Tag archives for book review - Page 12
My Q&A with Darren Goth , Author of ‘Are You Seeing Me’
Hi Darren You are my very first Q&A so please bear with me. I hope I don’t hit you up with any clichéd, over asked questions! 1) The book cover art and the animated book trailer are beautiful and the reason I chose to read and review this book. Do…
Book Review Coming…Masquerade
Keeping on my YA theme, I'm reading Masquerade. I will be sharing my review soon! 'Masquerade', published by Penguin Books Australia in August 2014. In the glittering masked world that is the Carnevale of 1750 everyone has a Seven teens, from the highest aristocrat to the lowest servant are all…
Book Review – Are You Seeing Me by Darren Groth
Are You Seeing Me follows the lives of twins Perry and Justine. They have just turned nineteen and their father has passed away. Perry is different from Justine and she explains this to every new person she meets by telling them: ‘Perry has a brain condition that can cause him…
Book Review – Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
I haven't read historical fiction in a while and Hannah Kent, the author, is Agnes Magnusdottir incarnate, i'm pretty sure of it. The book carefully portrays the life of Agnes, who was executed in iceland in 1829 for the murder of two men. Based on a true story and historical…
Book Review is here! A Swollen Red Sun
Dale Banks works a county cop in Gasconade, a place where the family from 'Deliverance' would fit right in. The town has been swallowed up by Crank. People deal in it, use it, abuse it and their families are subjected to the horrors and unpredictability of meth. Dale finds $52,000…
Book Review Coming…. A Swollen Red Sun
After my awesome dystopian reads of Skin Job and Sand I am ready to get stuck into Swollen Red Sun! Religion, meth, corruption, and morality come together in this gripping tale of desperation In Gasconade County, Missouri, once called the meth capital of the world. Deputy Sherriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000…
Book Review….. Sand by Hugh Howey
I was expecting big things from Sand. I loved the Wool trilogy,which was my very first toe-dip into sci-fi. So, what did I think of Sand? Am I a sci-fi convert? Sand is set far, far into the future, where the world we know today, is ancient, buried long ago…
I’m on the Reluctantly Charmed Blog Tour!
I have been kindly offered a chance to read and review Reluctantly Charmed by Ellie O'Neill, published by Simon and Schuster. You will be hearing lots about the book from me in coming months, but to get you prepared and rather than post a press release, I thought I would…
Book Review Coming – Fan Edition- Sand by Hugh Howey
I must admit, I was pretty excited to be pre-approved Random House for the next Hugh Howey book. Can't wait to get stuck in! The new novel from the international bestselling author of the Wool trilogy. The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting…
Book Review – Skinjob by Bruce McCabe
I first learned of Skinjob at the Book Bloggers forum which Penguin Random House held in April. Bruce McCabe was at the forum where he spoke briefly about his book journey and I knew, out of the pile of lovey free books I received, this would be my first read.…