Books, Beauty, and Lots of Fun
Right from meeting the Chemical Drones, aka a group of five friends (Sasha, Tanny, Raj, Debbie, Sam), I knew The Chemical Drones – The Doozie Rockers by Hashwrite was going to be a delightful read. These five friends are fourth-graders, and each one of them is talented in their unique way. When Tanny plays a…
Instead of transporting humans into the world of strange creatures, Requiem, Changing Times by R. J. Parker brings them into our world — more precisely, into the world of Clint Holden, his family, his best friend, Corbin, and the whole city. For the seventh-grader Clint, the list of problems consisted of quite a few issues:…
Reviewed by me for Reader’s Favorite. Little Tea by Claire Fullerton takes the readers on a journey of betrayal, young romance, friendship, and racism in the ’80s. Ava, Celia, and Renny had been friends since they were thirteen years old. Years after, when Ava struggled with her decision to leave her twenty-three years of marriage,…
If you do not pay enough heed to the profound wisdom of the book, then The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho is just a fiction written in a documentary style. We follow the life of Athena as told by people who knew her: her mother, her ex-husband, a lover journalist, an actress who despised…
Reviewed by me for Reader’s Favorite. Shattered Treasure by Cindy Patterson takes the readers on a dramatic, emotional, and romantic journey with Addison Morgan. Twenty-two years old Addison knew pain more than anything else. After the death of her father, her mother began treating her daughters (Addison and Casey) as a burden. She was only…
Reviewed by me for Reader’s Favorite. Dead Lawyers by Steve McAvoy is a murder mystery about a serial killer. He, who is tagged by media as Dick the Butcher, is on a murder spree. Since the only person who might benefit from these murders is Mack Traynor, he is the prime suspect in this case….
The thing about Amish is that he picks up characters from Indian mythology and reinvents them without holding back his imagination. Raavan is not an exception to this rule. Amish’s Raavan is brave, brilliant, cruel, passionate, and ambitious. He does not flinch at the sight of blood; in fact, his ever-curious brain examines the bleeding…
Reviewed by me for Reader’s Favorite. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Tap into the believer inside of you and put the skeptic in you to sleep before grabbing The Move by Whitney Dineen. Years ago, Alexis’ grandmother took her to a psychic, who told her that at the age of 30,…
Reviewed by me for Readers’ Favorite. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Storytellers by Bjørn Larssen revolves around Gunnar (a blacksmith), an uninvited/unknown guest, Sigurd, and a very strange community in Iceland. Gunnar is a very private person who doesn’t like anybody other than his dog and his horse. He doesn’t keep track of…
Reviewed by me for Reader’s Favorite. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By referring entries in the diary of her ancestor, Lucy, and other family members, Elizabeth St.John has recreated a beautiful story of love, family values, and empowered women in By Love Divided – The Lydiard Chronicles. After the tragic death…
