Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Doggie-powered magical alchemy

Roverpowered 2-3 by Drew Hayes

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Bingo 4: Middle OK, so I mentioned a rough week about 2 reviews ago. Here come the middle volumes of Rover Powered (2-3) such as the series currently is [5 out, 6th on the way]. So mid-series for Middle square. Wanda and Wumble go to alchemist training, and Wanda and Wumble go on their first group quest (team misfit!). Still cozy. Sill just what I wanted. And we even get a little bit from Wumble’s doggie perspective. Once again, the classic frames of the magic […]

Roverpower for the win

Roverpowered 1 by Drew Hayes

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Bingo 2: Refuge How to find solace the week the world loses Dolly Parton, Tim  Curry, Peter Cullen, and I’m getting into a challenging time at work, life outside work is over-busy, I’m tired, etc.? Drew Hayes novellas, obviously. I’ve been a fan of this author for years, knew he had this series Roverpowered, but had never really bothered to look into it further. It’s labeled as cozy fantasy and YA; it deserves those labels, but was also perfect refuge from the real world, at […]

Enter the Multiverse but Staying Cozy, at least for now

Chilling Reflections by Drew Hayes

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Bingo 4: Favorite Drew Hayes in one of my favorite contemporary authors. He’s got the right level of geek, trope, and fun, while still managing to stay interesting. Chilling Reflections is book 3 in the Villain’s Code series, and while there have been signs in previous volumes, this one makes it pretty clear that this series is tilting into a Marvel-style multi-verse area. One thing that definitely surprised me is how directly the side story series (Villains Vignettes 1) is involved. I’ve read that, and […]

A Decade of Death and Decisions at Halloween All Together At Once

A Decade of Death and Decisions by Drew Hayes

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I have always enjoyed Drew Hayes’ stuff. It’s usually entertaining and smart, and has a little fun with all the tropes of whatever pop culture/nerd genre might be involved. A Decade of Death and Decisions is most of these things but it’s also a little different. In 2013, Hayes started a narrative game on his website wherein he posted a short chapter of a Halloween story, and then a poll at the end concerning a choice about what should happen next, and based on reader […]

Supernatural Education Lite

Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes

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I saw on the author’s social media somewhere that Drew Hayes’ Fred the Vampire Accountant series has one final volume due out after the one I had on my shelf, making Posthumous Education (Fred #8) the penultimate installation. It definitely shows; there is a lot of set up. Fred is called on a favor picked up about 5 volumes ago to a Fey queen, and all she wants him to do is take a temporary teaching job at the local parahuman institution of higher education, […]

Good old fashioned pop culture salutes

Villains' Vignettes Volume 1 by Drew Hayes

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Bingo 4: Hold Steady Drew Hayes has been one of very few authors who has been both reasonably consistent and prolific without getting dull; he’s also a favorite of mine, so for all those reasons, he counts as Holding Steady. What’s new is that Villains’ Vignettes Vol 1 is a story without a connecting plot building; the three tales are a bit long to be short stories, so maybe we’ll call them novelettes. The style somehow manages to be straightforward but still have snappy dialogue […]



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