Cannonball Read 17

“Gods and goddesses above, he was dangerous, but not for the reasons she’d once feared.”

Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

November 7, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I was unsure about Olivia Dade’s Zomromcom from the moment she shared in her newsletter that this was what she was working on. I’m not, generally speaking, a big paranormal romance person and certainly a book featuring a woman beginning a relationship with a vampire during a zombie attack certainly … [Read more]

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:50 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, fat representation, Olivia Dade, paranormal romance, purple, read harder challenge, supernatural entanglements series, vampires, zombies, ZomRomCom ·

Lost Boy or Femme Fatale – Choose your novel

Funny Guy by Emma Barry

Bold Moves by Emma Barry

November 7, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

One thing that I appreciate about Emma Barry is that she writes romance novels that feel very real and down to Earth. Yes, both these novels involve characters who have reached career heights most of us never will but the characters and situations feel very real. Sometimes, you want quirky and … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Emma Barry, friends to lovers, second chance romance ·

Once and Again by Rebecca Serle

Once and Again by Rebecca Serle

November 7, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I read this book via NetGalley. This does not affect my rating or review. Honestly not too much to say about this. It's typical Serle at this point. Magical realism with no explanation, a character does a major betrayal, the book eventually gets to an ending. I was more intrigued … [Read more]

Classic's CBR17 Review No:166 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Once and Again, Rebecca Serle ·

A love letter to the NHS

This is going to hurt by Adam Kay

November 7, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

The NHS being a demanding mistress, that is. Adam Kay is a screenwriter for various UK TV shows, but before he switched careers he was a doctor specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics. During his studies, he was advised to keep a diary. Years after switching careers, he received a letter from … [Read more]

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:61 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adam Kay, hospitals, NHS, obstetrics ·

Arts and crafts as magic

The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury

November 7, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Free Space, replacing Borrow - and board complete with two final bingos (2nd column & last row) This novel was an Amazon First read for October, and the author was scheduled for a talk with Beth Revis at a local bookstore so it seemed like the perfect choice. The talk was earlier … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:110 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, crafts, jane eyre, Jessica Khoury, magic ·

The Wheel (spinning) of Time

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

November 7, 2025 by Uncoolaidman Leave a Comment

Book four of The Wheel of Time is where I began to have some doubts about finishing this series. I knew going in that I was setting myself up to real fourteen books, which is more than I have done for any other series. Though I found the first book, The Eye of the World, to be derivative (of Lord of … [Read more]

Uncoolaidman's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction · Tags: robert jordan, the wheel of time ·

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