8 August 2015

Review #294: The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


"Let me tell you something. There's no nobility in poverty. I've been a poor man, and I've been a rich man. And I choose rich every fucking time. "


----Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street



Robert Goolrick, #1 New York Times bestselling author, pens his new novel, The Fall of Princes that screams being rich and leading a fast life with all the millions that allows one to lead such a lifestyle, and also the 80s when the golden dreams of Wall Street ruled everyone in America, along with it's sprawling downfalls that was so hard to avoid while living on the edge.


Review #293: Mortom by Erik Therme



My rating: 4 of 5 stars



“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

----Anonymous



Erik Therme, an American author, has penned his debut novel, Mortom, which accounts the story of a brother and a sister who are left a huge estate by one of theirs distant cousin who committed suicide in a small town, upon reaching they discover a letter with a key that leads to a "treasure" hidden somewhere in that strange town.





Review #292: It's You by Jane Porter



My rating: 4 of 5 stars



“In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!” 


----C. JoyBell C.



Jane Porter, USA Today bestselling author, pens her new book, It's You, which tells the story of a young woman who after the death of her fiance's death is losing herself a bit by bit, until she chances upon an opportunity to prove her worth as well as find herself through another old woman's heart-broken love story during the second world war in Germany.


7 August 2015

Review #291: Court of Fives (Court of Fives #1) by Kate Elliott




My rating:
4 of 5 stars


“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”


---- Charlotte Brontë


Kate Elliott, an award-winning American YA author, pens her new book, Court of Fives which is the first book in the Court of Fives trilogy, that tells the story of a young teenager, belonging from two different caste that divides her own world, is trying to find herself as well as trying to find her way through all those indifference set by the ruler of her world, by participating in a highly challenging competition, Fives.



6 August 2015

Review #290: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure




My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”

----Winston Churchill


Charles Belfoure, a national bestselling author, has penned a heart-touching as well as enlightening and nostalgic novel, The Paris Architect, that accounts the story of an architect based in Paris during the world war II when German have occupied the city and was ordering the Jews out of the city, when this normal regular, law-abiding architect chances upon a golden opportunity to prove his worth by taking life-threatening risks to be a hero.




31 July 2015

Review #289: Forsaken (Shadow Cove Saga, #1) by J.D. Barker



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail.”

----Terry Pratchett



J.D. Barker, an American author, pens a heart-stopping and extremely hair-rising story, Forsaken that is the first book in the Shadow Cove Saga series, that accounts the story of a writer who writes horror thrillers and want to be one of the best writers this world has ever known, but little did he knew that the story that he is penning with his words could actually happen parallely in his own family home.


BEWARE: Because this book is definitely going to be a bumpy ride through witchy drama, spells, curses, creatures of the nigh, blood, goth and shall I continue?? Everything that is sure to give you the chills and the thrills.

Review #288: The Heat of Betrayal by Douglas Kennedy



My rating:
4 of 5 stars


“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” 


----Friedrich Nietzsche



Douglas Kennedy, an American best-selling author, pens a thrilling and completely exotic marital as well as adventurous story about a couple who are stuck in a bad marriage mixed with poor financial situations, The Heat of Betrayal .





Feature & Follow #19: The ARC that I'm Waiting For Eagerly



Good morning Y'all,
Well it's once again a wet and rainy Friday, but I'm not feeling that bad about it, since I'm going a join a new company in my city, and I'm feeling elated about it. Wish me luck! But it's also sad to say goodbye to my now colleagues.



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!