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Featured Reviews

Entrapment

MegsDarcy's CBR18 Review #1:

Entrapment is a surprisingly fun Novel from one of Pajiba’s own
Entrapment by Jeff Stephens

ingres77's CBR18 Review #10:

There needs to be a happy medium…
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury

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cover for the book the black gryphon by mercedes lackey and larry dixon

Kit Moonstar's CBR18 Review #19:

Let’s Start At the Very Beginning
The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
The White Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
The Silver Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

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Comida Casera

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review #37:

Sweet tamales!
Comida Casera by Dora Ramírez

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What is Cannonball Read?

Cannonball Read (CBR) is an annual, memorial reading challenge that challenges participants to read and review 52 (or 26 or 13) books in a calendar year. We donate profits to the American Cancer Society in memory of AlabamaPink, our fierce warrior queen, in the fight against cancer. Read More »

Cover of Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney

“… the critics who shaped our modern idea of the novel in English so frequently dismissed women writers that the systematic excising has a name. It’s called the Great Forgetting.”

Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney

October 1, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Is this book my platonic ideal of a non-fiction book? Maybe. Probably. So much so that I have in fact already ordered and received my own copy of the book. Why am I not rounding it up to 5? I don’t know.   The topic was always likely to draw me in. Jane Austen's Bookshelf chronicles the women … [Read more]

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:28 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr18bingo, craft, Jane Austen's Bookshelf, read harder challenge, Rebecca Romney ·
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“It’s like there’s something about me that just encourages people to want me dead. Probably my sparkling personality.”

A Divided Duty: An October Daye Novel (#20) by Seanan McGuire

September 30, 2026 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

Four months after the events of Silver and Lead, October “Toby” Daye is settling into motherhood once again, now the bonus of not having to hide her or her child's true nature from the other parent. Of course her life is even more dangerous now than it was when Gillian was young, so thankfully Toby … [Read more]

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: does the horror ever end?, generational trauma, Motherhood, San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, SO much family drama, stabbing people, the aggravation doesn't ·
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I Haunt it That Way

A Summerween Romance Audiobook Update

I Haunt it That Way by Isabelle Popp

September 30, 2026 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I’ve really struggled with how to review I Haunt it That Way because I enjoyed it so much but it is a weird book. A weird book I loved, but difficult to describe. I Haunt it That Way is a ghost story and a romance. Like Popp's debut, Let's Give 'em Pumpkin to Talk About (which I also loved), it's … [Read more]

Emmalita's CBR18 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Romance · Tags: I Haunt it That Way, Isabelle Popp ·
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Cover of Nana 25th anniversary edition volume 5

Why is this guy the worst villain in manga?

Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, vols 2-5 by Ai Yazawa

September 30, 2026 by vega-table Leave a Comment

Cbr18 Bingo - You. You could meet a Takumi or someone hurt by one. You probably have. The first volume of Nana by Ai Yazawa sets up the (platonic?) love story between two roommates named Nana. The young women have nothing in common but their name, age, and mutual devotion. It's a sweet … [Read more]

vega-table's CBR18 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Abusive relationship, Ai Yazawa, cbr18bingo, manga ·
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The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

September 30, 2026 by Classic Leave a Comment

I am going to be honest here. If I didn't need to read this book for a bingo game I am playing, I would have quit this after a few chapters. It's not a bad book or anything. It's just a lot of stuff being thrown at you. I would also say that if you haven't read works by Alexandre Dumas, Agatha … [Read more]

Classic's CBR18 Review No:123 · Genres: History, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Arturo Perez-Reverte, The Club Dumas ·
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Snail is back

How Not to Rescue a Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier

How to Be Brave Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier

September 30, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In 2022 the book How to Party Like a Snail came out. Two years later How to Staycation Like a Snail arrived. In September 2026 we had the fourth book, How Not to Rescue a Snail and October 2025 gave us the third installment with How to Be Brave Like a Snail. All four books are created by Naseem Hrab … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:363 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: family, friendship, Kelly Collier, Naseem Hrab, Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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