This is a blog reviewing the latest book I have read along with the books I have self-published. Please feel free to follow along with my reading / writing journey.

The fourth book in The Giver series. This book ties everything together and banishes the great evil in the land. An all around happy ending that leaves you, like book one to decide the ending for yourself. Overall a good read even the second time through. Highly recommend this series.

Book 3 of The Giver series. This book weaves together books 1 and 2 in a beautiful way. Albeit I really liked the end of The Giver this changes that ending and yet it broadens and deepens the story of love and loss, greed and selflessness. It was a moving and wonderful story.

Book 2 of The Giver series. This book is unrelated to the previous one with the exception of some future landscape but aside from same universe it is all new. This interesting post apocalyptic world demonstrates that the human weaknesses that caused the collapse are still in the hearts of people with infighting, backbiting, and…

This Newbery award winner is amazing. If you have not read it, pick it up now. A dystopian future where all choice has been taken away. No real hurt or pain. The ending is a bit rough but enjoyable through and through. I beg you to pick this one up, it is well worth the…

Book 25 of the Goosebumps series. This one is more comic book adventure versus straight horror. That said it was a fun story for those comic book loving middle-graders. The twist at the end is a nod to horror and allows for future novels.

This is a telling of Pinocchio if Isaac Asimov would have imagined it. Memorable characters and an adventure not too unlike any other but a twist on the puppets where the one human is the only one around. What it means to be human and that Jazz can fix anything. Well maybe not everything. The…

Book 20 of the Goosebumps series. This is a good ya horror story. It walks the line between scary and not too scary for younger readers. Even the twist brings more of a smile that fear, which leaves it with really good ending. Also, the mix of normal and supernatural is well done.

This Newbery award winning book is told a bit different than others. There are several rhyming sections to tell the story in a minimalistic manner. It is a realist fictional baritone that fits into life well enough to see it being true. The plot is predictable and straight forward while still allowing room for the…

Book 13 of the Goosebumps series. A fantastic ghost story that will give you all the excuses you need not to have piano lessons. This one has a strong horror component and it will done. I especially loved the “you’ve got great hands” repetition that fits so well with the ending. A real scary fun…

Another Newbery award winner and it is easy to see why. This is a coming of age book that has a very sweet ending. Very memorable characters, a bit of the mystic, and finding friends and the need to have those friends around you. Highly recommend!