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Featured Reviews

katie71483's CBR18 Review #6:

Not what I expected; Exactly what I expected
Night's Fall by Kristen Ashley

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ElCicco's CBR18 Review #46:

“…looking back at those pages, I shivered to see our plunge into darkness, day by day, without realizing it was a spiral, and its nadir, the abyss.”
The Year of the Wind: A Novel by Karina Pacheco Medrano

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Cover of the Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan. It shows a surrealist portrait of a woman with flowers against a landscape in place of an upper face

vega-table's CBR18 Review #41:

Everyone but the chihuahua is a suspect
The Sleeping Sisters by Jennifer Givhan

The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Emmalita's CBR18 Review #44:

Silvia Moreno-Garcia does noir as well as you think she would – brilliantly
The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno Garcia

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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 »

CBR18 Book Review Bingo September Check In

September 18, 2026 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

The card, square descriptions, and rules can be found here. Make sure I have the correct numbers for reviews! This should be current as of 12:00 pm eastern on Friday, September 18. The Players: auntadadoom - 3 reviews beereadsbooks - 13 reviews, 3 bingos BlackRaven – 25 reviews, card … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr18bingo ·
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CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Wheels”

September 1, 2026 by jomidi 10 Comments

Hope you are enjoying this year's Cannonball Read Book Bingo Reading Challenge. You can get complete information here. I am back with assistance for finding books to meet the bingo circle "Wheels". Wheels - leaving; traveling; transportation; immigration; vacation; assistive mobility devices; … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: #cbrbingo, #CBRDiversions, CBR Diversions, CBRDiversion ·
· 10 Comments

Small town secrets and shallow gene pools

Sex at a Funeral by K. Stirling

September 18, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Right - When family secrets are revealed, no one gets to claim that there is one right way to be: what love should look like, what makes a family unit the “right” kind, etc.. Sky is home for his father’s funeral. Throughout Sky’s life, his father treated him with contempt and … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:41 · Genres: Romance · Tags: autistic rep, Beards, bullying, cbr18bingo, family secrets, funerals, gay panic, gay romance, K. Stirling, lavender marriage, LGBTQIA+ characters, queer romance, scandal, terrible parents ·
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Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook

Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook

September 18, 2026 by Classic 2 Comments

Trigger warning: Animal murder I thought this was really good, but parts of the book felt slow which is why I gave it 4 stars. I have never heard of this before, but was looking up horror books taking place in Australia and was recommended this one. Wake in Fright follows schoolteacher John … [Read more]

Classic's CBR18 Review No:113 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Kenneth Cook, Wake in Fright ·
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Next Stop: Hell

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

September 18, 2026 by G.D. Giant 1 Comment

In “Ninth House,” Leigh Bardugo introduced us to Galaxy (Alex) Stern. In the sequel, “Hell Bent,” Bardugo takes us to hell with her. Alex Stern needs to go to hell. And she needs to get there as soon as possible in order to retrieve her co-worker, her Virgil, her possible future lovah (**kissy … [Read more]

G.D. Giant's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: alex stern, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Wheels, dark academia, Dark Fantasy, Leigh Bardugo ·
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Snack on this

Annalise: The Special Dish by J De LaVega

September 18, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Of course you shouldn’t just buy a book by its cover, but if the cover of Annalise: The Special Dish by J De LaVega told you this is a sweet, silly, amusing little story, then judge away. When I did a little research to learn more about the categories the publisher put it under, this list came … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:336 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health · Tags: beginning reader, culture, diversity, family, friendship, Hispanic & Latino, J De LaVega, school ·
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It Serves Me Right

The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier

September 18, 2026 by esmemoria 4 Comments

Bingo: Craft. The killer sees his murders as his carefully honed craft. I have no one to blame but myself. After a relatively scathing review of Jennifer Hillier’s Jar of Hearts, I claimed that was it for thrillers for a while. So what did I do? That’s right, purchased another of Jennifer … [Read more]

esmemoria's CBR18 Review No:39 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: cbr18bingo, Jennifer Hillier ·
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Recent Comments

  • esmemoria
    on It Serves Me Right
    I traumatized myself!
  • esmemoria
    on It Serves Me Right
    It’s fun to write too :)
  • Classic
    on It Serves Me Right
    Virtual hug over a pretty bad book. I’ve had a bad run but this sounds top tier.
  • Classic
    on CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Wheels”
    Nice list. I’ve just finished Wake in Fright that has the main character trying to get back to Sydney via...
  • Classic
    on Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook
    Yeah I don’t think I can watch this one. Some of the scenes in the book were pretty bad (the...
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