Brunner's Bar

It has been a little while since I posted a review. I have to be honest. My reading has taken a hit lately. I have been so busy with things, work has been crazy, and my kiddos, and my wife and I have all been sick. Not just winter cold sick but really really sick over the last month. All the normal excuses we have for why we don't do something. Since work has been so busy I haven't been listening to a lot of books. I haven't been able to focus on them so music is just better to help pass the time.  I am taking a short little break form my blog. Only two weeks maybe three but I need to focus on other things and cut out the little stresses I can do without. Blogging isn't stressful for me, but lately it has felt like a bit of a chore to write a review. I also find my self rushing through a book I am enjoying just so I can have something to post. I hope to get back into my reading groove and at the same time maybe stack up a few posts so I can get ahead of things.

The Waking Dark This is one of those books I found in the library digital catalog under the horror section. The description sounded cool so I figured what the hell. I shouldn't have wasted my time. This book is a combination of Under the Dome, and a version of the Croatoan ghost story. This just felt like it was trying to hard to be something else.  The book opens up right away with death and destruction. People are blacking out and killing as many people as possible only to take their own life. It was interesting and then we have a character who kills a baby with a pillow and that was almost enough for me to stop reading right there and slam this book all over my blog. Fiction or real life there are just somethings you don't do and smothering a baby in anything but kisses is unforgivable. I kept reading but this one even just left a sour taste in my mouth for the whole book and the eye rolls didn't stop. As soon as things start to settle fron the Killing Day a t

Deadpool It pains me to say this since I am a die hard DC Comic fan but this is the best movie of the year so far. My wife and I had a rare date night this past Saturday and we both couldn't wait to see this movie. We loved it and if we could afford to we would see it again this coming weekend and every weekend until it is released on iTunes since I have already pre-orded it.  I'm not going to lie to you my faithful readers and those who stumbled upon my blog. I am a fan of Ryan Reynolds. I have enjoyed all the movies of his I have seen and I am one of the very few who is proud to say I actually liked the Green Lantern Movie. He has the perfect amount of sarcastic humor. This movie is the perfect role for him and the jokes that poke fun at Ryan Reynolds and the hero worship through out of Hugh Jackman just adds to the hilarity. My wife and I laughed through the whole thing. My poor wife had to sit next to a bubble headed woman who clearly had no idea what this movie

Caught I have really liked the Coben books I have read so far. He has quickly impressed me as an author and I am so glad I have such a large catalog of his novels to catch up on. The summary of this book sounded really interesting to me and I will be honest, the cover caught my eye. It is very plain but something stands out about that red door that made me wonder what is behind that door and is it something dangerous.  The book starts out with two main characters Dan Mercer and Haley McWaid. Haley has gone missing and Dan is now being charged with sexual assault and Statutory rape. All of this takes place very quickly and then the story jumps forward 3 months. This is where we play catch up.Haley has been missing with no leads as to what happened to her so this story is a bit stagnant but Dan has a lot more going on which helped keep my attention. Dan is the kind of character that you belive is innocent and that the charges are bogus or he is the type of character that with

S The Spectrum War My nerd alarm went into overdrive when I saw this on NetGalley. I am not as die hard a fan of Star Trek to consider myself a true Trekkie, but I am a huge fan of Green Lantern. When I saw the two of them in one amazing comic book I couldn't tap request fast enough. This story is all about A battle between the different emotional corps and Ganthet uses a set of rings to send all our favorite characters to another universe. So not only do we have a lantern from every emotion in the Star Trek universe but we also have a set of rings just waiting to find new owners.  Who would you think would get each ring? I was kind of surprised by some of the choices. I kind of figured that a Klingon would end up with a Red ring instead of a yellow, but still it worked for the story. Even though the reason for everyone being sucked into this new universe was a war between the different corps the big threat is Nekron. Now all the lanterns in this Universe have to find a

Burning Room I have been a fan of Michael Connelly's for a ling time. I may not have been with him from the very beginning but pretty close to it. Harry Bosch is one of the best detectives I have ever read. Not as good as Sherlock Holmes and Batman but better than Sam Spade and that's saying something. Harry is part of the Opened Unsolved unit and always wondering if they will renew his contract or not. Now he has a new rookie partner and a case that drops into his lap so fresh the autopsy is being done as the book opens.  Harry has a new partner and when I say she's a rookie what I mean is she is new to the detective role but is a super cop from patrol. The hero of a shoot out she is promoted quickly causing some frustration among the rest of the department. Harry has everything stacked against him. So here is why this case if fresh and open unsolved. A Mariachi band member was a victim of what appeared to be a drive by shooting. Years later the bullet from the

The Never List READ THIS BOOK!!! If you read nothing more of this blog post let it be those first 3 words. I loved this book and it is killing me to have to hold back what I really want to say about this. I don't want to spoil anything about this book in case you read this book because of my post. This is another book That my favorite author Jeffery Deaver recommended on Goodreads. It has been on my to-read list forever and I finally got around to reading this and I am so glad I did. If you are looking for a great story that will grab you from the very beginning and never let up until the last few pages this is the book for you.  This book is relentless. The suspense is intense and the subject matter was rough at times. This book made me wish I could protect all women from sleazy creepy guys. Let me explain. Jennifer and Sarah are best friends and they spend all of there time studying and figuring out alll the things that could possibly go wrong in their lives. They know

Heir to the Empire Star Wars hype is everywhere and I am shocked at how many retailers and products have shelled out big bucks to just have the Star Wars name in their commercials in hope of cashing in on some of this hype. I am slightly guilty of falling for the hype. As of the time I am writting this I still haven't seen the Force Awakens. I really want to and I can't wait to take my son to see this movie. I am a fan of Star Wars but not near as devoted a fan as most. I'm more of a Trekkie but even that is a bit of a stretch for me.  Anyway, Since the new movie is out I was curious as to what happened to our favorite characters after Return of the Jedi. I googled, I Binged, and Wookieepediad (Apparently that is a thing) to find out what books picked up after the movies ended. This trilogy was sanctioned by Lucasfilms Ltd to continue the saga of Luke, Hann, Leia, Chewbacca, R2, and C3PO. This book picks up 5 years after the end of Return of the Jedi. We have a G

Have you ever day dreamed about what you would do if you had a million dollars? This is something thousands of people have thought about recently with the Powerball Lottery getting up to 1.4 Billion dollars. I didn't win but that didn't stop me dreaming about what I would do with that kind of money. It was very fitting when I got an email from a guy by the name of Ryan Stills asking if I would mind mentioning his auction site Invaluable.com . I know I would love to get my blog out there to more people to try and increase my readership so I didn't mind returning the favor. Ryan asked if there were any movie collectibles I really would want to own if I wasn't living paycheck to pay check. The timing of this email couldn't be better since I was dreaming of winning the lottery and what I would want to spend all that money on. So I thought long and hard about what I would want and it was really hard. There are so many movies I love and trying to figure out what

We all Die at Dawn I was very lucky to be able to read this book for an honest review thanks to DC Comics and Edelweiss. I have been a huge fan of Dick Grayson since I was a kid and I have loved the Nightwing comics from the very beginning. I was crushed when Dick was outed in Forever Evil and he was then "Killed". When the Grayson series started I was glad to be able to keep up with what Dick Grayson is doing with his new life.  I have to be honest, I'm really disappointed in this whole series. I get it, this is an espionage series but there is basically no action. I'm so used to the amazing writing and action that was always in the Nightwing books. In this book, in this series Dick seems not himself. I know a character's personality can vary from writer to writer, and they are trying to show that with out the mask and the night Dick can't be happy but this just feel awkward when I read it.  This story really had a hard time keeping my attentio

I'm excited!!!!! I haven't been blogging for all that long just a few years and in 2015 someone nominated my blog as the Best Comics/Graphic Novel blog of the year. I am proud to announce that along with my good Friend Angie at Angela's Anxious Life , we are the two winners for this category.  I want to thank all of you who voted for me and helped get me some recognition for my little blog that is more just for my enjoyment. I'm so glad I was able to get some people who enjoy my blog enough to vote. I'm really honored to have been nominated. I hope to only continue to improve my blog over the future years.  Thanks again to everyone who voted and I just want to say I am very proud of my little blog.