Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Django Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series took me on one heck of a ride

The Guns of Empire: Book 4 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

The Infernal Battalion: Book 5 of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler

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This review specifically covers the last two books in Djanjo Wexler’s “The Shadow Campaigns” series, book four, The Guns of Empire, and the conclusion in book five, The Infernal Battalion but also discusses the series as a whole.  Each book of The Shadow Campaigns gets a 4 star rating, however the strength of the series as a whole is 5 stars. With each book Wexler expands the scope of the story and fills in the world with greater detail.  The Thousand Names is a military […]

“Propelled through all this madness by your beauty and my sadness”

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

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  The main narrative of Rosewater takes place in the year 2066 in Nigeria. The titular town has sprung up around a mysterious alien biodome. From the outside it does not appear to do much other than open once per year and grant mysterious powers of healing that are strong enough to reanimate the recently dead. The story is centered around Kaaro, who is a sensitive. He can not only read the thoughts of others but he can project thoughts into their heads. As a […]

I know who you are and it’s not that impressive.

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

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  Aimee Sinclair is an up and coming starlet who is just wrapping up shooting on her latest movie. She arrives home to find her husband gone and his wallet and cell on the coffee table. She initially doesn’t think much of this since they had a bad fight the night before. Unfortunately, as more evidence mounts that something more sinister is happening, it’s clear the police think Aimee is responsible. In alternating chapters, we learn the story of a young girl who wanders off […]

Pounded in the Butt by Cannonball Bingo: The Collection

Not Pounded By Anything: Six Tales of Non-Sexual Encounters by Chuck Tingle

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All right Buckaroos. This was my first Tingler ever. Chuck Tingle is a GodDamned National Treasure. Fight me.  

“This world is forcing me to hold your hand”

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

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  Despite his name being in the title. Jack the Ripper has very little to do with this narrative. He only comes into the lives of the titular five briefly on the last night of their lives. However those brief encounters are why most people remember the names Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. Before their fateful encounter with a predator, they were married, had babies, owned shops, lived on country estates and traveled from other countries […]

If “I already took my bra off” is a good excuse…

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan

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  I picked up this book because I found myself in a similar situation as the author; my main source of deep (meaning non-superficial) social interaction had moved out of town and I needed some new close friends to fill the emotional gap in my life. Unfortunately I’m not a freelance writer who could turn the situation into a book deal so I had to settle for reading the fruits of Jessica Pan’s labor and occasionally cringing at her adventures. The Amarillo, Texas native was […]



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