Publisher: Neri Pozza Published: 8 May 2014 Pages: 272 Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge Summary At the centre of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two friends who return to their hometown after the civil war in Sierra Leone. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin… Continue reading Review: Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
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Review: The Family Girl by Katherine Brankin
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Vook Inc. Published: 9 October 2014 Pages: 222Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Ice-cold assassin Catalina Bennett wants a Faberge egg. A CIA funded venture-capital investment firm wants to get… Continue reading Review: The Family Girl by Katherine Brankin
Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Einaudi Published: 10 June 2008 (first published 2006) Pages: 456Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her… Continue reading Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Review: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Publisher: Abacus Published: 5 February 2004 Pages: 352Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge Summary (from Goodreads) In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names of the companies they work for. It's a globalised, ultra-capitalist free market paradise.… Continue reading Review: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Review: Make My Wish Come True by Fiona Harper
Publisher: Mills & Boon Published: 1 November 2013 Pages: 384 Summary Family-orientated and Christmas-dinner cook extraordinaire Juliet is trying to keep it together in the wake of her marriage breakdown two Christmases ago, but the cracks are beginning to show. Bright and vivacious Gemma was always the favourite daughter…So she has no qualms about leaving Christmas… Continue reading Review: Make My Wish Come True by Fiona Harper
Review: Murder on the Hill by Kennedy Chase
I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Publisher: Monty's Tale PressPublished: 3 November 2014 Series: Harley Hill Mysteries #1Pages: 252 Summary Look out London, there's a new investigator in town! Harley Hill is a twenty-five year old woman in need of a… Continue reading Review: Murder on the Hill by Kennedy Chase
Review: The Orphan of Torundi by J.L. McCreedy
I received an e-arc of this book in exchange for my honest review. Publication date: 28 November 2014 Publisher: Penelope Pipp Publishing Pages: 300 Summary Sam is an orphan, raised by a pharmaceutical research mission in the little jungle island of Torundi, located somewhere between Oceania and Southeast Asia. Her life is quite peacefully… Continue reading Review: The Orphan of Torundi by J.L. McCreedy
Review: Premiere: a Love Story by Tracy Ewens
I received an e-arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publication date: 27 October 2014 Pages: 272 Summary Samantha "Sam" Cathner gave up needing Peter years ago, but now her theatre needs his play. She knows how fairytales end once the house lights are up, so she steadies herself to… Continue reading Review: Premiere: a Love Story by Tracy Ewens
Review: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
I received an advance reader copy of this book from Story Cartel in exchange for an honest review. Publisher: Story Cartel ClassicsPages: 256 Summary This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving… Continue reading Review: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Review: Capturing Jasmina by Kimberley Rae
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: BJU Press Series: India's Street Kids #1 Pages: 101 Summary Jasmina and her brother, Samir, lead an ordinary life with their parents in India. Then one day everything changes: a strange man shows up at… Continue reading Review: Capturing Jasmina by Kimberley Rae