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Featured Reviews

ElCicco's CBR18 Review #30:

Ferrante did it better
The Book of Goose: A Novel by Yiyun Li

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itsjustme's CBR18 Review #4:

Stephanie Plum Step Aside
Knife Skills by Wendy Church

Young Man with a Horn

elderberrywine's CBR18 Review #17:

Early Jazz 101
Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker

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beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review #31:

The Tapestry of Fate: Supporting women’s rights…and women’s wrongs.
The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty

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 »

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CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge Begins

July 1, 2026 by Emmalita 27 Comments

Welcome to the 2026 Book Bingo Reading Challenge! Now is the time to dig through those books you read but didn’t review, or pick up that book you’ve been thinking about. Bingo is about vibes and creative interpretations. Most importantly, it’s about fun. The words (or numbers) in the circles are … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr18bingo ·
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The b*tch” in obituary

The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying: Life Lessons for Rebellious Souls by Bill Crisafi

July 22, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Self-Care Slaying: Life Lessons for Rebellious Souls by Bill Crisafi is really warped and very messed up! I like it! Okay, seriously this is one wacky trip with Death and how freaking GLAM-ouros she is. How she has long nails and just rocks her heels and knows what … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:205 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: affirmations, Bill Crisafi, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo Season, LGBTQ, Self-help, Social Themes, topic ·
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She’s a Rich Girl and She’s Gone Too Far

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

July 22, 2026 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

The titular heiress of Rachel Hawkins's 2024 novel is Ruby McTavish, a North Carolina socialite with a life marked by controversy surrounding her four husbands and their untimely deaths. By the time the novel starts, however, Ruby has been dead for some time. Ruby's only son, a boy named Cam she … [Read more]

jeverett15's CBR18 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Rachel Hawkins ·
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You can read Orlando 1 OR Orlando 2 (part two) (cbr18bingo)

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Biography by Jules Scheele

July 22, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I read of 1984 by Orwell in a graphic novel format. I had done this at least once before with The Great Gatsby (two graphic novels, same title) and now have done it with Orlando by Virginia Wolff. Each time the dual readings allowed me to pick up different pieces of the puzzle and … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:204 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adaptations, cbr18bingo, cbr18bingo OR, Jules Scheele, LGBTQ, literary, Virginia Woolf ·
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You can read Orlando 1 OR Orlando 2 (part one)

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Queer Classic by Susanne Kuhlendahl

July 22, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Queer Classic by Virginia Woolf and adapted by Susanne Kuhlendahl is marked as a graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf's feminist classic, which tells the story of a passionate young nobleman traveling through time in the body of a … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:203 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adaptations, cbr18bingo OR, LGBTQ, literary, Susanne Kuhlendahl, Virginia Woolf ·
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Well, it made me learn some history about alcohol

The Bitter End Birding Society by Amanda Cox

July 22, 2026 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: Bird (there’s a whole bird watching group - and it’s in the title) Another book I only read for a book club! This was the March choice for the Southern lit one, and I didn’t really do any research before starting it, just read the quick blurb on the back to know what the story was … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #christian fiction, Amanda Cox, cbr18bingo, moonshine, southern lit, Tennessee ·
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Everything I’ve done since losing you has been about getting back to you.

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

July 22, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Maps - Kite and Joe follow and escape from the war by attacking and fleeing different harbours all over Europe. He put his hand out and Kite shook it. Joe had the alien thought that people here must never have touched each other otherwise. There was no kiss, no hug, nothing. They were … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:30 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: 19th century england, 19th century Spain, amnesia, British history, cbr18bingo, changing history, Classism, emotionally repressed, LGBTQ romance, misogyny, Napoleonic wars, Natasha Pulley, naval warfare, patriarchy, scotland, Slavery, Slow Burn Romance, time travel ·
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Recent Comments

  • 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.
  • elderberrywine
    on Early Jazz 101
    Yeah, it’s a great look at early jazz. Poor guy, but he was definitely not the only one.
  • Halbs
    on Early Jazz 101
    Oh, I can't wait to read this one! I love good music writing.
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