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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 »

The Twelve Loves of Christmas

Christmas romance bon bons

The Twelve Loves of Christmas by Alexandria Bellefleur; Elise Bryant; Olivia Dade; Alexis Daria; Sarah Hogle; Zakiya N. Jamal; Rebecca Jenshak; Jessica Joyce; Susan Lee; Joss Richard; M. A. Wardell; Rebekah Weatherspoon

September 15, 2026 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I do love an anthology of short stories, so I grabbed The Twelve Loves of Christmas, as soon as I saw it on NetGalley. In addition to being a collection of short stories, it has stories by three of my favorite authors - Olivia Dade, Alexis Daria, and Rebekah Weatherspoon. There are also stories by … [Read more]

Emmalita's CBR18 Review No:57 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alexandria Bellefleur; Elise Bryant; Olivia Dade; Alexis Daria; Sarah Hogle; Zakiya N. Jamal; Rebecca Jenshak; Jessica Joyce; Susan Lee; Joss Richard; M. A. Wardell; Rebekah Weatherspoon, Anthology, short stories ·
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It’s nice to be seen

The INFJ Writer by Lauren Sapala

September 15, 2026 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Elder millennials can't have cool mid-life crises because we're all too broke. Instead of getting a hair transplant and a Corvette, I got a mental breakdown and a neurodivergence diagnosis. The doctor who did my testing recommended that I look into specific issues that "gifted" and "intense" people … [Read more]

Halbs's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Creative writing, Lauren Sapala, MBTI ·
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an art piece

She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The title She Followed the Moon Back to Herself by Amanda Lovelace is the first poetry book I read cover to cover without stopping too long in between poems (just to catch my breath and not have poems bleed into each other) or jumping to the end to find out “what happens” in a while. Now, this is … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:321 · Genres: Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Amanda Lovelace, Death, Feminine, gender, grief, LGBTQ, loss, Social Themes, Women Authors ·
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It’s been four months since the night of gore, chaos, and the failed demonic summoning…but wait! There is more!

The Night Eaters V02 Her Little Reapers. by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ages ago I read The Night Eaters #1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. The horror books of horror graphic novels. I mean, EEEEWWW OMG what was I thinking? Blood, gore, houses eating people…. Yet, Yup. I (mostly) liked it. Enough to say: I guess I’ll try volume two, The Night … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:320 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Asian American & Pacific Islander, cults, family, Marjorie Liu, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, paranormal, Sana Takeda, siblings, supernatural, twins ·
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This is royaly F’d up and down and sideways

V for Vendetta by Alan Morre, David Lloyd and DC Comics

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There is always a book that draws me in; wanting me to read it; teasing me; laughing at me because it knows I will never take the leap out of my comfort zone and plunge in. And V for Vendetta was one of those books. My excuses for not reading? Too long, too dark, too old school, too popular, what a … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:319 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Action & Adventure, Alan Morre, Alan Morre, David Lloyd and DC Comics, david lloyd, DC Comics, Dystopian, Dystopian comics, LGBTQ, political, Social Themes, superheroes, supervillains, Totalitarianism ·
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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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