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#TuesdayBookBlog #Bookreview THE LAST DETECTIVE by Brian Cohn (@briancohnMD) #RBRT A symbiosis of the genres of the noir detective novel and science-fiction with a hero with a dark-sense of humour and a heart

Posted on June 27, 2017 by OlgaNunez 14 Comments

Hi all: Today I bring you another of the books I’ve reviewed as part of Rosie’s Book Review Team. And it’s a fabulous one. The Last Detective by Brian Cohn It’s been two years since the invasion. Two years since the slicks came to our planet and herded humanity together like cattle, placing us under constant watch

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Rosie's Book Review Team alien, dystopia, faith, hope, noir detective story, religion, sci-fi, sci-fiction, totalitarianism

#Bookreview As Wings Unfurl by Arthur M. Doweyko (@aweyken) A book for readers who enjoy science-fiction that asks big questions, with religious undertones, and lots of action

Posted on May 15, 2017 by OlgaNunez 10 Comments

Hi all: I’m still trying to catch up on book reviews (not long to go until I can start sharing reviews as I finish books) after my stint as a bookseller at a book fair (I will tell you more about it when I’m feeling more rested, I promise) and this week I have a

Posted in Book review, Book reviews aliens, baddies, England, Humour, New York, religion, Science fiction, Yeti

#Bookreview THE DEVIL’S PRAYER by Luke Gracias (@devils_prayer) Several books in one and all compelling and gripping. #amreading

Posted on April 26, 2017 by OlgaNunez 8 Comments

Hi all: You know I’ve told you I love horror books but somehow I don’t seem to read that many horror books as books in other genres (I’m not sure if they don’t come my way or the marketing bypasses me completely. Perhaps many of them nowadays are in mixed genres like paranormal plus erotica

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Australia, History, horror, old documents, photographer, religion, screenwriting, Spain

#Bookreview THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE by Katherine Arden (@arden_katherine) A magical fairy-tale with a touch of the classics

Posted on April 21, 2017 by OlgaNunez 6 Comments

Hi all: I thought we could finish the week with a bit of magic. I’ve noticed that some readers find the book depressing, but I love fairy tales and the best are a bit dark…. The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden ‘Frost-demons have no interest in mortal girls wed to mortal men. In the stories,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Fairy tale, magic, pagan, religion, Russia, strong female character, witches, Women

#Bookreview In The Shadow of David (The Secret Rebellion Book 1) by Martin Baggen (@MartinBaggen) Some things never change #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted on December 28, 2016 by OlgaNunez 7 Comments

Hi all: I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season. I’m sharing some reviews I realised I’d accumulated, as I want to take a bit of time to think about the blog, but wanted to have featured most of the reviews before that, although I’ll carry on with reviews for sure. Today I come to share

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Bible, conspiracy, Jesús, Martin Baggen, religion, Romans

#Bookreview THE TAKEN. DI ERIKA MARTIN book 2 by Alice Clark-Platts (@aclarkplatts) British policing and a dark and twisted family

Posted on December 22, 2016 by OlgaNunez 19 Comments

Hi all: Today a British thriller that doesn’t take place in one of the big cities, but funnily enough it’s in an area where I spent some time working, a wonderful part of the country, and I love Durham Cathedral… The Taken. DI Erica Martin Book 2 by Alice Clark-Platts. Penguin UK – Michael Joseph Description

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Alice Clark-Platts, Britain, child abuse, cult, DI Erica Martin, disfunctional family, religion, series

#Bookreview HERE I AM by Jonathan Safran Foer. Family, nation, religion, identity and writing with an inimitable style. And authors answer the question, What does your writing look like?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by OlgaNunez 18 Comments

Today I bring you both a new book and a review. I’d been curious about this writer for a while and this is one of the few reviews where I’ve got feedback on the review itself in Amazon (at first somebody complaining about a spoiler, although it is not that kind of novel, and later

Posted in Book reviews Bible, Book review, Family, Identity, Israel, Jewish, Jonathan Safran Foer, Marie Lavender, Relationships, religion, war

#BookReviews Two magical books: ‘Alchemy’ by Ailsa Abraham (@ailsaabraham) and ‘Bad Moon’ by Anita Dawes #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted on December 15, 2015 by OlgaNunez 26 Comments

Hi all: I know I’ve been telling you for a while that I had reviews pending to share, and I thought as you might have a bit of time to read over the holidays (ha!) I’d bring you some before the year ends. (Doesn’t time fly!) Here two books that although very different share fabulous

Posted in Book reviews abuse, Ailsa Abraham, Alchemy, Anita Dawes. Jaye Marie Dawes, Bad Moon, environment, mystical, Native American, nature, paganism, religion

Review of Sebastian (The Three Nations Trilogy, Book 2) by Christoph Fischer. A chronicle of turbulent times and memorable characters.

Posted on September 2, 2014 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I’ve been trying to catch up on some reading, and although some of the review I’m writing are going to be published directly in BTS-e Magazine (I’ll share links to future numbers) I realised there were some books I’d reviewed recently I hadn’t had a chance to share with you yet. Today I

Posted in Reviews Amazon, black market, Christoph Fischer, First World War, Jewish, religion, Sebastian, Three Nations Trilogy, Vienna

Mi reunión con The Scary Guy (El tío que asusta). Tercera y última parte, por ahora!

Posted on August 12, 2014 by OlgaNunez

Hola a todos: Como recordaréis he estado compartiendo una entrevista que le hice a Scary Guy y hoy llegamos a la tercera y última parte. Hablamos de sus experiencias personales, de su mensaje central, y de su concepto de la familia, que me encanta. Le pregunté a Scary cuál era su mensaje central. Me dijo

Posted in The Scary Guy cursos, experiencias, Familia, libros, padre, paz mundial, películas, religion, The Scary Guy