27 July 2015

Review #285: Crooked Heart: A Novel by Lissa Evans



My rating: 5 of 5 stars



“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."”


----C.S. Lewis




Lissa Evans, an English writer, pens a heart-touching historical fiction, Crooked Heart: A Novel about unusual friendships set against the vivid and honest backdrop in London during the world war II, when Germany was constantly dropping off bombs over the city of London.


25 July 2015

Review #284: Baby Please Don't Go by Frank Freudberg



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!”

----Stieg Larsson



Frank Freudberg, an American novelist, journalist and ghostwriter, pens his latest psychological thriller, Baby Please Don't Go , that accounts a heart-stopping and thoroughly intensifying tale about a recovering alcoholic who only desired for one thing in his life- a family, which he gets through his job, only to find out that he has to pay a hefty price to be happy again with a family.



24 July 2015

Author Q&A Session with Giveaway #52: With Elaine Dimopoulos



Hello,
Good day and I hope y'all are having a awesome Friday. Today I bring you another author interview with a debut YA writer who created a fantastic dystopian tale about fashion, yes, that's right, Elaine Dimopoulos is here to talk about her debut book, Material Girls, also about fashion, and life beyond books and all.

A terrific writer as well as a teacher, Elaine has penned a beautiful and compelling YA story. Keep reading, since there's a surprise at the bottom of the interview post.. stay tuned guys!

Read the review of Material Girls


Review #283: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“When you convert a good book to a film.. stupid things happen”


----Jesse Andrews



Jesse Andrews, an American novelist and screenwriter, has penned a brilliant and thoroughly funny YA contemporary novel about friends and films, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, where two odd teenagers come across in each other's lives with a common ground- social awkwardness. This book simply turns their friendship into something beautiful, funny and thoroughly inspiring.



Feature & Follow #18: My Favorite Movies



Hi Good day guys,
Hope Y'all are doing great. Time for Friday fun!!!



It's time to have a new feature and follow blog post, which is a weekly meme hosted by Alison Can Read and Parajunkee's View.



What is Feature and Follow Friday?
 
In simple words- to gain more followers either via GFC or Bloglovin'. So the very idea of having this feature and follow meme is to collect more new bloggers on the block and to make new blogger friends as well as followers. It is a great idea which was started out by Alison and  Rachel. Three Cheers for those two masterminds!




23 July 2015

Review #282: The Breath of Night by Michael Arditti



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.” 


----James Clavell, a British novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and POW



Michael Arditti, an English writer, has penned a thoroughly riveting thriller The Breath of Nightthat takes the readers not only back in time but also to a beautiful and exotic destination of the world, Philippines, where a young priest travels to Manila to find out exactly what happened to his would-have-been-uncle-in-law, who went to Manila to become a priest and years later getting killed on the hands of a communist party.


Review #281: Clara's Song (Haunted Minds, #2) by John Hennessy



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” 


----Friedrich Nietzsche


John Hennessy (my friend), an English writer, pens a bone-chilling as well as inspiring and quite thrilling tale about marriage, Clara's Song that is the second book in the Haunted Minds series. Now as the title of the series says, Haunted Minds, the book in the series actually keeps haunting our minds not only while reading but also long after we have finished reading the book.



22 July 2015

Author Q&A Session #51: With Philip Kazan



Good evening everyone,

Hope you're having a great day. In another new author Q&A Session, today we have the author who re-creates Florence vividly and strikingly with his stories that not only traces the outline of a beautiful and elegant city but also takes us back in time in a different era. Yes Philip Kazan is here to talk about art, his objectives, his books and his life beyond books and all. So stay tuned and keep reading the interview.

Read the review of The Painter of Souls