Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR17
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Suggest a Review
    • 2025 Registration
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

A historical romance with abductions and a drafty castle

November 20, 2014 by Malin 5 Comments

Taran Ferguson has decided that if left to their own devices, his two nephews are never going to get their act together and find suitable brides. So just before Christmas, he takes matters into his own hands, rallies his faithful retainers, rides over to the neighbouring estate where there is a house party at present and kidnaps the three likeliest young women. Only because it’s dark and things got rather confusing, they end up with four ladies and one really rather pissed off Duke, who […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, collaboration, Connie Brockway, Eloisa James, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Malin, NTE, Regency, The Lady Most Willing

Malin's CBR6 Review No:122 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, collaboration, Connie Brockway, Eloisa James, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Malin, NTE, Regency, The Lady Most Willing ·
Rating:
· 5 Comments

Adoption is a serious business, but it can be very entertaining to read about

November 20, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

I’ve been reading Dan Savage’s Savage Love for years and years now, and when I’m in the mood for Podcasts (which I have to admit, I rarely am, I just can’t seem to get into them, it puzzles me greatly), I often listen to his Savage Lovecast. He’s generally quite open about himself, his life and his experiences, so I already knew that he was married and that they had an adopted child. My BFF Lydia recommended this audio book to me when I visited her […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #CBR6, adoption, autobiography, Dan Savage, gay rights, Malin, The Kid

Malin's CBR6 Review No:121 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: #CBR6, adoption, autobiography, Dan Savage, gay rights, Malin, The Kid ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

A YA historical romance you’d be better off skipping

November 19, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

2.5 stars Lady Alexandra Stafford is the only daughter of some nobleman or other (I can’t be bothered to go back and check what her exact rank is). She has several tall and attractive brothers who delight in teasing her and generally try their best not to have to accompany her to society events during her first Season. She also has two best friends, Ella and Vivi. They were fairly interchangeable. All three are opinionated, bookish, not really all that interested in marriage and have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Sarah Maclean, The Season, Young Adult

Malin's CBR6 Review No:120 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Sarah Maclean, The Season, Young Adult ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

I can think of a number of situations when it would be convenient to have a Head key.

November 19, 2014 by Malin 1 Comment

This review may contain spoilers for the first volume in the series, so if you want to remain unspoiled, you may want to proceed carefully. Following a shocking death that dredges up memories of their father’s murder, Kinsey and Taylor are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zach Wells, little suspecting Zach’s dark secret. Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and uncle Duncan is jarred into the past by a disturbingly familiar […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Gabriel Rodriguez, Graphic Novel, Head Games, horror, joe hill, Locke & Key, Malin, paranormal fantasy

Malin's CBR6 Review No:119 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Gabriel Rodriguez, Graphic Novel, Head Games, horror, joe hill, Locke & Key, Malin, paranormal fantasy ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

How do you choose between the covert organizations of your Mum and your Dad?

November 18, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

After she and her gay BFF Go Go Fiasco are attacked by ninjas, Angela St. James discovers that her mother, the head of super secret spy agency G.O.O.D (Global Organization for the Obliteration of Dastardliness) has been keeping secret from her. Her father, who she believed was killed when she was little, is very much alive and is in fact the head of E.V.I.L (Extralegal Vendors of Iniquity and Licentiousness). Now both her parents are interested in recruiting her and Angela has to make a […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #CBR6, action, Codename:Knockout, espionage, Graphic Novel, Malin, Robert Rodi

Malin's CBR6 Review No:118 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: #CBR6, action, Codename:Knockout, espionage, Graphic Novel, Malin, Robert Rodi ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Doctor Who meets Sherlock, except not really. But there is a clever young woman who helps us get to know an eccentic detective

November 17, 2014 by Malin 5 Comments

4.5 stars From the Goodreads synopsis, because it’s been a month since I read it, and the blurb is part of what drew me in: Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R.F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary – including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, faeries, Jackaby, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Victorian, werewolves, William Ritter

Malin's CBR6 Review No:117 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, faeries, Jackaby, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Victorian, werewolves, William Ritter ·
Rating:
· 5 Comments
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • …
  • 184
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • 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.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2025 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in