Cannonball Read 18

It was the nicest shirt they owned…which wasn’t saying much, considering their wardrobe had consisted exclusively of black cult robes until recently.

A Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England

May 28, 2026 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Autumn K. England's A Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous is a lovely fantasy in the vein of a Becky Chambers or Travis Baldree. It’s cozy with a focus on community and healing. Growing up, I read a lot of fantasy books about the farm boy who goes off on adventure and saves the kingdom. Oaklin … [Read more]

Emmalita's CBR18 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Autumn K. England ·

I had a lot of clever titles for this review but none of them fit.

Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan and Noah Stollman

May 28, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Recently I was emailing a representative of a publisher my work deals with. We were talking about a book dealing with the 12 Day War between Iran and Israel that is coming out this fall. I mentioned I would like to find something that showed the other side of the story as well. I figure one should … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:154 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: & Sons, bombings, family, fathers, identity, Israel, jewish, literary, Noah Stollman, Religious Orientation, Rutu Modan, Rutu Modan and Noah Stollman, soldiers, Tel Aviv, war ·

An odd, not so little, little book or Why even though it is the day before Easter, you should go to the libary

Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp

May 28, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You know you have a problem when you spend five days of the week at your job behind the scenes at a bookstore, then on Saturday you go to the library for a “change of scenery.” But I guess it could be worse. Anyway, I was browsing the shelves, thinking that I had forgotten it was the day before … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:153 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health · Tags: activism, animals, clothing factories, environmentalism, Fairy Tales, family, folklore, forests, friendship, inscets, legends, mythology, siblings, Sid Sharp, Sisters, Social Justice, Social Themes, spiders, strikes ·

“Love is as love does.”

Land of Enchantment by Leigh Stein

May 27, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I discovered Leigh Stein via her Substack, specifically this post, which hit the nail so solidly on the head that I had to see what else she had written. Land of Enchantment is the novel/memoir version of that post, sort of - it's a thoughtful, uncomfortable look at her youthful abusive relationship … [Read more]

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, emotional abuse, Land of Enchantment, Leigh Stein ·

“Anybody who spends a lot of time burrowing through primary records of the old South is going to find almost anything they can imagine & more than a little that they never imagined.”

A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South by Melvin Patrick Ely

May 27, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When people think of slavery in the American South, they usually imagine vast, intensely segregated plantations. However, usually Black people and their White enslavers lived cheek by jowl, and this terrible intimacy could give rise to many different kinds of tensions, as demonstrated by the six … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:35 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 1800s, American History, American Slavery, ARC, audiobook, law, Melvin Patrick Ely, NetGalley, Race, Slavery, United States ·

On the Trail of Murderous Magic

The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter

May 27, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

After the dangerous relic of a serial killer is stolen in a daring heist, Krona and her fellow Regulators must uncover the greater conspiracy at play and recover the mask to keep the murders starting up again from beyond the grave. Not only is this book is an intriguing mix of fantasy, suspense … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:34 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, adult, ARC, audiobook, horror, Marina J. Lostetter, mystery, NetGalley, Suspense ·

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on Painfully Unfunny
You got that right!
BlackRaven
on Painfully Unfunny
Sounds like this book was 167 pages too long
BlackRaven
on The Joke’s On You
Sounds like The Stench was all the title needed
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on The Joke’s On You
Practically every sentence is a joke omg, I recently finished a book like this. Hated it.
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on Eat the Rich
and the recognition that love isn’t going to cure trauma This is a perspective that is unusual to find. Sounds...

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