If you are a mystery buff, you should definitely pick this up. It’s an anthology of essays (over 100) by today’s mystery writers on their favorite tales and favorite authors that influenced them. Edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke, Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels…
Ever accidentally stumble across a book and have it be just what you needed at the time? I don’t mean self-help books, necessarily. Whether you’re reading romance, adventure, mystery, biography, metaphysical, etc., sometimes a book comes along and just hits the spot. That’s what happened with me and The Living by Matt de la Peña….
It’s really awesome to learn so much at work. I don’t mean employer-sponsored training in this case although that is an outstanding thing which I do wholeheartedly support. No, I’m talking about ingesting so much fabulous information (and trying to retain at least a small portion of it) contained in awesome books written on interesting…
A few months ago I had the opportunity to narrate a biography about the modern composer John Cage. The book, Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage, was written by Kenneth Silverman who has tackled other influential historical characters such as Edgar Allen Poe, Erich Weiss (Houdini), Cotton Mather, and Samuel Morse. Begin Again was…
I can’t believe it! Sometimes the stars do align. I mean, just two days ago I read a Reuters news piece indicating that there are plenty of folks – public and private sector alike – that believe we will some day in the not-too-distant future be snapping up asteroids and harvesting their riches (from precious…
Not too long ago I got the chance to narrate the book Doll Bones by Holly Black. So as not to confuse those of you who are audiobook fans, let me explain that you will not find my read of this story at an online retailer nor in your local bookstore. This project was a…
Are you familiar with Eric Flint? Have you read his best-selling alternative history novel, 1632? That seminal novel launched an entire movement and a collaborative writing effort that involves myriad authors and contributors which has, in turn, grown into what could be described as the 1632 Universe. Among the writers published via the resulting Ring…
The One and Only Ivan is a children’s books written by Katherine Applegate. I got to narrate this little gem not too long ago. When we meet the titular character Ivan, a gorilla, he is in captivity at an enclosure in what is described as a mall. A mall? Well, yes! Evidently, this story is…
I think Devil’s Peak is a very good book. I recently did some narration work on it, and I enjoyed the story a lot. The story is by South African author Deon Meyer and the English translation by K.L. Seegers. It is a fairly dark story, to be sure. So it isn’t for readers who…
I’m a bit behind in my posts here. I had the opportunity to narrate this book some time ago but just hadn’t gotten this together until now. By “this book” I mean, of course, Custer’s Brother’s Horse by Edwin Shrake. As you may know, Edwin “Bud” Shrake was a journalist and screenwriter as well as a…