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#TuesdayBookBlog KNIGHT IN PAPER ARMOR by Nicholas Conley (@NicholasConley1) Scary, inspiring, and ultimately life-affirming #RBRT #Sci-fi

Posted on September 29, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you the review of a book by an author that impressed me with one of his novels a few years back: Knight in Paper Armor by Nicholas Conley Billy Jakobek has always been different. Born with strange and powerful psychic abilities, he has grown up in the laboratories of Thorne

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog disability, diversity, dystopia, evil, Guatemala, immigration, Jewish, Kabbalah, Orwell, Prejudice, sci-fi, Young Adult

#Bookreview A LONG PETAL OF THE SEA: A Novel by Isabel Allende (@isabelallende) (@BloomsburyBooks) Fantastic. Unforgettable.

Posted on December 2, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book by a favourite author of mine that I had not read for a very long time. It’s a fabulous book, although the English version won’t be available until January. It has been out in Spanish for several months, but my review is of the English version, and it’s

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Chile, immigration, Isabel Allende, la retirada, Pablo Neruda, refugees, Salvador Allende, Spanish Civil War, Venezuela

#Bookreview GODDESS OF THE RAINBOW by Patrick Brigham. A multitude of stories that make up a feel-good novel in an extraordinary setting.

Posted on March 25, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I’ve finally got around to reading this book, and I am pleased I have. GODDESS OF THE RAINBOW by Patrick Brigham. Goddess of The Rainbow is a very Greek story involving the rain, and how flooding changes us, moves the finger of fate, and causes us to reflect on our lives. A series

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Balkans, flood, Greece, immigration, novel, Short Stories, small-town, soap opera

#Bookreview THE LEAVERS by Lisa Ko (@iamlisako) A book about mothers, sons, emigrations, and how to survive when you’ve lost a part of yourself #TheLeavers #emigration

Posted on April 26, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I don’t usually blog on Thursdays, but when I was invited to participate in this blog tour, I know you would not mind getting an extra post. And here it is: The Leavers: Winner of the PEN/Bellweather Prize for Fiction by Lisa Ko ‘A vivid fictional exploration of what it means to belong and

Posted in Book review, Book reviews adoptions, China, emigration, ethnicity, family relationships, immigration, mother-son relationship, politics, transnational adoptions, USA

#Bookreview BEHOLD THE DREAMERS: A NOVEL by Imbolo Mbue. Beautifully written story of a lost in translation version of the American Dream

Posted on March 17, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: This is the last review for this week, but plenty more to come. And although the material says the novel is long-listed for the Pen/Faulkner Award, it is now officially one of the finalists (read an article in the Washington Post about it here). So, remember, you heard it here first! Behold the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews África, America, asylum seeking, Cameroon, immigration, Lehman Brothers, Pen Award