task is #8 – a classic from the Zero to Well Read podcast (which is fair enough; they are … [Read more]

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: cbr18bingo, classics, clown, oedipus, read harder challenge, Sophocles ·
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