Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the balance between being self-reliant and still accepting help when it’s needed. I’ll be honest. Sometimes I feel like I’m horrible at both. I feel like I rely too much on other people for specific things and yet I also know that I’m very reluctant to ask for…… Continue reading Trying to Be Self-Reliant or Just Rejecting Needed Help?
Month: March 2025
The Retired Assassin’s Guide…: Tough Guy Softy (4 Stars)
About a month ago, I finished reading The Retired Assassin’s Guide to Country Gardening by Naomi Kuttner. The title alone drew me in. I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I got was a mostly funny murder mystery novel. The main character, Dante, was a previous government assassin. While Dante appears to be a big…… Continue reading The Retired Assassin’s Guide…: Tough Guy Softy (4 Stars)
The Killer She Knew: A Killer Ghostwriter (3.5 Stars)
If you like slightly creepy, sometimes hard-to-follow stories that make sense for the most part in the end, you may enjoy reading The Killer She Knew by Zee David. Emma is a ghostwriter, who spends most of the book ghostwriting a book with an eerily familiar story. My Advice to the Reader My biggest advice…… Continue reading The Killer She Knew: A Killer Ghostwriter (3.5 Stars)
9-1-1: Using Tragedy to Fake His Death (4 Stars)
I just finished reading 9-1-1 by D J Maughan. It’s available now in hardback and will be available later this month in other formats. This is my second novel by this writer. I previously read Idaho Falls by this same author. 9-1-1 takes place on September 11, 2001. In the book, Scott Lyons has been…… Continue reading 9-1-1: Using Tragedy to Fake His Death (4 Stars)