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.

If you enjoy the peculiar tales you will enjoy this series of short stories. They are not necessary to enjoy the regular series. I was hoping for it to be tales to enlarge the full cast but it isn’t. Enjoyable nonetheless.

Before Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins wrote Gregor the Overlander. While her writing has gotten better as she has grown as an author, this is still a good read. Definitely a middle-grade book with lots of adventure and wonder making it a fun little read. If you are up for a New York crossover of Alice…

If you have not read any of the the tales Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children. You should. Ransom Riggs does a great job with this premise and even though the last book was the clear end of the trilogy, book 4 did not disappoint. Although the storyline and times feels meandering and then rushed…

I have read several of the Goosebumps series and Slappy has been a reoccurring character. This new series appears to be focused on this Chucky inspired character. If you enjoy the Goosebumps series this one is right in line with the rest.

We get to see more of the mysterious M. This one felt a little more disjointed than previous Alex Cross novels and still no piano. Sometimes I dislike the unreliable narrator and it felt clunky this time. This book felt like it was a stretch to get more words with too short of plot. While…

To start with, I would read John C Maxwell’s shopping list and I bet I would get a great insight from it. He is powerful probably more so because I am also Christian and can relate at that level. But his words on leadership goes beyond the workplace and focuses on being a better person.…

So I picked this one up because I read Room and it totally changed me inside. Loved the book so read this one. My best description is UP (Pixar) with a mouthy foul mouthed teenager in Nice. Emma Donoghue is a fantastic interpersonal relationship novelist. The focus of this is family and what it means…

A coauthored work with Maxine Paetro we go down another fast paced James Patterson production. I have not read many of these type of coauthored books. Serial killer and surprise the journalist at the center is a previous cop. That said this is a 3.5 from someone who guilty pleasures Alex Cross. Even though all…

Again a master of words sweeps us into his world to catch snatches of the hereafter. With Odd this time we get a little closer to the supernatural. I was hoping that Odd would have gain some of the abilities outlined in the last book. But it appears he is just the simple fry cook…

How did I make it out of school without reading this? I picked it up because it is required reading for my boy entering Jr High. What a great book to capture this timeframe. Albeit out of my normal reading this is a classic and is for a reason. I you have not read it…