Category Archives: Book Reviews

Check out Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay’s review of Secrets From The Dust

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

When a friend referred this novel to me, I promptly added it to my TBR list and the author was kind enough to send me a free copy for review purpose. Since this particular friend of mine doesn’t recommend books … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 4*

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

A bunch of American mercenaries are hired by various Mexican governors to hunt down and kill the Apache renegades who have been wreaking havoc across their states. The men must return with Apache scalps to collect their bounty. But in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: I don’t wish nobody to have a life like mine – by David Chura 5*

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

I don’t wish nobody to have a life like mine (Tales of kids in adult lockup) This is a non-fiction book, but many of David Chura’s stories about life on the inside of a detention centre for the juveniles that … Continue reading →

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Ebook Review: A Storm Hits Valparaiso by David Gaughran 5/5*

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Once I started this book, I just wanted to be left in peace to finish it, and everything else—including preparing Sunday dinner—became an annoying distraction. We have all heard of Simón Bolívar, a leader in the struggle to free Hispanic-America, … Continue reading →

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George Hamilton’s Book Review – Malaika by Van Heerling 4/5*

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Malaika is a wonderful short story about an American searching to find the answers to questions in his life by seeking solitude in the African Serengeti. He is befriended by a lioness, with whom he is able to communicate by … Continue reading →

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George Hamilton’s Book Review – Death of a Serpent by Susan Russo Anderson 4/5*

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

With finely written prose rich in historical imagery, sound and other sense details of 1800s Sicily, Death of a Serpent was reminiscent of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon for this reader. Recently widowed Serafina is a determined sleuth, adept at … Continue reading →

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Review of Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth 4/5*

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I love novels that help me to experience a new culture, and the Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck took me on a thoroughly entertaining journey through early 20th-c China. We follow the lives of the hardworking but poor farmer … Continue reading →

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Review of Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” 4/5*

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

The early 1960s. The civil rights movement is well underway, with marches, boycotts and sit-ins. The resistance to change is no stronger than in Jackson Mississippi, where a black man can be beaten to within inches of his life for … Continue reading →

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