YA Fiction/Fantasy, 2018 Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest
Read More from: https://bbmorganblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/book-review-the-cruel-prince-by-holly-black-4-5/Review: Stretched Too Thin by Jessica N. Turner
Synopsis: Working mothers constantly battle the pull to do all the things well. From managing work and home responsibilities to being impacted by a lack of self-care and time for deep friendships, the struggle is real. At the end of each day, many working moms are exhausted and stretched too thin….
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/review-stretched-too-thin-by-jessica-n-turner/Throw Back Thursday – Review for The Humans by Matt Haig
Throwback Thursday – My Review For The Humans “This book, this actual book, is set right here, on earth. It is about the meaning of life and nothing at all. It is about what it takes to kill someone and save them. It is about love and dead poets and wholenut peanut butter. It is……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/throw-back-thursday-review-for-the-humans-by-matt-haig-review-humanity-canongate-throwbackthursday/The Cottage at Hope Cove
An excellent example of the genre and those looking for a happy ever after romance should give it a rea
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Rating:3.5/5 This book is a collection of personal narratives from queer Nigerian women. First of all, I want to say I am so impressed with the subject matter. Queer Nigerian women are sharing their stories in this book, and they are not shying away from difficult subject matter. They are sharing their rapes, forced marriages,
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/09/12/she-called-me-woman-azeenarh-mohammed/Review: Secret of the Stones by Olivia Swift
Synopsis: Katarina Jones’ sensible exterior and strong practical streak often masks her real feelings. Ben Carruthers is terrified to ask Kat out but when he buys a piece of land, and enlists Kat’s help with his vision, it gives him the opportunity to spend some time with her. When Ben has…
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Synopsis: Jed Patrick is convinced he’s doing all it takes to keep his family safe–new names, new location, new identity. But just when he thinks he finally has his life back, trained men claiming to be CIA agents break in and threaten his wife and daughter, proving once and for all…
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Synopsis: Hailed as Italy’s The Fault in Our Stars, this Italian bestseller is now available for the first time in English. “I was born on the first day of school, and I grew up and old in just two hundred days . . .” Sixteen-year-old Leo has a way with words,…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/12/review-white-as-silence-red-as-song-by-alessandro-davenia/Review: The Dead Sea Gospel
James Boswell’s debut novel, The Dead Sea Gospel, proves that there is plenty of mystery and intrigue revolving around the ancient world… and around the modern one which grasps to understand it. He pens an intricate web very Dan Brown style about a new discovery: a scroll believed to come from the first century… one
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/review-the-dead-sea-gospel/Monday Mini-Reviews: 9/10
I have not finished… any of the books I was supposed to review so far this month, so here’s what I’ve been doing instead – listening to books that are NOT on my review list! A+ Time Management, Ceillie! However, all the books I’ve been listening to have been really good, so here’s my group…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/monday-mini-reviews-9-10/You Can’t Touch My Hair ~ Phoebe Robinson
Rating: 4/5 I’ve always found that comedy is one of the best ways to share one’s political views, as through humor, we as humans are more open to ideas that are not ours. For this reason, I wish I was funnier. Anyway, Phoebe (I’m going to call her Phoebe because I listen to her podcast
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/you-cant-touch-my-hair-phoebe-robinson/Review: Wedding the Widow by Jenna Jaxon
Synopsis: Widowed by the Battle of Waterloo, the ladies of Lyttlefield Park are reentering London society, where they’ll learn how to live—and love—again… Of all the widows of Lyttlefield Park, Elizabeth Easton seems least likely to remarry. Though many gentlemen would love to get to know the charming Mrs. Easton…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/08/review-wedding-the-widow-by-jenna-jaxon/Review: What Ales the Earl by Sally MacKenzie
Synopsis: Scandal does not define the “fallen” ladies of Puddledon Manor’s Benevolent Home. Instead, it’s a recipe for an intoxicating new future as the women combine their talents—to operate their own brewery and alehouse… When Penelope Barnes arrived at the Home with her young daughter, she discovered a knack for horticulture—and…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/review-what-ales-the-earl-by-sally-mackenzie/Review: The Prize by Geoffrey M. Cooper
Synopsis: Winner of National Indie Excellence Award for medical thrillers. Silver Medal in Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest. What does it take to win a Nobel Prize? Deceit, fraud, even murder? Set in the competitive world of cutting-edge medical research, The Prize is a science thriller in which jealousy…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/review-the-prize-by-geoffrey-m-cooper/Book Review: Bright We Burn by Kiersten White (4/5)
Haunted by the sacrifices he made in Constantinople, Radu is called back to the new capital. Mehmed is building an empire, becoming the sultan his people need. But Mehmed has a secret: as emperor, he is more powerful than ever . . . and desperately lonely. Does this mean Radu can finally have more with
Read More from: https://bbmorganblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/08/book-review-bright-we-burn-by-kiersten-white-4-5/Review: Santa’s on His Way by Lisa Jackson, Maisey Yates, Stacy Finz, and Nicole Helm
Synopsis: Open your heart to the holidays with these stories of unexpected love . . . A BABY FOR CHRISTMAS * Lisa Jackson The uneventful Christmas Annie McFarlane expected is suddenly anything but. First, there’s the adorable baby left on the snowy doorstep of her Oregon cabin. Second, there’s the…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/review-santas-on-his-way-by-lisa-jackson-maisey-yates-stacy-finz-and-nicole-helm/Review: A Catered Cat Wedding by Isis Crawford
Synopsis: Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons run a catering business in their upstate New York town, and they’re ready and willing to handle any wedding–even one where the bride and groom have tails . . . Susie Katz is known as the crazy cat lady of Longely, New York, and goes…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/review-a-catered-cat-wedding-by-isis-crawford/Guest Post from Author Patricia Ravasio on Inspiration for Her Book
The Inspiration By Patricia Ravasio The inspiration for my book The Girl from Spaceship Earth is the wisdom of a genius who has been called the Leonardo da Vinci of the twentieth century. I was an eleven-year-old freckle-faced kid in 1969 when I first encountered Buckminster Fuller at one of his famous World Game lectures…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/06/guest-post-from-author-patricia-ravasio-on-inspiration-for-her-book/Review: The Girl From Spaceship Earth by Patricia Ravasio
Synopsis: The true story of a life intertwined with the utopian ideas of an American genius. A mind-blowing two-day interview with iconic futurist Buckminster Fuller in 1982 Chicago leads an overeager advertising copywriter to promise she’ll share his urgent messages with the world. She has no idea what she is…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/09/06/review-the-girl-from-spaceship-earth-by-patricia-ravasio/Book Giveaway: The Girl From Spaceship Earth by Patricia Ravasio
Synopsis: The true story of a life intertwined with the utopian ideas of an American genius. A mind-blowing two-day interview with iconic futurist Buckminster Fuller in 1982 Chicago leads an overeager advertising copywriter to promise she’ll share his urgent messages with the world. She has no idea what she…
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