Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Let’s Meet the Meat Industry

A Trade in Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett

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It’s another Shadow of the Leviathan book! And this means there’s a new mystery for Ana and Din to solve. Like the previous two books, The Tainted Cup and A Drop of Corruption, A Trade in Blood takes us to a new canton in Khanum and with that comes a new murder to solve—and a new aspect of Empire … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Murder on the New Frontier

Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution by Katherine Grandjean

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CBR18 Bingo: Map - We follow the Harp brothers' rampage across maps of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi - and the brothers' troubles started with land ownership disputes. On the heels of the American Revolution, Wiley and Micajah Harp went on a violent rampage across Tennessee and Kentucky, … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:59 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

Children’s books were different in the 70s

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

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CBR18 BINGO: Joker, because Mr. Fox is a bit of a joker I was looking for a short diversion recently, and while skimming our collection of Roald Dahl, I realized I had never read Fantastic Mr. Fox, though I have seen the delightful stop-motion animated film by Wes Anderson. I know enough about … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Clever Conceit That Mostly Works

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

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Rating: 3.5 In a nutshell: Sybil is a retired, divorced law clerk who writes letters (and occasionally emails) to pretty much anyone and everyone. We get a look at the letters she sends (and receives) over the course of a decade. Best for: Those who enjoy small stories that take place over … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

If you want to live forever, read this book. It will feel like an eternity.

A Fate Inked in Blood: Saga of the Unfated Book One by Danielle L. Jensen

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Set in a world where the Gods frequently join in marital relations and give blood to their chosen children, Freya chafes at her life. Bound in an unwanted marriage to a son of the Ocean God Njord, she spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of joining Snorri's, the region's jarl, war band and … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: , , , ·

“There are laws for everything except the harm families do.”

“D” is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (#4) by Sue Grafton

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He called himself Alvin Limardo, and according to him, he had a simple job for Kinsey: locate some fifteen-year-old who'd done him a favor once and pass on a check for $25,000. But then the $400 check for his retainer bounced. And that's when Kinsey discovered his name was actually John Daggett; … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:50 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: , , ·


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