cbr17bingo – Page 47 – Cannonball Read 17

Shepherds Watch over Their Flocks. And Angels Watch over Shepherds

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

August 17, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

I’m a bit boggled—how did I miss one of Katherine Addison’s books? Addison is the author of the magnificent The Goblin Emperor and the follow up trilogy, The Cemeteries of Amalo*. Usually her books are an automatic pre-order for me. But somehow, I missed that she had also written an alt-universe take on Sherlock Holmes as well. The book comes with the following tagline: “This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not […]

All My Life Is Changing Every Day…

Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks

August 17, 2025 by Jake 1 Comment

Read as part of CBR17Bingo: reread. I’m replacing the reread square with a free one here because I enjoyed this book, wanted to write about it and it doesn’t fit neatly into another category. When I was a kid, we didn’t have those conflabbed Hunger Games and young adult fantasy trilogies. We had Goosebumps and Babysitters Club and Matthew Christopher. We had real books, ones that were short and easy to digest, ones that didn’t touch on heavier themes beyond Being a kid sucks. This book […]

They Call It University

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

August 17, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: starts with I It’s really tough to go long on The It Girl because there are dozens of these types of what’s billed as “dark academia” thrillers and while this is better than most, it’s not really inspired. Y’know this genre by now: they usually involve a secret society, a group of friends, a dead body, and time jumps. Most are indistinguishable from one another. They’re fine if that’s your thing, not trying to yuck anyone’s yum. But you know what’s […]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: Time Traveller’s Wife from Wish.com?

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

August 17, 2025 by llp Leave a Comment

I was messaging with a friend and we were trading book recommendations a few weeks ago. I recommended she read Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, and she recommended V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. She has been really enjoying listening to audiobooks while walking, but I am still a paper person and was able to get a very quick turnaround on my library reserve. I otherwise went in cold – my friend’s recommendation is that it was a really compelling story with a […]

When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan

When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan

August 17, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

“When You Are Mine” is the first book in a series I have zero intention of finishing. It starts with a wedding and the best man, Walsh, is doing a wedding toast for his best friend Cam. One problem, Walsh is in love with his best friend’s wife, Kerris. Child no. I got recommended this book again (by someone at the only romance book store in NoVa) and I swear to God those people hate me. WHY???? This book had me mad from the word […]

I miss my books, and my armchair, and my garden. See, that’s where I belong, that’s home.

An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Appelbaum

August 16, 2025 by NatalieH Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: ‘I’ I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, this hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I pretty much only decided to read An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Appelbaum because it starts with an ‘I’ and I’ve really been struggling to find anything that fits that square for bingo. I didn’t know anything about the book, and I’d never heard of the author before. Mallory Rosen is a self-described “Gollum”—she works from home at her Seattle tech job, has […]

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