The Homecoming by Stacie Ramey It’s been a year since John lost his girlfriend, Leah, to suicide. Living with his uncle keeps his mind from the tragedy and his screwed up family—until he gets into trouble and a judge sends him back home. With a neglectful mother and abusive brother, John’s homecoming is far from happy.… Read More The Homecoming – Book Review
Madam Tulip by David Ahern Suspense, mystery, action, a little romance and lots of laughs. Out-of-work actress Derry O’Donnell is talented, professional, just a little psychic… and broke. Spurred on by an ultimatum from her awesomely high-achieving mother, Derry embarks on a part-time career as Madame Tulip, fortune teller to the rich and famous.… Read More Madam Tulip – Book Review
One Minute to Ama-Zen What an interesting little read. As someone who is Christian and has enjoyed yoga throughout her attempts to maintain fitness and good health, I was most definitely intrigued when I received a blurb for this book. I do not review non-fiction, but I sometimes make exceptions and this is one… Read More One Minute to Ama-Zen: A Christian Guide to Yoga – Book Review
Book Title: Fate of Flames Book Author: Sarah Raughley Book Series: Effigies, #1 Publishing Date: November 22nd, 2-16 Publisher: Simon Pulse Date Read: December 6th, 2016 Source: I received a copy from the publisher – Thank you!
The Ishtar Cup by Murray Lee Eiland Jr. Beautiful women are typically trouble for hardboiled private detectives. Add to that a fabulously valuable golden artifact, a professional hit man, an elusive Iraqi diplomat and a couple of pointblank murders, and you have the first excellent installment in the Bart Northcote series by standout author Murray… Read More The Ishtar Cup – Book Review
The Cozy Life is a cute, short book about the concept/feeling of hygge and how to bring it into your life. Note: I’m NOT sponsored to write this review, I just really loved this book I found out about hygge through a random news article my sister-in -law posted to Facebook a few weeks… Read More The Cozy Life – Book Review
The Dark Days Club This year at Sydney Writers Festival I attended my first TeenCon. As we filed into the room, volunteers handed each of us a calico bag containing six books. Yes, six. Not three years old, let’s-chuck-‘em-out books, but ones published within the past year, many within the past six months. The… Read More Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club – Book Review
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept Synopsis: One day, while browsing in a London bookshop, Elizabeth Smart chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker – and fell passionately in love with him through the printed word. Eventually they communicated directly and, as a result of Barker’s impoverished circumstances,… Read More By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept – Book Review
Empire’s Daughter by Marian L. Thorpe Book’s summary: “But the world changes. In all the women’s villages of the Empire, this week or next, a soldier like myself will arrive to ask to live in the village, to take up a trade.” Casyn paused, for a breath, a heartbeat. “And to teach you… Read More Empire’s Daughter – Book Review
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo Memoirs from female comedians seem to be coming fast and furious these days. Books by Mindy Kaling, Tina Fey, Anna Kendrick, etc. are all examples of this extremely popular trend in books right now. Personally, I hate trends, I’m the person with a giant scowl on my face as people… Read More The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo – Book Review
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