Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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A Bear Belongs: A Wildlife Rescue Story by Catherine Barr and Harriet Hobday

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It’s a little embarrassing to say that it took me from February 2026 to April 2026 to read A Bear Belongs: A Wildlife Rescue Story by Catherine Barr. Not because it is some 5,000 page book or anything. But because I forgot the name of it. It was not until a few days before writing the review I … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:155 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·

“Now, in a growing number of cities across the country, when a victim testified, she no longer did so alone.”

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy

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Following news at the beginning of May that the End the Backlog campaign had finally achieved rape kit reform legislation in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Now, in the year of aggravation that is 2026. But, with a goal of being thankful for the wins and not angered by their delay I … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , ·

Make a Place for This One

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Gladstone

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The freshly minted Pulitzer Prize winner for best nonfiction, There Is No Place for Us: Homelessness in America, is absolutely heartbreaking and terrifying--but I couldn't look away from the text for the 24 hours it took me to read Brian Gladstone's book. The scope is simultaneously wide and narrow. … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: ·

Diary of a Mad Tradwife

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

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First and foremost, we must give credit where credit is due. Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear has a premise that must have other authors fuming with jealousy. Her protagonist, Natalie Heller Mills, is a housewife and mother on a remote ranch who posts "tradwife" content on social media, pretending to … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:33 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: ·

They had it coming

When the Wolves Are Silent by C.S. Harris

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I have really enjoyed the last few novels in this series after having a few that didn’t quite work as well for me: it’s nice that we haven’t had too many French espionage connections lately and are just doing murder mysteries. Also, I appreciate that Sebastian St. Cyr hasn’t been too beaten up … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: , , , ·

Can’t wait to see how this connects to The Mercy of the Gods

Livesuit by James S.A. Corey

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I never got into the show The Expanse though I was curious from the buzz and the set pictures. I think I watched two episodes and it just didn’t quite get my attention. I tried the first book that the Prime show is based on, and while it was fine, I also wasn’t in a rush to get back to it, and now … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: , , , ·


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