Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

Featured Review Archive

These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

She’s so soft like silk chiffon

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

by 1 Comment

  This was a selection for my book club and it’s not something I would have picked up on my own. It’s a sapphic YA romance with a cover that’s so very pink. But once I got into it, I really enjoyed it. It captures many of the feelings of being a young person so well. The main character struggles in a very real way with her own identity and if she’s accepted by her peers. It’s a lovely little book that occasionally veers into […]

A harrowing story of shipwreck, death and survival on a godforsaken island at the edge of the world

Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

by 2 Comments

Never has a description been more true. This is an absolutely incredible true story, and the author Joan Druett has some a marvellous job bringing it to life. This was a re-read for me, after first reading it several years ago. The story stayed with me, and I was glad I revisited it to refresh my memory. We follow the Grafton as it sets off from Sydney in 1864; it’s five man crew, led by Captain Thomas Musgrave and his business partner Francois Raynal, is […]

Mhmm… oh, yeah… hmmm… I know some of these words

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

by Leave a Comment

This is your universe, and it’s ending one second at a time. Some day, likely after our Sun has gone supernova and life as we know it has ceased to be, the universe will come to an end. I had heard of the hypothesis of the heat death of the universe before, and like all semi-informed people I thought I would become an expert by reading the first section of the Wikipedia entry on it. Turns out, the universe might be more complex than three […]

In the immortal words of T. Swift, “Baby, just say yes…”

A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

by Leave a Comment

What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die tragically in that tomb? Instead, what if they remained madly in love and grew comfortably middle-aged together and had a houseful of kids, the oldest of whom is a daughter named Rosalind who goes by Rosie? (Yes, Romeo insisted on naming their first daughter after the girl that he was infatuated with just prior to Juliet.) Rosie, who has just been betrothed for a fifth time to a villain after said villain pulled some power plays and her […]

Kickstarter exclusives are getting to be a little annoying…

Trick r' Treat: 15th Anniversary Collection by Michael Dougherty & Various

by 1 Comment

With the theater re-release renewing my love for the property, and the sequel film still way off in the horizon, I jumped at the opportunity for any more Trick r’ Treat content and put my hand in for this omnibus collection when I saw the Kickstarter announced. My collection always felt like it was missing a copy of the comics, and this compiles both comics, plus a brand new, exclusive story. How could I not pull the trigger on it? The existing stories still hold […]

“The world isn’t built for the needs of disabled kids quite yet. Until it is, we must work hard finding creative ways to get things done & make life fun!”

The ABCs of Disabilities by Sean Gold

by Leave a Comment

When you’re speaking to directly to an audience of mostly children, especially ones who either can’t read independently yet, or are just learning to read, it’s understandably easy to fall into a lot of simple traps.  A lot of picture books I’ve encountered are either too babyish or too preachy, too oversimplified or not simplified enough; Many times it feels as if some authors have not interacted with an actual human child in their own recent memory, because they speak in ways kids don’t speak, […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo