Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

3 Star Reviews

Bullies, Lies and The Answer - Farah Rocks Fifth Grade t by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Highly Debatable is right - The 100 Most Jewish Foods by Alana Newhouse

Live a Bold Life - Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original “Girl” Reporter, Nellie Bly by Deborah Noyes

The ongoing struggle to be a good parent - Parent Like a Triplet: The Definitive Guide for Parents of Twins and Triplets by Kari Ertresvaag

Wearing a haircut? - Haircuts for Little Lambs by Tomie dePaola

The Death of Duane Chapman - Head On by John Scalzi

Staring at the Sun - Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens by Andrea Wulf

It’s sad when you outgrow old favorites - A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay

“When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” - Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Hi Friends! - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

She’s a witch, burn her! - The Familiars by Stacey Halls

The rented Toyota, driven with such impatient exuberance… - Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

Emerald Green is the junk food of books and I must learn to stop eating potato chips when I want a meal - Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier

Station Eleven isn’t what I thought it’d be, but it’s good at what it is - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Too Cool For School - Shortcut Man by p.g. sturges

Blair Underwood Presents….Tennyson Hardwick! - Casanegra by Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due

Very recent hiredness was its own liminal state, Verity reminded herself, on the Montgomery BART platform, waiting for a train to Sixteenth and Mission. - Agency by William Gibson

Back on my Bullshit - Locked in Silence (Pelican Bay, book 1) by Sloane Kennedy; Sanctuary Found (Pelican Bay, book 2) by Sloane Kennedy; The Truth Within (Pelican Bay, book 3) by Sloane Kennedy

A pox on novella cliffhangers! - Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Even slime molds find their way better than I do - Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way by David Barrie

Secrets and lies - A Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel

It was 3:35, Tuesday afternoon, in the State Penitentiary, and the inmates were returning from the workshops. - The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith

Exhibit A of the Self-Fulfilling Title - The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner

Short story review dump (Part II) - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Little Man by Michael Cunningham; Escape from New York by Zadie Smith; Alan Bean Plus Four by Tom Hanks; Miss Marple Tells a Story by Agatha Christie; Accident by Agatha Christie

A Book Personality - Little Blue House Beside the Sea by Jo Ellen Bogart; Play Outside by Laurent Moreau

A nice story and a message all in one - Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson

And here we are once again with tonight’s top stories. - Mother Hubbard by Ishmael Reed

It was my birthday when I found out all the birds were electric. - American Grief in Four Stages by Sadie Hoagland; Shine of the Ever by Claire Rudy Foster

Boogie fever, I think it’s going around - How Do You Dance? by Thyra Heder

Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice. - Clouds of Witness by Dorothy Sayers

There’s a Price on Everything - The Atom Station by Halldór Laxness

The Not so Environmental Planeteers for the 21st Century - The Dysasters: The Graphic Novel by P.C. Cast

Wilder Girls Seemed Tame - Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Be careful what to wish for when trying to earn your Adventure badge in Scouts - The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That’s part of the risk.” - To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han; P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han; Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

Spoiler: This book was written by a man - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

now is the winter of our discontent - The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell

“It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.” - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Impress your teachers in September with two new series - Fox Tails V01 The Great Bunk Bed Battle: An Acorn Book by Tina Kugler; Fairylight Friends V01 A Magic Spark: An Acorn Book by Jessica Young

Steady state - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Yes, I know there are two similar images but couldn’t decide which one I liked more as art is the strongest part of the books - Angel Catbird Volume 2: To Castle Catula by Margaret Atwood; Angel Catbird Volume 3: The Catbird Roars by Margaret Atwood

Who are you? Who, who, who, who? - I Am Not a Fox by Karina Wolf

Nothing will tricera-top this pun. - The Dinosaur Expert by Margaret McNamara

Signs, and A Severe Mercy, must be read with caution - A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

One Man’s Trash… - Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan

Wide-awake and definitely NOT tired! - No More Naps!: A Story for When You're Wide-Awake and Definitely Not Tired by Chris Grabenstein

Bond, Jimmy Bond - SilverFin: The Graphic Novel by Charlie Higson

My mother called me Silver. - Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson

Dirty Jobs - South of Heaven by Jim Thompson

Lloyd Alexander was definitely a fan of cats - Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth by Lloyd Alexander

« Previous 1 … 107 108 109 110 111 … 220 Next »
Genres: · Tags: ·
· 0 Comments


Recent Comments

  • fabio
    on And now I’ll be humming “Brazil” for the rest of the day
    That was one of the best books that I ever read, it changed my life.
  • yesknopemaybe
    on It’s true, they do do that
    I just read this and the sequel, really enjoyed both!
  • Ellesfena
    on Cannonball Read 18 Holiday Book Exchange
    Ah. 😕
  • Emmalita
    on Cannonball Read 18 Holiday Book Exchange
    I had such a good time driving down to Nowhere Book Shop to get books for you! It’s so much...
  • vega-table
    on Aaaaarrrrrggghh!
    As I recall, most of the theories that answered all the questions were supernatural and got into Irish mythology. I...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in