This was created and written by Niko, my 8-year-old son.
Author: Mark
Step on a Crack (Michael Bennett, #1) – by James Patterson
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…
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…
Sick Child Of Mine
Whatever I had last week, Niko got it, but he got it worse. Whereas I took one day off from work, Friday, January 24th, he was out of school from Wednesday, January 29th through Friday, January 31st. For me, I was exhausted, had a cough, and a stuffy nose. On Friday, I went to rehab…
Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the ’80s Changed Hollywood Forever – by Nick de Semlyen
I was book-less for a few days as nothing I had available was appealing. Throughout my book browsing at the library and the Kindle store, I kept seeing this one. Well, I decided to give it a whirl as I like comedy movies! This book is about Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd,…
Nothing Good
Most of the time, I have something brilliant to write, but today, I have nothing.
Legends and Soles: The Memoir of an American Original – by Sonny Vaccaro
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before it’s published. Sonny Vaccaro is a sports marketing executive who worked for Niko, Adidas, and Reebok. He also was in charge of a quite a few high school basketball all star games. He helped bring Michael Jordan to Niko and Kobe…
Yoko: A Biography – by David Sheff
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before it’s published. Being a fan of The Beatles, I knew about Yoko. But, I was intrigued and interested to read her story as told by David Sheff, who is also a close friend of hers. Sheff is the one who got…
Brothers – by Alex Van Halen
I tried this book a few weeks ago, and just couldn’t get into it. But, I tried again this past weekend, and I really enjoyed it. It was a beautifully written story about the love he shared with his brother and the band itself. I had no clue their dad was a musician, the family…
Niko VS Mario
On January 23, 2021, we purchased a Nintendo Switch along with a few games; Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, MarioKart Deluxe 8, and Just Dance 2021. Nina and I had a Nintendo Wii before Niko arrived and used it a little bit after he was born, but then it just sat unused for a long…
In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some – by Josh Gad
I saw this book as a new release a few weeks ago, and thought I threw it in my Want to Read list on Goodreads for future consumption, but that didn’t happen. Last Wednesday, I was scanning through the Apple Book new releases and saw it and downloaded a sample. The sample was enough for…
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up – by Dave Barry
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before it’s published. I have read a few of his humor books and most of his novels, and have enjoyed his style. So, when I saw this memoir, I was immediately interested. It was a quick read and cool to read how…
Niko’s Sketchers Shoe-Shopping Extravaganza
For the past few weeks, Niko has been complaining of his ankle hurting. Dr. Dad and Dr. Mom didn’t see anything visible on his foot, but we do believe him. Nurse Riley cat doesn’t know anything except for the fact that his shoes smell like feet, socks, and school and they have been outside. We…
Holmes is Missing – by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
This is the second book in the Holmes, Marple, and Poe series and I hope there are more as I really this trio of private investigators. Each of them are unique and can easily carry a book by themselves. They have their way of finding things out before the police and their backgrounds are a…
Nothin’ Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield – by Michael Seth Starr
I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. Now, I knew of comedy and his characters from CaddyShack and Back to School, but I knew nothing else.
The Shops at La Cantera
Yesterday, the three of us went to The Shops at La Cantera (Niko wanted to go last weekend, but he changed his mind at the last minute). It was cool and cloudy, so we ate lunch outside at Lucianos’s. Niko ordered for us all: mozzarella sticks and a small cheese pizza. It was yummy. The…
Robert Parker’s Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch, #1 through #10 – by Robert Parker and Robert Knott
While I was waiting for one of the Spenser books at the library, also by Robert Parker, I decided to start another of his series. I have already read all the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall books, and I like his style of writing. I read that first book, Appaloosa, last October and was hooked….