Read about my self-publishing experience, my favorite film, and learn the meaning of the title, "The Dinosaur Four."

Stephen King tries his hand at the detective genre. Like most of his novels, it's an engaging, breezy read.

A psychopath commits a mass murder. The lead cop on the case retires before catching him. Neither one of them can leave things alone.

Mr. King has announced two more books with the same characters.

Recommended. 

There are two ways to read The Dinosaur Four without paying for it.

1. Kindle owners who are also Amazon Prime members can borrow it for free through the Kindle Owners Lending Library. If you have a Kindle, you can try this out with a free 30-day trial.
2. The Kindle Unlimited program allows anyone to borrow as many books and audiobooks as they want for $9.99 a month.  Kindle Unlimited also has a free 30-day trial.

The best part is, when you borrow books for free through these programs, the author still gets paid!

The Painter by Peter Heller

Heller's follow-up to The Dog Stars is much more of a character study. What makes an artist tic? How do we deal with grief? How do we control our anger, and what happens when it controls us? These questions are asked and explored when Jim Stegner, a reclusive painter with a violent streak, encounters a man beating a horse.

The novel has a slightly open ending and it works perfectly here. You know Jim Stegner so well that you know exactly what happens next. 

Also lots of fly fishing. Recommended.