Cannonball Read 17

What used to hold us in community no longer works.

The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do by Casper ter Kuile

November 13, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

That's what this book is all about--taking things we do every day and layering meaning and ritual onto them, even experiences as ordinary as reading or eating--by thinking of them as spiritual practices. ― Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:39 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Casper ter Kuile, community, rituals, routines, social isolation, spiritualism ·

I’m So Glad I’m Not an Adolescent Anymore

Flamer by Mike Curato

November 13, 2025 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I loved that this graphic novel made me feel. There were so many times I would think "Aw, poor guy" and have a lot of sympathy or empathy for main character Aiden, and other times he made me laugh. The book is funny sometimes, especially if you, like me, can sometimes have a juvenile sense of humor. … [Read more]

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:81 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: graphic novels, LGBTQIA, Mike Curato ·

Someone should turn this dull book into a cute film.

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

November 12, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“We are going out. Clearly I had a bad day, and by the looks of the new books on the counter, you did, too.” ― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics Florence Day has secrets. She’s a ghostwriter for one of the world’s most famous romance novelists, Ann Nichols. After her own debut novel flopped, … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:38 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Ashley Poston, ghost whisperer, ghosts, small town romance ·

We’re all mad here

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

November 12, 2025 by Jen K 2 Comments

I never would have picked this on my own - it was a book club choice. On the other hand, it definitely wasn’t boring and it was short. Hungerstone was the other horror novel set in 19th century England I read in October, and I will say as bonkers as Victorian Psycho, I also preferred it because it … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:114 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: gothic, victorian england, Virginia Feito ·

A little light on answers for my preferences

The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott

November 12, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This wasn’t quite the novel I was expecting - there isn’t anything inaccurate about the novel’s description but I was expecting a fun, fast paced fantasy/adventure novel and instead got more of dense road trip novel that was so slow paced it would almost be cozy if not for the dark subject … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:113 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: duology, kate elliott, The witch roads ·

Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair

Sun City by Tove Jansson

November 11, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Veering far afield from her native Finland, Jansson (of Moomin fame) writes of the denizens of St. Petersburg, Florida, and its retirement community. They live in retirement hotels, within walking distance of the piers and parks, not to mention the Bounty. Built as a full-scale replica for the … [Read more]

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:59 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 1970s, 70s nostalgia like whoa, But then there is the Spring Ball, Jesus is coming any day now! Sure we'll let you know, Mutiny on the Bounty ship tourist attraction, St Petersburg FL retirement hotels, Tove Jansson ·

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