{Sunday Post} — Angel of Vengeance, Confronting the Presidents, and The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie

What Am I Reading? 

I have several books to read this week. I have a few pages left in "Star Trek: Picard: No Man's Land"; I'll probably write and post the review on September 23rd. I'm on chapter seven of "Confronting the Presidents" by Bill O'Reilly. I'm also reading "The Hitchcock Hotel" by Stephanie Wrobel on my Kindle. Later this week, I'll start reading "Anti-Hero Blues" by Christopher Lee Rippee; I have a book tour review scheduled for September 26th. I'll also be reading the graphic novel "Beyond Real" for another book tour, and the review will also get posted on September 26th.

Song of the Week

Recently Reviewed

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

★★★✰✰

What's in the Mailbox?

There were lots of books in the mail this past week. Here are the titles in no particular order: William by Mason Coile, The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich, Clive Cussler's Ghost Soldier by Mike Maden, Confronting the Presidents by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, and Goosebumps: House of Shivers: Night of the Living Mummy by R.L. Stine. All are ARCs except for the Goosebumps book.

What's New on the Bookshelf?

I was in a nearby county and visited a Walmart that's getting remodeled. The book section there has been moved and is twice the size. There were lots of books there. I picked Angel of Vengeance by Preston & Child, The Locked Door by Freida McFadden, and The Coworker by Freida McFadden.

Here's a fun fact about me: I was a kid, and I was into Abraham Lincoln. I read every book I could my hands on about the 16th President. I missed a Halloween-themed birthday party of classmates that was held in a barn because my parents took me to Springfield, Illinois to visit Lincoln's home and tomb. In 6th grade, we had to write a report on a historical figure of our choice and dress as them. Guess who I picked? I had to make my top hat out of black poster board. 

Why am I talking about Abraham Lincoln? Well, I found a book at a Dollar Tree titled Six Encounters with Lincoln, written by Elizabeth Pryor, which of course I had to buy. Additionally, I purchased The Attempted Murder of Teddy Roosevelt by Burt Solomon.

The thrift store was mostly a bust this past week. The book sections—there are two—were bare; the entire store was a mess. I only picked up one book, another nonfiction one—Strange Angel by George Pendle.

I went to a new—new to me, at least—big antique store. If the trip was unplanned, and I didn't have my phone with me,—where I have a list of needed books.

It was a nice store; surprisingly, there were a lot of books at decent prices, and I bought way too many there. I'm going to repeat this—I should've brought my phone. I did my best to remember what titles I owned and what I needed. Of the twenty-one books—yes, I said twenty-one—there was only one accidental buy—Tom Clancy's Enemy Contact by Mike Maden. I was kneeling to look through the books on a lower shelf, removed a few books to look at, and didn't mean to grab and put Enemy Contact in my cart. The good news is that I didn't pay much for the book—it was either $1 or $2—I'll put it in my donation box, which is starting to overflow.

I found two Brad Thor hardcovers, Path of the Assassin and Hidden Order. Path of the Assassin is a replacement copy for a worn-out paperback—the back cover is barely hanging on. I'll tape the cover before adding it to the donation box. As for Hidden Order, it's new to my collection.

I only picked up The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly because it's a UK edition, which I thought was weird to find at an antique store in Missouri. While I haven't checked yet, I believe it might be in better shape than the other copy I have, and if so, I'll put it in the donation box.

Lastly—in this batch—is Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell. It's a replacement copy for a scruffed-up copy.

I picked up nine paperbacks: Slocum and the Diamond City Affair by Jake Logan, Slocum and the Rebel Cannon by Jake Logan, Ralph Compton's Stryker's Revenge by Joseph A. West, Ralph Compton's Shogun Charlie by Matthew P. Mayo, Ralph Compton's The Convict Trail by Joseph A. West, The Eye of Heaven by Clive Cussler with Russell Blake, The Gangster by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott, Zero Hour by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown, and Terminator: Dreams by Aaron Allston.

I got three hardcovers: Void Moon by Michael Connelly, Tom Clancy's Firing Point by Mike Maden, and Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson.

I got four Clive Cussler hardbacks: Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, The Storm by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown, Clive Cussler's The Devil Sea by Dirk Cussler, and The Striker by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.

New titles on my Kindle are 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, Merian C. Cooper's King Kong by Joe Devito and Brad Strickland, The Gift by Freida McFadden, and The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie by Freida McFadden.