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.

In the grotesque shoes of the Lottery, Hunger Games, the Roman Coliseum you have the Long Walk. This book takes you along and lets you join in the awful hell that would be living in this situation. The idea is a car crash that you cannot look away from. As person after person gets their…

Book 17 of the Animorphs. This one just was not as good as the last. There was a lot of action and the pacing was fast, but it felt like just another battle. There are certain stories that hang with you, unfortunately I don’t think this is one of them. The story is good and…

This was book 16 of the Animorphs. I enjoyed this one. Felt we did make some progress on the plot line. But it was the darkest book so far. For the series it is in my top ten. The pacing was good and there was no “out of nowhere” save like others in the series.…

The master of the dark returns with a modern Dracula tale. This is as gripping as it is dark and will have you hearing all the things that go bump in the night. I absolutely loved the concept for this novel and you definitely feel like you are a part of this small Maine town.…

Is this a perfect book? No. Do I think it should be a part of middle school reading? Yes. This book is smart use of our own intuition in possible bad situations. There is a bit of a rant at the end but aside from the rant, there is a lot of good information on…

Book 18 of the Boxcar Children. This was a fun one reviewing pollution and ways companies can be socially responsible and still turn a profit. I liked the idea that it isn’t environment or business but there is ways we can find to do both as long as owners can get behind doing the right…

Stephen King is a master writer. Each of the short stories were vivid and keep you deeply engrossed. It is hard to compare him with other works, aside from his deep dark themes, his prose sings off the page. The part that I find most intriguing is his ability to end a tale without a…

The third and concluding book in the Beyonders series. This series was good and the concluding book tied things together nicely. However it does not have me running out to get the next Brandon Mull book. Might I read other series by him in the future, possibly. But for now I will be moving on…

Book 7 of The Unwanteds. This was a great conclusion to the series. Albeit I thought it would go another way. That said if you can put up a dome to protect from the elements and you can create a hurricane, this plot hole was glaring and made the whole end 1/2 of the book…

Book 6 of Unwanteds. This is the second to last book in the series. Problems that have plagued the other novels in this series have been much better resolved in this book. The story felt more homogeneous and gave more insight to the world they live in. Albeit, we will have to see in the…