ARC Review: Goyhood by Reuven Fenton
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
2M ago
Book Details: Author: Reuven Fenton Release Date: May 28, 2024 Series: Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Adult Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 288 pages Publisher: Central Avenue Blurb: Reuven Fenton’s novel Goyhood is a brilliant debut about a devoutly Orthodox Jewish man who discovers in middle age that he’s not, in fact, Jewish, and embarks on a remarkable road trip to come to grips with his fate; it’s Chaim Potok’s The Chosen meets Planes,Trains and Automobiles. When Mayer (née Marty) Belkin fled small-town Georgia for Brooklyn nearly thirty years ag ..read more
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Book Review: Broken Strings by Rachel Lane
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: Rachel Lane Release Date: March 17, 2023 Series: Genre: Contemporary Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 398 pages Publisher: – Blurb: How do you move forward after the unthinkable happens, and life as you know it is gone? That’s the question Celine and Alex are forced to answer when their son Gage is abducted one rainy spring day. Before the abduction, Celine and Alex are best friends, childhood sweethearts, and parents to three tireless children. They are a unified team. But When Gage is taken, Alex breaks down while Celine pushes forward. And struggling to heal i ..read more
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Book Review: An Imperishable Promise: If Afterlife Is True, Will You Still Come To Me? by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo Release Date: 19th September 2022 Series: Genre: Romance, Contemporary Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 152 Publisher: Notion Press Blurb: What happens to your love when you die? Does your love end? Does your love stay in your heart or in your body? When you say, “I Love You,” what does the “I” stand for? Is it your body, mind, or soul? When you die, is your love also destroyed like your body, or is it immortal like your soul? Then the question comes, is the soul immortal? Nobody can give a perfect answer to these questions. This boo ..read more
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Book Review: Please Feel Bad I’m Dead by M. Price
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: M. Price Release Date: 28th May 2022 Series: Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Surreal Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 294 Publisher: – Blurb: Jhaegar Holdburn is a forlorn teenage edgelord who constantly attempts suicide and finds himself continually failing due to last second blunders. His desire for death comes from his often frazzled, often incoherent mind and how it fuels the way he’s ostracized by his peers as well as how he’s been made a pariah in the current social climate. At last the opportunity arises, Jhaegar manages to commit suicide using a foolpro ..read more
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ARC Review: The Cyclone Release by Bruce Overby
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: Bruce Overby Release Date: 15th November 2022 Series: Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Corporate Fiction, Literary Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 254 pages Publisher: Madville Publishing Blurb: It’s the late 90s Internet boom, and Brendon Meagher has just lost his wife Sadie in a freakish car accident at the edge of Silicon Valley. The Cyclone Release follows Brendon as he emerges from tragedy and lands in a pre-IPO start-up that promises astonishing riches. Mo Gramercy, a bright and commanding colleague with her own deep secret, joins Brendon, disru ..read more
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Book Review: When We Lost Touch by Susan Kraus
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: Susan Kraus Release Date: 29th October 2022 Series: Genre: Literary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 515 pages Publisher: Flint Hills Publishing Blurb: Grace, a family therapist, returns from a cruise to find that life has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her daughter’s graduate program goes virtual, and her 11-year-old grandson on the spectrum is home 24/7 with school by Zoom. Her best friend, Katrina, contracts the virus early on but isn’t recovering. On top of that, Grace is called to facilitate a COVID grief g ..read more
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ARC Review: Kai’s Healing Smiles by Vivi Anne Hunt
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: Vivi Anne Hunt Release Date: 13th September 2022 Series: Genre: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+ Format: E-book  Pages: 201 pages Publisher: – Blurb: Silas is mourning the loss of his wife. Every day, he is going through the motions and barely managing to keep the excruciating pain from overtaking his life. There is precisely one ray of sunshine in his days — Kai — the smiley, awkward barista at Starbucks. For some reason, Silas finds comfort being around Kai and soaks up as much light as this sweet boy could give him. For the short time Kai has worked at St ..read more
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ARC Review: Before Dawn by Laura F. Murphy
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: Laura F. Murphy  Release Date: 5th September 2022 Series: Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Fiction Format: E-book  Pages: 271 pages Publisher: – Blurb: Igor Fenenko, a former research scientist, is a scary, scary man. Not only is he a massive bodybuilder with a spider tattooed on his face, he has also been infected with Pestis Manducans — viral cannibalism. Igor tried to resist indulging, but his research specimens smelled so delicious. Who did it hurt, really, to nibble a corpse? Caught, disgraced, and sent to a ‘rehabilitation’ center, Igor is n ..read more
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Book Review: Starstruck And Swindled In Paradise by A.H. Nazzareno
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Book Details: Author: A.H. Nazzareno Release Date: 1st June 2022 Series: Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Short Story, Humour Format: E-book  Pages: 42 pages Publisher: – Blurb: A discontent and disillusioned author embarks on a road trip to the desert paradise of Las Vegas, teeming with oddball characters. Starstruck And Swindled In Paradise is a fictional short story about a flawed man attempting to reinvent himself while experiencing an unforgettable adventure. Review Rating: 4 out of 5. Starstruck And Swindled In Paradise by A.H. Nazzareno is a short story a ..read more
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Audiobook Review: A Dog Of Many Names by Douglas Green
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by Heena R. Pardeshi
6M ago
Author: Douglas Green (Director of The Hiding Place) Narrator: Kelly McNair Release Date: 3rd January 2021 Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Coming-Of-Age Series:  Format: Audiobook Length: 4 hours and 17 minutes Publisher: Circuit Breaker Books Blurb:Born a runt, Rascal is destined to be an underdog. Despite what looked like an unbreakable bond with the daughter of the family who bred her, Rascal’s devotion is discarded when the mother loses her job, forcing the family into a financial crisis. Bitter and resentful toward a dog they can no longer afford to keep and who was never re ..read more
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