patrick o’brian – Cannonball Read 17

Getting back where he belongs

The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian

August 28, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

The Letter of Marque is the twelfth book in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and I don’t seem to be enjoying it any less as time – and the series – stretches on. Here we catch up with Jack after he’s been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime on the stock exchange that he could never have understood enough to commit. But he’s not without a boat, The Surprise having been surreptitiously bought by his now rather minted best friend Stephen, and given a […]

Episode 2-05: Suffer Not An Actor to Live

Crucible by James Rollins

The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian

The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian

Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover

February 24, 2019 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2019/02/25/episode-2-05-suffer-not-an-actor-to-live/ Wherein I review: 14. Crucible (Sigma Force #14) by James Rollins 15. The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin #11) by Patrick O’Brian 16. The Mangle Street Murders (The Gower Street Detective #1) by M.R.C. Kasasian 17. Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine #1) by Matthew Woodring Stover I keep SAAAAAAIILING through the Aubrey & Maturin series as they drift away from the war in which they started. James Rollins has clearly run out of s–t to write about Indiana Jones style. I […]

Episode 2-4: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

Vultures by Chuck Wendig

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian

February 11, 2019 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2019/02/12/episode-2-4-its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye-to-yesterday/ Wherein I review: 11 – Vultures (Miriam Black #6) by Chuck Wendig 12 – Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin 13 – The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin #10) by Patrick O’Brian Jammed that B2M song right up in the thoughthole, eh? Chuck Wendig takes a bow on his Miriam Black books, and I get wistful. GRRM writes yet another damn book that isn’t Winds of Winter, but it did remind me of how much I love ASOIAF, so I’m […]

Episode 2-03: Misty Water-Colored Memories

Ex-Purgatory by Peter Clines

No Sunscreen for the Dead by Tim Dorsey

Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian

Ex-Isle by Peter Clines

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

February 1, 2019 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2019/02/02/episode-2-03-misty-water-colored-memories/ Wherein I review: 6. Ex-Purgatory (Ex-Heroes #4) by Peter Clines 7. No Sunscreen for the Dead (Serge Storms #22) by Tim Dorsey 8. Treason’s Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin #9) by Patrick O’Brian 9. Ex-Isle (Ex-Heroes #5) by Peter Clines 10. Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner Illness and big-ass books make for strange bedfellows. Peter Clines brings his superheroes vs. zombies saga to a close – definitely for now and probably for good. Serge keeps serging, spewing Florida trivia and murdering a-holes. Aubrey & Maturin […]

Episode 1-46: If Someone Calls You Fat, Eat Them

December 17, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/12/18/episode-1-46-if-someone-calls-you-fat-eat-them/ Wherein I review: 145. Private Princess (Private #14) by James Patterson 146. Bill the Galactic Hero On The Planet of Bottled Brains (Bill the Galactic Hero #3) by Harry Harrison 147. Elevation by Stephen King 148. The Surgeon’s Mate (Aubrey & Maturin #7) by Patrick O’Brian London Private is my least favorite of the private parts. Bill the Galactic Hero keeps punning horribly like an issue of Cracked before they became actual internet journalists. Stephen King keeps on busting out Castle Rock novellas, and […]

Episode 1-45: Backstabber, Hope Grabber, Greedy Little Fit Haver

December 12, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/12/13/episode-1-45-backstabber-hope-grabber-greedy-little-fit-haver/ Wherein I review: 171. The Devil’s Colony (Fatal Folklore Trilogy #3) by Bill Schweigart 172. The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin #6) by Patrick O’Brian 173. Bill, the Galactic Hero and The Planet of the Robot Slaves (Bill the Galactic Hero #2) by Harry Harrison 174. The Witch Elm by Tana French Anyone in America right now can tell you what’s scarier than monsters out of myth is actually creepy ass Nazis. Speaking of America, that’s where the action moves in the Aubrey […]

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