I have had this book in a paper format for a long time. And, every time I see it looking at me, I pick it up and can only get through the first few pages. I mean, I do want to read it. So, a few weeks ago, I decided to try again, but this…
Tag: Fiction Book Reviews
Mona of the Manor – by Armistead Maupin
When I saw this book as an upcoming release, I immediately threw it in my wishlist and I didn’t care that it was months and month away from being officially published. I had already read the previous 9 books from this series and enjoyed them, especially all the characters. They had diverse backgrounds and sexual…
Darling Girls – by Sally Hepworth
This was my 3rd book in three months from the Book of the Month Club. I will tell you, that my choices are limited as I am predestined for thrillers and memoirs; everything else I can ignore. My only complaint is it seems the club is aimed toward books about females. Where are the manly…
Ma’s in Trouble Again – by David Wilson
I got this book directly from the author as he wanted me to read it and provide feedback before it’s published. It’s the third book in this series. A year ago, he posted in the Goodreads Society Facebook page, if anybody would read one of his books, and share a review on Goodreads, Amazon, and…
Listen for the Lie – by Amy Tintera
This is my 2nd book from the Book of the Month club, and I chose another thriller. So, the basis for this one is built around a true crime podcast and the host is trying to find out who murdered a girl named Savvy? The prime person suspected is Lucy Chase. Lucy lives in L.A.,…
The Resort – by Sara Ochs (from Book of the Month)
I got this hardcover book from the Book of the Month club. Yeah, I am first time member and a long time reader of books. I had a few choices from the club, and chose a Thriller. All I had was the description, and I was ready to solve some murders on a resort. The…
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant – by Drew Hayes
A few days ago, I asked my wife what she was reading on her iPad, and this was the book she answered. Normally, not my genre of things I like to read about. But, this one sounded interesting; an accountant who happens to be a vampire. She shared the book with me, and I immediately…
The Godwulf Manuscript – by Robert Parker
I have finished all the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall books by Robert Parker and a few other authors after he passed. Now, I am tackling Spenser, another private investigator like Sunny. The cool thing is, all three are in the same realm so there are returning characters from the Jesse and Sunny series. I…
Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century – by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
Lately, I have been reading a lot more fiction and I have been enjoying them. This one, is a new one from the world of James Patterson. Holmes, Marple, and Poe are private investigators and they have to investigate an art theft, a kidnapping, and multiple murders. Throughout the book, it was easy to differentiate…
Robert B. Parker’s Bad Influence – by Alison Gaylin
This is the 11th book in the Sunny Randall series. Number 12, also by Alison Gaylin, is due out this year, and it’s already in my want to read list. For this one, Sunny is hired to be the bodyguard of a young social media guru, who has been threatened. Of course, with her excellent…
Robert B. Parker’s Revenge Tour – by Mike Lupica
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Robert B. Parker’s Killing the Blues – by Michael Brandman
This is the 10th book in the Jesse Stone series, and the first by Michael Brandman after Robert Parker passed away. That is one of the reasons why I was interested in this series, as a few other authors have continued the series. I wanted to see if I could spot the difference between them,…