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

Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

“To be so ravenous with desperation that the only way out is complete and utter annihilation. A torpedo made of your own sharpened body.”- Senaa Ahmad (or me about wanting to quit this book)

The Age of Calamities: Stories by Senaa Ahmad

July 11, 2026 by bjornsnipe 5 Comments

I bought this book for two reasons: the New York Times highly recommended it, and I have always had a fascination with Anne Boleyn and one of the stories was said to feature her. And now you get a story by story commentary on how very much a mistake that decision was. Let’s Play Dead: Right off the bat we have the Anne Boleyn story, and right off the bat I loathe this book. Henry VIII has Anne Boleyn’s head chopped off and the next […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Anne Boleyn, blackbeard, Ibn Battuta, Joan of Arc, John Adams, Julius Caesar, Lizzie Borden, Marilyn Monroe, napoleon bonaparte, nefertiti, nellie bly, Queen Victoria, Robert Oppenheimer, Senaa Ahmad, The Romanov Sisters

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, History, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Anne Boleyn, blackbeard, Ibn Battuta, Joan of Arc, John Adams, Julius Caesar, Lizzie Borden, Marilyn Monroe, napoleon bonaparte, nefertiti, nellie bly, Queen Victoria, Robert Oppenheimer, Senaa Ahmad, The Romanov Sisters ·
Rating:
· 5 Comments

I know him, that can’t be

John Adams by David McCullough

December 29, 2020 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

One of my first favorite books was Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. It won the Newberry Medal in 1944 and I must have read a dozen times starting in fourth or fifth grade. Since then, I have loved revolutionary America. Naturally then, I’ve wanted to read this book for quite some time. I read 1776, also by David McCullough, while in college and found myself interested in this book.  As a history major, I didn’t specialize in any specific era but colonial America would have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: colonial america, david mccullough, Founding Fathers, hamilton, John Adams, Pulitzer Prize, Revolutionary War

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: colonial america, david mccullough, Founding Fathers, hamilton, John Adams, Pulitzer Prize, Revolutionary War ·
· 0 Comments


Recent Comments

  • Malin
    on “There’s a saying in the Blessed Empire: Little thieves steal gold, and great ones steal kingdoms, but only one goes to the gallows. “
    This is on my 26 for 26 reading list. I love a fairy tale retelling, and this one sounds unusual...
  • Malin
    on You can read Orlando 1 OR Orlando 2 (part two) (cbr18bingo)
    Happy double Cannonball!
  • beereadsbooks
    on Well, it made me learn some history about alcohol
    I can empathize with your description of your suspicions and then finding out it was Christian fiction - I feel...
  • Tracy
    on Stephanie Plum Step Aside
    Hey, look at that! I've apparently commented on this post before.
  • Tracy
    on Stephanie Plum Step Aside
    I think I outgrew Stephanie Plum, but this sounds great.
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