Review #685: The Weight of Him by Ethel Rohan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” ----Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi Ethel Rohan, an Irish author, has penned an extremely heart touching story called The Weight of Him that revolves around an obese father's loss over his elder son who has committed...

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Review #684: Little Secrets by Anna Snoekstra

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.” ----Roald Dahl Anna Snoekstra, an Australian author, has penned a riveting psychological thriller called, Little Secrets...

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Review #683: Demi-Gods by Eliza K. Robertson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “People say teenagers think they're immortal, and I agree with that. But I think there's a difference between thinking you're immortal and knowing you can survive. Thinking you're immortal leads to arrogance, thinking you deserve the best. Surviving means having the worst...

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Review #682: Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) by Anchee Min

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty.” ----Shan Sa Anchee Min, a Chinese author, has penned an enlightening tale about the last empress of China in her book called, Empress Orchid that revolves around a young concubine of the last emperor of...

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Review #681: The Astonishing Thing by Sandi Ward

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” ----Ernest Hemingway Sandi Ward, an American author, has penned a heart warming debut contemporary fiction called The Astonishing Thing that...

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Review #680: Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons, #1) by Leigh Bardugo

My rating: 5 of 5 stars I used to want to save the world. To end war and bring peace to mankind. But then, I glimpsed the darkness that lives within their light. I learned that inside every one of them, there will always be both. The choice each must make for themselves - something no hero will...

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Review #679: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “I have now come to know that what one believes often becomes permanent, and what become permanent can be indestructible.” ----Chigozie Obioma Chigozie Obioma, an ward winning Nigerian writer, has penned a captivating and a spellbinding tale called, The Fishermen...

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Review #678: Copycat by Alex Lake

My rating: 3 of 5 stars “He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.” ----Confucius Alex Lake, a British novelist, has penned a subtly gripping psychological thriller called, Copycat that is centered around a well established doctor, wife and mother of three kids whose...

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Review #647: A Hundred Little Flames by Preeti Shenoy

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long.” ----Criss...

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Review #646: Victoria & Abdul by Shrabani Basu

My rating: 4 of 5 stars “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.” ----Alfred Tennyson Shrabani Basu, an Indian author has penned an honest memoir about a forgotten man who mattered the most in the life of Queen Victoria in her book called,...

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Review #645: Red Maize by Danesh Rana

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Terrorism has nothing to do with religion, Islam or otherwise. Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.” ----Abhijit Naskar Danesh Rana, an Indian Police Service officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, has penned a vividly compelling tale about Jammu and...

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