On Wednesday, and for the first time, I had a lunch date with Niko at his school. I didn’t tell him in the morning just in case something came up at work during that time, but it didn’t. When he was a first grader last year, I had work obligations during his lunch and couldn’t…
Family Honor (Sunny Randall #1) – by Robert J Parker
Now that I have finished all the Jesse Stone books that Robert J Parker started and then after he died, they have continued by other authors, I can finally start the Sunny Randall books. So, Sunny is a former police officer turned private investigator. She is divorced from Richie Burke, who is from a criminal…
Thanksgiving Break
Niko was off all week, and goes back to school tomorrow. Nina was off Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I was off Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Last Saturday, Niko and I went to our neighborhood market at the clubhouse, and we shared a cheeseburger, a sausage wrap, and brownies. Afterwards, he played in the playground and…
Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations – by Peter Miller
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before its published. It was a really quick read and I enjoyed his ideas for being a shopkeeper as well as his stories from shops around the world.
On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry – by Mark Kamine
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before its official release. I was intrigued as this book is about a location scout who worked on the television show, The Sopranos. He also worked on other shows, movies, and was even a book reviewer. I liked all of the tidbits…
Jesse Stone Books 19 to 21 – by Mike Lupica
I have finally completed reading all the books in the Jesse Stone series. Twenty-one of them for now by 4 different authors, with Mike Lupica as the most recent. One of the main reasons why I started to read these books was that Mike Lupica, a James Patterson coauthor and author on his own front,…
Greasy Eggs
Every morning, I make Niko breakfast. On the weekends, we eat together, but during the weekdays, I am doing 65,876 things for him in the mornings, so I usually don’t eat with him. Just a few of those 65,876 things are: dad, I want Orange Juice, hot cocoa from the Keurig, greasy eggs (I will…
Horrorstör – by Grady Hendrix
Somewhere in the Internet world, I saw this book and was half curious about it. I mean, horror isn’t my favorite type of genre to read. So, basically, imagine a store like Ikea, but in the book it’s called Orsk, and everything is a copy of IKEA. Weird names for stuff as well. Somebody, not…
The Woman in Me – by Britney Spears
I am glad I read this one as I had no clue how bad her life was during the 13 years she was in a conservatorship, with her dad as the conservator. Her family took control of everything she did and she did it primarily because she knew if she just agreed, she would see…
Ice: Why I Was Born to Score – by George Gervin
Being a San Antonio Spurs fan, I was very intrigued when I saw that the Iceman had written a book. I bounced it for a while in Amazon WishList, and when it finally won the game, I purchased it and enjoyed all of it from the front row. But I did enjoy reading how he…
Alex Cross Must Die – by James Patterson
So, this is the 32nd book in the Alex Cross series, and even though I enjoyed reading this one, I am finding them to be very similar plots to all the other books. Something happens, and Alex Cross and his partner, James Sampson will eventually solve it. Yeah, the writing keeps me eager to know…
If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir – by John Stamos
This is yet another book that has been sitting in my Amazon WishList for a while, and I was glad to be able to finally to purchase and remove it. So, the only thing I knew about John Stamos was he was on Full House (I knew the how, but never watched it, but I…
The Dad is Sad
This is going to be a short post as last Tuesday, my Aunt Bobi passed away (my mother’s older sister) and on Wednesday, my best friend, William, passed away. My Aunt was 84 years old and she lived a wonderful life (the last few years were a struggle with Alzheimer’s). I did get the chance…
Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors – by Alex Wong
This is yet another book that has been in my Amazon WishList for a while. And after reading other genres of books for a few months, I needed a basketball sports one and this was it. Alex Wong tells the story of how the Toronto Raptors came to life and their first year in 1995,…
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond – by Henry Winkler
This has been on my Amazon WishList for a long time, so when it was finally available, I was glad to shell some money so I could read it. And, unlike a lot of other autobiographies I have read and reviewed this year, Henry, immediately gets right into how he got started and I liked…
Fun and Laughing
Last Saturday and Sunday, and since it was finally cooler outside, Niko and I played soccer, splashed each other with the hose, and blew bubbles. We had a lot of fun and I enjoyed his laughs. Even though it didn’t happen, I kept waiting for Niko to fall down in the grass while he was…
Epic Dad Fail/Epic Dad Success
When Niko and I do something together I try my best to make it an “epic dad success,” but sometimes they turn into an “epic dad fail.” I will say, I have a lot more successes than failures! So, with that being said, I do want to share something that was both a success and…
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir – by Sly Stone
Being a fan of 1960’s music, I was really interested to read Sly Stone’s autobiography. I did enjoy learning about how he became a musician and the stories behind the big hits. It’s also nice that I can ask Alexa to play a song after I read about it as I did that for his…
Jesse Stone – THE MOVIES
My interest in the Jesse Stone books was spearheaded by James Patterson and Mike Lupica, who co-authored three books (of which I have read The House of Wolves and 12 Months to Live). Well, Mike Lupica has written some of the later Jesse Stone books, so I was intrigued and after I read the first…
Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot – by Reed Farrel Coleman
This is the 13th book in the Jesse Stone series, and the first by Reed Farrel Coleman. This one explores Jesse Stone’s baseball playing days and how one of his teammates ends up being a suspect in a murder case. Unlike all the other books, this one or maybe it’s Reed’s style, is a bite…