31 August 2015

Review #307: Alice by Christina Henry

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.” ----Lewis Carroll Christina Henry, a national bestselling author, pens her latest book, Alice which is a creepy retake on the Lewis Carroll's popular book, Alice in Wonderland where Alice wakes...

26 August 2015

Review #306: Need by Joelle Charbonneau

My rating: 4 of 5 stars "The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber."  ----Michael Mullen, a retired United States Navy admiral Joelle Charbonneau, an American author, pens her latest YA thriller, Need, that is about a bunch of high school teenagers...

25 August 2015

Review #305: The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ----Martin Luther King Jr Leylah Attar, the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, pens her latest contemporary romance novel, The Paper Swan...

24 August 2015

Review #304: Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” ----J.R.R. Tolkien Rae Carson, the New York Times best selling author, pens her latest YA fantasy book, Walk on...

23 August 2015

Review #303: The Saffron Trail by Rosanna Ley

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate...

21 August 2015

Review with Giveaway: Lola's Money by Rosanna Rae

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.” ---- Vera Nazarian, a two-time Nebula Award Nominee, award-winning artist, and member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a writer with a penchant...

Review with Giveaway: Riding by Cassia Cassitas

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”  ----Molière, a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature Cassia Cassitas, a Brazilian author, pens her latest book, Riding that is...

20 August 2015

Review #302: A House Called Askival by Merryn Glover

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “A man's daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” ---- Mat Johnson, an American author Merryn Glover, a debut author, pens her extraordinary book, A House Called Askival, that tells two stories of a father and a daughter in two different timelines...

19 August 2015

Review with Giveaway: Heart Dancing: A Story Alchemy Adventure by Kathryn Eriksen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The past is never where you think you left it.” ----Katherine Anne Porter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Kathryn Eriksen, a motivational speaker, teacher, coach and writer by passion,...

Review with Giveaway: Mind Over Bullies: A Mob Forms by D.K. Smith

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” ----Michael J. Fox D.K. Smith pens his latest novel, Mind Over Bullies: A MOB Forms , that is a coming-of-age story about children getting bullied...

Review with Giveaway: Welcome, Reluctant Stranger (Between Two Worlds #3) by E Journey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” ---- Kiran Desai Evy Journey has penned a soul touching contemporary romance novel, Welcome, Reluctant Stranger which is the third book in the Between Two Worlds series, that tells...

18 August 2015

Review with Giveaway: Hello, Agnieszka! (Between Two Worlds, #2) by E. Journey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Some things just couldn't be protectd from storms. Some things simply needed to be broken off...Once old thing were broken off, amazingly beautiful thing could grow in their place.”  ---- Denise Hildreth Jones Evy Journey has penned a heart touching love story,...

Review with Giveaway: Hello, My Love! (Between Two Worlds, #1) by E. Journey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”  ---- Donald Miller, an American author Evy Journey has penned a heart touching contemporary love story, Hello, My Love! which is the first book in the Between Two Worlds series,...

16 August 2015

Review #301: The Drowning (Fjällbacka #6) by Camilla Läckberg

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.”  ----Mark Vonnegut, an American pediatrician and memoirist Camilla Läckberg, an international bestselling Swedish author, has penned yet another bone-chilling thriller, The Drowning in...

15 August 2015

Review #300: Innocence; or, Murder on Steep Street by Heda Margolius Kovály, Alex Zucker (Translation)

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Innocence is a kind of insanity”  ----Graham Greene, an English novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenplay writer, travel writer and critic Heda Margolius Kovály was a Czech writer, whose book, Innocence; or, Murder on Steep Street was inspired by...

14 August 2015

Review #299: The Wrong Man by Kate White

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Sometimes we want to believe something so badly that we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of.” ---- Aaron B. Powell, an American author Kate White, the New York Times bestselling author, pens her latest suspense novel, The Wrong Man, which is a heart-stopping...

12 August 2015

Review #298: Find Virgil by Frank Freudberg

My rating: 5 of 5 stars "The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray." ----David Byrne, a Scottish-born American musician Frank Freudberg, an American author, has penned a compelling and thoroughly...

11 August 2015

Review #297: When We Were Sisters by Beth Miller

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”  ----Elbert Hubbard, an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher Beth Miller, a debut English author, has penned a heart-touching contemporary story, When We Were Sisters about two...

10 August 2015

Blog Tour with Giveaway: Blackmail Boyfriend by Chris Cannon

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Love is a wonderful thing, my dear, but it leaves you wide open for blackmail.” ----Jasper Fforde, an English author Chris Cannon, an American author, pens her new book, Blackmail Boyfriend, which is a cute high school love story between a rich guy and a middle class...

9 August 2015

Review #296: The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1) by Melissa de la Cruz

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”  ----Desmond Tutu Melissa de la Cruz,a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, pens her new YA book, The Isle of the Lost which is the...

Review #295: Before We Were Strangers by Renée Carlino

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “That’s the thing about life. You don’t always get a second chance and there are no guarantees. Love is the only thing that really matters.”  ----Linda Becker, an American author Renée Carlino, USA TODAY bestselling author, pens her latest tear-jerking new adult...

8 August 2015

Review #294: The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick

My rating: 5 of 5 stars "Let me tell you something. There's no nobility in poverty. I've been a poor man, and I've been a rich man. And I choose rich every fucking time. " ----Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street Robert Goolrick, #1 New York Times bestselling author, pens his new novel,...

Review #293: Mortom by Erik Therme

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” ----Anonymous Erik Therme, an American author, has penned his debut novel, Mortom, which accounts the story of a brother and a sister who are left a huge estate by one of theirs distant cousin who committed...

Review #292: It's You by Jane Porter

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!”  ----C. JoyBell C. Jane Porter, USA Today bestselling author, pens her new book, It's You, which tells the story of a young woman who after the...

7 August 2015

Review #291: Court of Fives (Court of Fives #1) by Kate Elliott

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” ---- Charlotte Brontë Kate Elliott, an award-winning American YA author, pens her new book, Court of Fives which is the first book in the Court of Fives trilogy, that tells...

6 August 2015

Review #290: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” ----Winston Churchill Charles Belfoure, a national bestselling author, has penned a heart-touching as well as enlightening and nostalgic novel, The Paris Architect, that accounts the story of an architect based in...