Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

About Classic

CBR 9
CBR11 participant
CBR14 Participant
CBR14 Bingo Badges
CBR17 Participant
CBR17 Comments
CBR17 Levels

Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

Classic's Reviews:

Enjoyable Contemporary Romance

Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell

by Leave a Comment

I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. At first I hard cringed when I started reading and the premise was that one woman (Clem) had a meet-cute with a man who has now come back to her life in a surprising way. This leads Clem to faking a relationship with her best friend Ronan who has his own reasons for agreeing to go along with things. Clem’s stepsister, Belle, doesn’t know what is going on with Clem, but the two of them […]

Strong Debut

Mummy's Favorite by Sarah Flint

by Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Not too much to say here. I thought this was a strong debut. I think the biggest issue was the fact that we had two separate plots going on here that ended up confusing things. It would have been better to just stay on the main story-line (women and their son or daughter are being abducted) since there was a lot going on there. I also was left […]

Wonderful Romance Book

Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald

by Leave a Comment

Please note that this book will be released on February 13, 2019. Also note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. So this was actually really good. I laughed, cried, and laughed some more. The character of Charlotte was written well and so were all of the secondary characters. I really liked the overall plot of Charlotte trying to do more with her life and meet someone and the subplots of her changing relationship with Maddy, and […]

Fantastic Look at Some Truly Extraordinary Women

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu

by Leave a Comment

I have to say that this was a really one of a kind book to get. I bought this last year at the National Book Festival and was intrigued by it once I took a look inside. The graphic art pops and the stories are wonderful. I actually wanted even more information than I got once I got done with this. I would say that you may want to read this over a couple of days/months. Trying to read it straight through like a book […]

Bored Senseless

Every Day in Tuscany by Frances Mayes

by Leave a Comment

  Well, this was disappointing. I haven’t read it in years, and am now recalling why I haven’t. I really loved Under the Tuscan Sun and this one was painful to get through. I kept falling asleep. Mayes makes the decision to write rambling passages in this one and includes poetry and her musings on random things when she is supposed to be telling you about the days she spends in Tuscany starting in the Spring through the Summer. It’s been 20 years since Mayes […]

Was More Interested in Secondary Characters

From Mum With Love by Louise Emma Clark

by Leave a Comment

Please note that this book will be released on February 5, 2019. Also note that I received this ARC for free from NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  I ended up giving this three stars because I think the author can definitely write. I just think that I was more interested in Jess’s sister and her best friend more than I was with her and her trying to find fulfillment writing a mommy blog. I think it didn’t help that Jess was […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo