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The Stranger Book Cover

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review #26:

“If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.”
The Stranger by Albert Camus

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vega-table's CBR18 Review #24:

The title says it all
A Timid Lady was Turned into an Ugly Cat, but on the Verge of Fainting is Picked up by the Most Fearsome Military Duke, vol. 1 by otori, Ema Okadachi, Kou Kusaka

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G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review #10:

Pow, Right in the Feels
Heart the Lover by Lily King

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Lynn's CBR18 Review #9:

The return of Nora: The Lost Bride Trilogy
Inheritance by Nora Roberts
The Mirror by Nora Roberts
The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts

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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 »

Finding You

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Non-Binary Fox Finding Love for Themself by Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Herself by Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Himself by Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day

July 10, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Non-Binary Fox Finding Love for Themself Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Herself Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Himself Vacation lasted a week, but my online reader site thought it was longer, as it put a … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:186 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: genderqueer, LGBTQ, nonbinary, self-esteem, Social Themes, Tamara M. Day, Trevor R. Day, Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day ·
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See Spot take a journey

Is It Time, Yet? by Lynn Levine and Dirk Steinhoefel

July 10, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The worst part of a vacation for me is trying to sit long enough to finish a book before I pick up another as now I have time to sit and read. Of course, once your sister hears “The Aunt is Free” she says, “Oh you loooove your oldest nephew so you want to spend time with him….”  Sure, why not? What … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:183 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: animals, Dirk Steinhoefel, Environment, Lynn Levine, Lynn Levine and Dirk Steinhoefel, nature, Reptiles & Amphibians, science ·
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Talking over a cup

Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang and Hyewon Yum 

July 10, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Hyewon Yum   Available July 2026 for paper, hardcover avialalbe read via an online reader Once upon a time there was a little girl named Luli. She did not know a lot of English, and neither did the other children who are in the free … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:182 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: Andrea Wang, Andrea Wang and Hyewon Yum , Asian American & Pacific islanders, Education, Emigration, friendship, Hyewon Yum, Immigration, language, refugees, Social Themes, tea, traditions ·
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It walks, talks, learns, and wants to take over the world

How to Train Your Evil Robot, by Joy McCullough and Eduardo Medeiros

July 10, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I would have liked a smidgen more technical information in the book, How to Train Your Evil Robot, but overall this is a fun read about AI or of course, artificial intelligence, but the way it is presented mostly allows for the amount we are given to lead to an understanding of what AI is and what … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:181 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, computers, Eduardo Medeiros, friendship, Joy McCullough, Joy McCullough and Eduardo Medeiros, Robotics, Social Themes, technology ·
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“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”- Oscar Wilde

The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders

July 9, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Pleasant it is, no doubt, to drink tea with your sweetheart, but most disagreeable to find her bubbling in the tea-urn- Thomas de Quincey     Judith Flanders spans the crime of the period, from the body snatching/murdering days of Burke and Hare to the joys of Harriet Lowe and … [Read more]

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:29 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: crime detection, Judith Flanders, murder, victorian england ·
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We Don’t Have to Accept This

The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Dr Emily M. Bender and Dr Alex Hanna

July 9, 2026 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Rating: 5 Stars In a nutshell: Experts in the field Bender and Hanna explore all the issues with AI - from what falls under the category, to how it impacts real people, and how we can demand better. Best for: I think this should be mandatory reading for anyone who uses ChatGPT to write an … [Read more]

ASKReviews's CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Dr Emily M. Bender and Dr Alex Hanna, tech ·
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