I Bid You All Adieu

After a long contemplation over my family's vacation overseas, I thought long and hard about whether I had the strength and energy to continue reviewing books weekly. When I started reviewing books on my own blog, State of Review, I did it as a way to keep track of what I was reading and my initial thoughts on the books. Over time the audience grew. It was never my intention but it did allow me to meet and become friends with fellow book lovers and reviewers, which I am proud to say are a great bunch of guys and gals.

I continued my passion and reached out to some like-minded individuals and started this blog, Speculative Book Review, over the years people came and went as life got in the way, as it often tends to do. While Yagiz and I have done our best to bring fresh, new content each and every week, it is now my turn to bow out and say my goodbye.

I have had the pleasure of meeting some of my favorite authors and they in turn have introduced me to their favorite authors and friends. I have been given opportunities I never thought I would have in a million years. I have edited books, done interviews, and helped up and coming authors with their manuscripts. Each opportunity I never took lightly and cherished every opportunity. But with my work becoming more involved, my son finally starting to walk, talk and want more of my free time (which I gladly give),  and my wife and I working on a second child; I just don't have the time to read the novels and then hop on the computer and hash out my thoughts and opinions about the book I just read.

While I never considered myself a family man until I had my own family, I have found that they are all that matters and I want to spend as much time with them and watch my child (and hopefully children) grow up and give them experiences I never had.

I am sure I will return to reviewing books at some point in my future, for now I plan on reading when I can and being the best husband and father I can. I hope that our readers understand and I hope you are patient with Yagiz as he continues to post reviews sporadically, although I have a feeling he will retreat to his personal blog to pick up where he left off. I created SBR on my account and plan to leave it open until blogger decides to deletes it.

In the words of my favorite author, Ernest Hemingway, "Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another." And it is this reason that I choose to move on from book reviewing (for the time being)

I want to personally thank each and everyone who stopped by and read one of our reviews or commented. Keep on reading friends.

-Tyson M
January 2018
Seattle WA