Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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The series that currently has/will have 114 volumes in the US

One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda

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As you know, occasionally I need a change of scenery on the weekends. So instead of looking at, working with and reading books at work or home, I go to the library to look at and read books and I have been known to straighten a section. And when I do, I never know what will come of it. I usually get … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:270 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Short Stories, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , , , , ·

A Gory Zombie Apocalypse Road Trip Romance

Doomsdate by Laura Piper Lee

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I loved Laura Piper Lee's Pot Shot. I highly encourage you to read it. It's still on my list for top five reads of 2026. My feelings about Doomsdate are more mixed, but if you are looking for a good mix of horror and romance, it does what it says on the tin. Maisie was raised isolated by her … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Romance · Tags: , , ·

More Like Spybrarians

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

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I'm a librarian, and I feel like I'm living in resistance to a patriarchal dystopia, so when I came across UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED, a book that touts itself as a story of librarians working in resistance to a patriarchal dystopia but IN AN OLD WEST REVIVAL (derogatory), I decided it was both close … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Speculative Fiction, Western · Tags: , , , ·

This is the party that never ends, it goes on and on my friends…. (but it has gorgeous illustrations)

King Winter's Birthday by Jonathan Freedland and Emily Sutton

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Though I did not cry reading King Winter's Birthday by Jonathan Freedland and Emily Sutton (illustrator), I did get emotional.  It is a bittersweet story of loss and in the end, hope. The illustrations are lovely and though I do give it a five rating, there were a few odd flows to the text in a few … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:269 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , , , , ·

Well what a difference a few years (and a reading habit) make

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

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I picked this up for the first time in early 2019, or so Goodreads tells me. I do remember it was a recommendation from Sandhya, and Goodreads also reminds me of my takeaway: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Onerous world building, everyone's title and name and office building and race is another similar sounding … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: , ·

Domestic Issues

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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While I've been waiting for Kathryn Stockett's new novel to become available from my local library, I thought it would make sense to finally cross her first novel off my list. The Help was published to huge sales and general critical acclaim in 2009 before being adapted into an Oscar-winning film. … [Read more]

's CBR18 Review No:61 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·


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