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The Reading Bud is a book blog and a cozy hangout for all the bookworms, dragons and whatever being you consider yourself to be! Here you will find a continuous stream of book reviews, ARC reviews, audiobook reviews, graphic novel reviews, author interviews, guest posts, cover reveals, excerpt reveals and other bookish posts.
The Reading Bud
2d ago
Book Details:
Author: Lauren Martin
Release Date: May 14, 2024
Series:
Genre: Poetry Collection
Format: E-book
Pages: 99 pages
Publisher: She Writes Press
Blurb:
When I have wandered
long enough
what am I still beholden to?
Ifá. Nature. Illness. Love. Loss. Misogyny. Aging. Africa. Our wounded planet. In this sweeping yet intensely personal collection, Lauren Martin tells the untold stories of the marginalized, the abused, the ill, the disabled—the different. Inspired by her life’s experiences, including the isolation she has suffered as a result both of living with chronic illness ..read more
The Reading Bud
5d ago
Welcome to the TRB Lounge. Today, we are featuring author Solveig Larssen for her latest release, Don’t Feed the Beast: But Do Punish the Free-Riders (Triumvirate Book 1).
Book: Don’t Feed the Beast: But Do Punish the Free-Riders
Author: Solveig Larssen
Publication date: March 1, 2024
Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Political Fiction, Thriller
Page Count: 152 pages
Publisher: Ostkorridor Books About the Book
Mountainland, the richest, proudest, and freest nation in the world, has resorted to forming a militia and creating incarceration camps to stem the influx of migrants… Fjord ..read more
The Reading Bud
5d ago
Step into the TRB Lounge Spotlight!
Today, we roll out the red carpet for the amazing Solveig Larssen, who is about to unveil the beautiful cover of her newest dystopian novel, Don’t Feed the Beast: But Do Punish the Free-Riders (Triumvirate Book 1).
Presenting…
About the Book
Mountainland, the richest, proudest, and freest nation in the world, has resorted to forming a militia and creating incarceration camps to stem the influx of migrants… Fjordland, the most civilised, equal, and just nation in the world, is falling apart, unable to accommodate its newfound diversity…
Meanwhile, life ..read more
The Reading Bud
1w ago
Book Details:
Author: Eric Kay
Release Date: October 20,2023
Series:
Genre: Science-Fiction, Dystopia, Suspense, Thriller
Format: E-book
Pages: 259 pages
Publisher: –
Blurb:
You have been called upon to serve.
Artificial therapy so great, you’ll never log off! (And won’t notice the ads). A near-future sci-fi about brain privacy in the age of unfettered surveillance capitalism. What will companies do when they can read your actual mind? How far will they go to get your click? How much engagement? This is how cyberpunk ..read more
The Reading Bud
1w ago
Book Details:
Author: Massimo Fantini
Release Date: June 21, 2023
Series: Human Condition Trilogy, Book #2
Genre: Philosophical Fiction, Societal and Cultural Commentary, Political Fiction, Environmental Fiction
Format: E-book
Pages: 272 pages
Publisher: –
Blurb:
Intellectual suicide corresponds to the more or less conscious decision to switch off the brain and renounce rational thought in favor of attitudes dictated by superstitions, by established habits, by prejudices, by common places. The effects of irrational choices – made with the brain switched off – can be devastatin ..read more
The Reading Bud
3w ago
Author: Andrew Masseurs
Narrator: David Piper
Release Date: October 18, 2023
Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Horror, Novella
Series:
Format: Audiobook
Length: 2 hours and 36 minutes
Publisher: Author’s Republic
Blurb:Michael awakens to a world where everyone has mysteriously disappeared. Not only must he come to grips with the sudden loss of his family, but he must also survive in a changing, overgrown, perilous earth filled with new predatory creatures while searching for his wife and missing daughter. A Day in the Life for a man on the edge surviving in a dangerous new world.
A ..read more
The Reading Bud
1M ago
Welcome to TRB Lounge. Today, I’d like to welcome the author of Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar – Harold Phifer, for an author interview with The Reading Bud.
About The Author
Harold Phifer was born in a deeply segregated South It is here he learned how to survive the harsh life of being unnurtured and unloved on the streets of Columbus, Mississippi. His first twenty-five years were spent dreaming, hustling, and ducking bullies at every turn. After graduating Mississippi State and Jackson State Universities, he became a highly specialized Air Traffic Controller, li ..read more
The Reading Bud
1M ago
Welcome to TRB Lounge!
Today, we are featuring Junis Sultan, author of Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar by Harold Phifer to share his guest article.
About The Author
Harold Phifer
Harold Phifer was born and raised in Columbus, Mississippi. All of his first 25 years were solidly spent inside his home state. After graduating from Mississippi State University and Jackson State University, he went on to work for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for 23 years as an Air Traffic Controller. He left the FAA and began work as an International Contractor, where he has done nume ..read more
The Reading Bud
1M ago
Welcome to TRB Lounge! We’re thrilled to host author Harold Phifer today, who will be unveiling tantalising excerpts from their newest masterpiece, Surviving Chaos, How I found Peace at a Beach Bar. Dive in and get an exclusive sneak peek into the intriguing world they’ve crafted in their latest work!
About the Book
Surviving Chaos, How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar
For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer’s childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from those who thought they knew him best. No one knew about his past growing up with a mother who suffered from mental illness; a greed ..read more
The Reading Bud
1M ago
Step into the TRB Lounge Spotlight!
Today, we roll out the red carpet for the amazing Harold Phifer, who is about to unveil the beautiful cover of his newest masterpiece, Surviving Chaos, How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar. Prepare to be enchanted, for what you’re about to see is not just a cover—it’s a visual symphony that captures the very soul of the story.
Presenting…
Alternate Cover
About the Book
For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer’s childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from those who thought they knew him best. No one knew about his past growing up with a moth ..read more