📚Books on The Starship Changeling

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:46:59 -0500

Finished reading: Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan 📚 I really like this author a lot and am glad to see she’s writing again. There’s nothing supernatural in this book, but anyone who liked Baby Teeth and Dear Hannah will enjoy this.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:51:46 -0500

I finished reading: We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado 📚 I’m still not sure how I feel about this one. It’s a slow burn with an ending I didn’t expect. Definitely a new perspective on HOA’s for sure.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:47:33 -0500

Finished reading: The End of the World As We Know It by Christopher Golden, Brian Keene 📚 My favorite stories from this anthology were: • Moving Day • The Devil’s Children • The African Painted Dog

Hint: Reread The Stand first–it helps with context.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:42:53 -0500

Finished reading: King Sorrow by Joe Hill 📚 I’ve actually read this twice since I first posted about it. No Walking Backwards Man, but it does have dragons and killing people, 2 things I know are popular with at least some of my followers.

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:55:17 -0500

I started reading: The End of the World As We Know It by Christopher Golden, Brian Keene 📚

I found this while browsing Talking Books’ Occolt and Horror Fiction section. Naturally, I had to check it out.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:06:37 -0500

I finished reading: Whistle by Linwood Barclay 📚 It reminds me of Needful Things and Charlie the Choochoo.

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 23:15:08 -0500

I finished reading: Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage 📚 I started out not liking this book, but I loved it by the end, which I did not see coming.

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:37:25 -0500

Finished reading: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage 📚 I really enjoyed this book, and I’m reading the sequel now. It’s not something I would have picked out on my own, but I’m glad it happened.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:27:06 -0500

📚 Just finish the second Harry Potter full cast edition. The production quality of these is really good, and it doesn’t change the story at all. Also, The Jim Dale version is still unique enough I have space for both versions in my life. Nonbinary people are sexy A F! We don’t fit the cookie cutter, among other things. These days, I need 6 or 7 Long Island iced teas before I can consider binary people because they’re just so limited sometimes.

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:13:10 -0500

Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman 📚

Things really start taking off in this one. If you’re someone who dislikes the repetition of dungeon crawling, this installment in the series starts treating that part like a background event that you just assume is going on unless told otherwise.

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:26:27 -0500

Want to read: King Sorrow by Joe Hill 📚

As interesting as this sounds, I’d rather have whatever book The Walking Backwards Man is in. That’s never been done, so far as I know.

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:33:03 -0500

Finished reading: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman 📚

It’s good for a sequel. Not as much goes on, but there is a lot of character and relationship building.

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:30:33 -0500

Finished reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman 📚

As some who enjoyed the Ready Player books, I took to this series quite a bit. I don’t recommend it for those who don’t enjoy RPG’s, however.

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:36:16 -0500

Finished reading: The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig 📚

This is your basic ghost/haunted house story, but it’s really good and I enjoyed the characters.

Sat, 31 May 2025 13:34:11 -0500

Finished reading: Never Flinch by Stephen King 📚

I really enjoyed this one. Constant readers who enjoyed Rose matter, Insomnia, Jerald’s Game, Delores claiborne and assorted short stories with strong women characters will like this one.

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:30:24 -0500

Finished reading: Supernatural: Witch’s Canyon by Jeff Mariotte 📚

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:29:02 -0500

Finished reading: Supernatural: Nevermore by Keith R.A. DeCandido 📚

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:24:20 -0500

Finished reading: The Five by Robert McCammon 📚

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:50:40 -0500

Finished reading: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 📚

It’s a good, all be it somewhat confusing and anxiety-inducing read. It’s also wear Riley’s Fantastic Toys comes from.

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 13:13:47 -0500

Finished reading: The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig 📚 It is a nice break from the chaocracy that is the current state of affairs in the U.S. and other places.

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:09:22 -0500

I discovered there was a sequel to this released a couple years ago and I missed it because I was so checked out. Rereading this one before moving on to Wayward. Currently reading: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 📚

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:29:12 -0500

Currently reading: The Passage by Justin Cronin 📚

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:46:51 -0500

None of these have #AudioDescription, so i thought I’d read the books first. Currently reading: The Complete Alien Omnibus by Alan Dean Foster 📚

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:37:04 -0500

Finished reading: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin 📚 I liked it better the second time around. I was so mentally checked out last year I didn’t really take it in.

This Book is Cool: Featuring guest Randy Reed

Fri, 31 May 2024 15:24:43 -0500

Some of you may remember me talking about being on a webqast called “This Book is Cool.”. I just received the email with the finished product. See my photos page

Helen Keller – This Book is Cool

Whole>Sum: Impressions of Stephen king's You like It Darker

Thu, 30 May 2024 11:12:59 -0500

Finished reading: You Like It Darker by Stephen King 📚

If you like the classic short story as done by King, this book has a lot to offer. The Cujo sequel was actually my least favorite, but the story that gets used to sell a collection usually is the one I like the least. I think it’s because that story gets so much hype, then the actual thing ends up being a let down. I liked “Fin”, “The Fifth step” and “Daniel Coughlin’s Bad Dream” the best. Even so, this is a collection where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.👍🏼

Sat, 11 May 2024 13:42:01 -0500

Want to read: You Like It Darker by Stephen King 📚 It’s already pre-ordered. Will maybe try to rer Cujo before it comes out.

Sat, 11 May 2024 12:54:29 -0500

💻 📚 Apple Card kept my Audible membership from being renewed multiple times. I lost 4 credits and two days of fighting with the two entities to get the thing fixed. Thing is, I almost didn’t renew because the Audible app and Airplay are always at odds on the best of days.

The Rabbit Listens, The Goon Knows

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:38:23 -0500

Finished reading: The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld 📚

I won’t spoil it by including the message of the story, but I will say it’s a good one. I was thinking, am I a good rabbit? In the bunniverse, I’m the goon. I listen, but I also have a chaotic thought process and energy which yields results that create forces and ideas not ideal for all riders.

That’s okay, The Bunniverse also has this overlord–

Did I say overlord? I meant benevolent caretaker.

Anyway, she calls herself The Good Fairy. In a world where the caretaker has to put “Good” in their name, I’d rather be a goon, even if it is the punishment for not following the rules. If the rabbit listens, then the goon knows not to trust someone who needs to put “Good”. Similar self-praising adjectives should also apply. The same with people smile too much, always talk in a happy voice, always insist on keeping it positive, etc.

So when the song that features She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is sung, I wonder how many people memorize a moral that was told to them. The moral being follow the always follow the rules of the one who takes care you or be turned into a creature your group, your society finds objectionable, apparently the worst possible outcome in this scinario.

Good Fairy?"

I also hope there are those who listen and follow the rules based on a trust factor. I’ve always valued being trusted more than I value being liked. I think that’s why that song annoys the holy Hell out of me.

Tue, 07 May 2024 07:13:12 -0500

Finished reading: Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry 📚 3/5 stars. Would have liked it better if the National library Service had had this trilogy properly chronicled so I would have realized this was not the first but third in the series. Also would have helped if the author had put book numbers in the titles.