Cannonball Read 17

Tales from Stephen King’s The Stand

The End of the World As We Know It by Christopher Golden & Brian Keene (Editors)

November 19, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

The Stand was not the first Stephen King novel I'd ever read - that honor goes to Thinner, written under his pen name of Richard Bachman - but it was the one that got me hooked on King. This book has stayed with me in the two decades since I first read it, and my two favorite sections are when he … [Read more]

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Christopher Golden & Brian Keene (Editors) ·

“He was an overeager puppy and she was an aloof cat, and he was bound to get his nose swiped at least once or twice.”

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About by Isabelle Popp

November 19, 2025 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I was reading another book and it hit a highly dramatic bit, and I was not in the mood for it. So, I pivoted to the next book on the physical pile on my end table and thus, Let’s Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About became my Sunday read (and my Cannonball book). I’m glad it was because this romance … [Read more]

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Romance · Tags: debut author, fall romance, Isabelle Popp, Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About, read harder challenge ·

A Gothic Classic for a Reason

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

November 19, 2025 by RouletteGirl 5 Comments

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. The opening chapters of Rebecca by Daphne du Marier are a haunting introduction to a place we will come to know quite well by the end of the book. Our unnamed narrator takes us past the lodge house, up the long drive to the old house, all the while … [Read more]

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:26 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Daphne Du Maurier ·

A magic high stakes funeral

Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce

November 19, 2025 by vega-table 2 Comments

The protagonist of Eden Royce’s Psychopomp and Circumstance, Phaedra St. Margaret is known as Phee, which challenged the way I pronounced ‘Phaedra’ in my head. The St. Margarets are a rich Reconstruction era rich Black family. They are made of overbearing mother, passive father, and wilful … [Read more]

vega-table's CBR17 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Eden Royce ·

CBR17 Book Bingo Reading Challenge Wrap-up

November 18, 2025 by Emmalita 17 Comments

Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this bingo journey! I couldn’t do this without all of you, whether you wrote one review, or 25. None of this would happen without yesknopemaybe, who creates the best book bingo cards on the internet, and MsWas, who tells me every year that I can do … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr17bingo ·

Alice in a wonderland

Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

November 17, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I thought I'd been listening to Kristin Hannah's latest novel, Magic Hour, but now that I'm writing the review, I just realized it was written back in 2006--so, almost twenty years ago and definitely not her latest novel. I'm a little late to this party. I've read a number of Hannah's novels. Some … [Read more]

Sophia's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: kristin hannah ·

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.

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