I have read all the Alex Cross books by James Patterson, and was looking for another similar series of books, and I came across Michael Bennett also by James Patterson. Both are cops; Cross in DC and Bennett in NYPD. Bennett and his wife, Maeve, have 10 adopted children. We learn early on that she…
Author: Mark
Source Code: My Beginnings – by Bill Gates
If you’re looking for a history of Microsoft, this isn’t the book you should choose as this is about his childhood, school years, and his passion for programming computers. Yes, there is a little bit about Microsoft and how it got started as well as how Bill met Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer. But, that…
Writing
Ever since we moved to our new house in December, I haven’t had the passion for writing as I have had in the past. Usually, I do my best writing in the evenings after Niko is sleeping, but now, I enjoy relaxing in my bed reading a book. Don’t get me wrong, I love writing…
Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets (A Jesse Stone novel) – by Christopher Farnsworth
When I saw that a new Jesse Stone book was being published by a new author, I was ready to dive in and didn’t care about who wrote it as in prior books by Parker, all the writers kept the same style. I couldn’t tell the difference. And I have read all the Jesse Stone…
The Last Action Heroes: the Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage – by Nick de Semlyen
After I finished Nick de Semlyen’s other book called, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the ’80s Changed Hollywood Forever, I wanted more so I read this one about: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, Dolph Lundgren, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Bruce Willis. I got a brief background…