January 4, 2020

Review: A Night at the Movies by H.A. Price





Product Description:
Twenty-year-old Verona Hamlin has been working for the past four years at the theater. She’s growing restless, but the one thing that keeps her sane is her coworker Dave, a prankster who takes to mutilating movie posters, laughing at patrons, and quoting The Simpsons to keep him and Verona entertained.

 But when Verona decides she’s had enough, her life takes some unexpected turns.

A hilarious and compelling depiction of life behind the movie theater concession stand.
My Thoughts:
As a teen I worked at an amusement park for 3 seasons. When I read the description of A Night At The Movies it sounded just like the atmosphere working there had so I was really excited to read this. Other than Dave, Verona and her friends were a little more well behaved than my bunch but it brought back so many fun memories. 

 I enjoyed the book and the characters overall but at the end of the day I was expecting a little more in the storyline. It kind of remained flat and I kept expecting something major to happen but when the story played out it was just a little bump that didn't move me very much. 
My Recommendation: 
I recommend this to anyone who loves humorous fiction and anyone who has worked in any type of entertainment facility. 
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Labels: 2019 , 3 stars , fiction , humor , review

Books I've Read in 2020

Books
January
  1. A Cold Silence by Danielle Girard 
  2. The Stranger's Wife by Anna-Lou Weatherley
  3. The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
February
  1. Our Child of the Stars by Stephen Cox
March
  1. The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
April
  1. The Lane Betrayal by John A. Heldt
  2. Witch Is How To Fool Cats by Adele Abbott
  3. Witch Is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott
  4. When I Was You by Minka Kent
May
  1. Witch is How Life Changed Forever by Adele Abbott
  2. The Love Scam by MaryJanice Davidson
June
  1. The Missing Sister by Elle Marr 
July
  1. The Search Party by Simon Lelic
  2. The Witches of Vegas by Mark Rosendorf
August
  1. Witch Is Where Magic Lives Now by Adele Abbott
September
  1. The Fair by John A. Heldt
October
  1. Witch is Where Clowns Go To Die by Adele Abbott
November
  1. Down The Hatch by Constance Barker
December
  1. Dead Editor by Shanna Swendson
Audiobooks
January
  1. Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
  2. Normal People by Sally Rooney
  3. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
  4. Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza
  5. Twelve Mighty Orphans by Jim Dent
  6. The Vexed Generation by Scott Meyer
  7. Winter World by by A.G. Riddle
  8. The Solar War by A.G. Riddle
  9. The Remaining by D.J. Molles
February
  1. The Lost Colony by A.G. Riddle
  2. A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot
  3. Aftermath by D.J. Molles
  4. The Lazarus Protocol by David Bruns and Chris Pourteau
  5. Black Heart by Anna-Lou Weatherley
  6. Make Mine Magic by Shanna Swendson
  7. The Good Samaritan by John Marrs
  8. Refugees by D.J. Molles
  9. Cassandra's War by David Bruns and Chris Pourteau
  10. Optional Retirement Plan by Chris Pourteau
March
  1. Abby Cooper Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
  2. Fractured by D. J. Molles
  3. Recursion by Blake Crouch
  4. A Merciful Truth by Kendra Elliot
  5. Run by Blake Crouch
  6. *69 by Blake Crouch
  7. A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt
April
  1. The Warsaw Protocol by Steve Berry
  2. Sharpest Sting by Jennifer Estep
  3. Unsolved by James Patterson, David Ellis
  4. The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
  5. This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
  6. Crush The King by Jennifer Estep
May
  1. American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
  2. Pandemic by A.G. Riddle
  3. The Wreck by Landon Beach
  4. Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
June
  1. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
  2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  3. The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
  4. Genome by A.G. Riddle
July
  1. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
  2. Walk the Wire by David Baldacci
  3. The Housekeeper by Natalie Barelli
  4. Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman
  5. His & Hers by Alice Feeney
August
  1. The Couple on Cedar Close by Anna-Lou Weatherly
  2. Departure by A.G. Riddle
  3. The Kill Club by Wendy Heard
  4. Allegedly by Tiffany A. Jackson
  5. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
September
  1. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
  2. For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
  3. Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
  4. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
  5. I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
October
  1. To Coach A Killer by Victoria Laurie
  2. The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley
  3. Emma in The Night by Wendy Walker
  4. Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
November
  1. The Dressmaker's Gift by Fiona Valpy
  2. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
  3. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
  4. Florida Man by Mike Baron
December
  1. Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson
  2. Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast
  3. All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
  4. Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
  5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  6. Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer
  7. The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo
Grand Total: 83

Here's what I've read in previous years:
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
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Top 5 Books I've Read in 2020


  1. Winter World by by A.G. Riddle
  2. Recursion by Blake Crouch
  3. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
  4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  5. The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate


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Labels: 2020 , top 5

Books I Didn't Finish in 2020

Below will be any books I started and didn't finish and the reason why. 

  1. The Killer Collective by Barry Eisler
    • This was on a list of the top 5 audiobooks of 2019 so I picked it up but I didn't realize it was actually a cross of 3 different series books, none of which I have read. Once I realized that I was still willing to give it a try but I just couldn't wrap my head around the characters so I was mostly tuning the audiobook out.  I've read and loved other Eisler books so I may just circle back to this one if I ever read any of these series books. 
  2. An Ace and A Pair by Blake Banner
    • I couldn't get into the story. It seems like a great premise but I wasn't pulled into the story at all. I read about 10% of the book on my Kindle and just gave up when it was clear I had no interest in getting to the end. 
  3. Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling
    • I listened to 20% of the audiobook and just didn't like it at all. Nothing about the story engaged me and I didn't want to waste anymore time hoping the story lived up to all the hype I've heard about it. 
  4. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
    • I just couldn't engage with the book. I bailed pretty quickly but don't think I'll revisit it at any time. 
  5. All Systems Red by Martha Wella
    • I actually got a fourth of the way into this one but didn't care to make it to the end. It just didn't hold my attention enough. 

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Labels: 2020 , DNF

August 1, 2019

Review: The Warehouse by Rob Hart


Product Description:
Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re here, you’ll never want to leave.

“On the surface, The Warehouse is a thrilling story of corporate espionage at the highest level, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find a terrifying cautionary tale of the nightmare world we are making for ourselves.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter

Paxton never thought he’d be working for Cloud, the giant tech company that’s eaten much of the American economy. Much less that he’d be moving into one of the company’s sprawling live-work facilities.

But compared to what’s left outside, Cloud’s bland chainstore life of gleaming entertainment halls, open-plan offices, and vast warehouses…well, it doesn’t seem so bad. It’s more than anyone else is offering. 

Zinnia never thought she’d be infiltrating Cloud. But now she’s undercover, inside the walls, risking it all to ferret out the company’s darkest secrets. And Paxton, with his ordinary little hopes and fears? He just might make the perfect pawn. If she can bear to sacrifice him.

As the truth about Cloud unfolds, Zinnia must gamble everything on a desperate scheme—one that risks both their lives, even as it forces Paxton to question everything about the world he’s so carefully assembled here.

Together, they’ll learn just how far the company will go…to make the world a better place.

Set in the confines of a corporate panopticon that’s at once brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real, The Warehouse is a near-future thriller about what happens when Big Brother meets Big Business--and who will pay the ultimate price.

 My Thoughts:
The Warehouse is one of those books that absolutely sucked me in from the vey beginning. I wanted to call in sick at work just so I could sit at home and read all day. The best thing about it was I can see our future in this book. Replace Cloud with the current "biggest online retailer" we all know and love and this is us in the near future. Horrifying...

 Recommendation:
I recommend this to anyone who loves futuristic suspense thrillers. 
Release date - August 20, 2019
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Labels: 5 stars , coming soon , review , suspense thriller
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