Cannonball Read 17

Marine Life

Meadows of the Sea: The Wonders of Seagrass by Michelle Schaub

November 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Overall, Meadows of the Sea: The Wonders of Seagrass by Michelle Schaub is a good story about the ocean with the metaphor of showing how it is like a meadow. This idea makes something that seems unfamiliar and even alien, take on a form that we know and can understand. The poetic nature of the first … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:488 · Genres: Children's Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: earth science, Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Marine Life, Michelle Schaub, nature, ocean, science, water ·

Giraffe ferry

The GiRaft: A Real-Life Giraffe Rescue by Laurel Neme and Elisa Paganelli

November 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There is clever and there is clever but just misses the mark when it comes to a fun title. And this is a clever title. The GiRaft: A Real-Life Giraffe Rescue is an easily accessible book as it explains about people save some rare giraffes by using a raft to save it, after a natural event causes a … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:487 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Africa, animals, Elisa Paganelli, environmental, Giraffe, Laurel Neme, Laurel Neme and Elisa Paganelli, nature ·

A cozy book.

The History of Everything: A Graphic Novel by Victoria Evans

November 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

To say that I have read several books is an understatement. Also, to say I have read several coming-of-age stories is another one. Plus, to say that those coming-of-age stories are similar to Victoria Evans' debut graphic novel, The History of Everything: A Graphic Novel, is (yup you guessed it) an … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:486 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, Social Themes, Victoria Evans ·

If you let the wild in

The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin

November 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I saw the cover of The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin I figured it was going to be a fun story. Nothing “wow” but not going to be dull either. And it is just that. We have a child letting their imagination run wild and bring out the wild within them. It is about play and individuality. … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:485 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Emily Winfield Martin, imagination, Play ·

“Why do I have to be nice when most of the men aren’t?” (double Bingo)

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

November 3, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Bingo 25: A book about sport CBR17 Bingo: Play (tennis) Official plot summary (finished the book in August): Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever … [Read more]

Malin's CBR17 Review No:65 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Sports · Tags: audiobook, Carrie Soto is back, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, female athlete, historical fiction, Latinx, Malin, professional sports, Taylor Jenkins Reid, tennis ·

“If you had better sense you’d have learned by now that nothing thrives so well as wickedness.”

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor

November 2, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Play - Amber works as an actress in the Theatre Royal for a section of the book. Also, she's always playing one role or another to ensnare her latest protector as she works her way up society's rungs. Amber starts life as the adopted daughter of a farmer, but her beauty and her naked … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1600s, cbr17bingo, drama, England, historical, Kathleen Winsor, royalty ·

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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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