Author name: Diamante Lavendar Name of the book: Breaking The Silence Genre of the book: Inspirational Fiction, Chick Lit, Memoir Book synopsis: Joan Eastman was born like any other girl. However, her existence would prove to be a life of great pain. Growing up, she was treated differently by family members, powerless to defend herself against… Read More Breaking the Silence – Book Review
Author name: Brenda Spalding Name of the book: Broken Branches Genre of the book: paranormal romance/suspense Book synopsis: Visions of the past help a young artist and gallery owner from New York solve the riddles of a lost family treasurer and lead her to her future. Her grandmothers death in Salem Ma. brings Megan… Read More Broken Branches – Book Review
Name of the book: Oil and Water Genre of the book: Eco thriller; murder mystery; suspense; Book synopsis: When inventor Martin Tirabi builds a machine that converts trash into oil it sends shockwaves through the corporate halls of the oil cognoscenti. Weeks later, Marty and his wife, Ruth are killed in a mysterious car accident.… Read More Oil and Water – Book Review
A Raisin in the Sun By: Lorraine Hansberry Review of the 1994 Vintage Books Paperback Edition, with Introduction by Robert Nemiroff First Pub: 1959 Wow. Ok, so I have already read this play- hence the ‘re-read’ element of this review. Not every re-read warrants a brand new review, as often your opinion of a… Read More A Raisin in the Sun – Book Review
Name: Harm Author: Hugh Fraser Publisher: Urbane Publications Star Rating : 4 out of 5 stars About the book: Acapulco 1974: Rina Walker is on assignment. Just another another quick, clean kill. She wakes to discover her employer’s severed head on her bedside table, and a man with an AK 47 coming through the… Read More Harm – Book Review
A Want of Kindness by Joanne Limburg Opening on her childhood, this book tells the story of Anne, the niece of the King of England in the 1600’s, up til she takes the throne herself in the line of succession. She’s a woman aware of her place, who loves her older, bossy sister Mary… Read More A Want of Kindness – Book Review
A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly Rating: 4 / 5 stars Think 1920s Prohibition, except alcohol is not what is illegal. Magic is. Enough damage was done by past magic users that any and all evidence of magic is shunned and banned. But not all traces of magic are gone. With anything that is… Read More A Criminal Magic – Book Review
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Short Review: Ng provides new depth to the hackneyed “murder in a small town” plot line. The result is an insightful look into an Asian-American family in the aftermath of an extreme loss.
Imagine that you are a seven year old boy in England, and that books are your refuge from a world without any friends. Then, one day, almost like a story from the books you love, you discover that the 2 women and 1 eleven year old girl- the Hempstocks- living at the end of… Read More The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Book Review
Interim Goddess of Love by Mina V. Esguerra Older YA/new adult/sweet romance: College sophomore Hannah Maquiling doesn’t know why everyone tells her their love problems. She’s never even had a boyfriend, but that doesn’t stop people from spilling their guts to her, and asking for advice. So maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise when… Read More Interim Goddess of Love – Book Review
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