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July 2025 Reading Recap
Ranking and reviewing all the books I read in July of 2025.

CJ Franklin
Aug 4, 20253 min read


Murder Your Employer - It's a book I promise…
Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, a book review.

CJ Franklin
Jul 25, 20252 min read


4 Nostalgic Fantasy Series
Nostalgia hits real. You ever see a book cover and get hit with memories from years ago? Me too. Here are the 4 most nostalgic fantasy...

CJ Franklin
Jul 25, 20253 min read


My Top 10 Favourite Sci-Fi Shows of All-Time
There have been a lot of great science fiction shows. Also, a lot of bad ones. Here are my personal top 10. (Feel free to let me know why...

CJ Franklin
Jul 25, 20254 min read


Five Coolest Bookstores in Canada
Canadians love books. We have a rich history of fantastic authors. And a love of reading. I blame the winters. What else can you do for 6...
Uber Toque
Jul 25, 20253 min read


6 Great YouTube Channels for Writers
YouTube is great. Was it greater before they blocked AdBlock? I plead the fifth. YouTube is home to amazing resources for writers....

CJ Franklin
Jul 22, 20253 min read


Audiobook Platforms that aren’t Audible…
Audiobooks are great. In the car, at the gym, on the subway, in the shower. There are not many bad places to listen to a good book. Some...

CJ Franklin
Jul 22, 20254 min read


6 GREAT movies that came from a book.
6 fantastic movies that came from a book. Not all adaptations are bad!

CJ Franklin
Jul 21, 20253 min read


Eruption by Michael Crichton & James Patterson — Book Review
Let’s talk about it. Eruption released June 3rd, 2024 to rave reviews, a number one spot on the NYT Bestseller list, a top ten Amazon...

CJ Franklin
Jul 20, 20254 min read


Shortest Book Titles in History
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… but what about its title?
Titles are pretty important, some people say.
Titles are pretty important.
See. Someone put it in quotes.
What if your title isn’t very long? Does that matter?
That’s not what I’m going to answer here.
I just want to know what the shortest titles out there are.

CJ Franklin
Jul 20, 20253 min read


11 Awesome Vintage Words
A list of 11 vintage words, that we should definitely still be using.

CJ Franklin
Jul 20, 20252 min read


The Best-Selling Book of Every Year — 1920 to 1924
Books are cool. So are lists. Lists of the best-selling books? Also, cool. Since the early 1900s, we’ve had a rolling list of the...

CJ Franklin
Jul 19, 20254 min read


Trying WattPad
I'm deciding to try WattPad. https://www.wattpad.com/story/397385572-over-the-hills My new book, Over the Hills, is the first in a...

CJ Franklin
Jul 15, 20251 min read


Books that take Place in Circuses
Circuses are weird.
They can be wondrous, mysterious, spooky, creepy, macabre, fun, silly and so much more.
Let’s take a look at some books that take place in circuses

CJ Franklin
Jul 13, 20252 min read


4 Writing Tips that Actually Helped Me Write More
4 easy, actionable writing tips that you can use to write more.

CJ Franklin
Jul 13, 20253 min read


June 2025 Reading Recap
Hot! Summer! Sun! Almost. We got a heat wave. Then a cold snap. Some hot sun! Followed by rain. The weirdest summer in Toronto history...

CJ Franklin
Jul 1, 20253 min read


Jimmy James and the First Book Cover
I finished my first book. Sort of. I've finished other books, but they were terrible. I actually like this one. So I'm publishing it....

CJ Franklin
Jun 19, 20252 min read


Obligatory First Blog Post & Disclaimer
A quick disclaimer for all future blog posts.

CJ Franklin
May 19, 20252 min read
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