Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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On the Cattle Drive

The Best Man by Maggie Osbourne

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CBR18 Bingo: Wheels – The three Roarke sisters must take two thousand head of cattle across Texas to earn their inheritance from their father. Also, the eldest sister, Alex, uses a wheelchair for much of the book. To earn their inheritance from their father, sisters Alex, Freddie, and Les have to work as cowboys on a cattle drive and successfully bring two thousand steer into Abilene, a prospect which is only complicated by their stepmother’s efforts to sabotage the drive and gain the money for herself. […]

“If fate is a bunch of strings, then I’ll carry scissors. My choices are my own. I’ll make them as I please.”

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

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When Shiori’s stepmother curses her brothers to turn into cranes and exiles Shiori into the distant north, she’s determined to save them no matter how difficult the method. But it turns out that the truth of her mission might be more complicated than she thought. I love “The Six Swans,” the fairytale which this story is based off of – it’s such a unique and adventurous story. So I have had this book on my TBR for a very long time. Lim does a great […]

“You are mine until the grave makes ghosts of both of us.”

The Rain Maiden by Jill M. Phillips

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CBR18 Bingo: Or – Philippe is constantly having to choose between his relationships with Isabel and other women, who care for him on a personal level, and his relationships with the sons of Henry II, which line up instead with his grand ambitions. Isabel of Hainault is married off to the young king of France as a child. Her beauty and her charm makes everyone around her fall under her spell, but Philippe’s ambitions may be stronger than their relationship. This book is a work […]

Pirates and Witches and Austen, oh my!

The League of Gentlewomen Witches: Dangerous Damsels Book 2 by India Holton

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Cbr18bingo Summer (my final book review of astronomical summer, which officially ends September 22, 2026, at 8:05 pm ET) What a delightful way to end summer! This book had me from page one, and the fact that I hadn’t read the first book in the series did not get in the way of enjoying this one. India Holton imagines a Victorian England in which witches and pirates, who are mortal enemies, abound. They are all thieves of some taste and class (depending on who you […]

While You Were Sleeping, I Ate Mortadella

Love You, Mean It by Jilly Gagnon

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CBR18 Bingo: Middle – This is a three star book which induced nothing stronger than middle-of-the-road feelings in me. After giving up her dreams to be a costume designer, Ellie is in danger of losing her family deli business when a major competitor is expected to come to town. But due to a workplace accident, temporary amnesia, and a fake engagement, she might be able to save everything – if only she doesn’t fall for her fake fiance first. I am from Massachusetts, so I […]

“Cats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike.”

Soulless by Gail Carriger

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CBR18 Bingo: And – This book’s got a mashup of genres – historical AND fantasy AND mystery AND steampunk AND romance. Alexia Tarabotti, who has a big nose, a dead Italian father, and no soul, finds herself embroiled in supernatural intrigues when werewolves and vampires start disappearing from London. I read this book (and practically all of Carriger’s Parasolverse) years and years ago, though my memory is pretty vague on almost all of it, so I got to enjoy the twists and turns in this […]



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