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Featured Reviews

ElCicco's CBR18 Review #29:

Imagination is real
The Book Censor’s Library: A Novel by Bothayna Al-Essa

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Tea dragon society

Tracy's CBR18 Review #18:

A Range of Books From Brutal to Cozy
An Ember in The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
James by Percival Everett
The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

KimMiE"'s CBR18 Review #6:

I wholeheartedly agree with you, but. . .
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

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Pooja's CBR18 Review #65:

Enterprising Women on Shadowy Paths
Forbidden Fruit: The Secret, Scandalous History of Contraception and Abortion by Jessica Cale
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective by Sara Lodge

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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 »

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And the better the world liked seeing them fall.”

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

October 5, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

When narfna announced her Re-Readathon and I went through the prompts, two books immediately jumped to mind as ones I wanted to tackle based on the prompts. The first up review-wise is a revisit to Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels. When I first read Lord of Scoundrels, I did it via audio, I knew … [Read more]

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:29 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr18bingo, Joker, Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase, rereading ·
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Two More BINGOs – A Blackout Might Actually Happen!

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

October 5, 2026 by Tracy 1 Comment

CBR18 BINGO: Right for Clockwork Boys (a character does the right thing even though it didn't fit with the mission), Success for The Wonder Engine Clockwork Boys This is my 3rd Kingfisher book, and she is now 3 for 3 with road trip books. If I didn't know better, I'd think that was her bread … [Read more]

Tracy's CBR18 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr18bingo, Clocktaur War, t kingfisher ·
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An Engrossing Read

High Towers by Thomas B. Costain

October 4, 2026 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Can't find the cover - it's a red hardcover Doubleday dated 1949 cbr18bingo Wealth I was such a Costain fan in my teenage years, since Palm Springs summers are long and hot and we only got to the library once a week.  And if you are speedy reader, you want a book that you can sink your teeth … [Read more]

elderberrywine's CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Canadian and American history, cbr18bingo Wealth, Dispicable husband but he doesn't last long, Families galore, French settlements in the New World, La Ville de Montreal, Smart heroine, Thomas B. Costain, Very Beginning New Orleans ·
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Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

October 4, 2026 by Classic 1 Comment

Well this was probably the best time travel horror novel I have read in some time. Yes, that includes 11/22/63 which still makes me mad. I also thought this was the best Harrison book I have read in some time too. She's been a little miss for me lately, but I keep reading her because I absolutely … [Read more]

Classic's CBR18 Review No:125 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Kiss Slay Replay, Rachel Harrison ·
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Let’s Take a Hammer To It.

Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone

October 4, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

No one can write a multi-character pile up the same way Max Gladstone does.  Back in 2024, I reviewed the second book in his Craft Wars series, Wicked Problems, which marked the start of the Craft World’s Infinity War Moment. Nearly every man woman and dog (or snake) that we had crossed paths with … [Read more]

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:30 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18bing0, end of days, Max Gladstone, The Craft Sequence, versus ·
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Casey Strikes Out

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee

October 3, 2026 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Casey Han graduates Princeton without a job, having deferred her Columbia Law School acceptance without telling her parents, hard-working Korea immigrants who manage a dry cleaners in Queens. After a nasty confrontation with her father, she is forced to move out, the relationship forever strained. … [Read more]

jeverett15's CBR18 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Min Jin Lee ·
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  • Emmalita
    on Two More BINGOs – A Blackout Might Actually Happen!
    She does love a road trip! Of the four existing Saint of Steel books, Paladin’s Grace is the only one...
  • narfna
    on Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
    I'm so excited to read this one!
  • Tracy
    on A Range of Books From Brutal to Cozy
    I've since read Tea Dragon Festival but still need to read the last book and then take a look at...
  • jomidi
    on A Range of Books From Brutal to Cozy
    I love The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill and her other graphic novels. The pictures are beautiful and the...
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    I agree, this book was too preachy and the characters were not satirical enough to be funny. They instead felt...
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