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

Maladaptive Daydreaming - Bunny by Mona Awad

Whoops, read this back in CBR7 and never continued! - Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold

“Everyone loves something for nothing, even if it costs everything.” - Needful Things by Stephen King

“There’s an old rule of thumb in prisons. Actually, it’s more of a life lesson. Always know what you’re walking into. Dark corners can be danger points.” - Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) by Megan Goldin

‘Hi! I’m Your Birthday Twin!’ A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES - None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

The vibes of Castlevania plus queer polyamorous vampires. - Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1) by Rin Chupeco

Shipwrecked on Daddington Island: A Naval-Gazing Adventure - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

Have You Considered Acting? - The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler

Epic fantasy inspired by the Pre-Columbian Americas - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

A genre-bending good time. - Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn

Now I’m curious about book two - Squire & Knight V01 by Scott Chantler

“The world is paralyzed, and humanity is in quarantine. It is a strange symmetry that I was born in one pandemic and will die during another.” - Violeta by Isabel Allende

Murder, mystery, fine ale, friendship, plague, dark humor. A very enjoyable book. - The Alewives: A Plague-Era Tale of Murder, Mystery, and Fine Ale by Elizabeth R. Andersen

“‘I’m all right,’ I told her. This is a lie, when you’re twelve. And all the other years, too.” - Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

“We women have been taught since birth that virtue is our greatest asset. I have nothing against virtues—I’d like to think that there are many virtues I practice assiduously. But power does not yield to virtue. Power yields only to power.” - Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock, #5) by Sherry Thomas

Land of the Rising Sun - Ancient Tales & Folklore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith

Two very different books, two very different reactions - On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony; Blood Music by Greg Bear

New York City is about to be invaded by a lot of honey badgers. - Born to be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

What’s worse than ghosts? Puppets. - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Footballin’ - About Three Bricks Shy of a Load by Roy Blount, Jr

Fairy Tales Can Be Deadly - The Last Tale of The Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

I wolfed this down - Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

And Melt With You - I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman

Big time feminism - Giantess: The Story of the Girl Who Traveled the World in Search of Freedom by JC Deveney

“There has never been a moment when I didn’t notice you. I can’t stop noticing you – and I should.” - Shucked by Kate Canterbary

Keeping some hope alive - Hooky, vols. 1-2 by Miriam Bonastre Tur

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? - Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by BROM

“When you’re poor, you live in an alternate reality.” - Finding Me by Viola Davis

Be Witched - Cackle by Rachel Harrison

“their houses would have wider doors, higher ceilings, and stronger floors so that Esteban’s memory could go everywhere without bumping into beams” - The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

I pretended we hadn’t spent the past fifteen minutes playing a game of anti-romance whack-a-mole, where both of us did our best to knock our flirting down as hard as we could with verbal mallets. - Under the Meh-Stletoe by Leonor Soliz

“We never thought of ourselves as witches….For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those who speak it, not those it describes.” - Weyward: A Novel by Emilia Hart

Pretty book! - Wild Animals of the World by Dieter Braun

Beautiful book whether you’re a baking newbie or a pro - What’s For Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People by Claire Saffitz

I turned my worry into anger, and my anger into fuel. - The Hanged Man: The Tarot Sequence Book Two by K.D. Edwards

Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator - Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney

Ian Flemming Goes Cozy and Slightly Comedic - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Bean Counting Lesson Book with Monkey Bread and Some Other Stuff - Hungry as Hell by Bad Manners LLC

A fun read in the run-up to Halloween - The Ex-Hex by Erin Stirling

Beauty and the Beast meets Groundhog Day, but with more murder - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

As They Say, When in Rome. . . No, Wait, Actually Don’t - I, Claudius by Robert Graves

So Many People Failed Her - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

“In her spare time, she looked to books or the stars for company” - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Magical Mystery Ride - A Girl Called Echo Omnibus (Combined Volume) by Katherena Vermette

A little romance - The Thorn and The Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story by Theodora Goss

…a great experience in a park typically doesn’t happen in a few minutes. - Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share

Food at once grounded me and took me to other places. It comforted me and challenged me. It was part of the fabric that made up my creative self and my domestic self. It allowed me to express my love for the people I love and make connections with new people I might come to love.” - Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

“Remember. There will be other days. And there will be other feelings.” - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

Kawaii Ghosts - Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (author(, Polly Barton (translator)

That’s not how any of this works…. - The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

« Previous 1 … 38 39 40 41 42 … 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