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

Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

About Malin

CBR 2
CBR 3
CBR 4
CBR 5
CBR 6
CBR 7
CBR 8
CBR  9
CBR10 participant
CBR11 participant
CBR12 participant
CBR13 participant
CBR14 Participant
CBR14 Bingo Badges
CBR15 Participant
CBR16 Participant
CBR17 Participant
CBR18 Participant
CBR18 Levels
CBR18 Comments

She/her. Constantly overworked teacher of Norwegian and English. Geek and reading enthusiast. Married. Mother of a growing boy, born February 2018. Two cats. The Cannonball-veteran (the only participant - as far as I know - who has participated every year since CBRII). Loves fantasy, kissing books and YA. Strongly opinionated about many things. Perpetually behind on reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Malin's Quick Questions interview.)

Malin's Reviews:

“Good God, sometimes it felt like all of society was complicit in trying to make life harder for women.”

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

March 23, 2026 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo 26: BIPOC rep by a BIPOC author Reading Rainbow – Orange cover Nikole “Nik” Paterson is bored and uncomfortable at a baseball game with her handsome, if rather self-centred, actor boyfriend, and his bros. She is absolutely blindsided when he surprises her with a public proposal, via the scoreboard, and to add insult to injury, he didn’t even spell her name correctly. Nik is mortified, her boyfriend is insulted by her rejection, and things are about to take a nasty […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, cbr18, Contemporary Romance, doctors, family, friendship, jasmine guillory, Malin, Nowhere Book Bingo, Reading Rainbow, The Proposal, the wedding date, Writers

Malin's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, cbr18, Contemporary Romance, doctors, family, friendship, jasmine guillory, Malin, Nowhere Book Bingo, Reading Rainbow, The Proposal, the wedding date, Writers ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

“Ruth decided that the next time she saw Evan Miller, she would wear her best pyjamas.”

A Girl Like Her (Deluxe Edition) by Talia Hibbert

March 12, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebook Casablanca for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Evan Miller has recently moved to Ravenswood, and while he appreciates his job as a metalworker and many of his co-workers, he’s less of a fan of the boss’s son trying to ingratiate himself with him. Especially once said nepo-baby keeps throwing condescending hints about Evan’s next-door neighbour, Ruth. Ruth Kabbah is shunned by most people in Ravenswood because of events in her past. She barely ever leaves her house, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A Girl Like Her, ARC, cbr18, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, England, fandom, Malin, NetGalley, neurodivergence, Ravenswood, small town life, Talia Hibbert

Malin's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: A Girl Like Her, ARC, cbr18, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, England, fandom, Malin, NetGalley, neurodivergence, Ravenswood, small town life, Talia Hibbert ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

My friend wrote a book (two, actually) and you won’t be able to read it if you can’t read Danish

Kraft & Mod (Courage) by Trine J. Cederlof

March 10, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A Middle Grade Book Defeat the Goblin TBR: The Shiny book (added in December 2024) Disclaimer! The author is a friend of mine, but my opinions are my own, and I bought the book with my own money (because friends make sure friends get royalties). As part of the peace agreement between the Green Shores and the Blue Mountains, Prince Mirounga (called Miro), nephew and heir to the king of the Green Shores, is sent into fosterage to the Blue Mountains. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, Aurora, cbr18, coming-of-age, Courage, Danish, friendship, Kraft & Mod, Malin, middle grade, royalty, Trine J. Cederløf

Malin's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, Aurora, cbr18, coming-of-age, Courage, Danish, friendship, Kraft & Mod, Malin, middle grade, royalty, Trine J. Cederløf ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

A Regency Parent Trap retelling

Better Than a Duke by Suzanne Enoch

March 1, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thank you to NetGalley and Bramble for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Beckett Raines, the Marquis of Hentrose, has been widowed for ten years, leaving him a single father to young Rebecca (who would like to be known as Lady Becks). He’s been aided by a number of loyal servants, but now his meddling mother has decided that it’s time for him to marry an appropriate woman who can be a good role model to the girl. Because Beckett was guided by his […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Better Than a Duke, cbr18, family, funny, historical romance, Malin, Parenting, Regency, retelling, Suzanne Enoch, The Parent Trap

Malin's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Better Than a Duke, cbr18, family, funny, historical romance, Malin, Parenting, Regency, retelling, Suzanne Enoch, The Parent Trap ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

The Earl and the Sheepfarmer

In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined by Alexandra Vasti

March 1, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Reading Rainbow – Purple/violet cover It’s 1811. Winnifred “Winnie” Wallace just wants to settle down in a small town in Wales and raise sheep. She has a modest amount of money, given to her by her con woman mother before said woman absconded to France. However, being a single woman trying to establish herself leads to a lot of suspicion, so Winnie fibs a tiny bit and claims to be married, but estranged from her husband. She literally makes up a name and an address […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alexandra Vasti, cbr18, fake relationship, funny, historical romance, In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined, Malin, novella, Regency, The Halifax Hellions

Malin's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alexandra Vasti, cbr18, fake relationship, funny, historical romance, In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined, Malin, novella, Regency, The Halifax Hellions ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Road trips, miscommunication and untruths

The Halifax Hellions by Alexandra Vasti

February 25, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Novella 1: In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation (3.5 stars) Novella 2: In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint (4.5 stars) Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book collects two previously self-published novellas of Alexandra Vasti’s, and includes an additional epilogue which has never before been available. Margo and Matilda Halifax are identical twins, the wealthy younger sisters of an Earl and have basically been seen as outrageous scandals for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alexandra Vasti, art, cat, cbr18, historical romance, Malin, Netgalley ARC, road trip, scandal, Sisters, The Halifax Hellions, twins

Malin's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alexandra Vasti, art, cat, cbr18, historical romance, Malin, Netgalley ARC, road trip, scandal, Sisters, The Halifax Hellions, twins ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • …
  • 197
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • G.D. Giant
    on Billionaire reform starts with a good book
    Thank you for this review. I hadn't heard of this book but it sounds quite charming and I love a...
  • Emmalita
    on Some novellas as a little treat
    I was chatting with some fantasy readers and writers a couple of weeks ago about what cozy means. Reena McCarty...
  • Classic
    on Eat a Peach by David Chang
    Libby's search function drives me up the wall. I miss being able to click on a book as a rec...
  • Emmalita
    on Eat a Peach by David Chang
    It was weird that Eat a Peach was offered as an option.
  • Classic
    on Eat a Peach by David Chang
    I felt like such an AH when I realized what happened.
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