The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…  And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad ..read more

Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. After the way things ended with his old gang--the betrayal, the suicide, the murder--and after what happened when his sister went missing, the last thing he wanted to do was return to his hometown. But Joe doesn't have a choice. Because judging by what was done to that poor Morton kid, what happened all those years ago to Joe's sister is happening again. And only Joe knows who is really at fault. Lying his way into a teaching job at his former high school is the easy part. Facing off with former friends who are none too happy to have him back in tow ..read more

Since I started blogging I wanted to take my reading to another level. So, I started reading multiple books at once. Currently, I'm reading a hardcopy, ebook, and listening to an audiobook. I wanted to push myself and work through a boundary that I think many readers find intimidating, reading more than one book at a time. YES, it was scary at first but like most things, it got easier as I did it. And here's the thing, I LOVE IT! Reading multiple stories simultaneously has been a great experience and something I highly recommend not just for us hard-working parents but anyone that aspires ..read more

My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs. Then the thief came. There may be no law left except what you make of it. But if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after you. Because if we aren't loyal to the things we love, what's the point? I am extremely excited to read this book. I can't get enough of a good post-apocalyptic tale. One thing ..read more

Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course. But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surpr ..read more

Most kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favourite athlete, or that totally awesome video game everyone’s raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father. As soon as possible, they plan to run away to California, where they will reunite with their mother and live happily ever after.It won’t be easy, though. After a scuffle with a local bully puts Jake’s arch-nemesis in the hospital, Sheriff Theresa McLelland starts poking her nose into their feud. During a trip to the fa ..read more

  THE CARIBBEAN, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, it's capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate, there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease--or by a dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Note: I want to take a quick moment to thank all of you reading this. My hope is that I can encourage someone t ..read more

You will likely best know the author for his massively popular work in Hollywood. Michael Crichton is the creator of ER, Westworld, and of course Jurassic Park. But he was also the brilliant mind behind many best-selling novels. Take this opportunity to beef up on your reading list with what I think is his best novels aside from Jurassic Park (we all know it's awesome already). Sphere An eerie and suspenseful masterpiece. This book will keep you on your toes as you venture one thousand feet below the water surface of the south pacific ocean. The story finds American scientists rushed t ..read more

The Dark Tower IV is the continuing story of mid-worlds last gunslinger and his mates as they seek the mysterious Dark Tower. In this volume, we reminisce with gunslinger of times long past when he found the love of his life and a confrontation that starts mid-worlds last war. If you have been following my blog, you know I like a good audiobook. I had been sitting on The Dark Tower series for a long time after finishing the first three books a long time ago. I figured it was time to jump back in the saddle with the gunslinger and his band of misfits. I'm so glad I did. There are a couple o ..read more

I am a huge fan of audiobooks and I think when your life is as hectic as mine (husband and father), it's nice to fit that extra story in any way you can. I know a lot of people are rolling their eyes and scoffing at me, some people like to think that listening to a book is not considered reading. Well, I'm here to tell you that you shouldn't feel bad about enjoying an audiobook and here's why: Entertaining Audiobooks are incredibly entertaining and are often narrated by your favourite actors. I read, I mean I read a lot. As much as that is I often find myself returning to the master storyt ..read more