Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“It is a fact that it takes experience before one can realize what is a catastrophe and what is not. Children have little faculty of distinguishing between disaster and the ordinary course of their lives.”

A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

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CBR18 Bingo: Summer – The book is set in the heat of Jamaica and the Caribbean Sea, where there is an endless summer. After a hurricane wrecks their home, the Bas-Thornton children and their neighbors, the Fernandez children, are sent off on a ship to England. When they are intercepted by pirates, their lives take an abrupt turn – but whether it is the children or the pirates who will cause the most harm remains to be seen. The cover image for the edition of A […]

A cozy romance about found family

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: A Novel by Sangu Mandanna

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Cbr18bingo Refuge. The main characters hide away in a mansion, away from prying eyes The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is a novel about misfits and found family. While witches, witchcraft, and persecution are at the center of the story, several other characters have also found themselves on society’s periphery. The question is, is the purpose of life to find ways to survive or is it to find ways to really live? The novel is set in contemporary England and witches are still around. […]

I’m boxed

Boxed In by Sarah Lynne Reul

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If you are an artist in any way (poetry, painting, sculpture, etc) you probably have had some form of “artist anxiety” (or what I call it). What Sarah Lynne Reul calls it in Boxed In (which honestly is a bit better). Our story follows a young girl who does not want to use her new paint set because what if she makes a mistake? New things deserve perfection.  And she fears making mistakes. Due late February 2027, Reul explores this other kind of “artist block” […]

It is more than Gangnam Style or Demon Hunters

The Discovery of K-pop: The Asian Hall of Fame by Oliver Chin, Juan Calle and Phil Amara

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If loving K-Pop music is wrong, I know a lot of people who are very openly wrong. I mean, I know of a woman who is a grandmother of an early teen, who is a BTS fan. I mean fan girl fan level. But hey, I was a New Kids on the Block Fan so who am I to judge? We all have our boy band(s) to love regardless of the decades behind our years. However, what I know about K-Pop can fit on a […]

I like the historical bit

Who's on First?: The Comedy Classic by Abbott and Costello by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with John Martz

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You might know the comedy sketch, Who’s On First? if you’re of a certain age, like classical comedy or know baseball adjacent history. I just read an online book version of it called Who’s on First?: The Comedy Classic by Abbott and Costello. It was written by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello originally with this version having John Martz on illustrations. Is it due early February 2027 so you have some time to decide if you want this version or not. The thing is, I […]

Turn to this book

Penny's Pages by Jenna Elyse Johnson and Janna Mattia

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The picture book Penny’s Pages by Jenna Elyse Johnson and illustrated by Janna Mattia (read via an online reader and due mid-March 2027) might not be my all time favorite read of the year, but it is up in the top 25 because it was read at the right time and has a story that is likeable.  Penny is a dog (based on a real bookstore pet) and the store is named after her. Of course, you’d name your store after the boss right? (The […]



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