24 April 2016

Review #408: The Stylist by Rosie Nixon



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Fashion is not about utility. An accessory is merely a piece of iconography used to express individual identity.”


----Lauren Weisberger



Rosie Nixon, the joint Editor of HELLO! magazine, pens a hilarious and The Devil Wears Prada kinda sassy story, The Stylist that follows the life of an assistant to a Hollywood celebrity stylist who flies from one glitzy award function to another ducking through the celebrity scandals and rumors and through handsome and glamorous men.




Review #407: Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford




My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backward in tie and exist in two places at once.”

----Margaret Atwood



Ross Welford, an English author, pens his debut middle grade science fiction story, Time Travelling with a Hamster that unfolds the story of a 12-year old boy who after his father's death travels back in time with his father's invented time machine to meet his father along with his pet hamster, but things do not go well when he go backs in time.


22 April 2016

Author Q&A Session #70: With Jacqueline West

Hello and welcome my dear fellow bookaholics,

Wish you all a very Happy Earth Day. Hope you all are saving some kind of energy or Earth's natural resources and trying to pay respect to our lovely planet.

On this Earth Day, I present you a brand new and best-selling YA author's interview, Jacqueline West, whose first venture into the YA world resulted into an amazing book, Dreamers Often Lie, apart from her award-winning middle-grade already epic series, The Books of Elsewhere.

Let's discuss with her about her life, her books and everything beyond  books and all. Keep reading!


Read the review of Dreamers Often Lie

Review #406: Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1) by Alwyn Hamilton



My rating: 3 of 5 stars


“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ”


----Roseanne Barr


Alwyn Hamilton, a Canadian best-selling author, pens a gripping and powerful tale laced with love and magical powers in her new YA fantasy story, Rebel of the Sands which marks as the first boon in an exciting new fantasy series with the same name. This story is set across the golden sands that harbors both common people and mystical beings like djinnis and horses and it is centered around a young girl living in a town, who wants to escape her boring and dull life by using her shooting skills.



21 April 2016

Review #405: 300 Days of Sun by Deborah Lawrenson



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


"Portugal is a high hill with a white watch tower on it flying signal flags. It is apparently inhabited by one man who lives in a long row of yellow houses with red roofs, and populated by sheep who do grand acts of balancing on the side of the hill."


----Richard H. Davis


Deborah Lawrenson, an English writer, pens a fascinating tale of romance, mystery and escapism, in her new book, 300 Days of Sun that unfolds the journey of two women- one in the present times and another in the World war II era, and set against a mystifying and eye-catchy backdrop of the country, Portugal, where they both discovers that the country is not only laced by the beauty of mother nature but is gripped by a seeding underworld where corruption, scandals and murders are the major highlights.

Review #404: A Brief Affair by Margaret Leroy



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”

----Ansel Adams



Margaret Leroy, an English author, pens a heart-warming story about love and war, A Brief Affair that unfolds the story of a widowed mother of two girls trying to make her own stand and give wings to her passion for photography during the onset of World war II. While finding her own place in this world, this widowed woman also falls for a charming publisher of a magazine, that leads to A Brief Affair.


20 April 2016

Author Q&A Session #69: With Heather Sappenfield


Good afternoon peeps,

Yes it is still afternoon and I'm having a great time in interviewing so many authors.

Let's welcome Heather Sappenfield, another amazing author, with our open arms, (hugs)

Let's discuss with her about her new book, Life at the Speed of Us and about her life. So keep reading!

 Read the review of Life at the Speed of Us

Author Q&A Session #68: With Nina Sadowsky


Welcome all,

Hope you're having a nice time. I'm officially on a roll now!

So let's welcome our next author, Nina Sadowsky, whose debut romantic suspense book, Just Fall has already been loved by so many readers.

So let's chat with this talented new writer to know about her life, about her book and her life beyond books. Stay reading and keep scrolling!


Read the review of Just Fall