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I’ve been on all sides of this story

So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

February 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport,already own It might have been ironic or appropriate that I finished this book on Valentine’s Day. But regardless, So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship Sophie Lambada’s memoir is a very strong, humorous, serious, clever, delightful read. Lambda’s journey is inspiring, relatable, and thoughtful. The amazing art that is both funny and powerful, gives the emotion of the words that are packed into fast-paced pages (it only took me two days to read, and had I started earlier in the evening, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: abuse, CBR15Passport, family, France, friendship, Interpersonal relations, Manipulative behavior, Psychological abuse victims, Psychology, rehabilitation, Relationships, Sophie Lambda

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:107 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: abuse, CBR15Passport, family, France, friendship, Interpersonal relations, Manipulative behavior, Psychological abuse victims, Psychology, rehabilitation, Relationships, Sophie Lambda ·
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“You could have kissed me or slit my throat and either would have made as much sense.”

A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson

January 13, 2023 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books you already own #1 In a lyrical letter to the lover she killed, Constanta recounts their history together, as well as that of his other ‘brides,’ and what drove them to do as they did. I had high hopes for this book. I don’t usually love vampire romances, because I feel like they often underplay the dark and twisted nature of the vampires of myth – so the fact that this book promised to go back to those terrifying roots drew […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, abuse, CBR15Passport, historical, horror, Polyamory, Romance, ST Gibson, vampire

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, abuse, CBR15Passport, historical, horror, Polyamory, Romance, ST Gibson, vampire ·
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This one was hard, but ultimately a worthy read

No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir by Lisa Nikolidakis

December 30, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Wow, this book was a hard read. The author Lisa Nikolidakis grew up Greek with a capital G. She spent her life trying to please her father and keep her family together. She suffered physical and mental abuse, violence, threats of violence, and a constant sense of impending doom. She tells stories of the magnitude of abuse throughout the book. Some of it is small – a slight here or there, favoritism, mild neglect, etc. It travels all the way to abuse of herself and […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: abuse, Greece, Lisa Nikolidakis

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:55 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: abuse, Greece, Lisa Nikolidakis ·
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Over the River, Into the Woods…

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

August 26, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read this as part of CBR14Bingo: adapt. This book was adapted into a movie that will be released later this year. It also features a character who has to adapt to a new situation after living in captivity the first part of her life.  Books about the outdoors and/or survivalism are not my thing. Neither are complicated family dramas where abuse has to be parsed and unpacked. Yet this one really worked for me and became one of my favorite crime novels of the year, even […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: abuse, cbr14bingo, Karen Dionne, Michigan, survivalism, The Marsh King's Daughter, thriller

Jake's CBR14 Review No:150 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: abuse, cbr14bingo, Karen Dionne, Michigan, survivalism, The Marsh King's Daughter, thriller ·
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A cell phone showing an audiobook of "Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir" by Wil Wheaton surrounded by board games.

Should be listened to in audio format if at all possible

Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton

June 10, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

I have wanted to listen to an audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton (of “Stand By Me” and Star Trek fame) for a while and when his annotated memoir Still Just a Geek came out it seemed like a good one to try.  Fellow Cannonballers, I did not expect the emotional journey I was about to take when starting this book.  In the opening, Wheaton says that he is going to try his best to make it seem as though he is sitting down having a conversation […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #writing, abuse, acting, Anxiety, cbr14, child acting, Depression, Dome'Loki, Star Trek, wil wheaton

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: #writing, abuse, acting, Anxiety, cbr14, child acting, Depression, Dome'Loki, Star Trek, wil wheaton ·
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Where Hands Go by Krystaelynne Sanders Diggs

August 18, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

Trigger Warning: Book being reviewed discusses childhood sexual abuse, hereafter called CSA, just in case you need to skip.   Where Hands Go by Krystaelynne Sanders Diggs is a really well-illustrated resource that uses an easily accessible poem (whose rhyme scheme doesn’t hit 100% of the time, but you know that I’m much more of a stickler for that than most readers, and definitely child readers), to talk to kids about bodily autonomy.  Through really great illustrations of a young, black, female-presenting child & her mom, […]

https://cannonballread.com/2021/08/where-hands-go-nte/

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: abuse, childhood sexual abuse, krystaelynne sanders diggs, NetGalley, Picture Books, Trigger Warning, where hands belong

NTE's CBR13 Review No:31 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: abuse, childhood sexual abuse, krystaelynne sanders diggs, NetGalley, Picture Books, Trigger Warning, where hands belong ·
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