Cannonball Read 17

“The chief wrong which false prophets do to their following is not financial… but the real harm is on the mental and spiritual plane.”

Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age by Leah Sottile

September 26, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Borrow - Support your local library! Like many of my reads, I borrowed this book from my local public library. The story of cult leader Amy Carlson and Love Has Won burst onto the news due to the unusual circumstances surrounding her dead, but she and her group are just the latest … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr17bingo, cult, Leah Sottile, Non-Fiction, Religion, true crime, United States ·

Realistic shades of friendship

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

September 26, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: "Culture" - this book is very much rooted in the culture of a small town near Naples, Italy. I had never heard of My Brilliant Friend (2016) until I saw the NYT's "100 Best Books of the 21st Century." I had read a good number of books from that list, but I was a little disappointed … [Read more]

Sophia's CBR17 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Elena Ferrante ·

Caught up with the X-Men… For now

Phoenix, vol. 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo

Storm, vol. 1 by Murewa Ayodele, Lucas Werneck

Psylocke, vol. 1 by Alyssa Wong, Vincento Carraru

Magik, vol. 1 by Ashley Allen, German Peralta

September 26, 2025 by vega-table Leave a Comment

Bingo Row 2 - diaspora Earlier this year, I made an effort to get back into the X-Men. Then current events happened and I decided to abort the catch up. But not before I got a sampling of the first volumes from some solo titles. (I wrote most of this before Disney put Kimmel back.) One of … [Read more]

vega-table's CBR17 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Alyssa Wong, Vincento Carraru, Ashley Allen, German Peralta, Magik, vol. 1 / Ashley Allen, German Peralta, Murewa Ayodele, Lucas Werneck, Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo ·

The Tenant by Fredia McFadden

The Tenant by Fredia McFadden

September 26, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. I have to say that this was probably the best McFadden book I have read since "The Housemaid." Also, this is the first of her books that the main character we follow is a male character. It gave a different perspective as they were the protagonist. Usually male characters pop up as a side … [Read more]

Classic's CBR17 Review No:141 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Fredia McFadden, The Tenant ·

Dead gods, decapitated corpses and dastardly ex-husbands

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

September 26, 2025 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Purple (most of the cover, barring the cover image, is a lovely lavender purple) Stephen is one of the paladins of the Saint of Steel (who was a god, despite the name), who died very suddenly and unexpectedly a few years back. No one thought gods could die, and a lot of his paladins … [Read more]

Malin's CBR17 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr17, cbr17 bingo, friendship, grief, historical fantasy, magic, Malin, mystery, Paladin's Grace, paladins, perfume, purple, Romance, spies, t kingfisher, The Saint of Steel ·

Sometimes, scoundrels make the best partners

The Wedding Con by Janine Amesta

September 26, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thank you to Janine Amesta and Tule Publishing for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This is the second book in the Love is in the Air series, but this book can be read as a standalone as well. If you prefer to start at the beginning, the first one is Love at First Flight (which I literally, just … [Read more]

Malin's CBR17 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, cbr17, Climbing, con artist, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, family, Janine Amesta, Latinx, Love is in the Air, Malin, small town life, The Wedding Con, weddings ·

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