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.

This post apocalyptic novel set in the United States takes us on a gruesome ride from Los Angeles to Boston. The ride harkens to something Stephen King-ish in the terrible circumstances and pain endured. For a novel of this age, only a few phrases stick out albeit that it definitely has 1960s undertones. A short…

Book 7 of the Troy Stark series. I loved the heist in this one that kicks the story off. The storyline was very James Bond like. But regardless there are still plenty on sneaking in, shooting, and explosions. This one hits a little close to home as the criminal underworld shifts its sights even as…

Book 8 of the Tower series. This one shows us just how far Thorn and his guild still have to go. You’d think going from the 25th floor to the 10th would be a breeze, but nothing is ever easy and the challenges just get harder and harder for the young titan. I really liked…

Book 1 of the Mistborn series. An epic fantasy novel with a twist on the magic system. The plot is a fairly standard Hero’s Journey. Lots of comparisons could be drawn to Star Wars. Overall, strong characters and an engaging story makes this the well known classic that it is. This is very much epic…

The third in the series of short stories. None of the stories are interrelated but would be great for reluctant readers as the stories are short and would not be intimating as trying to read a full book. All of the stories are classic RL Stine style that have delicious twists at the end. Overall…

A telling by RL Stiene and as such you never know where it will lead you. This is a retelling of a Christmas Carol but even at that it feels fresh and exciting. The master of YA horror even leaves us with a little smile. Overall, this is YA appropriate and while kept short does…

Book 12 of the series and last on so far. The opening book to the next arc. This one lands a little closer to earlier books with some of the basic humor and less introspection. That said I am interested to see where this arc goes as he dealt with the strongest threat around already.…

Book 11 of the series. We reach the end of another arc. It will be interesting to see where Book 12 takes us. We’ve finally seen the progress to the end of this part. This one resolves a big arc and takes us both another step further and advances us significantly down the timeline. I…

Book 10 of the series. Not to worry Jason is back and more world saving kicking off. This is the middle book to the underground arc and works well as a builder. We start to get hints about what it takes to get to gold and diamond rank and yes more crazy interactions with the…

Book 8 of the series. This was the culmination of the monster swarm and church of purity arcs. Lots of fighting ending with Jason doing something very stupid to save people. This one opens the book series to much grander evolutions. I liked the direction this is going adding much more depth to the possibilities.