Cannonball Read 17

Purple for the Spooky Science

The Glass Scientists vol. 1 by S. H. Cotucino

October 11, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 20: Purple When the public library has a summer reading program that adults can do, and also get prizes, it’s a good time. The past few years, the top reading level prize (defined by minutes read) is you get to take home a new book from a seemingly random selection the library ahs gotten. … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr17bingo, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Graphic Novel, S. H. Cotucino, SH Cotucino, steampunk, The Glass Scientists, VIctorian alternate history, YA ·

End of the Ghost Roads

Angel of the Overpass by Seanan McGuire

October 11, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 18: Border Angel of the Overpass is perfect for “borders” because it’s a book about the borders between the living and the dead, as well as different types or realms of being dead. It’s also a ghost story, and it’s spooky season. I’d sort of been saving this one since it’s the … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Angel fo the Overpass, cbr17bingo, follklore, ghost story, mythology, Seanan McGuire, spooky season, The Ghost Roads ·

Accidentally Lost, Found, Returned

The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond by Amy Sparkes

October 11, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 17: Borrowed Imagine my surprise one day when I went to my mailbox and saw two book boxes, when I was only expecting one. The second book had my name on the outer label, but was ordered by and for someone else per the sales slip. It was a busy Saturday and I wasn’t going to be … [Read more]

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Amy Sparkes, cbr17bingo, chapter book, found family, Kids Lit, The BOokshop at the Back of Beyond ·

“Oona was still learning, everytime she leaped no matter the year someone important would be absent from life.”

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

October 11, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Buzzword Title Challenge 25: Alliteration Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Eyes CBR17 Bingo: O (A book title that starts with O) Official plot summary (because I read this back in July): Just because life may be out of order, doesn’t mean it’s broken. It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart … [Read more]

Malin's CBR17 Review No:59 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: buzzwords cover, buzzwords title, cbr17, cbr17bingo, contemporary fiction, family, grief, magical realism, Malin, margarita montimore, Margerita Montimore ·

90s Pop Culture Drama FTW

Hits, Flops and Other Illusions by Ed Zwick

October 10, 2025 by llp Leave a Comment

Recently, a Gwyneth Paltrow biography was published and people were only too happy to revisit and re-examine the old gossip about the friendship breakdown between Paltrow and our 90s queen Winona Ryder. One of the articles referenced an excerpt from Ed Zwick's memoir. The excerpt was about his … [Read more]

llp's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cbr17bingo, Ed Zwick, Hits Flops and Other Illusions, non fiction ·

I will love her and pet her and squeeze her and call her Georgie.

Ice Planet Barbarians (Special Edition) by Ruby Dixon

October 10, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

He wears leather, eats raw meat, and hunts with slings and bone knives. Big guy’s probably never heard of a space heater, much less a spaceship. ― Ruby Dixon, Ice Planet Barbarians CBR17 Bingo: Letter I When I came across this special edition in the used book section of one of my favorite … [Read more]

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: Alien abduction, cbr17bingo, fated mates, Ruby Dixon ·

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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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