Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search

About Tracy

CBR 9
CBR10 participant
CBR11 participant
CBR12 participant
CBR13 participant
CBR14 Participant
CBR15 Participant
CBR16 Participant
CBR17 Participant
CBR18 Participant
CBR18 Levels

40-something psychologist living with a husband, preschooler, and 2 cats. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Tracy's Quick Questions interview.)

Tracy's Reviews:

When Every Morning Starts with Chaos

The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins

by Leave a Comment

This novel has been on my radar for months because the concept is so unique: What would happen if buildings in New York City suddenly started moving around? Residents wake up one morning to find that has happened, and it continues to happen every morning afterward. They might wake up with a view of a skyscraper one day, a view of a river the next. How would you react if you never knew where your home or business might end up? That’s the question that […]

An Indie-Published YA Fantasy

A Discovery of Talents by Phoenix McDonald

by Leave a Comment

This is an indie-published book, which I was excited to read because I want to support indie authors. In this YA fantasy, 16-year-old Marcus discovers that he can travel from earth to another world, called Lysomnus. His father Deacon is kidnapped by someone from that world before he has much of an opportunity to tell Marcus more about this new ability or Lysomnus itself. Marcus sets out with his friends Leopold and Sadie to find his father, and along the way they are thrust into […]

A Fantasy That Hits Close to Home

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis

by 2 Comments

You may recognize Caitlin Rozakis as the author of Dreadful, which I had such a good time with last year. While this upcoming new release isn’t as overtly funny, it does still bring the humor and is relatively lighthearted, while being more emotionally resonant and grounded in reality. It’s told from the third person POV of Vivian, who moves with her husband Daniel and 5-year-old daughter Aria to a hidden magical town after Aria is turned by a werewolf. Prior to this, the family was “mundane” […]

A Whimsical Fantasy and an Alien Invasion Sci-Fi

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

The Seep by Chana Porter

by 2 Comments

Water Moon This was such a creative, whimsical work. It is set largely in a world not our own and follows Hana and Keishin as they search for Hana’s father, who ran a magical pawnshop in which customers from our world could exchange their regrets. On what should be Hana’s first day running the shop after her father retires, she wakes to find that the shop has been ransacked, her father and one of the pawned items is missing, and there are dangerous beings who […]

Enjoyable, but Not a Standout

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

by Leave a Comment

This is an odd one to write about because while I enjoyed the process of reading it and found the story kept me engaged, enough to rate it 4 stars, I don’t think it’s going to be very memorable for me, and it was hard at first for me to even articulate why I liked it so much. So, what I liked: The short chapters keep the story moving, even though we’re jumping back and forward in time as the novel follows Tom, who has […]

A Memoir about More than Just Cats

Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats by Courtney Gustafson

by 1 Comment

This was a great memoir. Author Courtey Gustafson and her partner Tim move into Poets Square, a house they’re renting in Tucson, Arizona, and soon realize that there are 30 feral cats on the property. This starts Gustafson on a journey that becomes so much bigger than just taking care of the cats on the property. That’s how it starts, though, with Gustafson doing her best to feed that cats on a limited budget and worrying about their wellbeing because there are significant limits to […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo