Tyler Thomas

The interesting twist at the end doesn't make up for how dark and sex laden this book is. Definitely not the kind of book I typically read and probably won't ever again. This book also reminds me of those horror movies with teenage protagonists where everyone just makes dumb decisions the whole time. Only, the characters in this book aren't teenagers.

This book gets an extra star just because of the twist at the end. I thought it was going to be Jeremey that had some sinister past or plot and Verity was just a victim, but I was only half right. They were both victims in a sense.

Jack and I were able to finish the entire Chronicles of Narnia in 2022! The Last Battle is certainly an interesting book but wasn't as engaging as some of the others. The last few chapters are such a joy to read as we get to see all of our favorite characters from the previous novels again in a new Narnia.

Here is my list of from favorite to least favorite.
1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
3. The Silver Chair
4. The Magician's Nephew
5. The Horse and His Boy
6. The Last Battle
7. Prince Caspian

This was a good book outlining how Dr. Fauci became the most powerful bureaucrat in America after the COVID craze. There wasn't anything super earth-shattering about him in this book but I got some new insights into some of his involvement behind the scenes.

This book is more of a call to action for American patriots to take off the blinders, stand up for what is right. The country won't be free if the people aren't brave.

Listened to this during a road trip to Indiana and back. I thought it was pretty good overall. The character were interesting and engaging. I did enjoy the mystery through out and trying to figure out what happened to the main character along with her. This gets 3 stars because it was good, just nothing that blew me away or made me think everyone who listens to this would enjoy it. I felt there could have been more things explored in the story if it was a little longer but I the story felt a little wanting in terms of the complexity of how the mystery was unraveled.

This was my first foray into audiobooks and I'd say it was a good first experience. I look forward to more project from Mainframe.

Light of the Jedi is essentially a setup for this new era of Star Wars, The High Republic. As such it basically an impossible job.

I think my biggest criticism would be the number of characters introduced in the first part of this book. It seemed to jump to a new set of characters every chapter that when we went back to someone we already knew, I couldn't remember anything about them.

I think I would have preferred to only have one or two, maybe three, characters from the Republic (Loden Greatstorm, Lina Soh, and Avar Kriss maybe) and then the stuff with the Nihil.

I really enjoyed learning about the Nihil and I think those parts of the book are what carried me through to the end. The characters there were much more interesting and layered compared the the Republic characters.

Overall, I think it was a good first book to set up this new era and I hope the next books can be more focused on specific heroes and Jedi in the Republic.

I am taking some time to think about this book after finishing it write something more thoughtful about it. For now, I will say the book is good but doesn't live up to my expectations mainly because of pacing during the beginning of Parts 2 and 3. In these sections, it felt like there wasn't much purpose to the plot.

Another spectacular entry in the Stormlight Archive from Brandon Sanderson although this was probably my least favorite of the four released so far. I was not a big fan of flashbacks with Venli and Eshonai and I would have preferred another character (maybe Navani or Raboniel?). I think some of the other characters took a big back seat in this book that I enjoy specifically, Shallan and Dalinar. I get that they each had their books already but there just was not a whole lot happening to them as characters in this book.

The best thing about this book was the worldbuilding and the Cosmere implications that result from some of the discoveries made by Navani and Raboniel. Another great part of this book is Kaladin's arc who had the best arc of everyone in the book.

I am super pumped for book five which will end this first arc of the Stormlight Archive! While this was my least favorite of the series so far, it was probably necessary to set up a lot of things for book five.

Great follow up book to Spygate from Dan Bongino that clearly outlines all of the bad faith actors involved in Special Counsel Meuller's Investigation and how they were ready just covering for the Obama Administration, the Clinton's, and others for doing what they accused Donal Trump of doing. The real collusion story is that of the Obama team and the Clinton's with Russia.

Loved the premise of this book as it has some Westworld themes about the creation of sentient robots. The series got cancelled after Issue #4 I believe so the ending to the book felt a little bit rushed which was unfortunate because I think this book had some good potential.

The art by Eduardo was a joy to look at as well. Hopefully Mat can revisit this world at a later time.

An exceptional read!

With only 200 pages, Ben Shapiro summarizes the history of Western philosophy in a thrilling and exciting fashion that makes you want to keep reading. He masterfully boils down each philosopher to the root of their ideas, explains its impact in the culture at that time and how each new philosophy led into the the next step of history.

He makes a compelling case for what we have lost in culture and gives clear and concise steps for us to take action on that will move us as a society back to the Judeo-Christian values that brought us here.

I enjoyed the world building that added to the overall Stormlight Archive narrative but the rest was just meh. I don't particularly enjoy the character of Lift and didn't feel like she really developed or changed over the course of the book. I disliked her attempts at humor and her constant reuse of the “Wyndle is a Voidbringer” joke. It got very repetitive.

This is a must read if you are going through Stormlight Archive, but at least it is short enough to read in one day!

Amazing book and addition to The Stormlight Archive! I loved this book for giving us a lot of backstory and history of the world. There is also some really amazing character moments for the main protagonists.

I think the ending wasn't as climactic as the previous two books but it leaves the story in a good place for the final two books of the first 5-book arc of the series.

Enjoyed rereading this book as an adult and it is just as good as I remember. The themes of government dictatorship, freedom, and liberty still ring true today, maybe even more so than they did in 2008. Highly recommend and I look forward to rereading the rest of the books in the series including the newly released prequel novel about the beginnings of President Snow.

I will plan to do a video review on my YouTube channel soon! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9v4MKGNcFNZaeVMtH3bjw

Fun revenge story with lots of guns and killing. These stories always remind me that revenge is never something that can satisfy even when we get what we think we wanted out of the revenge. Acceptance, forgiveness, and justice is what satisfies but it isn't our job to exact that justice out ourselves. The blind pursuit of revenge will destroy us.