23 February 2015

Author Q&A Session #33: With Lucinda Riley



Hello and  welcome to my blog,
In an all new author Q&A Session, we have today, Lucinda Riley, the international best-seller author, whose works have been translated into 28 languages and published in 38 countries. With her new seven- book series, The Seven Sisters, Lucinda is here to talk all about books, her journey and life beyond books. Read along to know more about this incredible and most amazing best-seller author of our times.

Read the review of The Seven Sisters here

Award Time: Versatile Blogger Award


Hello and Good morning Y'All,


Versatile Blogger Award- What is it?


The Versatile Blogger Award is the best of the ‘chain letter’ awards out there in the blogosphere. Bloggers can only nominate each other for this award and when a blogger nominate another for this award, he/she looks out for the the quality of the writing, the uniqueness of the subjects covered, the level of love displayed in the words on the virtual page, or of course, the quality of the photographs and the level of love displayed in the taking of them.
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Review #148: The Half Brother by Holly LeCraw



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


"Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero".
----Marc Brown, an American author and illustrator of children's books

Holly LeCraw, an American author, created a heart-touching tale, The Half Brother, about two brothers who had different fathers and how their complex relationship and some dark family secrets fills them up with loss and regret.

Synopsis:
When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition. Fresh out of college and barely older than the students he teaches, Charlie longs to leave his complicated southern childhood behind and find his place in the rarefied world of Abbottsford. Before long he is drawn to May Bankhead, the daughter of the legendary school chaplain, but when he discovers he cannot be with her, he forces himself to break her heart, and she leaves Abbott—he believes forever. He hunkers down in his house in the foothills of Massachusetts, thinking his sacrifice has contained the damage and controlled their fates.

22 February 2015

The Bookshelfie #1: With Alex





Good morning and welcome fellow bloggers and readers,
Today's Sunday, and it's time for the bookshelfie blog post and today we have Alex from The Book's Buzz blog, who happens to be a very talented and extraordinary blogger. Do check out her quirky and cute blog which features book reviews to giveaways to discussions to some to-do tips etc.


20 February 2015

19 February 2015

Author Q&A Session #32: With Mona Rodriguez

Hello and good morning folks,
Welcome to an all new author interview session, and today I present you the author who have a spun a family saga which is thoroughly compelling. Inspired by her own family story, Mona Rodriguez wrote her very first book, "Forty Years in a Day", and she is here on BookStopCorner to talk about those family secrets, her book, her journey and her life beyond books.
Read the interview to know more about this incredible first time author.

Read the review of Forty Years in a Day


18 February 2015

Review #147: Through the Fog by Michael C. Grumley



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Faith requires following the power of a whisper.”
----Shannon L. Alder, author


Michael C. Grumley, an American author, has woven an intriguing tale of dreams, visions and abduction, in his new book, Through the Fog , which is a short novel. You can read it in just an hour or two.





Synopsis:
Two weeks after his eighteenth birthday, everything changes for Evan Nash. When he injures his head after being run down on his bicycle, he begins having strange, harrowing visions whenever he tries to sleep. He turns to psychiatrist Shannon Mayer for help. Mayer has troubles of her own: her daughter has been kidnapped, and she's desperate for answers. Though she's at first skeptical of Evan's accounts, it quickly becomes clear that his mysterious ailment may be the key to finding her child. Soon Evan's visions prove essential to the case but at a terrible cost. Evan and Shannon face an agonizing decision: Should he risk himself to save the girl?

17 February 2015

Review #146: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley



My rating: 5 of 5 stars



“Remember, even if we can’t see them, those we love are always with us”
----Lucinda Riley


Lucinda Riley, an Irish international best-selling author, have spun a terrific and absolutely stunning saga of six sisters in an all new series of The Seven Sisters. The Seven Sisters is the first book and the story of first/eldest sister, Maia. This is her journey to search for her roots after her adoptive father's death.




Synopsis:
Maia D'Apliése and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, 'Atlantis' - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Maia and her sisters were all adopted by him as babies and, discovering he has already been buried at sea, each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of where her story began . . .