Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The fact I don’t always like a book is why I love books: something for us all

Vampire Jam Sandwich by Casey Lyall and Nici Gregory

by Leave a Comment

I am sorry Casey Lyall and Nici Gregory but your story, Vampire Jam Sandwich (which I read via an online reader copy and is due July 2025) did not hit the spot for me. Now I appreciate the ingredients you put into the illustrations, such as the red colors, the pointy teeth sandwich runny and running around (even if it is a bit messy and I am feeling the sticky getting all over) and the flapping capes that hide the surprise ending. Which was written […]

The End Makes the Book

Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson

by 2 Comments

Tiffany Jackson’s Allegedly tells the story of Mary Addison, who was convicted of killing a 3-month old baby when she was nine years old. Mary’s mother was the child’s babysitter, and Mary was very devoted to the child, which made the murder all the more shocking. She is released from criminal custody when she is almost 16 and transferred to a group home. The home is run by a horrible woman and populated with mostly vicious other girls who torment and ostracize Mary. After Mary […]

Dusty town It’s a busy village Every day Like the one before Little town Full of little people Wanting to say, WHERE THE F IS SUNDAY?

The Lost Sunday by Iléana Surducan

by Leave a Comment

I won’t say a lot about the themes or story of The Lost Sunday by Iléana Surducan as it is pretty traditional. There are fairy tale tropes, the ideas are what you would expect for an Odyssey like journey of a young girl to the witches lair. The illustrations are amusing, cute, clever, simple and detailed simultaneously. There are good colors to them, without being too bold or too muted. They are supportive of the story. There are not a lot of surprises for big […]

Nat Cassidy is one of the best horror writers working today.

When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy

by 3 Comments

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. In an attempt to catch up on my life—which was laughably behind even before I had surgery to get my gallbladder out two weeks ago—I am now reviewing one of my favorite books of the year so far. Reviewing favorite books is something I hate doing, but I foolishly accepted an ARC so now I have to anyway. I should have known this would happen, because I have […]

Guilty as Charged

We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls #1) by Karin Slaughter

by Leave a Comment

Emmy Clifton works as a cop for a small town police force. At the start of the novel, she’s at the town’s fourth of July celebrations. She picks a fight with her no-good husband, then brushes off Madison, her friend’s teenage daughter. And then Madison disappears along with her friend Cheyenne. All that is found are the girls’ discarded bikes, and a large puddle of blood.  Slaughter rose to fame with her Grant County series, and those books will always have a special place in […]

The Crash by Frieda McFadden

The Crash by Frieda McFadden

by Leave a Comment

Well bless McFadden. She has a formula that is really working for her. That said, this one dragged because honestly I feel bad for saying this, she needed to cut down some of the sections developing the two characters of Teagan and Polly. I just kept waiting for a bad thing to happen and at one point I was like, is anyone going to die? We just playing games and whatnot? It just got boring and I was over Polly by the 3/4 mark honestly. […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo