Cannonball Read 17

Fantasy with less romance but more dogs

Assassin’s Apprentice: Book One of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

October 12, 2025 by ElCicco 3 Comments

I’m on a fantasy kick recently, this time without the romance but with plenty of court intrigue, magical powers and violence. Trigger warning for abuse and death (including animals). Assassin’s Apprentice is the first book in Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy, which has been reviewed favorably several … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR17 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, assassin's apprentice, cbr17, ElCicco, Fiction, robin hobb ·

Unsouled by Will Wright

Soulsmith by Will Wright

Blackflame by Will Wright

Skysworn by Will Wright

Ghostwater by Will Wright

Underlord by Will Wright

Uncrowned by Will Wright

Wintersteel by Will Wright

Bloodline by Will Wright

Reaper by Will Wright

Dreadgod by Will Wright

Waybound by Will Wright

October 12, 2025 by Emrys Leave a Comment

A twelve book series, a binge all at once, mix and match of the east and west, integration into a larger world, an active social media community, meta, this series has it all. It's a lotta books, but the only way to begin is by beginning. To begin, lets just talk, broad concept. And the first … [Read more]

Emrys's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Will Wright ·

Any mom who misses a chance to dress her kid up like a hotdog sounds like a psychopath to me.

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

October 12, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

He’s looking to validate himself through someone else. She hasn’t caught on because she doesn’t know who she is. ― Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age CBR17 Bingo: TBR For the past week, I’ve tried to think of an appropriate metaphor for what this reading experience was like for me. In terms of … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, childcare, Classism, interracial relationship, interracial romance, Kiley Reid, Manipulative behavior, Motherhood, Racism, social climbing, social status, wealth gap, working class ·

Need a little more plot in my fiction

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

October 12, 2025 by Sophia 1 Comment

CBR17Bingo: "Family" - because the main story is the story of a small family. I had not heard of Dept. of Speculation, (2014) and I'd never read anything by Jenny Offill, the book's author. But my husband was reading Dept. of Speculation, and he recommended it to me. I forget exactly what he told … [Read more]

Sophia's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Jenny Offill ·

A Potpourri of Gene-Editing Perspectives

The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans by Eben Kirksey

October 12, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Earlier this summer, I started reading and reviewing a number of books related to gene technology with a specific focus on CRISPR. This was not just for my own enjoyment; I’m teaching a class on Gene Technology this winter so I thought I better brush up on everything. And since I’ve been asked to … [Read more]

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: biohacker, cbr17bingo, CRISPR, culture, Eben Kirksey, gene technology, Genetics, he jiankui, white ·

Scared Sexy Short Stories

Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood

Falling by Christina Lauren

Spicy Little Curses by J.T. Geissinger

Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon

Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert

All My Boyfriends are Monsters by Kimberly Lemming

October 11, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

I've been dealing with a bad mood and migraine for about 24 hours so I just decided to read these short stories before getting back into anything longer. All in all, just a 3 for the entire anthology. This anthology is dark Halloween romance. I stupidly assumed dark romance means stories similar to … [Read more]

Classic's CBR17 Review No:157 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ali Hazelwood, All My Boyfriends are Monsters, Beautiful Nightmare, Christina Lauren, Falling, Hot for Slayer, J.T. Geissinger, Katee Robert, Kimberly Lemming, Ruby Dixon, Scared Sexy Series, Space Vampire, Spicy Little Curses ·

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