In the last three years, I have read a few books in historical fiction about the two World Wars. All I have felt is that war changes. It changes everything inside and outside – individuals, communities, relationships, hopes, and dreams. It shakes the core of a human soul. Last Christmas In Paris is a story…
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Book Review 51 – Words In Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
‘Books, like lovers, mark and change us, and in turn, we mark and change them.’ Words In Deep Blue is a beautifully written young adult story of love and grief, life and death, and the magical power of words. It has won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for the Young Adult Literature category, the Gold…
Book Review 50 – The Secret Lives Of Color by Kassia St Clair
The Secret Lives Of Color by Kassia St Clair is a story about the history and importance of colors and how they came into existence. The project began with research conducted on something entirely different. Kassia was researching the 18th-century fashion when she came across interesting adjectives and nouns used to describe colors. This led…
Book Review 49 – Postscript by Cecelia Ahern
It’s been 11 years since I read P.S. I Love You. At the time, I was young and naive and didn’t fully understand love and loss, but now after more than a decade older, life has taught a lot. Love means all the different things the Universe offers, and loss is when it takes something…
Book Review 48 – The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The Little Paris Bookshop was initially written in German and has recently been translated. Since the translation in English, it has become prevalent among the book reading community. The book is set in Paris along the Seine river, where you will be exposed to books, food, and wine. This is a story of lost love,…
Book Review 47 – Pop Goes The Weasel by James Patterson
Pop Goes The Weasel is the 5th book in the Alex Cross series written by James Patterson. Though I have read his novels in the past, this is my first Alex Cross book. The story entails a cat and mouse chase between Alex and a murder, who is the most brutal and a duplicitous villain…
Book Review 45 – The Trespasser by Tana French
‘The Trespasser’ is the sixth book in the Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French. It picks up a few months after The Secret Place and follows detective Antoinette Conway and her partner on a murder investigation of a young girl. Accompanying her on the trail of suspects, the readers get a clear insight into…
Book Review 44 – Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrick Backman
“There’s a lot you can’t know about a person until you become one with her. What her capabilities are. The courage she has.” The best selling author of A Man Called One writes another beautiful story of an old woman, finding love and second chances at life. Like his other books, Britt-Marie Was Here also…
Book Review 43 – Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Anna And The French Kiss is first in the trilogy written by Stephanie Perkins. Set in the city of love, the book follows a young girl named Anna as she struggles her way through a new country and hopelessly falls in love. On the outside, it would seem like any romantic young adult novel, but…
Book Review 42 – Normal People by Sally Rooney
Normal People is the second book by 28-year-old author Sally Rooney. Set in Ireland, the book invites you on a journey of two people through adolescence and into early adulthood. Sally tells a story of Marianne and Connell – two deeply damaged people who share an intense relationship that defies the stereotypical norms of the…
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