Last year I read Rob Lowe's first book, Stories I Only Tell My Friends. It was one of the best autobiographies I've ever read. Rob Lowe is an actor I really never followed until he joined the Parks and Recreation cast and became the star of that show. His character on Parks and Recreation was one of the main reasons why Jenn and I sticked with the series. He played the extremely positive boss health nut who "literally" never had a bad thing to say about anyone. 

After reading my first Brandon Sanderson novel a couple of months back (Steelheart) I decided that I would give one of Sanderson's older books a go. After a lot of research I decided to start the Mistborn series and am glad I did.

I've been a fan of Jeffrey Archer for a while now. In fact one of the first audiobooks I ever listened to on Audible was A Prisoner of Birth, still to this day one of my favorite mystery novels of all time. I started reading his latest series The Clifton Chronicles and loved the first two but unfortunately the third and now forth books just haven't lived up to the series. 

I'm a giant sucker for all things time travel. One of my favorite novels of all time 11-22-63 by Stephen King focused on a very finite couple of years in time. Alternatively Replay by Ken Grimwood follows Jeff Winston who dies of a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 43 and wakes up as his 18 year old self. The twist of this time traveling novel is that their isn't a DeLorean to drive to the past but instead his life continues to rewind to his college dorm until October of 1988 where he will eventually die again of a heart attack and start over again. 

I absolutely loved The Martian. After reading countless five star reviews I knew that I had to give the book a shot even if it wasn't my preferred genre, and what I was left with was one of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time.

I don't often read non-fiction, but out of all the major wars that the United States has fought in, I felt like I knew the least about the Revolutionary War. So I figured 1776 would be a good book to pick up. For a history book, 1776 was quite entertaining. David McCullough who both wrote and narrates the audio book does an incredible job of painting a picture not only of the war but society during that time. The first half of the book which talks primarily on British side of the war is fascinating. The British saw America as an inconvenience and a war that would take weeks not years.