Cannonball Read 17

“It is finished. The tale is told truthfully, and truth is no heavier, no more beautiful than lies.”

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel: a novel of war and survival by Louise Murphy

October 19, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Trigger warnings: child mutilation, graphic murder, dismemberment, torture, grievous and graphic depictions of wounds, profanity, graphic descriptions of nudity (including children), graphic depictions of childbirth, gas chambers, mass cremations, talk of rape in general, rape of a child shown on … [Read more]

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:135 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: fairy tale reimagining, Invasion of Poland, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Louise Murphy ·

“The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors”

Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me (Anthony’s Story) by Julia Quinn

October 18, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

(To be honest, I'd rate this 2 stars, except for the few characters I actually liked.) This Season all the gossip columnists have it wrong; London’s most elusive and desirable bachelor Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry—he’s even chosen a wife! The only obstacle to making Edwina … [Read more]

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:134 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #RegencyRomance, Julia Quinn ·

All Roads Lead to the Oedipus Complex

The Fifty-Minute Hour by Robert Lindner

October 18, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Red - Behold, the cover. Robert Lindner, a prominent psychoanalyst during the 1940s, relates five unusual cases he has worked on - a murderer, a Communist, a bulimic, a Fascist, and a physicist who believed he was living a parallel life as overlord of a distant star system. I'm … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:64 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: 1940s, cbr17bingo, non fiction, Psychology, Robert Lindner, science, United States ·

“God cannot help when natural stupidity is driving the cart.”

The Alewives: A plague-era tale of murder, friendship, and fine ale (The Alewives of Colmar #1) by Elizabeth R. Andersen

October 18, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Colmar, 1353 CE Gritta, Appel, and Efi managed to survive the massive death toll of the Black Death, only to realize that day-to-day problems don't end just because of a major epidemic (#relatable). Children still need feeding, husbands will still drink away all the money, and people die from … [Read more]

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:133 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: 14th century, Alcohol, Elizabeth R. Andersen, France, murder, post-black death, sisters are doing it for themselves ·

Mob Justice in a Western Town

The Ox Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

October 18, 2025 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Bingo: “O” The true law is something in itself; it is the spirit of the moral nature of man; it is an existence apart, like God, and as worthy of worship as God. If we can touch God at all, where do we touch him save in the conscience? And what is the conscience of any man save his little fragment … [Read more]

esmemoria's CBR17 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, Western · Tags: cbr17bingo, Walter Van Tilburg Clark ·

“Oh, of course. Mediocre men receiving positions of power they haven’t earned because of their birthrights. How against the grain.”

Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant and the Villain, 3) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

October 18, 2025 by bjornsnipe 2 Comments

All Evie Sage wanted was a well-paying job to support her family that didn't involve her boss attempting to sexually assault her. Now, she's the assistant accomplice (she got a promotion!) to The Villain, the kingdom's most terrifying figure. All her job was supposed to entail was “light paperwork … [Read more]

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:132 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: annoying characters, Death, frog with signs, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, sexy times, the first book was the best book, trying too hard humor ·

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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