Review #638: The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad, Ingrid Christophersen (Translator)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “She couldn't survey the wreck of the world with an air of casual unconcern.” ----Margaret Mitchell Åsne Seierstad, an Award winning journalist-turned-Norwegian-author, has penned a delectable and slightly captivating account of her stay with an Afghan family, who owned...

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Review #637: Charlatans by Robin Cook

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “We can't possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that the name's become proverbial. Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It's a sad season of life without growth...It has no...

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Review #636: The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.” ----Malcolm X Karin Slaughter, the No. 1 bestselling author, has penned a hair-raisingly chilly and terrifying family thriller, The Good Daughter that centers around two crimes in a small American town, occurring...

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Review #635: Final Girls by Riley Sager

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Even in times of trauma, we try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can. That, my friends, is called surviving. Not healing. We never become whole again ... we are survivors. If you are here today... you are a survivor. But those of us who have made it...

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Review #634: Bite of the Black Dogs by Sanjay Bahadur

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” ----Mark Twain Sanjay Bahadur, an India author, pens a terrific, nail biting and gripping real-life special operations of Indian Special Forces book based on a true story,...

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Review #633: The Rome Affair by Karen Swan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” ----Giotto di Bondone Karen Swan, an English author, has penned a compelling, stirring and riveting contemporary romance novel, The Rome Affair that revolves around a former British barrister...

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Review #632: The Crunch Factor by Andaleeb Wajid

My rating: 2 of 5 stars “You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.” ----Jodi Picoult Andaleeb Wajid, an Indian author, has penned a mildly heart warming, Bollywood-ish and spicy contemporary romance called, The Crunch Factor packed...

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