Cannonball Read 17

Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue by Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor), Pan Morigan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Troy L. Wiggins (Editor)

Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue by Sheree Renée Thomas

October 20, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well that's a wrap for me for Halloween Bingo 2025. Last book. I can also say I am a little horror'ed out right now so am switching to some lighter stuff. I thought Trouble the Waters was really good. Some stories hit home and others legit made my skin crawl (that crawdad story still is freaking … [Read more]

Classic's CBR17 Review No:161 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Sheree Renée Thomas, Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue ·

Southern Fried Vampires

Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan

October 20, 2025 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

This is the story of a family of women (the Evans) in Southeast Texas whose family business is running the only funeral parlour in town. Well, that is their main business, but their side hustle is killing the restless dead (vampires) who end up in their funeral home. The Evans are standing between … [Read more]

dreadpiratekel's CBR17 Review No:14 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Bless Your Heart, first in a series, Lindy Ryan, Strigoi, vampires ·

A tale of two parallel expeditions

Queen Demon by Martha Wells

October 20, 2025 by Jen K 5 Comments

Bingo Square: Culture (it’s a fictional culture but so much of what drives and explains Kai is his cultural background and his status as one of the last remainders of his culture after they were victims of genocide/mass murder - he is the one who remembers the traditions and beliefs that have been … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:104 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, martha wells, The Rising World ·

Two Completely Unrelated Books

Death to Anyone Who Reads This by Hugh Howey and Elinor Taylor

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

October 20, 2025 by Tracy Leave a Comment

cbr17bingo - free (replacing Arts) Death to Anyone Who Reads This So almost immediately after I said I wasn't likely to read this short (100-page) sequel to The Balloon Hunter, I went ahead and read it. I'm not sure what had made me think it would be more of a horror novel than the first one. … [Read more]

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:75 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Hugh Howey and Elinor Taylor, Megan Bannen, postapocalypse ·

Black Cover and Maybe Some Black Hearts or not so Black

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

October 20, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader 3 Comments

Bingo 19: Black Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar has a cover almost entirely in the proper color. Mostly, this is a story about people who want things they think they either cannot or should not have. Luiza is part Jewish (dangerous during the Inquisition) and has some minor household magic; her … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, historical fiction, Inquisition, Leigh Bardugo, magic, Romance, Speculative Fiction, The Familiar ·

When someone is that calm in a crisis, either they don’t know what’s happening, or you don’t.

The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

October 19, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Suffering doesn't make people good or noble. A little bit gives them perspective. A lot turns them cruel, and too much - you get a murder or a marvel, and neither of those are really people any more. ― Natasha Pulley, The Hymn to Dionysus His duty was hurting him, and this is the medicine, and … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ancient Greece, cbr17bingo, Depression, duty, greek myths, hearing impaired, lgbtq characters, military, Natasha Pulley, ptsd, queer romance, Slavery, suicidal ideation, Troy ·

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