Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Takeshi Kovacs #2 & #3

Broken Angles by Richard K. Morgan

Woken Furies by Richard K. Morgan

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These are the second and third books of the Takeshi Kovacs series. The first is Altered Carbon which shares its name with the show upon which it is based. In these two books, we follow the exploits of Takeshi Kovacs, ex-U.N. Envoy, as he (mostly) mercenaries his way through the galaxy. He re-sleeves for each adventure and is the gritty, hard-boiled detective/hired gun. If you are unfamiliar with the first book or the show, human consciousness is transferrable from body to body and is stored […]

Bright Lights, Bay City

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I went back and forth on whether to use this as “The Book Was Better” because while Netflix did turn it into a series I hadn’t watched it. Then, while it was dumping rain over the long weekend, I actually watched the series, so that assuaged my guilt and now I can write this review with a clear conscience. So. Altered Carbon. I gave this book three stars, but I honestly went back and forth on that for a while. I decided to give it […]

Episode 1-42: The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors

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https://killingmykindle.com/2018/11/12/episode-1-42-the-night-is-dark-and-full-of-terrors/ Wherein I review: 154. Worst. Person. Ever by Douglas Coupland 155. Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll by Peter Bebergal 156. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 157. The Dark Defiles (A Land Fit for Heroes #3) by Richard K. Morgan 158. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin #5) by Patrick O’Brian TRIPLE CANNONBALL ACHIEVED As my regularity falls apart like an Acapulco tourist’s bowel movements, I feverishly exploded across that third times a charm finish line.  Not quite […]

Episode 1-36: Ferris Bueller’s Synthesizer

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https://killingmykindle.com/2018/09/29/episode-1-36-ferris-buellers-synthesizer/ Wherein I review: 136. Johannes Cabal the Detective (Johannes Cabal #2) by Jonathan L. Howard 137. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin #1) by Patrick O’Brian 138. The Cold Commands (A Land Fit for Heroes #2) by Richard K. Morgan 139. The Burning Page (Invisible Library #3) by Genevieve Cogman 140. The Fear Institute (Johannes Cabal #3) by Jonathan L. Howard 141. The Guilty Dead (Monkeewrench #9) by P.J. Tracy 142. Foe by Iain Reid After chunking a zero in the Yahtzee column last […]

Episode 1-33: We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It

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https://killingmykindle.com/2018/09/04/episode-1-33-were-here-were-queer-get-used-to-it/ Wherein I review: 128. Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire 129. Crooked by Austin Grossman 130. The Steel Remains (A Land Fit For Heroes #1) by Richard K. Morgan 131. Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim #10) by Richard Kadrey 132. Bloody Rose (The Band #2) by Nicholas Eames 133. The Invisible Library (Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman I wax ecstatic over the recent trend of inclusion of homosexuality in fantasy and fiction and how it makes all the neckbeards cry into their fedoras.  Gregory Maguire brings […]

The Future is going to suck

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Altered Carbon sat on my night stand for just over two years.  A very good friend of mine recommended it to me years ago and I bought it on sale and started it right away.  The first think I realized is that this was not a read before bed book.  It required more attention to detail to fully appreciate it and I really liked that.  Unfortunately, that meant that it languished on the night stand for a long, long time.  I finished it a couple […]



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