Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Die Trying, Die Laughing

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

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One does not simply walk into 2026 without a good book to read. As luck would have it, I can recommend one straight out of the gate. Django Wexler’s  How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying is the foul-mouthed, irreverent comedic fantasy novel that will set the tone for your own year of mischief and mayhem, should you choose to have one. And honestly, why wouldn’t you?  “The Dark Lord” by melbourneflower is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 . Davi has absolutely had it […]

Horny Teenager Narration

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler

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When the narrator/protagonist sounds like a Gen Alpha who has the personality and humor of a 13-year old who is totally hormone driven but also still thinks farts are funny, and you sympathize with the big bad who calls them deeply irritating, there might be a little issue. Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me has a few good characters, but Davi isn’t really one of them. Yes, she’s got real reasons for having deep issues, but if she’s supposed to be in a […]

Welcome to your life. There’s no turning back.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler

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I read the first book, How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, in Django Wexler’s Dark Lord Davi duology last year, and while I didn’t love it, I enjoyed it enough to want to read the sequel, Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me. The book continues the story of Davi, a young woman from our world who has gotten herself trapped in a time loop in a fairly standard medieval fantasy world. Every time the loop resets, she wakes up in […]

“Never f*** anyone you would be upset having to kill, that’s my new motto.”

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler

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Firstly, you’re either going to like the tone and style this is written in, or you’re going to bounce right off it. I’ve seen a lot of people complaining about how vulgar and horny Davi is, and blaming it on a man writing a woman. Having read from this author before and seen how he can write women, and also, the other women in this book, I’m gonna vote no on that one. Women can be horny and vulgar! You might not like that, and […]

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 […]

Satisfying conclusion to fun fantasy trilogy – CBR14 Bingo: Shadow

Siege of Rage and Ruin: Wells of Sorcery Book Three by Django Wexler

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CBR14 Bingo: “Shadow” – One of the wells of sorcery is Shadow, gifting the user with the ability to switch places with their shadow and move between shadows. Siege of Rage and Ruin is the conclusion to Wexler’s “Wells of Sorcery” trilogy that started with Ship of Smoke and Steel, and was followed up by City of Stone and Silence. Isoka’s plan is simple.  Sneak ashore outside Kahnzoka’s harbor.  Hitch a ride with a merchant traveling to the city.  Get to her sister Tori and slip […]



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