Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Side Quest Central

Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

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Carl’s Doomsday Scenario is a pretty good continuation of the Carl and Donut dungeon crawl. The characters and seat of the pants problem solving are still there, the dark humor that’s both tragic and still entertaining is still there. Plot-wise this volume gets thin; much like the side quest emphasis (new feature of this volume), there is not a lot of progress in the main overall situation. There’s also isn’t  a ton of character development beyond the “game character” that everyone has to perform to […]

Carl and Donut’s Guide to Dungeon Crawling as Reality TV

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

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I’ve had Dungeon Crawler Carl on my TBR for a while (picked it up as retail therapy not too long ago, but it’s been on a list for good bit longer), and then there was a spike of reviews on here, so now here’s my take. I kind of do get the hype; there’s humor but it’s kind of dark by necessity, there’s hope in the midst of tragedy and chaos, and it’s mostly pretty entertaining. The basic story feels kind of like a mish-mash […]

The Brothers 3 and their Dad and this person name Carey do a really cool series

The Adventure Zone Vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist), Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

The Adventure Zone, Vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Artist), Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy

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This probably goes without saying, but I will say it, “Read volumes one to three first.”  So, why am I writing this review for volumes four and five? To let you know that the series gets better as it goes along. Now, things might be a bit slow for the old school reader of D&D like graphic novels (especially at first), but the humor and accessibility for the newbie or someone not fully familiar with that format can get into it. I once gave a […]

Deadpool Does D&D

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler

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Imagine if you took Deadpool, made him a her named Davi, made him the main playable character in a video game, and tossed into a D&D sort of world in which (true to video game), every time he dies, he goes back to the re-set position. And this happens hundreds of times as Davi keeps losing to the Dark Lord. But then, Deadpool/Davi decides that, instead of trying to save the world from the Dark Lord, why not just become said Lord instead? And let’s […]

Get your D&D on

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club V01: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag

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I started Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club V01: Roll Call awhile back. I then put it aside as I was trying to read it online (and as you know, my phone is not friends with online formatting). Not only was my phone slow and dragging, but I was also not able to see the images clearly or in a larger format. Therefore, unless you have a SCREEN to view things on, then this might be best in the physical form. And the physical form is […]

Elves and a Magic Ring are Reasonably Dull

Vox Machina: Kith & Kin by Marieke Nijkamp

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I picked up Vox MIachina: Kith & Kin on a whim because it looked interesting; I didn’t realize at the time that this was actually a close up for a couple of characters who were part of a bigger D&D related franchise with a new Amazon animated show. I haven’t seen any of the stuff this novel is apparently based on, and as it turns out that’s not necessary. Kith & Kin is pretty standard fantasy is nearly every way; the main characters are two […]



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