Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Featured Reviews

's CBR18 Review #29:

Holiday Roundup
A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck
System Collapse (Murderbot #7) by Martha Wells
Tough Guy (Game Changers #4) by Rachel Reid
Flesh by David Szalay
The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Last One Out by Jane Harper

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 »

Sparkling Revenge Romance

Revenge of the Sunshine by Jackie Lau

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I remember the moment I realized some men like it when a woman is mean to them. Zoe, the sunshine in Jackie Lau’s Revenge of the Sunshine, is a little bit mean. Bennett Chung secretly likes it that Zoe bullies him into whimsey. He doesn’t admit that he likes it. You have to pay attention to what he … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , ·

Slow Start, Then Great

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

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CBR18 BINGO: Left (left side of my bookshelf) This wasn't quite what I was expecting. The first chunk of the book had more politicking than I expected from reading the book blurb, as well as multiple POVs. While I don't mind political fantasies, I was in the mood for a story about Vasya's life in … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , ·

There’s a good reason for bikini armor

Heathen by Natasha Alterici, Ashley A. Woods

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Cbr18 Bingo - Craft: the main character crafted a Viking helmet with horns because she's a heathen. (They're antlers, but take that, Christians.) There are watercraft. Storytelling and story listening are both important to the narrative. Heathen is a comic book by Natasha Alterici, Ashley A. … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: , , ·

World’s Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon:

World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by Olivia Dade

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CBR Bingo: Justice - This whole book is about the Good Guys (TM) seeking the identities of those who set the zombies free in the last book, averting disaster, and trying to get justice the wrongs that have been done. Spoilers for ZomRomCom ahead. We met Gwen in the tail end of ZomRomCom. She's … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:45 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , , ·

Flirting with Disaster: Hurricane season, but romantic

Flirting with Disaster by Naina Kumar

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CBR Bingo: Summer - The book takes place presumably during the summer because it's hurricane season. But, maybe I don't know enough about when hurricane season is or I'm already forgetting details that were directly mentioned in the book. I found this author through another reviewer here on … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: , , , ·

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

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This whole book irked my soul. There was a lot of things happening in this one and i just felt wholly unsatisfied by the never ending attempts to break the curse and the character of Jemma forgiving people for the crap that they did. I don't know what the author was going on for in this one, but I … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:109 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: , ·


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