Southwest Book Reviews

11/11/2025

The 8th book which I enjoyed this season and I really did enjoy... Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry

Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry was the sequel to his first zombie book and the first book of his I ever read, The Dead of Night. Maberry sent it to me for free when I had just started reviewing …

10/20/2025

I reach back 42 years to toss up my 7th 2025 Halloween Season Horror review...Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon

Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon may be the oldest fiction novel I have read for quite a while. I have been enjoying the Matthew Corbett series he wrote about a decade ago. This is a good book, but …

10/02/2025

Our Sixth Halloween Horror Book review of 2025. Children of the Night by Dan Simmons

Children of the Night by Dan Simmons will be the 3rd book I review for the 2025 Halloween session. I saw someone recommend Simmons on one of those top ten horror novel lists and figured, this seaso…

09/16/2025

My fifth Halloween Season book review for 2025! Rage by Jonathan Maberry

Rage by Jonathan Maberry is the eleventh book in the Joe Ledger series and I have to say I love every one of them. It is about twenty times harder to write the eleventh book than the first. It is a…

09/11/2025

Southwest Gets to its fourth review this holiday season with one of the best Villains we've seen in a long while.... Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon

Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon is the third book in the Matthew Corbett Historical Fiction/Adventure series.  The story focuses on Matthew Corbett and his older associate Greathouse who i…

09/05/2025

My second review for my Two Months of Halloween. She why I can't get enough of Matthew Corbett and...The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon

The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon is an historical Fiction novel set in 1702 New York City. This is the second novel in the Matthew Corbett series which I will be reading all of. I am not usua…

09/05/2025

I roll up my sleeves and then wear my emotions on them when I tear into...The Top Seven Things I Have Learned from Bad Relationships

Author’s Note: One of the bench marks of realizing how horrible a relationship was, is knowing how wonderful the right one can be. So, I want to point out my current relationship is better than I e…

09/02/2025

In my opinion this novel is more than scary enough to be in my Two Months until Halloween Book Review Marathon...Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon

I saw Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon in someone’s top ten horror novels and although I do not think this is a horror novel, I enjoyed it to the point it jumped to the front of my three boo…

08/27/2025

With Halloween approaching this will be the first of a series of Horror Novel reviews.

The Vessel by Adam L. G. Nevill was a recommendation I heard via YouTube. For those not in the loop. I reviewed indie novels for over a decade and now I am enjoying the freedom of reading whatever …

08/26/2025

The article everyone should read...The Top Ten Easy Ways Everyone Can Help Protect our Environment

.1. Only Read Real Books. Reading a 400 page e-book using roughly 40 times the energy as reading a printed book and printed books can be reread and shared. 2. Grow a Garden Even vegans use 60% as m…

08/09/2025

How you dived into this Epic Fantasy series? Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson https://southwestbookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/oathbringer-by-brandon-sanderson/

08/09/2025

I like this one

I recently wrote a piece called The Seven Habits of Highly Annoying People and I felt I didn’t get enough pushback, so I figured I would take it up a notch, while bringing the topic closer to Steve…