19 April 2016

Review #401: Beautiful Country by J.R. Thornton



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


"You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it."

----Roger Federer



J.R. Thornton, An internationally ranked junior tennis player, pens his debut novel, Beautiful Country that narrates the story of a young boy in a new country-Beijing, all by himself, to get trained under best and strict tennis coach so that he could be ready for the international championships. But when friendship comes before Tennis, he needs to make a terrible choice to protect either the people or the things he love.



17 April 2016

Review #400: The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen, Simon Bruni (translation)



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” 


----Leo Tolstoy



Paul Pen, a Spanish author, pens his debut English thriller, The Light of the Fireflies which unfolds the story of a young boy who lives with his close-knit family in a basement, as his family claims that before his birth, a terrible fire had destroyed their home, their skin and everything along with it, except their lives. This is his story of how he becomes successful to escape from his family secrets and from that dark basement.



Review #399: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs



My rating:
3 of 5 stars


“Of all individuals, the hated, the shunned, and the peculiar are arguably most themselves. They wear no masks whatsoever in order to be accepted and liked; they do seem most guarded, but only by their own hands: as compared to the populace, they are naked.”

----Criss Jami



Ransom Riggs, the New York Times bestselling author, has penned a fascinating paranormal-themed story, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children that is the first book in this chilling and haunting new series, Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children. This story follows the adventure of a sixteen year old rich boy who found his late grandfathers' fantasy and peculiar stories to be true after his death and to rest his grandfather's soul in peace, he embarks on this bone-chilling adventure to an old, creepy island to find out a children's orphanage and the mysteries surrounding those peculiar children.


15 April 2016

Author Q&A Session #64: With Diana T. Scott


Welcome everyone,

Ahh, I'm on a roll today as I'm catching up with so many beautiful authors. Here's another charming author, Diana T. Scott, who is here to talk about her book, Our Demons, Best Friends, her life as an author and her life beyond books and all.
Keep reading my lovelies!


Read the review of Our Demons, Best Friends

Author Q&A Session #63: With Sanjida Kay



Welcome my fellow bookworm peeps,

It's time for another new author interview session. Yes today lots of authors are spilling about their  books on my blog. Huh!

Okay, let's not meddle into petty talks, instead let's get down to the interview.

We welcome another debut author, Sanjida Kay, who has penned her first psychological thriller, Bone by Bone, which is an amazing book. Let's discuss with our author about this book which deals with bullying and single parenthood.

Keep scrolling!

Read the review of Bone by Bone

Author Q&A Session #62: With Constance McKee



Hello and welcome readers,
Hope y'all are having an amazing day/night. For me, the heat is sucking put all energy from me, and trying to stay under the comfort of AC as much as possible and drinking loads of water.
Enough about my boring life.

Today in an all new author interview session, we have a debut author, Constance McKee, who is also a former psychiatrist. And she is here to talk about her book, The Girl in the Mirror, along with other exciting stuffs about her life and career.

So stay tuned and keep reading.


Read the review of The Girl in the Mirror

Review #398: Early One Morning by Virginia Baily



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”


----Jim Butcher



Virginia Baily, an English debut author, has penned a heart-touching tale of family love in her book, Early One Morning which unfolds the the story of a woman living in Rome during the WWII, who faces the consequences of saving a Jew child from being sent to the concentration camp with his family. With years to come by, this woman's life grips the readers with the pain that was caused by this child.



14 April 2016

Review #397: Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”

----Suzanne Collins



Victoria Aveyard, the New York Times bestselling author, has penned a stunning and a heart-wrenching debut YA dystopian, Red Queen which marks the onset of an exciting new young adult series, Red Queen, which is a mixture of so many bestselling dystopian series, namely, The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Selection. This series opens with a girl, belonging from a submissive bloodline, that is dominated by the powerful bloodline, who will soon be conscripted for the army to serve the powerful bloodline's frontier.This is her story of how her life changes all of a sudden and has to make terrible choices to save the ones she loves.