Synopsis: The daughter of a pagan high priest, Sofea finds solace from her troubles in the freedom of the ocean. But when marauders attack her village on the island of Sicily, she and her cousin are taken across the sea to the shores of Canaan. Eitan has lived in Kedesh,…
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Synopsis: How to Make the Most of Your 20s Despite what many think, your twenties aren’t that dead space between youth and real life. Life is now, and how you spend these years will shape your future for better or worse. In 20 Things We’d Tell Our Twenty-something Selves, professors Peter and…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/review-20-things-wed-tell-our-twenty-something-selves/Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari (Review) (Throwback Thursday)
23.03.17 / Harvill Secker / Non-Fiction / Hardback / 528pp / 9781784703936 Target Audience: Those who are interested in the inner workings of tomorrow and how things might work out eventually. Readers who love a deep and enriching non-fiction treat. About Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,……
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A short and sweet intro to the cozy mysteries in Cherry Hills
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Synopsis: Locked in with the town bad boy . . . Most women would be scared, but Gabriella’s only worried about resisting Cruz Walsh, who’s even hotter than he was back in high school. Cruz was wrongly accused of the high-profile crime for which he was imprisoned; Gabriella’s desperate for the…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/review-beautiful-sinner/One Part Woman ~ Perumal Murugan
Rating: ??? I would say overall experience is a 3/5, but it’s hard for me to rate this one in the same way it’s hard for me to rate Zadie Smith’s book Swing Time – it’s well written and challenges social norms, but I also didn’t personally enjoy it. I am shocked by how enjoyable
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/one-part-woman-perumal-murugan/The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris (Book Review)
This book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 15.10.2018 / Gollancz (Orion) / Folklore – Mythology / Hardback / 224pp / 978-1473222236 Target Audience: Mythology, folklore and fairytale lovers. Those who enjoy a familiar narrative with plenty of fantastic twists. About The Blue Salt Road A perfect autumn……
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This book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 15.05.2018 / Titan Books / Fantasy-Thriller / Paperback / 432pp / 978-1783299751 Target Audience: Readers who appreciate classic Sherlock Holmes re-imaginings mixed with arcane thrills and plenty of heart. About Warlock Holmes: My Grave Ritual As they blunder towards doom,……
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Welcome to my latest Recent Book Haul post. I have been busy with all sorts of decisions with my blog recently and have not had a chance to share all the epic reads that are coming through my door at the moment. I have decided to take a more laid back approach to these posts but that……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/recent-book-haul-updates-bookmail-bookhaul-bookpost-reading-reviewing-bookshop-books-updates-plans/A Court of Frost and Starlight ~ Sarah J. Maas
Rating: 4/5 This short book is the fourth in the series, and gives readers a snapshot of our band of friends preparing for the Winter Solstice. This is a deep dive into the pleasures and trauma of Feyre’s newfound family in their lives together after the war. Maas takes a pretty big departure from the
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/10/06/a-court-of-frost-and-starlight-sarah-j-maas/Book Review: Catwoman Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas (5/5)
When the Bat’s away, the Cat will play. It’s time to see how many lives this cat really has. . . . Two years after escaping Gotham City’s slums, Selina Kyle returns as the mysterious and wealthy Holly Vanderhees. She quickly discovers that with Batman off on a vital mission, Batwing is left to hold
Read More from: https://bbmorganblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/06/book-review-catwoman-soulstealer-by-sarah-j-maas-5-5/Review: The Christmas Heirloom
Synopsis: In Kristi Ann Hunter’s “Legacy of Love,” Sarah Gooding never suspected returning a brooch to an elderly woman would lead to a job . . . and introduce her to the woman’s grandson, a man far above her station. In Karen Witemeyer’s “Gift of the Heart,” widow Ruth Albright…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/review-the-christmas-heirloom/Review: A Blade so Black by L.L. McKinney
The first time the Nightmares came in A Blade so Black, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.Life in real-world Atlanta isn’t always so simple, as Alice juggles…
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The skies are all you can soar buffet. The sun is the flashlight guiding the way. The clouds are the reminders of never giving up. For they rise and fall multiple times and still rise back to the top. The rain is my cry for justice. It pours out every so often harder at times….
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/inspire-me/Review: A Secret to Die For
Synopsis: Psychologist Grace Callahan has no idea that she has a secret–one worth killing for. But when she finds out one of her clients has been murdered, she quickly realizes that the computer security specialist wasn’t simply suffering from paranoia. Detective Nate Quinn has just been cleared for active duty after…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/review-a-secret-to-die-for/Review: The Distant Sound of Thunder
Synopsis: Katie Stuckey and Jonas Weaver are both romantics. Seventeen-year-old Katie is starry-eyed, in love with the idea of being in love, and does not want to wait to marry Jonas until she is eighteen, despite her parents’ insistence. So much can happen in a year. Twenty-year-old Jonas is taken in…
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This book was sent to me by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. 06.09.2018 / MacLehose Press (Quercus) / Thriller / Hardback / 400pp / 978-0857059901 About Inhuman Resources A darkly compelling workplace thriller from the master of French Noir Alain Delambre is a 57-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/inhuman-resources-by-pierre-lemaitre-book-review-plemaitreauteur-maclehosepress-workplacethriller-frenchnoir-inhumanresources-pierrelemaitre-quercusbooks-review/The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
A wonderful tale of finding joy after loss and sadness. With kittens
Read More from: http://bookangel.co.uk/review/the-three-kitties-that-saved-my-life/The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy ~ Mackenzi Lee
Happy Book Birthday to The Lady’s Guide by Makenzi Lee! Rating: 5/5 The Lady’s Guide was even more awesome than Lee’s last book! Felicity Montague has been living in Edinburgh with her baker friend, Callum. Unfortunately for her, he proposes, giving her an ultimatum of accepting his proposal or moving out of the house. Her
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/the-ladys-guide-to-petticoats-and-piracy-makenzi-lee/Review: Delayed Justice
Synopsis: She had long given up the desire to be loved. Now she only needed to be heard. Jaime Nichols went to law school to find the voice she never had as a child, and her determination to protect girls and women in the path of harm drives her in…
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