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No Spoiler Book Review of the Beautiful Debut Novel – Part Star Part Dust, L M Valiram
It reads like an epic, maybe one day we’ll see it transformed into film, it has that cinematic feel.
Book Review – Get to know the iconic Smart Passive Income guru – Let Go, Pat Flynn
I’ve also been ‘let go’ and it’s hard to bounce back but Pat gives you the tools, and motivation to do it.
Book Review – Business for Authors: How to be an Author Entrepreneur, Joanna Penn
I knew I wanted a different career, I frequently said to myself ‘There must be more than this.’
Book Review of the Invaluable Non-Fiction – The Art of Social Media, Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick
There’s a brilliant helpful ‘schedule’ of what to do when you ‘Peg’ a blog post – invaluable!
A Page Turner Thriller! No Spoiler Book Review – Love, Lies & Clones, Joynell Schultz
I had a vision of ‘Bones’ Temperance Brennan, you know the character created by Kathy Reichs. She’s not as ‘detached’ but certainly similar.
Book Review of Non-Fiction / Autobiographical Book – On Writing, A Memoir of The Craft, Stephen King
We may not all end up with a back list as long as your arm, but if you want to write it’s a great place to get advice from someone who knows. He truly does have the t-shirt.
No Spoiler Book Review of the Beautiful, Curious, Booker Prize Winning – The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
Before I watch any movie or TV adaptations I try to read the book. This frees me to immerse myself in the writer’s original work and, importantly, my own imagination.
Young Adult (YA) Fiction Book Review – Matched, Ally Condie
The young characters are not only learning about love and honesty, but also hidden agendas. They learn that not everything is as it seems, decisions are not always easy, in other words adulthood does not bring all the answers.
Book Review of THE BRILLIANT – His Bloody Project, Graeme Macrae Burnet
A small town murder occurs, in true ‘TV detective Columbo’ style you know who did it, but you are still drawn into the tale. Brutal moments, hidden undercurrents and stubborn survival instincts all described simply and in deserved prize-winning ways.
Book Review – The Girl In The Spider’s Web, David Lagercrantz
Lisbeth has quite a few really good reasons to hate men and I believe Mr Larsson’s writing shows he was a true feminist
Book Review – The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
By the way there is a new genre creeping onto the bookshelves ‘New Adult’ which is YA with sex, odd really surely a new adult is just an adult.
Book Review – Guilty Wives, James Patterson & David Ellis
I wasn’t going to pick up this book, despite recommendations, as it looked a bit tacky and predictable with a beautiful woman in evening dress and handcuffs on the cover. However it was brilliant!
Book Review – Lasting Damage, Sophie Hannah
A classic storyline and mystery of a woman, is she going mad, is she already insane or, is it a set up.
Book Review – The Son, Jo Nesbo
I read this in just over a day, it really grabs you and over you through the plot. I guess I’d describe it as ‘Gritty Scandinavian’.
Book Review – Chance Developments – A McCall Smith
What a joy, a small hand size hardback book, beautifully bound and tactile.