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I am a lover of all things books. I started writing reviews a few years ago and most of these can be seen on Amazon - I decided to start this book blog! I love reviewing books and I am always available to do so - nothing better than reading a book and giving your opinion of it!
Bookshipper
1d ago
Thank you to Prometheus Publishing for sending me an advanced reading copy - ebook to read and review.
TITLE: Monstruous Obsession
AUTHOR: James L. Baker
GENRE: Memoir
RATING 5 stars
I read A LOT of memoirs on addiction and this one brought so much emotion to me. Firstly, this book focused on the family and what happened to each member as they slowly realized that they had a full blown addict in their family unit. Everyone dealt with it in the ..read more
Bookshipper
2M ago
TITLE: Only Say Good Things
AUTHOR Crystal Hefner
GENRE: Memoir
RATING: 4 stars
It is very hard to give this book a rating.
I do admire the author's honesty, even when she does not come out looking all that great. Her writing is friendly and very engaging - loved her writing style, which is why this is a 4 star rate for me.
I know that this is mentioned all the time, but ..read more
Bookshipper
3M ago
Thank you to Douglas & Mcintyre for the e-copy of this book
TITLE: Here with you
AUTHOR: Kathy Wagner
GENRE: Memoir
RATING: 5 Stars
I read a LOT of addiction/recovery books, except that this book is a about addiction - period.
I have never read a memoir focusing so much on what an addiction does to the people around the addict. Sure, this is always given a chapter or two in most memoir on this subject, but with this one, while the addict's issues are detailed, the equivalent timeline focused on the addict's family and friends.
I also loved h ..read more
Bookshipper
4M ago
TITLE: After the Wedding
AUTHOR: Eileen Gibb
GENRE: Memoir
RATING: 4 stars
This book brought out so many feelings for me.
First off, I want to say that this man was a despicable barely human. Unfortunately, during that time period, "man" was still considered so much higher than women and this comes through clearly in the book. I kept having to remind myself that the generations were different then, not to say that family violence does not exi ..read more
Bookshipper
4M ago
Tina has completed her goal of reading 37 books in 2023!37 of 37 (100%)
Finished!
I realized that I actually had more reading time when I worked - between the bus and the metro rides and reading during my lunch, I use to get through a lot more books than I do now that I am not working.
Also, I find myself so picky and I, at some time, started gravitating towards non fiction a lot more.
I am going to set 39 books for 2024 and hopefully I will get there.
After doing the Goodreads Reading Challenge for several years, I realize that reading 37 books in a year is not that big of a ..read more
Bookshipper
6M ago
TITLE: Swarm
AUTHOR: Jennifer D. Lyle
GENRE: YA horror/thriller
RATING: I usually give a max of 5 stars - but this one is 10 stars
First, I want to thank Sourcebooks Fire for sending me an e-galley of this book.
I wish I could rate this as a 10 stars. It is SO GOOD. I could not put it down - seriously, people say that all the time, but I dragged my tablet all around the house, taking even a few minutes of downtime to ..read more
Bookshipper
7M ago
TITLE: Behind the Door
AUTHOR: Amy Price
GENRE: Non fiction
RATING: 5 stars
Thank you William Morrow for sending me an e copy of this book.
I loved it. I thought Price did a great job of focusing on her day to day view of the hotel and it's colorful tenants. Basically, this book pretty much screams "the Cecil is more than just creepy happenings". I really enjoyed the history of the hotel and reading about other tenants.
I discovered the Cecil when I ..read more
Bookshipper
9M ago
TITLE: I Married a Thrill Seeker
AUTHOR: Danielle Kaplan
GENRE: Memoir
RATING: 5 stars
I was on social media, and this author popped up. I read the small description of her book, with interest, but the word "novel" was used, so I emailed the author to clarify if this was, indeed, a memoir. She literally answered me 30 seconds after my initial question confirming that it was a memoir. I headed to Amazon. I bought it and read it in 3 days.
It's su ..read more
Bookshipper
10M ago
Thank you wonderful Simon & Schuster and Adams Publicity Marketing for sending me a hard copy of this book. I love it.
TITLE: Glow Up Journal
AUTHOR: Danielle Richardson
GENRE: Self-help
RATING: 5 Stars
Years ago, I took a test geared towards determining my strength and weaknesses. I was surprised to learn that I am VERY goal oriented. At first, I did not agree, but over the years I see how much reaching goals matters to me, b ..read more
Bookshipper
1y ago
Thank you to Berkley for sending me an e-copy of this book to read and review.
TITLE: The Fraud Squad
AUTHOR: Kyla Zhao
GENRE: Debut fiction
RATING: 3.5 stars
This book is interesting. I knew nothing of Singapore and we get to find out what Singapore high society lo ..read more