Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

by Leave a Comment

Updated review 04/28/2025: I needed this book to count for a reading challenge so I happily re-read it. I also, because I am, bought the graphic novel of the Hobbit this weekend during Independent Bookstore Day and of course, promptly read that. Honestly, I loved this book when I read it in school, and enjoyed my re-read of it, ten years ago. I also laughed at  lot more while re-reading. I totally blanked on how Gandalf messed with Bilbo and then he was awash in […]

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 […]

Come On, Guys, Bear Just Being a Bear.

The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron

by Leave a Comment

Seem to have been running into a lot of stories lately about the wilds of Maine, and its feral folk.  I can appreciate that, years ago we took a vacation through that neck of the woods.  Maine coast was lovely, and we decided to head back through the interior of Maine just to see what there was to see.  Walls of pine was what there was.  As a Western girl, I prefer forests that are a little less crowded, I think.  But it made me […]

Rebellion on the rise

The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon

by Leave a Comment

In the last novel, Paige realized the only way to change the system was to lead the system so she put her name in the ring to be the next Underqueen and won the battle. She also allied with the Ranthen (the faction of Rep that doesn’t want to oppress humans) and exposed the existence of the Rephaim to the London Syndicate. While she may have won the fight and has a loyal contingent of mime lords under her, there is still grumbling in the […]

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario

Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

by Leave a Comment

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario continues the saga of Dungeon Crawler Carl. Let’s get the important stuff out of the way: if you liked the first book, you’ll like the second. There’s more of the same stuff featuring Carl and the adorable Princess Donut as they make their way through the complex world of the dungeon. The emotions continue to build, the story matures, and the characters get deeper and continue to move away from the tropes that tend to plague an Isekai-esque thing like this. In […]

Jazz Baby

Where All Good Flappers Go: Essential Stories of the Jazz Age by David M. Earle (Editor)

by Leave a Comment

The flapper girl is an icon of the Roaring Twenties, appearing in plenty of novels and films of the era. In this anthology, Pushkin Press brings together some contemporary short stories about the flapper which were published in magazines and papers of the time that celebrated these young women as a mirror of the times. I haven’t read much literature from the 1920s beyond the obligatory The Great Gatsby, but I’ve always found it intriguing how quickly social mores seemed to swing round during this […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo