Synopsis: In this follow-up to The Tattooist of Auschwitz, the author tells the story, based on a true one, of a woman who survives Auschwitz, only to find herself locked away again. Cilka Klein is 18 years old when Auschwitz-Birkenau is liberated by Soviet soldiers. But Cilka is one of the many women who is…
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Rating: 5/5 Having read Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, I was looking forward to my next Butler read. I was not disappointed. In fact, Kindred impressed me with such a different style and feel compared to the duology I had previously read. Hopping back and forth through time, this science fiction
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/01/17/kindred-octavia-butler/Explorations in Form: New Small Press Releases
It’s the goal of small presses such as Inside the Castle, Dostoyevsky Wannabe, Schism, and others like them to publish unconventional forms of literature, those in the expanded field — whatever that might entail. Book-objects that play with what literature is capable of, what it can do or contain. Here, I want to explore some
Read More from: https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/reviews/small-press-reviewsReview: The Way of the Brave
Synopsis: Former pararescue jumper Orion Starr is haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong. He may be living alone in Alaska now, but the pain of his failure–and his injuries–has followed him there from Afghanistan. He has no desire to join Hamilton Jones’s elite rescue team, but he also can’t shirk his duty…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/review-the-way-of-the-brave/Review: Love Her or Lose Her
Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with a unique, sexy romantic comedy about a young married couple whose rocky relationship needs a serious renovation. Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple: high school sweethearts, best friends, madly in love. Well, they used to be anyway. Now Rosie’s lucky to get a…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/17/review-love-her-or-lose-her/Review: Lethal Homecoming
Synopsis: IT’S NOT OVER… Six years ago, danger sent Callie Ainsworth running, and now all she wants is to go home to Tanner Hollow. She’s received word that the danger is over, so she is free to be reunited with her mother and sister. When someone tries to kill Callie before she even reaches the…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/review-lethal-homecoming/Review: Lethal Conspiracy
Synopsis: As a professional fundraiser for charitable organizations, Lillian Maloney, is used to sweet talking people into seeing things her way. But when she sees her father’s campaign manager murder a woman in the parking garage of his office building, no amount of sweet talking can save her. Now, she’s Lilly Peterson, and on the…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/review-lethal-conspiracy/Review: Lethal Secrets
Synopsis: Someone wants Honor McBride dead, but the mother of five children is determined to outwit the killer. With only her smarts and a GPS system, she and her kids head for Tanner Hollow where they arrive to claim the home left to Honor by her great aunt. A flat tire right in the middle…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/review-lethal-secrets/Review: Protecting Tanner Hollow
Synopsis: Four nail-biting novellas in one! Lethal Homecoming Nolan Tanner never got over Kallie Ainsworth’s sudden, unexplained departure. Now when he comes to her rescue after an attempt on her life, all the old feelings come rushing back. Lethal Conspiracy When professional fundraiser Lillian Maloney sees her father’s campaign manager commit murder, she goes on…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/review-protecting-tanner-hollow/Review: Listen Well, Lead Better
Synopsis: Why do so many leaders prioritize their speaking skills when communication studies show we spend more time listening than reading, writing, or speaking? The reality is, most people are below-average listeners, and it’s keeping them and their team members from reaching their potential. In Listen Well, Lead Better, Steve and Becky Harling share 10…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/review-listen-well-lead-better/Review: The Art of Friendship
Synopsis: In this age of limitless digital connections, we are somehow lonelier than ever. This isn’t just bad news–it’s dangerous news. Loneliness puts us at greater health risk than smoking or obesity, but we would sooner label ourselves overweight than admit we are lonely. It is a secret that is killing us. Contrary to all…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/review-the-art-of-friendship/The Shop on Peculiar Hill
An enjoyable children’s book written with a whimsical sense of nonsense
Read More from: http://bookangel.co.uk/review/the-shop-on-peculiar-hill/Born a Crime ~ Trevor Noah
Rating: 4/5 Listened to on audio, Born a Crime is a memorable reading experience. Trevor Noah’s voice is very soothing, and I loved his impersonations of his mother, his other family, and the people he encountered throughout his life. I listened to this book over the summer while hiking the AT, and it was just
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/01/14/born-a-crime-trevor-noah/Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston Giveaway
Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston Release date: Mar 31, 202
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2020/01/15/badger-to-the-bone-by-shelly-laurenston-giveaway/Best Nonfiction of 2019
I read a lot of really great books this year. Although I didn’t read as many as in past years, I feel I really dialed in my reading preferences and found books that I could really dig into. First I’ll share my favorite nonfiction reads, more to come from young adult and fiction. Nonfiction: I
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/best-nonfiction-of-2019/Saturday Series – Flavia De Luce
Happy Saturday! Saturday Series is a weekly (or maybe not so weekly) meme where we get to share those book series that we love and adore. The ones where you get so attached to all the characters that they have your whole heart. You may have been in from book one, anxiously waiting for every
Read More from: https://speedyreadercom.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/saturday-series-flavia-de-luce/Sweep With Me – Ilona Andrews
This is a fun quick novella in the Innkeeper Chronicles while it was free on the authors website you can also pre-order the polished version. I really enjoyed a quick fun read with Dina, Sean and the rest of Gertrude Hunt guests
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2020/01/11/sweep-with-me-ilona-andrews/The Similars ~ Rebecca Hanover
Rating: 5/5 Man, oh man, this was quite the fascinating read. Quick paced, this book was unlike other horror-esque novels I have read recently. Although I often steer clear of horror, this came across my radar as a book about clones. I can’t remember why I decided to pick it up, as that was quite
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2020/01/10/the-similars-rebecca-hanover/Review: Cold Nose, Warm Heart
Synopsis: A poodle, a black lab and a Chihuahua walk into a dog park… All Caleb Donovan has to do to redeem his family name is take a rundown Miami Beach apartment building and turn it into luxury condos. Easy, right? Unfortunately, that would also turn the local dog park into a parking lot and…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/review-cold-nose-warm-heart/Review: Never Kiss a Duke
Synopsis: A disinherited duke and a former lady are courting much more than business in the first novel in Megan Frampton’s newest titillating series, Hazards of Dukes. Everything he had ever known was a lie… Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth, privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. Until he discovers the only thing…
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