About Me

My name is Chaz and I write edge-of-your-seat, tour-de-force, Golden Globe nominated blog posts.

Most of my posts are random thoughts about the books I read, and I call those posts reviews. (Or shitty blog posts.) I created this blog back in 2016 to get me to focus on writing more. The true value has come from the real connections with people I’ve met along the way. I never expected that. I’m glad I was wrong.

My greatest passion is finding captivating, inspiring, and intriguing stories. Books, video games, music, or pretty much any form of art done well. If it moves something in your chest, I’m interested. I think too deeply about all of it. Half philosopher, half kid who never grew out of asking why.

I’ve written three novels. A cyberpunk work, a sci-fi adventure, and a memoir, all completed during NaNoWriMo back when that was a thing and it was cool. All written before AI could do it for you. (It was cool, right? We’re saying it was cool.)

I try to be too funny all of the time. One of my greatest joys is making people laugh. (Or just me laughing at my own jokes. Which is all the time…) Humor isn’t a mode I switch on. It’s how I process the world. If I can’t find something funny about it, I probably haven’t thought about it long enough. I believe you can be serious about your craft and still not take yourself too seriously. That’s the whole vibe here.

In 2023, drumming came back into my life. It’s part of my soul the same way a deep book or a perfect story is. That same connection to art that I chase in everything I read and play and write? Drumming is that, but physical. It’s the thing that makes the rest of the noise quiet down.

Outside of the creative world, I’m an executive leader, founder, and entrepreneur. Over a decade building, rescuing, and scaling multi-billion dollar supply chains and helping deliver some of the most advanced robotics and automation in the industry, from the warehouse floor to the executive seat at the table. Relocated across the country multiple times and sacrificed everything to deliver excellence. Leadership and the relentless pursuit of excellence are not just what I do, they’re who I am. Now building my own ventures. I’ve been a tech enthusiast my entire life. (I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy when it comes to tech.)

At the opposite end of the comedian spectrum, I’m a dreamer with the intensity of a perfectionist that requires total dedication. (Who isn’t a little crazy though?) But I’ve learned (mostly from the books I’ve reviewed on this very blog) that the intensity is the feature, not the bug.

Thanks for stopping by. Be kind. Be great. Be one of one.
– Chaz

Thanks for stopping by,
 – Chaz

45 comments

  2. Haha! You literally sound like my best friend!

    As a fellow New Englander, and partner owns a brewing company, I am high fiving you on the beer snob shenanigans.

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  4. I saw you mentioned Brandon Sanderson. I’m currently halfway through the Wheel of Time series, which was a Robert Jordan series that Sanderson completed when Jordan passed away. I was just curious is you have read WOT?

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      1. I finished Wheel of Time and loved it. It’s definitely one of my favorites as well. I was so impressed with how well Brandon Sanderson completed the series. I did not notice too many differences in the writing. I will have to check out more of his work!

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  9. Hi Chaz! You’re funny! Seriously 🙂
    I lived in the Boston/Lexington area for 2 years and loved it. You are definitely right about the great breweries there!
    Thanks for liking my review post for Dead Sea Rising by Jerry B. Jenkins.
    Cheers!

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  13. Thanks for coming by.! Something tells me you could have a lot more fun in your life when you do something else than writing reviews and having that high stress job!

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  17. You said you never post/comment on the books you never finish? How come out of interest? Always good to take the negative aspects of a book with the good ones. But really like your about me section. A real insight to your writing and who you are. Looking forward to reading more of your blog!

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  18. Hi Chaz, many thanks for liking my post about my new short story collection ‘Minding Mama & Other Short Stories’ – much appreciated! I love your enthusiasm, and completely get why you sometimes stop reading books (dare I hope that you might read mine all the way through?!? 🙂 . As a fellow ‘book junkie’ I tend not to review books I don’t finish, or don’t enjoy – although I sometimes think a review saying why I didn’t enjoy/finish it might be helpful to other readers, and perhaps the author… But having said that, I don’t always leave reviews for books I DO enjoy, either, and always feel bad about not doing so… usually it’s just the time factor (as in lack of). But I should probably make time to leave a review instead of diving into the next book or going off to drive a few more miles on ETS2/ATS. My bad!

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  21. Hey! Thanks for visiting the Jenn Stories. I’d be honored if you were to buy and read my book that’s already out, and even more if after that, you bought and read the next one! Although…they’re a little different from each other. I can guarantee you’ll get through the first one in no time. It’s a quick, one-sitting kind of read.

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  25. Thanks for checking out my blog! Definitely going to check out the books you’ve talked about! I’ll be updating every day, hopefully, so follow me for good books to read! I’m looking for cool people to engage with on the books I’ve read. Criticism or whatever, I’m here for it!

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  28. Thanks for checking out my blog and liking some of my posts! I see we have similar interests in books, movies, and games. 🙂 Enjoy your blogging.

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  35. Hi Chaz,
    Really, I don’t know where you get the time to work full time, write blogs, books and still have time to visit so many other people’s blogs. I did get a laugh when I read you describing your blog as ‘boring’. Can’t be that boring with all these positive comments – mine included.
    Do you recall Will Rogers saying that ‘everybody’s ignorant – just on different subjects’?
    Maybe ‘boring’ is like that – everybody’s blog is boring – just to different people..

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