Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the Meduse. Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti…
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This satisfyingly hefty fantasy pits Victorian-style military might against a Dark Lord and his undead legions. The basic premise here is that the human nation of Verin has abandoned magic in favour of steam trains, constitutional monarchy, Imperialism, and handlebar moustaches. Huzzah! Young Tam, being poor, over-educated, and naive, joins the army as a foot
Read More from: http://ingeniouscat.co.uk/wp/gedlund/Review: A Devil in Scotland
Synopsis: The dawning of desire… 1806, Scotland: Wild, reckless Callum MacCreath is in no hurry to become someone’s husband. But when his responsible, steady older brother Ian announces his engagement to their childhood friend Rebecca, Callum makes a startling discovery: he wants the lovely young lass for himself. But
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Synopsis: The latest from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Angie Fox… Ghost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/review-murder-on-the-sugarland-express/Review: Troubled Waters
Synopsis: Billionaire Ian Shaw can have everything he wants–except a happy ending. Or at least that’s what it feels like with his fortune recently liquidated, his niece, Esme, still missing, and the woman he loves refusing to speak to him. In fact, he doubts she would date him even if
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/review-troubled-waters/Review: Road to Eugenica
Synopsis: Two dimensions – And the girl who connects them. Yesterday, Drea Smith couldn’t do anything spectacular—even walking and texting at the same time was a challenge. But today, she suddenly has more answers than Google, can speak and understand numerous languages, and she can fight. Like a boss.
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Hello everyone! If I haven’t already wished you a Happy New Year then Happy New Year! I have seen plenty of 2018 posts and I have decided I should map a little of my own 2018 here on Always Trust In Books to give me an idea of where I am trying to take this……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/2018-on-always-trust-in-books-2018-books-reviews-guests-releases-goals-targets-excited/Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown
Much ado about nothing…….. * WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILER. I say possible because I don’t think it is, but some might. Dan Brown is known for his detail in describing places and things, giving us the history of both. The details … Continue reading →</a
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Title: The Raphael Affair Author: Iain Pears Setting: Mostly Rome, Italy 1990s Source: Off the shelf “English art scholar Jonathan Argyll was amazed to find himself arrested for vagrancy-while searching for a long-lost Raphael in a tiny Roman church. Although General Bottando of the Italian National Art Theft Squad has little confidence in Jonathan’s theories,
Read More from: https://speedyreadercom.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/review-the-raphael-affair/Cat Ellington’s review of Rosolio Red: A Holiday Short Story (Franki Amato Mysteries, )
Rosolio Red by Traci Andrighetti My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s the most wonderful time of the year in New Orleans, LA and Houston, TX—the primary setting locales for this transient and relatively decent cozy mystery penned by USA TODAY bestselling author, Traci Andrighetti. Franki Baby, Hurry Down the Chimney. Seated on a barstool
Read More from: https://catellingtonblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/cat-ellingtons-review-of-rosolio-red/Review: Sisters Like Us by Susan Mallery
Synopsis: The grass is always greener on your sister’s side of the fence… Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can’t afford and a teenage daughter who’s pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she’s scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother’s ridiculous Susie
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/review-sisters-like-us-by-susan-mallery/Review: Never Christmas With You: His Holiday Gift by Reese Ryan
We’e headed back to our cozy town of Pleasure Cove, to spend some time with Dash Williams. Finding out that you have a child can be overwhelming, but when that child is in the care of your former best friend that changes the whole dynamic. Mikayla and Dash have some issues to work through, one
Read More from: http://romancenovelsincolor.com/2017/10/review-never-christmas-with-you-his-holiday-gift-by-reese-ryan/Cat Ellington’s review of Rosolio Red
Rosolio Red by Traci Andrighetti My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s the most wonderful time of the year in New Orleans, LA and Houston, TX—the primary setting locales for this transient and relatively decent cozy mystery penned by USA TODAY bestselling author, Traci Andrighetti. Franki Baby, Hurry Down the Chimney. Seated on a barstool
Read More from: https://catellingtonblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/cat-ellingtons-review-of-rosolio-red/Review: Chasing Mercury
Synopsis: Chasing Mercury is a Romance-Suspense-Saga about “love in the time of mercury poisoning.” A Black ballerina and a whistleblower Powwow dancer meet in the Montreal Airport. They are both scheduled to perform in Berlin. During a long lay over in Zurich, he stuns her by depositing many hundreds of thousands of dollars into his
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/review-chasing-mercury/Review: Tales of Titans Vol. 2
Synopsis: Tales of Titans, by award-winning author Rich DiSilvio, brings great historical figures to life with concise yet compelling essays, coupled with engaging narratives that enlighten readers to their miraculous deeds, and misdeeds, that have significantly shaped Western civilization. This handsomely illustrated series offers readers brief biographical overviews and cogent analysis, while the quasi-fictional scenarios
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/review-tales-of-titans-vol-2/Review: Awaken to the Wilderness
Synopsis: Edge of the Known have emerged from their self-imposed stasis into a climate of musical stagnation and social unrest. The world is hungry for a new vision, and many people look again to the band that once brought it to them with passion and fury. But as Brandon Chane leaps into his most grueling
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/review-awaken-to-the-wilderness/Review: The View from Rainshadow Bay
Synopsis: “Prepare to stay up all night with Colleen Coble. Coble’s beautiful, emotional prose coupled with her keen sense of pacing, escalating danger, and very real characters place her firmly at the top of the suspense genre. I could not put this book down.” –Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of Shattered “…The
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“Dear Prudence” columnist and former co-proprietor of The Toast Mallory Ortberg turns to a revisionist spin on scary stories with The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror (Henry Holt & Company, 3/13). New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma publishes his memoir, A Tokyo Romance (Penguin Press, 3/6). And former Los Angeles Times Books
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/extra-extra/Spring YA Titles to Add to Your TBR Pile…
This month we spotlight key young adult titles, including: • Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 3/6) • Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way (Viking Books for Young Readers, 3/27) • Cordelia Jensen, The Way The Light Bends (Philomel Books, 3/27) • Brigid Kemmerer, More Than We Can
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