***This book was reviewed for Port Jericho Illustrated by Lenny Web, BCR Fegan’s Henry and the Hidden Treasure is a charming and quirky tale about a young boy named Henry. Henry has treasure he wants to keep safe from his little ninja sister. Instead of putting his treasure in a bank, Henry devises an elaborate […]
***This book was reviewed for She Writes Press via Netgalley & for the Manhattan Book Review Volker’s Venetian Blood weaves alluring language, seductive setting, the charm of shadowed history, and cunning intrigue into a (modern) historical mystery so tantalising you will be swept away from word one. Anna Lucia Lottol, a financial investigator […]
***This book was reviewed for Chronicle Books via Netgalley This delightful collection of Victorian ghost tales features offerings by such notables as Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. I was a bit disappointed to find no tale from Edgar Allan Poe though. Ghost stories of this era are a […]
**This book was reviewed for Sourcebooks/Fire via Netgalley, and for Barclay Publicity The Way It Hurts is told through the alternating viewpoints of Kristen and Elijah. Kristen is a singer and actor. Elijah is part of a rock band called Ride Out. He hears Kristen sing at a high school performance of Cats and […]
***This book was reviewed for Ten Speed Press/Watson Guptill via Netgalley I was so excited to see this! I grew up with the Draw 50 series. Indeed, Draw 50 Sharks helped me win a contest in the seventh grade. As a homeroom, we drew pictures and submitted them for homeroom mascot. My thresher shark won, […]
I seem to have niched myself into certain genres by accident! Children’s books, historical fiction, philosophy. Who’d’ve guessed? 😛 Any perceptive person, I hope. Except for the children’s books. That… that was unexpected. Books read, reviewed, and posted/scheduled this past week: Wind and Oyster Jack by Marcia G. Moore, 5* (releases Nov 28) I […]
***This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Paul’s wife Allison has succumbed to cancer after a long hard fight. He is grieving still, but time waits for no one. During the final days of her illness, their three children stayed with aunt and grandparents. Now they’ve returned home, forcing Paul to engage in life again. […]
***This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review and for Harlequin/MIRA via Netgalley. Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone is a story of broken dreams, fractured family, and the power of belief. One lonely night, Benedict Stone is woken by banging on his door. On the other side is a young woman named Gemma, […]
***This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Life Bank, by Magus Tor, is a novella following the life of Daniel Chia, and chronicling the consequences he faces after making a deal with an otherworldly being. After a fruitless interview, merely one in a string of them, Daniel is approached by a man named Raphael […]
***This book was reviewed by independent request. Meredith’s Reflections of Queen Snow White is an alchemical expansion of the beloved children’s fairytale ‘Snow White’. Decades have passed since Prince Charming woke Snow White, and her wicked stepmother was overthrown. The wedding of Snow White’s daughter Raven is approaching, but all Snow White can think […]