Each year Cannonball Read holds a (completely voluntary) Holiday Book Exchange, and we’re excited to continue the tradition this year. It’s a lovely part of our community here at CBR and a great way to get to know a fellow Cannonballer a little better. We hope you’ll join our bookish end of year … [Read more]
I Witnessed: The Great Train Robbery of 1963: A Graphic Novel by Andrea Debbink and Crystal Jayme
I Witnessed: The Great Train Robbery of 1963: A Graphic Novel by Andrea Debbink and Crystal Jayme (illustrator) is a graphic novel that is fiction and fact mixed together for a modern Nancy Drew-like adventure. It is the second in the series, but each is stand alone as the first book was I … [Read more]
Sassy Cats by Yamada Murasaki
Recently I tried to read an online reader copy of Sassy Cats by Yamada Murasaki (translated by Ryan Holmberg). It totally looked like something I would read. But I think I am going to have to find a finished copy in November as I just could not grasp what Muraskai was putting down. There was a … [Read more]
We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune
Some days I wonder if it was worth learning to read; especially, when I pick up something that is just downright awful. But then I know it is a good thing when I find something that is amazing. Of course, there is always that title that is In Between. I question and confirm both answers … [Read more]
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson has a lot going on in less than 200 pages. I had always assumed it was going to be a paranormal story, as people have always said it was scary. However, like Jackson’s story, The Lottery (the only other story by Jackson I know I have read), all … [Read more]
Lantern Pass: A Supernatural Alpine Thriller by Serge Lehman, and Frederik Peeters
Lantern Pass: A Supernatural Alpine Thriller by Serge Lehman, Frederik Peeters (Illustrator) due mid-November 2026; read via an online reader copy Moods: dark, adventurous, tense, challenging, mysterious, emotional, and occasionally, in the middle of the violence, funny. Triggers: Addiction, … [Read more]
The Green Child by Hollie Hughes and Britta Teckentrup
Theia: The Little Planet Who Made the Seasons by Saskia Gwinn and Katie Cottle
Something in the Darkness by Joh Dougherty and Matt Schu
Mermaid of the Deep: The Aquatic Adventures of Dr. Sylvia Earle by Leisa Stweart-Sharpe and Khoa Lee
When I gave, The Green Child by Hollie Hughes and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup, a review and score on another site I broke it down this way: 7 for writing; 9 for images; 7 for I couldn’t put it down; as well as a 7’s for originality and character development, with an 8 on intellectual levels. … [Read more]
