Tag: #contemporary

My review One of the best books that I have read in recent times!! This book is nothing short of brilliant, and the author Manish Sahu is a genius, a master storyteller who can twist and turn the tales, thereby raising the bar higher in every story till the human psyche is revealed, sometimes in … Continue reading Book Review – The Bicycle Thief and Other Short Stories by Manish Sahu

The book had no cover pic since it is releasing in the next year (I hope it never releases, at least not in this version) My review I loved the beginning of the book where Melissa lives a normal life with her husband, working as the P. E. Teacher, and of course, doing the occasional … Continue reading Reap by Marilyn Bennett

My review Look at the cover, it is so cute!! I wanted a fun light read and hence I picked up this book. But I was soooo wrong!! The book started with the mum Sinead leaving as she was quite fed up with her husband Nate and his ways. So it was not mum who'd … Continue reading The Mum Who’d Had Enough by Fiona Gibson

My review I have lost it, I have lost it, I've seriously lost it. It is sad, it is disheartening, it is really very bad. I have nothing left to do but to announce it — it's gone! My sense of humour has deserted me. I have lost my funny bone!! Sighhhh... How do I … Continue reading What Holly’s Husband Did by Debbie Viggiano

Hey all!! I am part of fabulous Rachel's team for the blog tour for Production Values by Liv Bartlet Intro One of Monkey & Me’s new TV ventures has hit the skids. The other, Void, is premiering with great expectations, while tension grows between Kat and Bea. Excerpt Void premiered on a Saturday in a … Continue reading Production Values by Liv Bartlet #bookexcerpt @randomresources

My review This was the book blurb On the afternoon of Nick and Lisa’s wedding, their close friend is found poised on a hotel window ledge, ready to jump. As the shock hits their friendship group, they soon realise that none of them are being as honest with themselves – or with each other – … Continue reading My Husband’s Lies by Caroline England

My review This was a family drama of sorts jacketed as a thriller. The story has 2 time lines with 3 versions. One was way in the past in the year 2013, where the main character Caroline, goes through turbulence in her marriage, with her prescription pill addict husband and so has an affair. The … Continue reading The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet

My review Retrograde Amnesia a very difficult topic to write on, and to write it with sensitivity in a fictional tale, takes an amazing balance to make it both poignant and entertaining. My first book by Vanessa Carnevale, and man, if this is the way she writes all her books, I am her forever fan. … Continue reading The Memories of Us by Vanessa Carnevale

My review Cassandra comes home, after being fired from her event management job in London, back to Seashell Cove and finds everything changed. The Cafe has modernized, her brother Rob has left the band to become a teacher, her best friends are back home and working at/near the Cafe, an old crush Danny is everywhere … Continue reading The Café at Seashell Cove by Karen Clarke