Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Support your local drag queens!

50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World by Dan Jones

June 2, 2022 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Happy Pride, everyone! Dan Jones attempts to document the 50 most important drag queens who have changed the world. For each queen, he writes a couple of paragraphs about their accomplishments and impact on the world and there’s a cute illustration from Michele Rosenthal of each performer. This is admittedly a herculean undertaking, and Jones gives it a good go. On the whole, he does fine. There seems to be a concerted effort to not just include contestants from RuPaul’s Drag Race on this list which […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Dan Jones, drag, drag queens, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Michele Rosenthal, pride month

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Dan Jones, drag, drag queens, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Michele Rosenthal, pride month ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Freaks, Geeks, and Automobiles

Role Models by John Waters

January 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 3 Comments

Oooh mama, this is not for the faint of heart! If you aren’t already a fan of John Waters and his coterie of misfits and outsiders then this is NOT the place to start! I first became aware of John Waters through the 1990 film Cry-Baby. It used to be on TV fairly frequently in the late 90s/early Aughts, and I would secretly watch bits and pieces of it when my parents weren’t in the room. I had the “flashback” button on the remote primed and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, Baltimore, counterculture, cult film, cults, drag, fashion, filth, John Waters, LGTBQ, Literature, outsider art, pornography, sex

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: art, Baltimore, counterculture, cult film, cults, drag, fashion, filth, John Waters, LGTBQ, Literature, outsider art, pornography, sex ·
Rating:
· 3 Comments


Recent Comments

  • Malin
    on Cannonball Read 18 Holiday Book Exchange
    I love the Holiday Book Exchange! The only challenge is listing enough books I want, since I buy so many...
  • beereadsbooks
    on Cannonball Read 18 Holiday Book Exchange
    As my husband continues to remind me, books don't expire! So it's fine to just get as many as possible....
  • BlackRaven
    on Cannonball Read 18 Holiday Book Exchange
    My sister is going to get after me for getting more books. I can't help that someone GIFTED them to...
  • wicherwill
    on Cannonball Read 18 Holiday Book Exchange
    Last year I missed this entirely and this year I am ON IT. Made me realize how many books have...
  • Giga
    on Red Sonja Can Wear What She Wants
    And everybody behind to say, for years now, that this version is 'deeper' and Sonja is not 'sexualised'. This is...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in