Its been a few weeks since my last book review, and it's not that I have slowed down my reading per say but instead its that the latest book I read, Assegai by Wilbur Smith was one of those books I had a tough time getting through. For each book I read, I do read custom reviews, and the reviews for this book were varied all over the place from being great to being horrible. What interested me about Assegai was that the author Wilbur Smith had such a stellar track record and I had never read any of his work, so I figured I better give it a shot.

There have only been two audible books that I have listened to and stopped part way through.

First Family by David Baldacci was one of them. I started this book in early April and just had a horrible time getting into it. This is a book falling just shy of 15 hours and by around 2 hours into it I gave up. So a few months later I was a few weeks away from getting my next Audible credit so I decided to give the book another chance and listen to the entire book promising myself to get through it. I have never read any David Baldacci in the past but have heard raving reviews, and although the reviews on this book were mixed I was still expecting a decent story. That just was not the case.

It's been a while since i wrote a book review, not because I haven't been reading but because I just haven't made the time to write about it. However the latest book I read One Second After by William R Forstchen was one book I really felt the need/urge to write about. One Second After is a book about an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) attack on the United States and what the coming hours, days, months, and years would be like if we were attacked. The book is told through the eyes of an ex military man who has turned into a college professor who has two daughters.

Have you ever heard the name George Mallory? Maybe you have if your big into mountain climbing, but my guess is most of you haven't heard of him. Well I know before listening to Paths of Glory I had never heard the name, and now that I have read the book I would love to know more. The basic premise of Paths of Glory is a novel based on a true story about George Mallory an English climber who made a few attempts at climbing Everest and it is unknown if he ever reached the summit.

I have been on a weird phase as of late. The majority of the audio books that I have been listening to have some sort of middle eastern theme to them. Whether it be The Kite Runner or my latest read/listen through of Exile by Richard North Patterson. I bought this book for a number of reasons the two books I wanted to buy were not out yet and secondly it had been one I had contemplated a few times before and just never went through with. So I finally buckled down and picked up Exile for my first 20+ hour read through.

I try not to read the same authors over and over again with my monthly Audible credits, but instead continue to try new authors to get a taste for what I like and don't like. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith was a highly reviewed book on Audible and I had it in my wish list for a bit, but was always a bit skeptical to pull the trigger and purchase it. Well a few weeks I broke down and made this my latest listen/read through and I have to say I was not disappointed.