Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


About Classic

CBR 9
CBR11 participant
CBR14 Participant
CBR14 Bingo Badges
CBR17 Participant
CBR18 Participant
CBR18 Levels
CBR18 Comments

Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Classic's Quick Questions interview.)

Classic's Reviews:

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

by Leave a Comment

I thought this was a very good thriller. Very intrigued how the two authors (they make up Liv Constantine) have a second book in this series. I do have to say though, this was a fun ride. You get a character you despise, one you root for, and a very satisfying ending. “The Last Mrs. Parrish” follows Amber Patterson. Amber is fed up with having nothing and sets her sight on Daphne Parrish. She sees in Daphne everything she wants and deserves in this life. […]

The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

by Leave a Comment

Honestly this was just a very long fantasy novel that ends on a cliffhanger. If I hadn’t gotten the second book in the series as an ARC, I would never have picked this one up. “The Forest Grimm” follows 16 year old Clara who is hoping her name gets picked at her village’s Lottery so that she can be picked to search in the Forest Grrimm for the Lost Ones that have disappeared over the past three years. Clara’s mother went missing three years ago […]

Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman

Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman

by Leave a Comment

I thought this was a good collection. Per usual, I rate overall and then for each story in the collection. Trigger warning: Rape I feel really bad I accidentally dropped this one in the bathtub the other day. I was reading (as one does) and then slip! And now it’s dry, but definitely a little swollen. Oh well! “The Switchin Tree”(5 stars)-I really liked this story that follows a young girl named Man whose family and community gets turned upside down in 1958. The children […]

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

by Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Description of rape I was surprised at how much I didn’t really like this newest offering from Sarah Pekkanen. I think that the dual POVs was the reason why it didn’t work. And the ending was just kind of not finished in my opinion. But this one was a hard one to get into and I just didn’t really find some parts of it realistic. “The […]

The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien

The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien

by Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Great installment in the “Noodle Shop Mystery” series. I think that Chien has hit their stride. At this point you should know all of the key players and how things work. Reading this series at this point is like taking a nice warm bath. I liked this one much better because Chien included some Chinese mythology and it seemed to be more “serious” I think than previous installments. […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo