Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

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Back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and I was a young child (so mid 1990’s), my parents and I went on vacation to Las Vegas. We stayed in the MGM Grand, where one night/early morning (it was like 3 A.M.) I was woken up by my mother hysterically laughing. When I asked her what was so funny, she told me she was reading one of the funniest books she ever read, Good Omens. Curious, I picked it up the next day, read a page and […]

“It is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the suffering of others. Plus, we get a kickback from the caffeine industry…”

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians Book Six by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson, illustrations by Hayley Lazo

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This was a better book than the last two at least; I’d hate to have the series end at the level it was going, or even worse. It was an interesting concept to have the last book be from Bastille’s point of view so that you got someone else’s thoughts on the events at large, and seeing as Alcatraz spent most of this book moping, brooding, and pretty much catatonic, it wouldn’t have made a very enjoyable read anyway. I will say that with Janci […]

“It was the day my grandmother exploded.”

The Crow Road by Iain Banks

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The Crow Road is about about Prentice McHoan’s preoccupation with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a missing uncle, cars, alcohol and other intoxicants, and God, against the background of the Scottish landscape. And doesn’t that just sound like so much fun? Or maybe just a Scottish take off on Nine’s “Folies Bergeres” Necrophorus: The trouble with Contini, he’s the king of mediocrities, A second-rate director who believes that he is Socrates. He never makes a “movie” or a “picture?” […]

A cozy fantasy

The Baker and the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught

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I have wanted to read The Baker and the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught since I first saw it coming out, which was probably around 2023 for reader copies, and then 2024 for finished editions. Now it is 2025 and I am glad that I read it via an online reader copy as it was terribly short and it had a few open spots that I felt needed to be filled in and while I enjoyed it, I do not want a […]

Choosing your life partner based on her footwear might not be a good idea

Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella by Roald Dahl

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(A  few spoilers are included) Do you like Roald Dahl? Well if you do, you might want to try Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella (illustrated by Adam Larkum). Now, I think this book is a reissue, but I am not really sure, but I do know that it will be an edition out in mid-April 2026. I am just going to say two things: One, I am not always a fan of Dahl, but two, I appreciate the work. And with Cinderella, I like the ending as […]

Slamming My Head Into A Wall Would Have Hurt Less Than Reading This Book

Over a God's Dead Body: A Supernatural Comedy by Joel Spriggs

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When Dorothy Parker said “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force”, she wasn’t talking about Atlas Shrugged, she was talking about Over a God’s Dead Body. Not only were there multiple grammatical errors, not only was the writing piss poor, but the plot, to put it bluntly, sucked. This read like the author and a bunch of the dudebros in his frat house/high school/ middle school playground/pick whichever group has the lowest maturity level, got […]



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