My latest short story "The Night the Lights Came On"

Monday, September 30, 2024

Dan's Book Reviews | Episode 80
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

In this 80th episode, I review On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson. Check this episode out to hear why I loved this book because of how it was so different from many other books. When a cool author with similar interests to me writes a book he would love to read, it works out really well for me too. Kids will also love this book!

Play or download the .mp3

Buy "On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness" on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CCW61R


Check out the author's website:

https://www.andrew-peterson.com


Check out a couple of my novels:

Haunted House Flipper:

https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-House-Flipper-Dan-Absalonson-ebook/dp/B079K6MP28/


The Case 2of the Missing Snowman:

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Missing-Snowman-Thackeray-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07LHGPW61


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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Dan's Book Reviews | Episode 79 The Hunger Games

In this 79th episode, I review The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Listen to hear why this book definitely held up to all the hype for me. Extremely well written, and a great choice by the author to go with the uncommon first person present tense format. A high quality read!

Play or download the .mp3

Buy "The Hunger Games" on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B002MQYOFW/


Check out the author's website:

https://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/


Check out a couple of my novels:

Haunted House Flipper:

https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-House-Flipper-Dan-Absalonson-ebook/dp/B079K6MP28/


The Case of the Missing Snowman:

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Missing-Snowman-Thackeray-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07LHGPW61


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Sunday, August 11, 2024

Dan's Book Reviews | Episode 78
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

In this 78th episode, I review Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. This book surprised me. Listen to hear why I loved the way it slowly revealed the magic in the world and why I'm excited to read the next book in the series.

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Buy "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Peregrines-Home-Peculiar-Children/dp/1594746036


Check out the author's website:

https://www.ransomriggs.com/

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Dan's Book Reviews | Episode 77 The Catcher in the Rye


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In this 77th episode, I review The Catcher in the Ry by J. D. Salinger. Though not for everyone, and not the kind of book I would typically read, listen to hear why I loved this one!


Buy "The Catcher in the Rye" on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769177


Check out a couple of my novels:


Haunted House Flipper:

https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-House-Flipper-Dan-Absalonson-ebook/dp/B079K6MP28/


The Case of the Missing Snowman:

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Missing-Snowman-Thackeray-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07LHGPW61


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Saturday, March 30, 2024

A New Book Project

Hello! It is good to be back in the fiction world. Ever since I became a pastoral intern, then a pastor, and then an overseas missionary, I have not had time to either read fiction or write any of my own. I wouldn't change a thing and have absolutely loved my career change from 3D artist, for 17 years, to Pastor. I've gone from creating 3D art to writing sermons, teaching Bible classes, and leading worship music on guitar. I love it! And I'm learning Spanish to be able to minister to people in Guatemala. Another big time sync in my life I have loved has been seminary. After 4 years of taking few classes at a time I slowly earned a Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological studies from Western Seminary. Ministry and Spanish classes still take up much of my time, and are the most important thing to me after time with my family, but now I have some time to write fiction again. I've also been reading it a lot more lately and I even started back up my book review podcast as you can see in the last post.

I have plans to write a Science Fiction Young Adult novel called "Flying Away From Home," the cover of which I started this post with. 

Here is the story summary:

Tray Burnside used to fly dangerous missions next to his father Ken, navigating through tight spots to salvage space parts most pilots wouldn't attempt to recover. His dad always had a way with selling at the planet-side markets too. That’s not possible now, and with Ken’s passing Trey took a chance and took his father’s spaceship, which his new step-mother was selling to pay for Trey’s college, and ran away from home to make a life for himself in another star system. Now Trey flies alongside another lost soul, Kurt Wogs, looking to survive the dark infinite stars one salvage run at a time; and their cobbled together ship-bot isn't much of a cook or translator.

And if you missed it, I also finally released a new fiction story around Halloween called "The Night the Lights Came On." Follow that link and you can listen to it for free in audio and purchase it as an eBook. Here's what that story is about: Running from his problems, Cody accidentally stumbles on the abandoned old Blackwood mansion. It's been abandoned for decades ever since its owner Jonathan Blackwood mysteriously disappeared. But tonight, the lights are on. Cody texts his friend Tom and they venture inside to solve the mystery of what is going on inside. 

As always, thanks for stopping by the blog!