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“Everything you do matters. Act Accordingly.”

The Pocket Guide to Action by Kyle Eschenroeder

June 17, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

A friend gave me this book years ago, but this season of life was the right time to finally pick it up. It goes so well with Dr. Neil Fiore’s The Now Habit and a recent New York Times article by Dana Smith called “How to Save Yourself from Task Paralysis.” All three of these pieces consider the importance of action to our happiness, mental health, and to our goals. How we frame action and our action’s results can help us get moving (metaphorically or […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Kyle Eschenroeder, Self-actualization, Self-help

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:24 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Kyle Eschenroeder, Self-actualization, Self-help ·
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“Everyone’s got secrets; it’s Florida!”

Grounds for Murder (A Coffee Lover's Mystery) by Tara Lush

June 13, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

My summer of cozy mysteries continues! Grounds for Murder is the first book in a four-part cozy mystery series set in Devil’s Beach, Florida. Our hero is Lana Lewis, a journalist-turned-barista. (Tara Lush is a journalist, as well!) Lewis was doing great as a reporter in Miami, but a series of unfortunate work and personal events led her to moving back home to the Beach. Her hippie dad owns Perkatory, the local island coffee shop. She takes over as the shop manager as she tries […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cozy, cozy mystery, Florida, Tara Lush

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cozy, cozy mystery, Florida, Tara Lush ·
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Oh Oh, We’re Halfway There

Vanguard #4: Open Secrets by Dayton Ward

June 11, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This is the fourth book in the nine-book Vanguard series. This story arc, written in the 2000s-2010s, is set concurrently with Star Trek: The Original Series television show. In fact, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise show up from time to time, either in person or through Starfleet scuttlebutt. While the series is a throwback in terms of Starfleet eras, the subject matter is contemporary with a lot of sci-fi of the time – advanced, ancient tech (Mass Effect, Halo); the internal politics of Starfleet (Battlestar […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dayton Ward, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dayton Ward, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series ·
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Holmes in 1942

A Study in Crimson by Robert J. Harris

May 29, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Robert J. Harris’ A Study in Crimson was inspired by the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies. It moves the famous detective from Victorian England to World War II-era England. The time shift of Holmes, Watson, et al. provides a nice shift in perspective and setting. Holmes and Watson were both involved in The Great War, and that experience shaped their youth and their lives. Watson is more or less the competent and curious doctor he always is, just older. He is more upbeat than a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: London, Robert J. Harris, Sherlock Holmes, World War II

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: London, Robert J. Harris, Sherlock Holmes, World War II ·
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How Do You Fight Evil?

The Minuteman by Greg Donahue

May 28, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This audiobook tells a timely story that happens to be a hundred years old. Greg Donahue published the Audible original audiobook The Minuteman in January of 2020. I don’t know whether or not it was published as a response to the rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S. during the Trump administration or what, but unfortunately it remains a relevant look about how to respond to hatred and fascism. Do you fight fire with fire? Do you fight fire with water? Maybe a little bit of […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Greg Donahue

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Greg Donahue ·
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Dummies in Space

The End of All Things by John Scalzi

May 6, 2023 by Halbs 6 Comments

It’s been more than a decade since I first read Old Man’s War. While I have enjoyed every book in the Old Man’s War series leading up to this aptly-named ultimate novel, I have been hesitant to start this one. The reason? The series is too good! I just didn’t want to have it end. After all, I did just recently finish up reading The Expanse series. A guy can only take so many sci-fi series endings at once! But, as they say, all good […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, old man's war, Old Man's War series

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, old man's war, Old Man's War series ·
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