Review #64: Ruined (Stratford High #1) by Marian Manseau Cheatham

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


         “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
           Men were deceivers ever,-
          One foot in sea and one on shore,
         To one thing constant never.”
                ----William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing

Based on Shakespeare's famous play, Much Ado about Nothing , Marian Manseau Cheatham, a Chicago based author, has penned her latest novel, Ruined which explores the roller-coaster ride of the emotions of teenagers and their impulsive attitude over everything in the twenty-first century.

Synopsis:
Blythe Messina, the senior year student of Stratford High is no longer in a relationship with the lacrosse star of her school, DB Whitmore. But it is getting impossible for Blythe to get over DB Whitmore when her uncle Leo is sponsor of the whole lacrosse team. Her niece, Bonni Messina is falling for another lacrosse star named Cory Rash. But when scandalous and illegal photos of Bonni and the lacrosse captain are texted among the whole school, Boon's reputation is immediately

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Review #42: The Way Back to Happiness by Elizabeth Bass

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Dr. Steve Maraboli, who is a life-changing Speaker, bestselling Author, and Behavioral Science Academic in the US, has quoted remarkably, about how people should let go of certain grudges in their life, as;

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

Elizabeth Bass, an American author, has marvelously crafted a profound tale about love, loss, and forgiveness, in her book called, The Way Back to Happiness . Although it is a fiction, but still the story sounded quite realistic to me, and tells me do we ever follow the noble words of what Dr. Steve Maraboli has said about forgiveness? Do we ever let go of our past? And most important, we find it hard to forgive ourselves in the first place, because we are masters in feeling ourselves guilty for our whole lifetime. Elizabeth Bass, the author, has skillfully explained the road to forgiveness, which is happened to be so less traveled by us.

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Review #30: Rose Blossom by Renee Travis

Rose Blossom by Renee Travis

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


While reading Rose Blossom by Renee Travis, please shut all your thoughts and opinions about Twilight series aside, because the author, has profoundly mentioned that she has penned down this story, even before Stephanie Meyer's Twilight has got published. So out of respect, Please Do Not Compare This Book to Twilight Series. It was a mere coincidence that both the stories are quite similar. Let's talk about Rose blossom; it's very beautiful, romantic and quite scary too!

A 17year old girl, Rhodanthe Watson, was diagnosed with a rare heart disease and a quite deadly one too at a very tender age. The doctors have already chalked out her life-plans for her and her over-protective mother makes sure, that Rhodanthe follows through all very strict rules and regulations, thereby making Rhodanthe's life boring and miserable. But in her senior year, she develops a crush for a very mysterious guy named, Julian. And instantaneously, all of a sudden, her dream comes true, when Julian asks her out, followed by the Homecoming Dance. Slowly, Rho got a feeling that Julian is mysterious as well as different and soon her doubt becomes a reality. Along with her boyfriend, she decides to change herself. But her plan gets messy and scary, when she got abducted by a jealous lover! Read it to find out more.

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Review #28: Counting to D by Kate Scott

Counting to D by Kate Scott

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Dyslexia is the affliction of a frozen genius.”
----Stephen Richards, author, film director, self-help expert

From Albert Einstein to Leonardo da Vinci to Muhammad Ali to Agatha Christie to Henry Ford, each one of them was a remarkable genius in their own field, but unfortunately they were all a victim of Dyslexia. I sometimes wonder how they all got through their high schools.

Kate Scott, another victim of Dyslexia, is an American author, who had penned down this tale of a young girl named Sam, a dyslexic girl, in her new book Counting to D, and shows us how she copes with her Dyslexia among her peers at such a tender age.

Thanks to the author, Kate Scott, for providing me with a copy of her book, in return for an honest and biased review.

Samantha Wilson, a math’s prodigy, is the smartest and intelligent girl among her peers ...but she is also illiterate. Sam was diagnosed with Dyslexia at a very tender age, but that didn't make her any less smart. Due to her mom's new job, she had to move to Oregon with her, leaving behind her only two good friends, Arden and Gabby. In Oregon, she decides to keep her diagnosis as a secret, thereby joining up with the coolest and smartest kids club, called the Brain Trust. But along her struggle to keep up her grades high, she makes some good friends like Eli, Kaitlyn and aah, her crush, Nate, of course, he's another prodigy kid.

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