-Guest post contributed by Jack Messenger- Trains and boats and planes – modes of transport abound in Barry Stewart Hunter’s interestingly varied collection of short stories, although the people they convey are seldom up to speed with their own lives. Persons in transit and the mental dislocations they experience are a recurring motif; thematically,… Read More Something You Once Told Me – Book Review
Title: Collective Ownership Based Economy: A Road Map to Prosperity, Peace, and Happiness for All Author: Prathapchandra Kedilaya Genre: Politics / Socioeconomic System This book details the steps necessary, according to the author, to achieve the socioeconomic dream of a nation and world without war, poverty, divisions, anger, and crime.
Title: Entertainment Fundraising Author: Brian Carpenter Genre: Non-Fiction / Fundraising / Non-Profit Fundraising is made easy in Entertainment Fundraising, an informational handbook that breaks down how to incorporate entertainment in a fundraiser. Centering the author’s charity and entertainment service, this guide promises to help in organizing a flawless promotional campaign or fundraising event… Read More Entertainment Fundraising – Editorial Review
Aliya Whiteley’s short novel begins with the sentence ‘I cannot sleep’ and ends with a stirring declaration of intent. In the hundred or so intervening pages we follow the development of Shirley Fearn, a schoolgirl who nurses a love for the teacher at her village school, the appropriately named Mr Tiller, who has been… Read More The Arrival of Missives – Book Review
Kiss of The Fey by Charlotte Cyprus Kate’s rating: 3 of 5 stars Disclaimer: I was given a reviewer’s copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Kiss of the Fey by Charlotte Cyprus is a fantasy romance novel that follows the relationship of King Xenos and Johara, an illegitimate princess of Blairford.… Read More Kiss of the Fey – Book Review
Title: All the Bright Places Author: Jennifer Niven Publisher: Knopf Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Tara’s rating: 5 out of 5 stars My local bookstore has been promoting this book like CRAZY for weeks and weeks – so I finally bit the bullet and gave it a shot, only to be 100% captivated.
A Midsummer Night’s Romp by Katie MacAlister Elaine’s rating: 4 of 5 stars Title: A Midsummer Night’s Romp Author: Katie MacAlister Series: Ainslie Brothers, #2 Pages: 352 Publisher: Signet Date: May 5, 2015
Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken Texas, 1905 Etta Spencer didn’t know she was a traveller until the day she found herself not just miles, but years from home. Now, Etta is stranded in time and separated from the boy she loves. At the mercy of a family she once thought her enemy, Etta learns of a… Read More Wayfarer – Book Review
While reading Gint Aras’s novel The Fugue the image that came to my mind was not of an eternal golden braid, but of a broken mirror, cracked and fragmented, each tiny slither reflecting a different aspect of a multifaceted narrative. It’s an image of stasis, of everything at once, eternally present, blindingly coeval. And… Read More The Fugue – Book Review
Synopsis: A compelling crime drama and poignant love story about a devoted man who must confront the painful legacy of his war torn childhood when he is wrongfully accused of murder. Michael Kieh’s struggle to prove his innocence leads him on a charged journey that pitches the pursuit of justice and the search for… Read More A Burning in The Darkness – Book Review
The Book Review Directory 