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

4 Star Reviews

Choice, Purpose and Design - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

“Where do you get coins like that?” “In Pairs.” (double bingo, Two heads are better than one) - Mort by Terry Pratchett

Smackdown! Video Games vs. Medical School! - Level Up by Gene Luen Yang

CBR11 Bingo: Travel - Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller

There’s a Darkness at the Edge of Town - Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

Everything Is Fine - The Warehouse by Rob Hart

Bullet with Butterfly Wings - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn; A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn; A Trecherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn; A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

If You go into The Hazel Woods Today… (Bingo: Travel square) - The Hazel Wood: A Novel by Melissa Albert

Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood - A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter

Wrapping Up the Murderbot Novellas - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells; Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells; Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Spanning Years and Continents. Lives Ruined, Bloodshed. Epic. - The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran

Revisiting the Early Novels of a Long Running Series - An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire; Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire

…every single beautiful lie he had been told during the course of his childhood… - Werewolves in their Youth by Michael Chabon

They hammer, they slash. They do not study. - Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt

“Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow.” - Carrie by Stephen King

Pipi Longstocking meets Swiss Family Robinson meets Dora the Explorer meets Tangled - The Runaway Princess by Johan Troianowski

Picture it: Iran 1979 and the world will never be the same - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by  Marjane Satrapi

When you post this less than ideal image on Facebook and get a lot of LIKES and comments - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu

Excuse me while I disappear into another world for a while - The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett

A killer debut - Killed It by Lulu Smith

Family Ties - The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler

“A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It’s like a bicycle but with emotions.” ― Trevor Noah - It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

“Cause I might open my eyes and find someone standing there” - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

PLAGUES: the critters behind history’s worst diseases - Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield  by Falynn Koch

Going the Distance (Bingo “Far and Away”) - Jade City (The Green Bone Saga Book 1) by Fonda Lee

Why Shouldn’t Quiet Be Strong? (CBR11 Bingo) - Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story by Debbie Tung

“And in taking on the subject of themselves-making themselves vulnerable to the unseen reader-they have exchanged powerlessness for the power that comes with self-awareness.” (CBR11 Bingo) - Couldn’t Keep it to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters by Wally Lamb and the Women of the York Correctional Institution

It’s a perfect story, how mommy saved daddy - Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez

Depression is melancholy minus its charms. - Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag

Solid Thriller - One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind. - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

War and Drugs - Every Man A Menace by Patrick Hoffman

I’m telling you stories. Trust me. - The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

She Did It Again - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Semi-good audio books elevated by an excellent narrator - Until the Day I Die by Emily Carpenter; Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter; The Weight of Lies by Emily Carpenter

Like if Blade Runner 2049 Sent You - Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Kissing Books! - Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid ; 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne ; The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) by Helen Hoang; Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin ; The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

If you haven’t caused a scene in a psych unit, it’s just because you haven’t been inside long enough. - The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

Mass Update #2: Even Masser than the first. These are all the usual books I read – mystery / murder / suspense. I think I liked them all! - Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman; Rapid Falls by Amber Cowie; The Killer Ascendant by Barry Eisler; A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer; In the Darkness by Mike Omer; Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly; Zero Day by David Baldacci; The Whistler by John Grisham; Witness to a Trial by John Grisham

Pounded in the Butt by Cannonball Bingo: The Collection - Not Pounded By Anything: Six Tales of Non-Sexual Encounters by Chuck Tingle

A Court of Fun and Nonsense - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Absolute Power Corrupts… Well, You Know… - The Power by Naomi Alderman

Trapped in Our Generation - Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

A modern adaptation to an old story - A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel

A mildly magical murder mystery - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Getting back where he belongs - The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian

This is Halloween (or at least a Pumpkin Patch) - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

History is a merciless judge - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

A Difficult Read With Some Hope - Women Talking by Miriam Toews

If “I already took my bra off” is a good excuse… - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan

« Previous 1 … 171 172 173 174 175 … 327 Next »
Genres: · Tags: ·
· 0 Comments


Recent Comments

  • 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...
  • esmemoria
    on Aaaaarrrrrggghh!
    It could be fun to track down theories. There’s something supernatural hinted at, though that wouldn’t be satisfying to me...
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