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 book covers a number of topics focused on how we should see and act in the world around us. Anything from goal setting to keeping a positive view around you. Each topic is covered in three to four pages and has a lot of story examples. I highly recommend this albeit a religious writing…

This was book 5 of the Way of the Shaman series. This book takes you to the top to the bottom of the emotional scale and leaves you just waiting for book 6. This book along with the series is my top pick for RPGLit. I guess the end of this one was a little…

Animorphs book 24. This took the series a new direction. I am very middle of the road on this one. Plenty of twists and turns but still felt like the conclusion was a little forced. Aside from that there was no new overall plot advances and so felt like just another meaningless day in the…

Book 22 of the Boxcar Children series. I enjoyed this fun little mystery. There was not just one thing, but all together it just worked for me. Even the final twist was not horribly unpredictable. This was a solid story and I recommend it as representative of the series. If you’ve never read one, this…

This is the fourth and final book in the Atlee series. I felt like this book tried to be too much. It felt like the author knowing that this is the end of the series just tried to escalate the tension by throwing a little bit of everything at it in some type of thriller…

Boxcar Children number 20. After all the stuff I have been reading lately, it was nice to return to the Aldens. This was a cute little mystery that left you guessing until the end. Good misdirection and great resolution leaves you feeling good about old values. Reminds you that family is the most important thing.…

Books 3 & 4 of the Spiderwick Chronicles. These books are perfect for those reluctant readers in your life. They are quickly and punchy. A quick payoff even for slow readers. Being so short they feel like a single chapter in most books, but they do reach out and grab your attention. I enjoy them…

I hate to say it but even though I liked the ending, it was as much of a troupe as this whole book. If you want to read this story just read Ender’s Game. It feels like it is targeted to YA but the language does not feel like that at all. Almost trying to…

This audiobook is available from The Great Courses. This is a high level overview of the subject of self control. There are several interesting citations on what causes us to lose control. Overall I feel that the interesting part of this book is that it helps to give attention to the choices we make and…

Unwanted Quests book 3. Over half way through this five book spin-off series and it was a fun adventure. The thing I really liked about this book was the idea of bad assumptions. Too often we the protagonist always making the perfect assumption. I do feel like a portion of the remaining two book needs…