Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search this Site

| 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

About Fiat.Luxury

CBR 6
CBR 7
CBR 8
CBR  9
CBR10 participant
CBR11 participant
CBR12 participant
CBR17 Participant

(Learn more about this Cannonballer: Fiat.Luxury's Quick Questions interview.)

Fiat.Luxury's Reviews:

I should have loved this but I didn’t…?

The Scar (New Crobuzon #2) by China Miéville

September 16, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

The Scar is the second of the New Crobuzon series by China Mieville, but you certainly don’t need to read the first (Perdido Street Station) to understand or enjoy the second.  This is a long book with a lot going on!  Let’s do a quick summary. Bellis Coldwine, our complicated protagonist, is a professional translator on a ship from New Crobuzon voluntarily going into exile after the events of Perdido Street Station. Her plans immediately collapse as she finds herself “press-ganged” by pirates onto a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: China Mieville

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: China Mieville ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Baby’s first Proust

Swann in Love by Marcel Proust

September 15, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury 5 Comments

Last week, on a road trip, I thought, “I am turning 43 on Monday and I have never read Proust” So I Googled “which Proust to start with” and the internet told me that Swann in Love is the place to start.  This novella can stand alone, but it is actually a section of Swann’s Way, which in turn is the first volume of Proust’s famous In Search of Lost Time. The plot is pretty straightforward: Swann, a high society bougie fellow in fin-de-siecle Paris, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: marcel proust

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: marcel proust ·
Rating:
· 5 Comments

The woods will trick you.

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

September 11, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I read and enjoyed The Unseen World a few years ago, and then sort of stopped paying attention to Liz Moore until someone at work mentioned that she was reading God of the Woods and I was like “Liz Moore, sounds familiar??” I was delighted to 1. remember how much I enjoyed The Unseen World, and 2. discover new books from Liz Moore! Wow! I generally do not like “coming of age” books because I am grumpy and I think few people write about that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: liz moore

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: liz moore ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Short and sweet, with great illustrations

The Dragon of Og by Rumer Godden

September 3, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury 1 Comment

Our 2025 read-aloud journey continues! I found this one thanks to a list along the lines of, “If you liked The Hobbit…” We read it in one afternoon (it’s very short), and both kids give it two thumbs up. The titular dragon has a lovely home under a pool in a river belonging to Lord of Tundergarth, a home found for him by his thoughtful mother. He is a shy, quiet dragon who eats only one bullock every 2 or 3 weeks, from the cattle […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Dragon of Og, dragons dragons dragons, Dragons of 2025, Kids books, read aloud, Rumer Godden

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:21 · Genres: Children's Books, Featured, Fiction · Tags: Dragon of Og, dragons dragons dragons, Dragons of 2025, Kids books, read aloud, Rumer Godden ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

A good book for the right reader

Travel Light by Naomi Mitchinson

August 25, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

When my daughter asked “Are there any girls in this story?” during our reading of The Hobbit, I set out to find a book with girls and dragons where the girl isn’t just along for the ride. I came across Naomi Mitchison. I wouldn’t be surprised if other Cannonballers are familiar with Mitchison, but I had never heard of her! She was an extremely prolific (over 90 books!) contemporary of Tolkein, who, among other things: …was able to write anywhere, which helped because – as […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: Kids books, Naomi Mitchinson, norse mythology, Travel Light

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: Kids books, Naomi Mitchinson, norse mythology, Travel Light ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

The Great Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

August 11, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury 3 Comments

I was watching a bunch of kids last week and after a full morning at the pool there was a moment of quiet as they all became engrossed in their various screens. I didn’t want to disturb the peace and I also didn’t want to do chores, and I couldn’t find my Kindle, so I reached over the bookshelf and I picked up the dog-eared copy of The Great Gatsby that I purchased in approximately 1999 – I was delighted to see my youthful handwriting […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Classic for a reason, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Classic for a reason, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby ·
Rating:
· 3 Comments
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • …
  • 30
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Tracy
    on Early Fantasy: Long Stories in Which Not Much Happens
    That almost sounds "so bad it's good," and I might need to check it out.
  • louise
    on High expectations led to disappointment
    I totally agree with what you wrote. I already read this book and found it extremely complicated to understand the...
  • Ashlea
    on This standalone fantasy goes incredibly hard.
    Just finished this amazing story. Eyes are still damp. I had it queued on my Libby app for several weeks...
  • finnyfinfinn
    on Les Amis Des Chats
    It did seem to come a little bit out of nowhere fast but I enjoyed everything else so much I...
  • finnyfinfinn
    on Les Amis Des Chats
    It's very sweet!
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