This is the 10th book in Sunny Randall series and the last one by Mike Lupica. There is one more book and then the 12th one will be released later in the year with both written by Alison Gaylin. In this one, Sunny is hired again by a former client who was the centerpiece of…
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Robert B. Parker’s Payback – by Mike Lupica
This is the 9th book in the Sunny Randall series, and in this one, she is hired by her best friend Spike when somebody takeover his restaurant in a shady loan agreement. She is also hired by one of her many cop friends, Lee Farrell, to help find his missing niece. The cases have something…
Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud – by Mike Lupica
This is the 7th book in the Sunny Randall series, and the first one written by Mike Lupica. For this one, I enjoyed the plot much more than all the others books as Sunny is hired by herself to solve the shooting of her ex-husband, Richie. Intertwined, she is also working with Richie’s father, Desmond,…
Blue Screen – by Robert Parker
This is actually the 5th book in the Sunny Randall series. And, yes, I have already read them all. So, Sunny is a former police officer and she works as a private detective. Her ex-husband is Richie Burke who is from a criminal family. Her father is a retired police officer. In the Jesse Stone…
Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage – by Jon Finkel
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before it’s published. I have already read two books by Jon Finkel (1996 and Hoops Heist) last year, and really enjoyed them and his style of writing. So, when I saw this book he wrote about the Macho Man, I didn’t have…
Schoolboy: The Untold Journey of a Yankees Hero – by Waite Hoyt with Tim Manners
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before its published. He passed away in 1984 and with the help from ghostwriter, Tim Manners, we get his story in his words as Tim was given access to Waite’s archives from his family. I had no clue who Waite Hoyt was,…
Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls – by Susan Seidelman
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before its published. The only thing I knew about her was she directed the movie, Desperately Seeking Susan that starred a very young Madonna. This book, though, was much more about her life growing up and how she got started as a…
The Diary of a Manic OCD Bookseller – by James Bailey
I belong to several Facebook groups for writers and book reviews, and in one of them, James Baily self-promoted this book. I saved the post so I could not only add it to my Amazon Wishlist, but also so I could reply to him directly. I have corresponded with a few authors. The premise for…
Alcatraz Ghost Story: Roy Gardner’s Amazing Train Robberies, Escapes, and Lifelong Love – by Brian Stannard
I got this book from Netgalley so I can read and review it before its published. I actually kept scrolling past this book on Netgalley, but a few days ago, I stopped and clicked and was intrigued. I have always been a bit fascinated with Alcatraz, and when I took a trip to San Francisco…
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…
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,…
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…
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…