Rating: 4.5 Stars Published: May 2, 2023 Pages: 724 Genre: Historical Fiction I saw a review of this book by one of my favorite bookish people on Instagram and being a historical fiction fan, I put it on my TBR for this year. This is my first interaction with the author’s work and I went … Continue reading Book Review: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Rating: 4 Stars Published: August 23, 2022 Pages: 368 Genre: Romance As you may already know, the author is one of my favorite romance writers for several reasons of which the most important one is the fact that I am a female scientist who has worked in male dominated work environments for over 18 years … Continue reading Book Review: Love on the Brain by Ali hazelwood
Rating: 4 stars Published: December 12, 2012 Pages: 418 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Reading this book was a landmark event because it meant I would have read all Kerry Fisher’s books (except her one nonfiction book). I therefore was excited getting into this book as I always do with this author. In this story, best friends, … Continue reading Book Review: The Island Escape by Kerry Fisher
Rating: 3 stars Published: January 18, 2024 Pages: 384 Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Romance I was gifted this book early this year and before then I had never heard of this author. However, as someone who is usually open to discovering new authors, I was pleased to go into reading this book without any expectations. This story … Continue reading Book Review: The Wedding of the Year by Jill Mansell
Rating: 4 Stars Published: June 6, 2017 Pages: 384 Genre: Biblical/Historical Fiction 'Bread of Angels' is another biblical fictional story that follows Lydia who appeared in Acts 16 as a seller of purple. Lydia is mainly known for welcoming the early Apostles into her home and the first to receive and accept the good news … Continue reading Book Review: Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar
Rating: 3.5 Stars Published: November 1, 2022 Pages: 396 Genre: Biblical/Historical Fiction This was another insightful story set in biblical times when Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon and Daniel, the prophet was one of his trusted advisors. It follows Keren, the daughter of one of the many Jewish captives in Babylon who due to … Continue reading Book Review: The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar
This is the third book in the Whitsborough Bay series. I have reviewed the first two books and other books by the author on ("Book Reviews") this blog. You can check them out as well. 'Finding Hope at Lighthouse Cove' is a story about infidelity, betrayal, toxic relationships, love and new beginnings. Alice's marriage comes … Continue reading Book Review: Finding Hope At Lighthouse Cove by Jessica Redland
This is the fifth and last book in this series and I bet you, this author definitely saved the best for last. I must point out here that you can actually read this book as a standalone even if you haven't read any of the other four books. However, I have reviewed all four books … Continue reading Book review: Ginika’s Bridesmaids (Book 5) Ginika by The Fertile Chick
After reading two really good books by the author that made it to my top 12 best reads for 2021, I decided to catch up on her older books I am yet to read. 'Fix Her Up' is another delightful read by the author with a fake relationship troupe laced with some deeper themes such … Continue reading Book Review: Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
This book has been on my TBR for quite a while now and I am glad I finally got around to reading it. Tunmise's memoir is a quick, interesting and mostly funny account of her experiences at the compulsory Nigerian Youth Service Corps which every university graduate under 30 years of age is expected to … Continue reading Book Review: Memoirs of a Lazy Korfa by Tunmise Usikalu