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Published: September 2007 by Riverhead books Pages: 335 Genre: Fiction Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's blurb: Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. … Continue reading Book Review: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Published: November, 2017 by Word & Spirit Resources, LLC Pages: 80 Genre: Christian Purchase @ amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: Written to offer hope, encouragement, and strength to a world that is under constant assault. Chapters are formatted topically to deal with issues such as loss, discouragement, and weariness. Scriptures, quotes, meditations, and prayers are included to give … Continue reading Book Review: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled by Keith & Jake Provance
Published: February, 2017 by Bookouture Pages: 345 pages Genre: Fiction Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publishers Blurb: Lara's life looks perfect on the surface. Gorgeous doting husband Massimo, sweet little son Sandro and the perfect home. Lara knows something about Massimo. Something she can't tell anyone else or everything Massimo has worked so hard for will be destroyed: … Continue reading Book Review: The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher
Published: 2016 by Doubleday Canada Pages: 304 Genre: Non-Fiction (Autobiography) Date Read: August 21-22, 2018 Purchase on http://www.amazon.com; http://www.rhbooks.com.ng Publisher's Blurb: Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa … Continue reading Book Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Published: May 27th, 2008 by Touchstone Pages: 520 Genre: Historical Fiction Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: Growing up as an abandoned outcast on the moors, young Alys’ only company is her cruel foster mother, Morach, the local wise woman who is whispered to practice the dark arts. Alys joins a nunnery to escape the poverty and … Continue reading Book Review: The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory
Published: May 2016 by Anchor Pages:496 Genre: Fiction Purchase @ http://www.amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in … Continue reading Book Review: China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
Published: September 2012 by Riverhead Books Pages: 217 Genre: Fiction (Short Stories) Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: On a beach in the Dominican Republic, a doomed relationship flounders. In the heat of a hospital laundry room in New Jersey, a woman does her lover’s washing and thinks about his wife. In Boston, a man buys his … Continue reading Book Review: This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
Published: October 2016 by Cassava Republic Press Pages: 378 Genre: Fiction Purchase from http://www.amazon.com; http://www.jumia.com; Prince Ebaeno Supermarket, Lekki phase 1, Lagos. Publisher's Blurb: Sabato Rabato aka Soni Dike is a Lagos Big Boy; a criminal turned grandee, with a beautiful wife, a sea-side mansion and a questionable fortune. Then one day he disappears and … Continue reading Book Review: The Carnivorous City by Toni Kan
Published March 6th, 2018 by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers Pages: 525 Genre: Fiction (Young Adult, fantasy) Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under … Continue reading Book Review: Children of Blood & Bones by Tomi Adeyemi
Published: May, 2017 by Fleming H. Revell Company Pages: 352 Genre: Christian (Non-Fiction) Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: Proverbs 31 woman? No problem! In Becoming the Woman God Wants Me To Be, Partow gives women inspiration and practical direction to move them toward the goal of becoming a modern Proverbs 31 woman with purpose and … Continue reading Book Review: Becoming The Woman God Wants Me To Be: A 90-Day Guide To Living The Proverbs 31 Life by Donna Partow