Cannonball Read 10

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

CBR Facebook Page. Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Instagram. The CBR Tumblr CBR on Goodreads

Mikki Blu

I read to escape and to be entertained for awhile. My main choice is historical romance, with a side of mystery from time to time. I don't want any part of dystopian books, or depressing reality tales - there is quite enough of that in the news these days! I'm a social media failure - I don't tweet, Instagram, Tumblr or Facebook - who has the time when there's books to read?

CBR10 LevelsCBR10 participantCBR 9CBR 8

Mikki Blu's Reviews:

It’s a bloody thing, being a vampire

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

by 1 Comment

Coldtown was dangerous, Tana knew. A glamorous cage, a prison for the damned and anyone who wanted to party with them. So imagine you wake up from a party to find you are seemingly the only one alive in the house – all your friends are dead, drained of blood by vampires.  This is how this book begins – with Tana freaking out over the discovery, finally finding her ex-boyfriend Aiden still alive but infected, along with a mysterious stranger.  They manage to escape, just barely, and Tana is horrified to discover she has been bitten as well.  In the […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "It’s a bloody thing, being a vampire"

7/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

Faerie court intrigue at its finest

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

by 4 Comments

Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. This book by Holly Black is the first in a new YA series, The Folk of the Air, set in the treacherous High Court of Faerie.  I haven’t read anything by Ms Black previously, but I’ve been in a reading slump for a few months and this book looked promising when I saw it in the hot titles section at the library.  The first chapter jumps right into action, and I was hooked immediately into the storyline. Jude and […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase The Cruel Prince by Holly Black or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "Faerie court intrigue at its finest"

6/26/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

A showgirl’s life

All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church

by 1 Comment

This is a book that may not be for everyone – there are issues of child sexual abuse, self mutilation, drug addiction and some domestic abuse.  In saying that, it’s also a well written, powerful story of a young woman who has to battle her demons and come out of it into a better place.  It’s also a story that has strong female friendship among the glitz and glamour of old Las Vegas in the 1960s, which Ms Church portrays very well. It begins with eight year old Lily Decker finding herself as an orphan after a car crash kills […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "A showgirl’s life"

5/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

A tale of two orphans

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill

by 2 Comments

The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. An unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose economy hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to thwart one’s origins. It might also take true love. This is the blurb about this book, which led me to believe it would be a kind of off beat tale of eccentric circus type folks who live together and forge a family like existence despite great odds.  This was […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "A tale of two orphans"

4/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:19 |

A death in winter

Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris

by Leave a Comment

Finally, after what seemed like forever, I received the new Sebastian St Cyr novel, and devoured it all too quickly.  Once again, Ms Harris has written a fantastic historical mystery that is detailed and entertaining.  This is book 13 in the series, and while a person could read it as a stand alone, you really shouldn’t.  There’s a lot of personal backstory between Sebastian and his wife, Hero, along with the cast of regulars that adds to the story. This one begins, as usual, with the discovery of a dead body.  Only this time it’s Hero that literally stumbles across […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "A death in winter"

4/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:18 |

What happens at Vega’s….

My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden

by 1 Comment

So this is a fairly standard historical romance, the first in a new series by Ms Linden – The Wagers of Sin.  I feel like I’ve read several books lately with a similar premise – young, beautiful woman is left nearly destitute after the death of loved ones, and seeks to make a fortune by gambling.  And in the course of this gambling, she meets handsome, wealthy lord who falls into lust with her and must have her. In this case, we have Sophie Graham, aka Sophie Campbell, on her own after her parents died and her grandfather wants nothing […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "What happens at Vega’s…."

4/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

A Scot and his wolf return home

A Devil in Scotland by Suzanne Enoch

by Leave a Comment

This is another book with a long lost hero, though in this case it was his own choice to disappear.  This book, third in the No Ordinary Hero series by Suzanne Enoch, is set in Scotland where Callum MacCreath discovers that his older brother Ian, Earl of Geiry, is set to marry Rebecca, a childhood friend.  While Callum isn’t exactly ready to settle down himself, he realizes that he wants Rebecca and confronts her about it.  A family fight ensues, and Callum finds himself shunned from the clan and he escapes to America. Fast forward ten years, and he’s done […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase A Devil in Scotland by Suzanne Enoch or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "A Scot and his wolf return home"

3/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

Back from the dead, the earl seeks vengeance

The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran

by 1 Comment

This book is the latest in the Rules for the Reckless series, though it’s very easy to read as a stand alone.  It is linked somewhat to Ms Duran’s debut book, The Duke of Shadows, which I read last year but completely forgot about for the most part until the end of this one.  So whether that’s good or bad, I’m not sure, take it as you will. This is the tale of Liam Devaliant, Earl of Lockwood, who mysteriously disappeared on his wedding night to Lady Anna, a countess in her own right before their marriage due to her […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Purchase The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran or any item from amazon via our link.

Funds raised are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name.

Share the post "Back from the dead, the earl seeks vengeance"

3/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |


Follow CBR on Instagram

Shop on Amazon and Support CBR

Buy Original Cannonballer Prisco's book and help CBR!

Ad Partner