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Featured Reviews

katie71483's CBR18 Review #6:

Not what I expected; Exactly what I expected
Night's Fall by Kristen Ashley

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ElCicco's CBR18 Review #46:

“…looking back at those pages, I shivered to see our plunge into darkness, day by day, without realizing it was a spiral, and its nadir, the abyss.”
The Year of the Wind: A Novel by Karina Pacheco Medrano

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Cover of the Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan. It shows a surrealist portrait of a woman with flowers against a landscape in place of an upper face

vega-table's CBR18 Review #41:

Everyone but the chihuahua is a suspect
The Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan

The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Emmalita's CBR18 Review #44:

Silvia Moreno-Garcia does noir as well as you think she would – brilliantly
The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno Garcia

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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 »

Book 5 & 6

Spirited #5 Howl at the Moon by Liv Livingston

Spirited #6 It Came from the Deep by Liv Livingston

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Have you ever gotten hooked on a series that was a couple thousand pages each book? Well, thankfully the Spirited series might be a couple hundred for all six books but you will most likely (or your child more likely) become hooked. This easier to read graphic novel series is for the at least six … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:318 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Suspense · Tags: friendship, Liv Livingston, school, Social Themes ·
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Book 4

Spirited V04: Fangs for the Memories by Liv Livingston and Glass House Graphics

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A few years ago, Spirited V01 Day of the Living came out. Then Volume 2: Go, Ghoul, Go!, Volume 3: Greenhouse of Horror and then Spirited V04: Fangs for the Memories all by Liv Livingston and Glass House Graphics (illustrator). Which is what I am writing about today. The others, Volume 5: Howl at … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:316 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Sports · Tags: friendship, Glass House Graphics, Liv Livingston, Liv Livingston and Glass House Graphics, paranormal, school, social situations ·
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Decent Mystery Anthology

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 by Ed. Don Winslow

September 15, 2026 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Bingo: Twenty-six. Printed on the back cover: “[Editor] Don Winslow is the author of twenty-six acclaimed, award-winning international best sellers.” The Best American Mystery and Suspense for 2025 is much like all the “Best American” mystery anthologies I’ve read (and I’ve read a lot). There are … [Read more]

esmemoria's CBR18 Review No:38 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cbr18bingo, Ed. Don Winslow ·
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Is it a “hilarious satire” OR is it a middling white guy’s rant against contemporary social norms

My Inner Child Wants to Kill: A Mindful Murder Novel by Karsten Dusse

September 15, 2026 by ElCicco 1 Comment

Cbr18bingo Or My Inner Child Wants to Kill is apparently book 2 in the Mindful Murder series by German author Karsten Dusse, with the first book having been turned into a Netflix series. I did not know any of that when I picked this one up at the library and I have no interest whatsoever in … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR18 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr18, cbr18bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Karsten Dusse, Mindful Murders Novels, My Inner Child Wants to Kill ·
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So that was that

I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou

September 14, 2026 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This wasn’t really what I expected. When I saw this on the list for this fall’s Southern lit book club selections, I was excited I was finally going to fill this gap in my reading. While I think many read this in high school, it wasn’t one of the ones we covered in my classes (we read other classics … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:53 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: American classic, American South, banned books, Maya Angelou ·
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Bananas Alternate History Blending WWII and Dinosaurs

Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson

September 14, 2026 by Halbs Leave a Comment

My father-in-law recommended this book, the first in the Destroyermen series, to me. We both enjoy sci-fi and military history, so he thought this alternate-history novel, with WWII-era tech and dinosaurs, would be fun for me. What he doesn't know is that I also enjoy the Honor Harington books, … [Read more]

Halbs's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: military fiction, military sci-fi, Taylor Anderson ·
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  • esmemoria
    on Is it a “hilarious satire” OR is it a middling white guy’s rant against contemporary social norms
     My Inner Child Wants to Kill is supposed to be humorous, and maybe that is supposed to cover up the anger...
  • narfna
    on “You can be the most virtuous woman in the world and you’ll still carry the blame, not just for your desire but for everyone’s desire.”
    I still can't get over the way she described lasagna. I'm so glad you loved this!!
  • Malin
    on Ten Years Gone
    I was very pleasantly surprised by the first book, which I hadn't really expected to like much. I hated the...
  • wicherwill
    on Ten Years Gone
    I have this on hold, I've skimmed the review out of extreme spoiler aversion but will come back after!
  • wicherwill
    on “Praise then darkness and creation unfinished”
    every time someone tries to tell me that scifi was invented recently (or, I suppose, perfected recently) I want to...
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