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#TuesdayBookBlog THE FREQUENCY OF US: A BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick by Keith Stuart (@keefstuart) (@LittleBrownUK) A story with magic, imagination, a hopeful ending and a big heart

Posted on April 13, 2021 by OlgaNunez 12 Comments

Dear all: I bring you the review of a new book by an author I’ve become a fan of in recent years. The Frequency of Us: A BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick by Keith Stuart A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ‘A fascinating, beautiful, heartwarming novel. It kept me gripped from the very first chapter’

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog anxiety, Bath, dual timelines, historical fiction, Keith Stuart, love story, multiverses, old-age, WW II UK

#TuesdayBookBlog BLACK IRISH BLUES: A Caesar Stiles Mystery by Andrew Cotto @andrewcotto A great combination of good writing, great characters, and a compelling setting #RBRT

Posted on April 6, 2021 by OlgaNunez 14 Comments

Hi all: I bring you another book from Rosie’s Book Review Team. Short but full to the brim with great characters and stories. Black Irish Blues: A Caesar Stiles Mystery by Andrew Cotto “Being a fan of Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos and Walter Mosley, I would certainly label Andrew Cotto as a comparable read to

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog bullying, crime, curse, Family, hard-boiled, memorable characters, New Jersey, noir, prison, small-town

#TuesdayBookBlog A Caller’s Game by J.D. Barker (@jdbarker) Highly satisfying literary popcorn for fans of non-stop action #thriller

Posted on March 30, 2021 by OlgaNunez 32 Comments

Hi all: I bring you a book highly recommended for those who want a fix of action and something that will get their minds off current events. The complete opposite of a relaxing read. A Caller’s Game by J.D. Barker DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog bombs, J.D. Barker, New York, non-stop action, page turner, radio station, thriller

#Bookreview Unmarried Women of the Country Estate: Four Stories from 17th-20th Century: Genteel Women Who Did Not Marry by Charlotte Furness (@penswordbooks) A different perspective into women’s history #women’s history

Posted on March 29, 2021 by OlgaNunez 14 Comments

Hi all: I bring you one of Pen & Sword’s non-fiction titles and a pretty special one. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. Unmarried Women of the Country Estate: Four Stories from 17th-20th Century: Genteel Women Who Did Not Marry by Charlotte Furness As the fight for women’s rights continues, and

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Non-fiction Anne Lister, Anne Robinson, Business, Charlotte Furness, country estates, Elizabeth Isham, History, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, Rosalie Chichester, single women, UK history, women's history

#TuesdayBookBlog Dead of Winter: Journey 3, The Fever Field by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene (@teagangeneviene) Mysteries and magic come to the fore #Fantasy

Posted on March 23, 2021 by OlgaNunez 86 Comments

Hi all: Today, I bring you the review of the third Journey of a series I’ve been following with growing interest. If you haven’t, yet, I hope you give it a try. And you don’t need to be all-out fantasy fans to enjoy it. I am not. Dead of Winter: Journey 3, The Fever Field by

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Dead of Winter, Fantasy, high fantasy, journey, Serial, Teagan Geneviene, Winter is coming

#TuesdayBookBlog FIVE TIMES LUCKY by P. David Temple The perfect antidote for these colourless times #comedy

Posted on March 16, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a funny book. I needed a change, and I thought you might enjoy it as well. Five Times Lucky by P. David Temple The perfect antidote for these colourless times In FIVE TIMES LUCKY, an intrepid traveler gets more than her share of tabloid celebrity. Who hasn’t wondered what life was like inside

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog acting, California, celebrity cult, comedy, dogs, fame, fun, Hollywood, labradoodles, Native American, P. David Temple, WWF

#TuesdayBookBlog NO MORE MULBERRIES by Mary Smith (@marysmithwriter) An immersive trip into rural Afghanistan #Afghanistan

Posted on March 9, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Many of you probably know and follow the blog of the author whose first novel I’m reviewing today. I hope she is feeling better. No More Mulberries by Mary Smith Scottish-born midwife, Miriam loves her work at a health clinic in rural Afghanistan and the warmth and humour of her women friends in

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Afghanistan, education, foreign aid, Health, Mary Smith, midwife, Muslim religion, rural Afghanistan, Scotland

#BlogBlast #Bookreview The Disappearance of #StephanieMailer: A gripping new thriller with a killer twist by Joël Dicker Many stories, many genres in one great read @QuercusBooks @MacLehosePress

Posted on March 4, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I couldn’t resist and had to read this book and participate in this blog blast: The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer: A gripping new thriller with a killer twist by Joël Dicker (Author), Howard Curtis (Translator) A twisting new thriller from the author of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair In the summer of

Posted in Blog Tour, Book launch, book promo, Book review Joel Dicker, multi-genre, mystery, pastiche, police procedural, Stephanie Mailer, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, thriller

#TuesdayBookBlog THE VISITOR: A POST-APOCALYPTIC MURDER MYSTERY by Terry Tyler. A twisted murder mystery in a twisted time #murdermystery #bookreview

Posted on February 23, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I’m sharing a review of the latest book (to date) of an author who keeps visiting my blog. And she’ll carry on coming. The Visitor: A Post-Apocalyptic Murder Mystery by Terry Tyler In 2024, a mystery virus ravages the entire world. ‘Bat Fever’ is highly contagious and one hundred per cent lethal. A

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Book review, dystopia, Murder Mystery, pandemic, Project Renova, thriller, virus

#Bookreview CHILDREN AT WAR 1914–1918: “IT’S MY WAR TOO!” by Vivien Newman (@worldwarwomen) (@penswordbooks) Stories that should be heard #history #non-fiction

Posted on February 22, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another non-fiction book and one I’ve particularly enjoyed (although perhaps ‘enjoy’ isn’t the best word): Children at War 1914–1918: “It’s my war too!” by Vivien Newman For most British readers, the phrase ‘children during the war’ conjures up images of the evacuees of the Second World War. Somehow, surprisingly, the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews children's history, First World War, History, militaria, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, war history, WW1