Cannonball Read 18

I Didn’t Expect the Robot to Become a Mom

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

September 30, 2026 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I haven't seen The Wild Robot movie yet, but as soon as I saw the trailers a couple years ago, I knew I wanted to see it. And I always like to read the book first, so I picked up the first two and finally got around to reading the first one. It's about Roz the robot, who ends up on an uninhabited … [Read more]

Tracy's CBR18 Review No:62 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: middle grade, Peter Brown, Wild Robot ·

A court of snarling and mates

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

September 30, 2026 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

I came back for mooooooore! So it turns out all that guff about the ACOTAR series just being for horny middle-aged women was spot on, as I remain firmly seated. While this third book in the series didn't have quite as many fae-banging moments, it was chock-full of military tactics, war … [Read more]

Caesar's Wife's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: sarah j maas ·

Worst piece of monkey doo

Gnartoons by James the Stanton

September 29, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The cover says it all: Gnartoons by James the Stanton are going to be your favorite cartoon book or the worst piece of monkey doo-doo you have ever seen. Anyway, so can I give this a Zero? As you can see, I am not the audience for this. Or maybe I was too subtle? So, let me sum up: This was … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:361 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: American wit and humor, Books I REALLY did not like, James the Stanton, Pictorial, Satire ·

You are a poet! And you are a poet! And I (try to be) a Poet!

You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher

September 29, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you judge a book by its cover, usually you are going to be mostly right, with of course, exceptions. You see a book that looks like You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor and Sam Usher (illustrated by) and you assume it is going to be terribly cute, silly, maybe even overly … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:360 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories · Tags: animals, Concepts, family, friendship, imagination, pigs, Play, Sam Usher, Sean Taylor, Sean Taylor and Sam Usher ·

K Pop meets Honey Bees

Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant

September 29, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Three Bee Honey Volume 1 by Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant (illustrator) is a cute story with a little edge.The edge is that there is a bit of depict happening within the bee hive, and the queen is unaware. So far, the worst things that have happened is that the girls have gotten caught in a … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:359 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: animals, bees, Desi St. Amant, Desi St. Amant and Jon St. Amant, family, Jon St. Amant, music, siblings, sisterhood, Social Themes ·

The book that reintroduced itself to me via my foot

Feeling Like an ADHD Alien by Pina Varnel,

September 29, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you haven’t guessed, I like reading. And when a coworker reviewed Feeling Like an ADHD Alien by Pina Varnel, I said, “That sounds like a “me” book.” And I asked for their reader's copy. And when I finally obtained it, I misplaced it. But one day, I was looking for something else and Varnel’s book … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:358 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: ADHD, coming-of-age, Concepts, family, friendship, neurodiversity, Pina Varnel, school, Social Themes ·

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