Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Before I can tackle my TBR pile, I guess I should familiarize myself with the first book in the series

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by Jason Pargin

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I first read this book…..seven years ago! Good lord. I’ve been a CBR reviewer for seven years now. That’s insane. Anyway. I re-read this book because David Wong Jason Pargin published the sequel (Zoe Punches the Future in the Dick) last year. I remembered liking the first book, but not remembering much of what happens. So, here I am. Reviewing it again. I’m not going to re-read my original review, though. I’m just going to share my thoughts, unencumbered by my first impressions. Zoe Ash […]

THE END IS NOT NEAR, IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, WE JUST DIDN’T CARE

This Book is Full Of Spiders by David Wong

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This Book is Full of Spiders (Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It) continues the story of David Wong, his best friend John Cheese and his girlfriend Amy Sullivan, as they contend with a new set of nefarious beings from other dimensions, only visible to them, after being exposed to a mysterious drug in the first novel in the series, John Dies at the End. This time, their home town of [REDACTED] is being taken over by what appears to be a deadly virus, but only John […]

I liked it, but I am obviously untrustworthy

What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong

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I admit I have a problem with objectivity. I love Rutger Hauer, and I know people think his movies are terrible, but I watch and love them anyway. (Although even I recognize that Hobo with a Shotgun is WRETCHED.) Sometimes my lack of objectivity makes it hard to write a review, though! I liked John Dies at the End, I loved This Book is Full of Spiders, and I enjoyed Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits. I am a David Wong fan. So! I’m pretty sure […]

What to do when both the title and the back blurb are lies

John Dies at the End by David Wong

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I’m not sure what I was expecting when I picked up John Dies at the End. I think maybe a little bit of Welcome to Night Vale mixed with Sandman Slim, and possible a bit of Men in Black. This book is not any of those things, either in combination or alone. I should also admit that I have not seen the movie, don’t remember having heard of it before, and definitely have no plans to ever watch it now. I did not really enjoy […]

A Couple of Friends Fumbling Their Way Through a Not-Quite-Zombie Apocalypse Situation

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I previously read John Dies at the End by David Wong about two years ago, and just now remembered that there was a sequel to it after my friend mentioned that I could borrow her copy should it ever be returned to her from a previous reader… I myself ended up checking this book out of the library not a single day before my friend got her own copy handed back to her literally right in front of my own two eyes. Isn’t that coincidental… […]

Airport fiction, a great read, and a new favorite.

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69. Die Trying by Lee Child (3 stars) I’m not entirely sure why I keep returning to these kinds of books. I don’t know what “kind” of book it is, other than “airport fiction”. You know the kind; the mass market vaguely defined fiction that goes down easy without leaving much of an aftertaste. Easily digested and forgettable, these books cover the literary landscape without leaving any kind of quantifiable mark. They exist to sell books, and they sell books because they exist. I don’t […]



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