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“Hit Me With Your Best Shot” By Sara Ney Review

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I didn’t mean to roast Gio Montagalo, goalie and crown jewel of The Houston Baddies hockey team. Honestly, I was screaming at the TV in a sports bar like any self-respecting sports junkie does when their team is on a losing streak! So when his twin sister sidles up on the stool beside me, laughing at my commentary, I figured I’d made a fan, too. What I didn’t expect? For her brother—the guy I called “a flashy ice peacock with the reflexes of a sloth”—to hear about it.

I gotta admit that the only reason why I have read this book is because it was free on amazon for a kindle which I have been trying to switch to for the past year or so. So I decided to take a shot on this book and see what my opinions about this book would be. 

I need to say that this book wasn’t the worst romance book I have read in my time, because I have read much worse romance books than this one. But I still wasn’t a big fan of this book. I liked this book a fair share but in the end I gotta admit that this book wasn’t that good when I actually started thinking about this book for this review. 

The plot in this book was okay for the most part, but the majority of this plot was very childish in my opinion. The characters in this book behavior was so juvenile like they were teenager despite the fact that all the characters in this book were well over 20 years of age. Which made absolutely made no sense to me.

The plot also started dragging for a very long time very quickly. Which made me almost torturous for me to read this book. Because this book would spend a lot of time talking about stuff which would have been forgotten about from the next chapter until the end of this book.

This book started off well, but the deeper I got into this book the more bored and annoyed I would become at this book. Which really made me consider DNF-ing this book a fair share of times which of course made it very hard for me personally to finish this book. The book really had started going down when the two main characters started dating because it felt like a grade school type of romance because both of them started acting very immature and cringy with each other which had really put me off by a lot.

The dialogues in this book were trying way too hard to be funny. To such an extent that it just made it way too cringey to actually be funny in my opinion. 

There is no character differentiation in this book. All of the characters in this book seemed like the same person because everything about them seem to be the same. They talk alike. They think alike. They behave alike. So I had a real hard time trying to separate them and remember who is who in this book. 

The whole theme of this book is hockey, but the actual hockey like hockey matches and hockey training was almost none-existent in this book. Which made me very annoyed and frustrated. Because whats the point of the hockey theme of this book when the actual theme of hockey barely exists in this book? 

The writing style was easily the best aspect of this book, because it was very easygoing and simple. And in a way the writing style made this whole book more fun and enjoyable because my whole interested in this book was existing solely from the writing style of this book.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla” By Nikola Tesla Review

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The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla is the definitive record of the pioneering work of one of the modern world’s most groundbreaking inventors. During the early twentieth century, Nikola Tesla blazed the trail that electrical technology would follow for decades afterward. Although he pioneered inventions like alternating current (AC), radio, wireless transmission, and X-rays, and worked with innovators like George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison, the once celebrated Tesla was later largely forgotten by history. With illustrations and diagrams of many of Tesla’s early patents and inventions, as well as dozens of thought-provoking lectures and articles, this volume offers a rare glimpse of a true genius at work.

I gotta admit that this book was easily the hardest book I have read so far in my life.  Thats because I am a dummy compared to Nikola Tesla and I needed to watch a fair share of YouTube videos to understand the things this book talked about.

This book is very well researched and written which made me like this book even more because it is clear that Nikola Tesla used a lot of time on his inventions and research. This book was a very interesting read which I have learned a fair share things from. 

At the same time this book has a short biographical aspects of Tesla’s life which we get throughout this book. Which I also liked a lot because I gotta admit that before reading this book I didn’t know much about him other than him being smart as hell, he inventing some cool stuff and him being from Croatia. Because of this book I have learned more about him and his inventions which made me like this book so much better.

As I was reading this book I have realized how big of a dummy I am when it comes to technology and the things Nikola Tesla has talked about in this book. I am in no way an engineer or electrician so most of the stuff this book talked about is WAY beyond me too I needed to watch some explanation YouTube videos on some of the topics this books talks about. 

The writing in this book was very good. Before reading this book I was afraid that this book would be very much like a heavy high school science book which always put me to sleep in high school. But in reality the writing in this book was very very good, because it was able to grab my attention and make me genuinely interested in the things this book has talked about. Which really is the main aspect of why I like this book as much as I do now after having read the entire book. 

This book also gives us illustrations which made it easier for me to understand what this book was talking about, which made me give this book some extra points for doing. Because without those illustrations I would have been very fucked with understanding what this book was talking about.  

But at the same time some of the illustrations of this book were kinda hard for me to decipher because they were pretty detailed and I had no idea what I was looking at. So thank god for google which have saved my day while reading this book. 

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Rule of Two” By Drew Karpyshyn Review

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Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.

This book has to be easily the best star wars book I have read so far in my life. Which says a lot to me personally since I have read a lot of good star wars books in my time on this website and I gotta say that this one takes the cake as of now at least.

This book offers us the history of Darth Bane, Darth Bane trying and failing to create holocrons as well as Darth Bane training his apprentice who is a young female named Zannah who struggles with get easily attached to people and animals and not understanding Darth Bane’s plan on how Siths can rule galaxy. Which really made me give this book a lot of extra points for doing. Since this book portrays both Darth Bane and Zannah as real human being in the star wars universe who are struggling and trying to find their way to achieve their goals. 

There is a lot of action in this book, and the pacing in this book is pretty fast too. There is a lot of things that happens in this book which means we as readers as never bored while reading this book because there is so much that is happening in this book which made me like this book even more than I already did.

This books is pretty dark since it has its fair share of violence and it has pretty dark tone and atmosphere which really made me like this book even more than I already did, because this book just perfectly portrays the dark side in star wars and it truly shows us how different the Siths are from Jedis.

The characters in this book are incredible, especially Darth Bane which is my all time favorite character from star wars and one which in my opinion is very underrated and under explored. This book had made me just love Darth Bane even more than I already did before this book. Because this book adds so much depth and personality to him that it made him feel like a real human being in a way. 

When it comes to Zannah, she is also an incredible character. Because she has a lot of character debt to her and she has her own personality which made me immediately love her as a character. Because she struggles with her moral compass and easily getting attached to people and creatures of the star wars universe but at the same time she was to become a Sith Lord and hopefully one day kill Darth Bane and take his place as a Sith Lord. But at the same time she needs him to teach her about the dark side of the force. So she is in this constantly struggle with herself and trying to find out what she really wants.

The writing style in this book is incredible. Because it was like the author of this book knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book. Which made me give this book some extra points for doing that because I was completely hooked on this book from the very first page of it and I just couldn’t stop reading this book until the very end of this book. 

At the same time the author of this book made me want to read his other star wars books because there is something about the way he writes star wars books that completely takes over my life and makes me clued to his books and I stop cant stop reading them like happened with this book “Revan” book which was also written by the same author.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Cat Among the Pigeons” By Agatha Christie Review

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Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious light in the school Sports Pavilion. Among the tennis racquets and lacrosse sticks, they find the body of the unpopular games mistress – shot through the heart. Schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much, and begins to worry that she might be the next victim. Can detective Hercule Poirot find the killer before the ‘cat’ strikes again?

I gotta admit here that enjoy much more Agatha Christie’s books than the modern day mystery / thriller books I have read in my time on this website. There is something about Agatha Christie’s books that really grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of each of her books I read. Which doesn’t happen with the more modern mystery / thriller books I have read which turn out to be bad in my opinion. 

The plot in this book is very interesting and enjoyable. I was hooked on the plot from the very first page of this book and I just couldn’t stop reading this book until the very end of this book. Which explains why I have read this book in one day. 

The plot in this book has the vibe to it where the killer might strike at anytime which makes the whole book pretty tense but also very fun and enjoyable at the same time. I gotta admit that this book is so far my favorite book in the Hercule Poirot series. Which this book is the second book so far I have read in the series which I expect to continue reading and finishing this year (2026) hopefully. 

The entire story happens at an elite school for girls in England. And in a way the setting of this book really is a big part of why I liked this book as much as I did. Because there is something eerie for me about the fact that a killer is running wild at a boarding school. 

The writing style in this book is very good, it has this old timey vibe to it which I love in mystery books. Because I tend to like stories where smartphones aren’t the available and the characters aren’t constantly checking their phone for whatever. The writing style in this book was almost like the Agatha Christie knew exactly what words to use in this book to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book which of course made me give this book extra points for doing. 

The only thing I didn’t like about this book is that Hercule Poirot doesn’t appear in this book until maybe the last 30% of this book. With each book I read in this series I find myself loving Hercule Poirot more and more. And him only being present in this book for the last 30% or so really didn’t go well with me but not enough to not love this book. 

The characters are very good and interesting in this book. All of the characters we get in this book have their own personalities and something that makes them unique and have their own quirks to make them standout from the rest of the characters in this book. I personally wouldn’t have any problems being friends with them in real life, which really says a lot about how much I liked the characters in this book. 

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett” By Daniel Wallace Review

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Discover the crucial tools and techniques all bounty hunters need to master. Get the basics on making a living at the margins of galactic law. Delve into the history, philosophy, and gear of Death Watch, a secretive splinter group of Mandalorians. Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett bound together two volumes of great personal significance: the latest edition of The Bounty Hunter’s Guild Handbook and a recruiting booklet issued by Death Watch. Together, these volumes make up The Bounty Hunter code. Fett and the book’s other previous owners recorded their thoughts and commentary in the margins.

I gotta admit here that this book is the second weakest book in the “Secrets of the Galaxy Guidebooks” series from the star wars universe. 

I need to admit here, I never found the bounty hunter aspect of star wars to be interesting. Yes I am a huge fan of the Mandalorians but thats the closet thing to bounty hunting in star wars am a fan of. I always thought that bounty hunters was a nice addition to the star wars universe but I never put any more thoughts to bounty hunters beside that acknowledgment.

However I did like the history aspect of this book which was about how the Bounty Hunters’ Guild was created and the history of the previous bounty hunters who are sort of legends in the field. That history in this book made me want that lucasfilms and Disney would make a tv show about the Bounty Hunters’ Guild because that would be a huge banger in my opinion. 

This book is sort of like a guidebook for new bounty hunters, which explain how the Bounty Hunters’ Guild works, the hierarchy of the Bounty Hunters’ Guild, how bounties are made, what determines the prize of a bounty, how to get prepared for a mission and all the various stuff you will need for a mission like trackers, bugs, landspeeder or Airspeeder amongst other things which I found to be very interesting because in a way all this information gives us extra information about what tech exists in the star wars universe which makes the whole universe more fun and interesting for me personally.

At the same time this book adds all that information to the star wars lore but its more from a characters perceptive, because this book and the rest of the books in this series are written as if from a character’s perceptive. Which is the main reason why I like this series so much as I do.

This book is a very short read, because it only has 160 pages or so, which means that it can be read very quickly. Which in a way helped me like this book better, because I wouldn’t be able to finish this book if it was any longer than that, because as I’ve said above I’m not a fan of the bounty hunting aspect of star wars which might be pretty controversial for some star wars fans.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life” By Steven Bartlett Review

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A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepreneurs and the host of the No. 1 podcast The Diary of a CEO. At the very heart of all the success and failure I’ve been exposed to – both my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I’ve conducted on my chart-topping podcast – are a set of principles that ensure excellence.

I need to admit here that I had pretty low expectations for this book, since before reading this book I thought it was one of those way to overhyped books. But now that I have read this book I gotta admit that this book is one of the better business / self help books I have read in my time.

This book gives us a lot of amazing fantastic information and strategy which I have learned a few things from, despite the fact that I have read and reviewed a handful of business / self-help books. Which really shows that this book doesn’t re-phrase the same stuff other business / self-help books do say which I have come across from a few times from in my time on this website. 

The writing style of the book is very good, because its very clear from the writing style that the author of this book have put a lot of research and time into this book which only made me like this book more than I already did. But also the writing style in this book is very good because it was like the author of this book knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book. 

The language of this book is very simple and easy to understand. Which makes this book a very good read for anyone no matter the age, educational level or background. I have come across some very heavy business books where they used a lot of masters degree in finance terms and strategies I had no idea about since I have no degree in business or finance. But this book is the completely opposite of that, which really made me give this book some extra points for doing.

I really liked the aspect of this book where this book doesn’t use the time to make pointless examples or waste time on stuff that didn’t matter which I have seen other business and self-help books do. 

This book actually offers us a lot of value and good insight into becoming successful which really is a huge part of why I rating this book so high as I did. Because I ave come across a lot of business / self-help book which only re-phrase the same stuff over and over again which I already talked about above. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“And Then There Were None” By Agatha Christie Review

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First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal—and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion.

I gotta admit here that this book was much better mystery book read than a lot of those modern day mysteries I have read in my time writing reviews on this website. 

This book is a very cozy mystery read which can be read during one weekend which have done. 

The story in this book is very chilling and uncomfortable. Because the plot in this book is about 10 strangers on a private island and one of them is actively killing the other 9 people on that island. And the entire story in this book is the 9 strangers trying to work together to catch the killer and survive. 

This book is exactly what I love about mystery books, which is the tense moments where the characters try to work together and do anything in their power trying to catch the killer and survive. 

The story in this book amazing, interesting and super engaging or at least it was that for me. I was practically clued to this book from start to finish. At the same time this book is pretty short (only 250 pages or so) which means that there is a lot of action packed into this short book. Which means that there is something constantly happening in the story of this book. Which in a way made me like this book, because this book doesn’t have any boring moment.

The pacing of this book is pretty fast, because as Ive said above has a lot of action in this book. Which made me like this book so much better because the modern day mystery books tend to be very slow and boring at times, but this book is the complete opposite of that. 

The writing style in this book is very good, because it was like Agatha Christie knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book. Which of course made me give this book some extra points for doing. At the same time the writing style in this book has this old English writing and words to it. Which really gives this book a vibe that makes you feel like this book happened a long time ago where phones, internet, laptops, iPad weren’t available. If you have been around on this website for a while, you might know that I love the old timey vibe in books which of course made me like this book even more.

The only thing I didn’t like about this book is the fact that it was so short. In a way I wanted this book to be longer just because I really really liked the plot in this book and wanted it to be longer.

The characters in this book are very good which really made this book so much better and fun in my opinion. Again if you been around on this website for a while you might know that I put a lot of rating I give books on the characters (if the book is a fiction book) in each book. 

The characters were very realistic in a way, but also they were very likable and interesting which made me feel like I would have no problem being friends with the characters in this book in real life if they were real.

The plot twist at the end of this book where the killer gets revealed, was a bit of a shocker for me personally. Because I didn’t expect the person who was the killer to be the killer. Which really made me like this book even more because it shows how well this book was written in a way that it didn’t spoil the big killer reveal until the big plot twist at the very end of this book.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Imperial Handbook: A Commander’s Guide” By Daniel Wallace Review

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The exciting next book in the bestselling Jedi/Sith/Bounty Hunter series has arrived! The Empire has taken hold of the galaxy, and high-ranking officials from each branch of the military have created an Imperial Handbook , compiling tactical guidelines and procedures as well as mission reports and classified documents for all newly ascending commanders. This comprehensive manual details secrets of Imperial battle tactics, acceptable actions for bringing swift justice to traitors, and the Emperor’s long-term plan for galactic military domination. After the Battle of Endor, this copy of the Imperial Handbook fell into the hands of the Rebel Alliance. Well-known rebels provide a humorous running counter-commentary to the official Imperial propaganda in the form of handwritten annotations in the margins of the pages.

I need to admit here that I wanted to read this book for a very long time and now that I have finally did that I gotta say that I’m very happy that I have read this book.

This book gives us behind the scenes information about how the Empire works which really made me love this book and give this book extra points for doing. Because I personally am a huge fan of the empire aspect of star wars and I find it to be very interesting.

I really liked the handwritten notes aspect of this book. Those handwritten notes comes from the OG star wars character giving this book so much more fun to it because those handwritten notes feels like you are a part of the star wars universe and can really see what those various OG characters thoughts about the various aspects of this book.

The quality of this book is very good, because it almost feels like it was a real in the universe handbook for the imperial staffers if you will. Because the paper in this book feels very high quality and the pictures which this book includes feels pretty realistic. At the same time this book feels pretty old like the rest of the books in the “Secrets of the Galaxy Guidebooks” book series which I started probably 2 years ago.

This book contains a lot of very interesting information about the imperial part of star wars which I didn’t know even thou I have loved star wars since I first saw the OG movies when I was 5 or 6 years old and consumed every movie / show / comic book / book taking place in the star wars universe every since then. This aspect of this book made me give this book extra points for doing. 

At the same time this book talks about Stormtrooper, starfighter, starships, and a lot of other things about the empire which made me fall in love with this book harder than I already did.

I also never in a way realized that there was so much to empire in star wars before reading this book which really says a lot about me not knowing much about the behind the scenes empire stuff in star wars universe.

This book also contains a lot of numbers and statistics as if there is this big economical aspect to the empire which in a way makes it feel even more real and fun to learn about.

The writing in this book is very good, because it really seems like its a real book in the star wars universe. Which made me give this book a lot of extra points for doing.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“The Psychology of Money” By Morgan Housel Review

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Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money–investing, personal finance, and business decisions–is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

I need to admit here that this book is one of the better business / finance books I have read so far in my life. 

This book gives us a lot of good lessons and tips about how to use our money and not impulse buy stuff we don’t really need. At the same time this book gives us some lessons about investing in stocks, funds and bonds. 

I feel like its important for me to mention that this book wont tell you how to become rich overnight because this book focuses more on building wealth the stable and longterm way like saving money from each paycheck or investing some of the money you have today or from each paycheck into stable investments like funds, bonds and companies which have somehow stable growth in their stocks. This book aims more towards using the resources we have today like getting paycheck from our jobs or even switching jobs if our current jobs makes us miserable. 

But at the same time this book doesn’t only talk about wealth, it also talks about happiness and that with time our goals and happiness might change which is perfectly fine. And we shouldn’t keep the same goals we had as teenager when we are in our 30s just because we made a decision we are no longer happy with over a decade later. 

This book has 20 goals which we can use in our own lives, but those 20 goals we do get in this book are very common sense and easy to do in our day-to-day life if we really put our minds to it. Which really shows how easy and simple approach this book has to actually growing our personal wealth and become “rich” which is very different from person to person. 

This book makes a big point that “becoming rich” is very different from person to person. One person might think about being “rich” as having a mansion or multiple Ferraris or Lamborghinis, while the second person might think about being “rich” as owning their own apartment and having a decent car which gets them from point A to point B and didn’t cost much, and a third person might be somewhere in-between person one and person two. So this book makes a pretty big point about defining for ourselves how we define being “rich” as.

I gotta admit that this book is way better than the “Rich dad, Poor Dad” book by Robert Kiyosaki which I have made some negative opinions about after I have reviewed that book a few years ago. But back to the review of this book. 

The writing style in this book is very good and easygoing. There author of this book uses simple and everyday language so that we who don’t have a bachelor in economics or finance can understand the things this book talks about and take as much as possible out off this book. Which made me like this book so much better, since over the time I have been writing reviews on this website I have come across some finance / business books which used very advanced languages which only people with bachelor in economics or finance would understand and I don’t have neither, so I have more of a dummy when it comes to terms and advanced concepts in economics and finance.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Toast za odważnych” By Magdalena Jędrysek Review

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Valentina Moreau, nastoletnia Francuzka, trafia do elitarnej akademii na obrzeżach Londynu. W szkole panują nietypowe zasady, nastolatkowie nie mają dostępu do elektroniki, uczą się z dala od świata zewnętrznego. Valentina szybko odkrywa, że coś niepokojącego czai się za murami tej prestiżowej szkoły. Gdy w Londynie dochodzi do tajemniczych morderstw, Valentina i jej nowi przyjaciele postanawiają rozwikłać zagadkę. Im więcej wiedzą, tym większe niebezpieczeństwo im grozi. Czy ich życie może być stawką w tej grze? Kto stoi za morderstwami? Dyrektor akademii? Jeden z uczniów? A może ktoś, kto do tej pory stał w cieniu?

Before we start this review I need to admit that at the time of writing this review this book is only available in polish. So keep that in mind and for those of you who are new readers on this website, yes I am from Poland if you didn’t know that which now you do.

Before reading this book I was very skeptical about it. Because I expected this book to be one of those thriller young adult books where the author tries way too hard for my picky taste in books. But now that I have read this book, I gotta admit that this book is probably the best young adult book I have read last year (2025). 

From the very first page of this book, I was completely hooked into the plot of this book. Which really shows how good the plot of this book. There was a lot of tension and drama in this book which I really liked in this book. 

The plot of this book was very relatable, interesting, enjoyable and fun. I find the plot to be very harry potter like. Because I found the plot of starting a new high school in a different country and making new friends and solving crimes to be very cozy and fun.

The characters in this book, are very good and amazing. Because the ever single character in this book feels like a real human beings. Every character in this book have their own personalities and their own quirks which makes them standout from the rest of the characters. I would personally have no problems becoming good friends with the characters in this book.

The writing style in this book is very good, because it was like the author knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and interested and not let it go until the very end of this book. At the same time the writing style seemed like a young adult mixed with thriller writing style. Which made me give this book some extra points solely for the good writing style.

I Give This Book 5 / 5