Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR17
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Suggest a Review
    • 2025 Registration
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

4 Star Reviews

“If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.” - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illustrator)

Never Rate a Book By Your Professor - Friendswood by Rene Steinke

Falling in the “3.5 stars, rounded up to 4” camp - Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel #1) by Connie Willis

Any number of Sundays would never be enough - 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal

Good, not great, M/M romance - Unraveling Josh by Edie Danford

She may be soulless, but she sure is sassy - Soulless by Gail Carriger

We’re Not Happy Until You’re Not Happy - Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo

Like *so many* of our presidents hang around naked… - The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Bower

There’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Past-Future Tech - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

“Girls were meant to paint screens, sob out ballads, and play the pianoforte, not see through the masks of polite society…” - The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

Just the Right Combination of Humor, Insight, and Death. - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Modern Retellings Like This One Make Me Happy - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Pop-Up Video of Poetry! - A Fire in My Hands by Gary Soto

Well, Somebody Did Something, Right? - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Big skies, big animals, big threats - Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller

A pleasant surprise - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Well this was definitely… different and peculiar…Vintage Photos are Awesome - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world. - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

All Choices Have Consequences, But Also Benefits - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

A Glimpse Inside The Hermit Kingdom - Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim

This book had purple font!!!! - Splintered by A.G. Howard

A task too large for even a super man. - Superman: Peace on Earth by Paul Dini and Alex Ross

A safe space for spoilers - The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater

An utterly ridiculous cover for a book that’s more about probability than rippling abs - A Gentleman Undone (Blackshear Family #2) by Cecilia Grant

Death doesn’t discriminate - The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

A satisfying end to the series. - Timeless (The Parasol Protectorate, #5) by Gail Carriger

That’ll do. - Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

Dysfunction Junction - The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Bringing a little FNL back into my life is always a good thing. - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

In Conclusion, Greg van Eekhout is one to watch - Dragon Coast by Greg van Eekhout

Never get involved in a land war in Asia - Black Powder War (Temeraire, Book 3) by Naomi Novik

A cavalcade of finery, from existential nihilism to haunted funeral attire. - The Stranger; The Three Body Problem; The Devotion of Suspect X; Heart Shaped Box by various

The Wild Magical West - Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman

A Strong Finish - The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

Is this the real life, is this just fantasy? - Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini

Bad Priestess - Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones

Temeraire Meets the Far East - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

Get Bent, Taxman - Thus was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell

Run away with us for the summer, let’s go upstate - Longbourn by Jo Baker

Perfect Summer Beach Read For Millennials - The Big Rewind by Libby Cudmore

The Last Time I Encountered Something Centred on a Male ‘Witch’ It was “The Covenant”: This is Much Better - The Half Bad Trilogy by Sally Green

Tryin’ to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable - Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal - For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

“Welcome to the trip, man…” - Orphan Black: Helsinki by Graeme Manson, John Fawcett, Heli Kennedy, & Denton J Tipton

“If my penis were a writer/director, it would be Woody Allen – small, neurotic, and, frankly, hit or miss.” - Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman

Nothing can save you. Justice is lost. Justice is raped. Justice is gone. - Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Koker

“Just because you see something doesn’t mean it’s really there” - Calvin by Martine Leavitt

The sexiest of the palsies - If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny by Zach Anner

« Previous 1 … 250 251 252 253 254 … 311 Next »
Genres: · Tags: ·
· 0 Comments


Recent Comments

  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2025 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in