Bob Reiss

amazon.comBook’s For Henry | Amazon Gift List

15 Jan 2025

I have created a Gift list of Books for my Nephew’s Cancer Battle if anyone wants to donate. I will be adding more based in recommendations. Would love to create a library for kids fighting cancer. Book’s For Henry - Amazon Gift List - www.amazon.com/registries/g...

Bob Reiss@nottobrite.bsky.social

Looking for Book Recommendations: My 11 year old nephew is battling cancer for the 3rd time. He will begin MIBG treatment which will include a long period of isolation due to radioactivity. He loves Minecraft, Legos and Star Wars and I would like to set up a wishlist of physical books for him.

Finished Our Winter Monster by Dennis Mahoney @equinoxsociety.bsky.social Damn, I loved this book. Full of so many “I have no idea what the fuck just happened and I love it” moments. Looking for a emotionally driven snow monster novel full of great characters, then grab yourself a copy!

Just finished Cranberry Cove by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social . Loved it. Sex Magic, a haunted hotel, a trans woman mafia muscle partnered with a well meaning albeit misogynistic partner. I love how it all comes together and is decidedly unique and creepy, with an ending that left me wanting more.

Mechanic Types. I had taken my Mazda CX-9 to the dealership due to the fact that I had a malfunctioning tailgate switch and the battery, which I had changed two month ago, was completely drained.

They basically said the battery was defective. I then discover Mazda issued a TSB for this exact issue, the switch malfunctioning causing the gait to open and close on its own, draining the battery. Am I being unreasonable that I was upset they didn’t catch this and made me buy a whole new battery?

This was after the fact that they lost my car for a day after I had it towed there. They insisted they didn’t have it but it was in their lot the entire time. Now, the tow truck driver left the keys in the car so all they checked was the keys dropped in the night box and never checked the lot.

Question for anyone involved in Mental Health Counseling: Is it appropriate for your therapist/counselor to pray with you? This is happening with a family member and it makes me feel uncomfortable, for many reasons.

Is it just me projecting my awkward relationship with religion onto the situation or is it something I should be legitimately concerned with?

23 Sept

Well, my birthday is March 19th, so I feel getting myself a birthday present makes a lot of sense.

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15 Sept

I have an interview for a new position at work today. It was a position I was recruited for and was told the interview is basically a formality but I’m still nervous I’m going to screw it up somehow.

13 Sept

I’m in this weird position at work. I’ve applied for a new position but haven’t yet received the offer but I’ve been assured I will. No one in my department knows this. So I keep getting asked to take on things that will be ongoing, and I have to because it’s my job but it won’t be in a few weeks.

13 Sept

The responsible thing is to make sure I’m including other people in these projects and train them how to do it and I keep pushing to include others but at the same time, I’m not supposed to talk about the new position until it’s offered so it just seems like I’m trying to get out of work.

12 Sept

So, right now I am dealing with a parent in the throws of a mental health crisis. I don’t want to go into too many details but it’s been emotionally draining and full of crippling guilt. Yet, now it seems like every book I’m reading has some type of “dealing with an aging parent” subplot.

12 Sept

Listen to Crossroads by @laurelhightower.bsky.social yesterday and come on guys! Please stop wreaking me with your words. I’m emotionally fragile right now. This was tragically beautiful and a punch in the gut. I think today I need to just listen to uplifting pop anthems to recover.

5 Sept

I just have the epilogue left in The Sundowner’s Dance by @toddkeisling.com and while I totally believe in reading the entire book if I don’t read it then I can just image that Jerry and Kat just live happily ever after, get a puppy and maybe move to Bangor, Maine to become haunted tour guides.

7 Sept

So I finished The Sundowner’s Dance. Loved it. Maybe not the best choice of books when you’ve been dealing with an elder parent in a mental health crisis but man, such a great story.

31 Aug

I absolutely love this picture of my nephew Henry “Hank” Reiss on The Blake Show on The Coast 93.1 in Maine. Henry has been battling cancer since he was four he takes time away from his treatment and getting ready to go back to school to talk about the upcoming Maine Children’s Cancer Walk Program.

p2p.onecause.com2026 MCCPF Walk - Team Henry: Help Hank Tank CancerWelcome to our team fundraising page for the 2026 Maine Children's Cancer Program Walk!We're thrilled to share that we've committed to participating in the Maine Children's Cancer Program Walk, an eve...

31 Aug

If you want to support Henry’s MCCP walk team check out this link: p2p.onecause.com/mccpfwalk26/...

coast931.comThe Blake Show Podcasts – 8/28/26 | Coast 93.1

31 Aug

To check out his interview on The Blake Show check out this link: coast931.com/mornings/the...

22 Aug

I am less than half way through The Sundowner’s Dance by @toddkeisling.com but I’m going to be at Dark Ink tomorrow and I’m thinking I should just have him sign the book at whatever point I stop reading it tonight. Is that weird? I know they usually sign one of the first few pages.

7 Aug

Finished A River Red With Blood by John Connolly. Another excellent Charlie Parker novel. I feel he’s really amping up the reveals on Charlie and his crew and I’m fascinated with where it’s going. I love Jeff Harding’s narration.

3 Aug

My current read by the moon’s eye. @toddkeisling.com

30 July

Been reading this one a story a day with my dinner. Cold, Black and Infinite by @toddkeisling.com . So far, every story has been a total banger.

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27 July

What brings you out tonight, lonely traveler?

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14 July

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12 July

Finished 3 of the 5 stories in The Fall (Tales from the Gulp) by @alanbaxter.bsky.social. Liking this one more than the first book, I think. The second story, Cathedral Stack may be my favorite story of the series so far. Need to start looking into some of his other books.

8 July

Today’s Book Mail: The Sundowner’s Dance by @toddkeisling.com

Every time an author does or says something despicable, people line up to declare “well, they aren’t that good anyway. There are so many better authors!” My question, why does that matter? Even if they were the greatest living author out there, that doesn’t change what they said.

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I’ve seen this with Neil Gaimen, Cormic McCarthy, JK Rowling, and Orson Scott Card among others. It always feels like a performative humble brag, “I knew they sucked and you guys are dumb for liking them!”

Stephen King is my favorite author. I would never argue that he’s the best author ever but none of that matters. What matters is what he said. Your issues with what he said and his abilities as a writer are two totally different things.

To be outraged by what Stephen King said is one thing, and I totally agree with that. To say there are much better modern writers, I also agree with that. To say he’s inconsequential to the genre is mind blowing.

5 July

We were looking for something just to put on in the background and found Night Visions, a horror anthology, on Tubi. It’s hosted by Henry Rollins and guest stars like everyone. Weirdly, it’s Independence Day and there’s an episode staring Bill Pullman. Not sure how I’ve never seen this before.

4 July

Since its Independence Day, here are some of my favorite Alien Invasion novels: Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The Vampire Earth Series by @eeknight.bsky.social Overgrowth by Mira Grant Veil by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham

4 July

The War Against Chtorr series by David Gerrold Breakers by Edward W. Robinson Childhood’s End by Author C. Clark Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove The Taking by Dean Koontz I know I’m missing plenty. What are some of your favorites?

29 June

I’m a week late because we’ve been on vacation since last Sunday but honestly, being a stepfather (who never expected to have kids), you can’t imagine what this feels like.

28 June

Usually I choose to read longer books in audio but I decided to go the print route with Devil’s Creek by @toddkeisling.com. It took me exactly one month to finish it but it was well worth it. Not only is it my favorite book I finished this year but it would make my top 10 of the past 10 years.

26 June

Vacation Book #2: @alanbaxter.bsky.social

18 June

When you’re at Quizzo but learned all your history from Harry Turtledove and @birmo.bsky.social novel.

7 June

Today was the Walk For Woods. I didn’t do the 5k bur chose instead to do the 1 mile fun limp.

6 June

Well, it seems I find myself at a Yungblud show in Atlantic City.

6 June

I made up a dad joke and no one things it’s funny. Why do British bowling balls have three holes? To put your fingers, innit?

4 June

I’m just hit the halfway point of Devil’s Creek by @toddkeisling.com. This was my first book by him and I don’t want to jump the gun with a review but I will say that I’ve liked it so much that I just preordered the paperback of The Sundowner’s Dance from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.

2 June

Me, trying to read.

31 May

Me and Ben with Mr. T. He was so excited to meet him and Mr. T was very friendly.

31 May

We went to FanExpo Philly mostly because my wife wanted to meet David Tennant. She hates getting he picture taken but she did get one with the family with David and I convinced her to take a picture with me and James Marsters. She’s the Buffy fan but I’m the Dresden fan.

29 May

Finished listening to The Dark Times by Nick Petrie. Another solid thriller. Next, I was looking for something scifi and had a bunch on my TBL list. I went with Crawlspace by @adamchristopher.me. Probably not going to get a lot of listening in over the weekend but plan to slip into it next week.

27 May

Listening to The Dark Time by Nick Petrie and it just took a turn I didn’t expect. I guess I’m in for a ride with this one.

27 May

Today’s puppy tax: Crowley after seeing a bunny. He loves bunnies.

27 May

Has anyone been to FanExpo Philly before? We have a Photo Op at 11:00 with one attendee but there’s another one I’d like to get for Benjamin but it’s scheduled at 11:30. Is this doable. I’ve never been to an event like this so I’m really unsure how it works.

26 May

Playing Taboo as a married couple is like: “Remember that time we were at that bookstore and David Lee Roth came in the radio.” “COFFEE MUG!” “Right. That thing we found under the car.” “CANTEEN!” “Right.” “You hate…” “DAVID SPADE!”