Order of Susan Grossey Books
Susan Grossey is an English author best known for writing her Sam Plank series of books that focus on money laundering and financial crime stories. The stories are based on historical stories of financial crime, set in the Regency period of 1820s London, England. (more…)
Order of Lauren Conrad Books
Lauren Conrad is an American author of YA romance novels and non-fiction books. She has two series – L.A. Candy and Fame Game. Also known as “L.C.,” Lauren is a television personality and fashion designer. She first gained fame for appearing on Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and her spin-off, The Hills. (more…)
Order of Rion Amilcar Scott Books
Rion Amilcar Scott is a short story author who has written the story collections, Insurrections and The World Doesn’t Require You. His debut, Insurrections, was awarded the 2017 PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and the 2017 Hillsdale Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. (more…)
Order of Ruby Lionsdrake Books
Ruby Lionsdrake is a pen name of American novelist Lindsay Buroker, who uses this pseudonym to write paranormal romance, fantasy and science fiction novels. She writes the Mandrake Company, Frost Station Alpha, and Star Guardians series. Besides being a novelist, Lionsdrake is also a blogger. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her dogs, playing tennis, or reading. (more…)
Order of Russell Andrews Books
Russell Andrews is a pen name for the American author named Peter Gethers. In addition to writing books under the name of Russell Andrews. He is a prolific screenwriter and has worked alongside the author David Handler to create some memorable novels. (more…)
October 2019 Newsletter
Hi all and welcome to October!
September wasn’t a great month for reading for me as I only read about 8 books. I usually hit at least double figures.
That was primarily due to the weather still being nice here but knowing the patios will soon be closed so wanting to take advantage of the “patio weather” with my wife as much as we could.
My kids also talked me into watching Stranger Things and so a lot of nights were spent watching that. Must admit I didn’t think it was my cup of tea but I am really enjoying the show.
One of the highlights of my month however was reading the Forward Collection. It’s 6 short stories compiled by Blake Crouch and sold individually. It’s sci-fi stories dealing with futuristic scenarios. The authors are Crouch, N.K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, Veronica Roth, Andy Weir and Amor Towles. (more…)
Reader Mailbag: Good Books with Bad Endings
In the September 2019 newsletter I asked readers to write about good books with bad endings.
Here are their responses: (more…)
Order of Forward Collection Books
The Forward Collection is a series of short stories, individually written by different authors. The concept of this was created by Blake Crouch, who writes one of the stories.
Blake credits the creation of this series with a discussion with his partner on emerging technologically. While there have been a lot of great advancements, there are also some things we would like to roll back. (more…)
Order of Rick Reed Books
Rick Reed is an American author and retired Homicide detective out of Evansville, Indiana. He is the author of the Jack Murphy series of crime thrillers that focus on serial killers of the worst order and Detective Jack Murphy’s hunt for them. (more…)
Order of Richard Wake Books
Initially a reporter for a newspaper, Richard Wake jumped into writing novels in 2018.
Writing fiction has always been a dream of Richards and he has always wanted to write historical fiction which is set in Europe. He’s now proceeded to do that with the Alex Kovacs series. This is expected to be one of many series written by Richard over the next few years.
Here is Richards current list of books: (more…)