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#Bookreview Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition by Sebastiaan Faber (@sebasfaber) Anybody interested in recent Spanish history and in current Spanish politics and social movements should read this #SpanishHistory

Posted on May 3, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a non-fiction book quite different from my usual reads, but totally relevant, unfortunately. Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition by Sebastiaan Faber What is left of Francisco Franco’s legacy in Spain today? Franco ruled Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. In October 2019, his remains were removed

Posted in Book review, Book reviews academia, democracy, Franco, politics, Sebastiaan Faber, Spanish history, Spanish transition

#TuesdayBookBlog NUMBER EIGHT CRISPY CHICKEN: A HILARIOUS AND POWERFUL LITERARY SATIRE by Sarah Neofield (@SarahNeofield). A protagonist you’ll love to hate in a book that will make you think hard. #RBRT

Posted on January 21, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all. I bring you a book that will appeal to quite a few of you. Here it is. Number Eight Crispy Chicken: A Hilarious and Powerful Literary Satire by Sarah Neofield The immigration minister has been detained. Minister for Asylum Deterrence and Foreign Investment, Peter Ruddick, is en route to the remote Pulcherrima Island,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog asylum seeker, Australia, immigrtion policies, Jonathan Swift, political satire, politics

#TuesdayBookBlog LIARS & LUNATICS IN GOOSE PIMPLE JUNCTION: A GOOSE PIMPLE JUNCTION MYSTERY, book 5 by Amy Metz (@authoramymetz) A cozy mystery full of Southern charm, wit, and many laughs

Posted on December 24, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I catch up on a series I love today. Perfect for any holidays! Liars & Lunatics in Goose Pimple Junction: A Goose Pimple Junction Mystery, book 5 by Amy Metz It’s election season, and there’s a new candidate in town. Virgil Pepper is determined to take the job from Goose Pimple Junction’s long-time

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Amy Metz, cozy mystery, Goose Pimple Junction Series, Humour, moonshine, murders, politics, small-town, Southern dialect, Southern USA

#TuesdayBookBlog SEAGULLS OVER WESTMINSTER by Richard Wade (@wadecomply). An amusing and fun read about UK local politics. #RBRT

Posted on April 30, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all. I bring you a review I’ve completed for Rosie’s Book Review Team. I am back in one piece (I think) from my break, and it was fascinating although quite tiring as well. I hope to catch up on some of the reviews in the next couple of weeks, and I have something else planned

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Rosie's Book Review Team, Rosie's Book Team Review, Tuesday Book Blog Albion, Brighton, Fiction, football, irony, political campaign, politics, radio, Social media, UK local politics

#TuesdayBookBlog THE MOUNTAIN MAN’S BADGE (THE MOUNTAIN MAN MYSTERIES BOOK 3) by Gary Corbin (@garycorbin) A reluctant hero and an old-fashioned #mystery, small-town politics and corruption #Bookreview

Posted on September 18, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Another mystery with a likeable main character and a small-town far from idyllic. The Mountain Man’s Badge (The Mountain Man Mysteries Book 3) by Gary Corbin Lehigh Carter never wanted to be sheriff. And he sure never wanted to arrest his new father-in-law for murder. Mountain Man Lehigh Carter got talked into serving the unexpired

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog corruption, Gary Corbin, lumberjack, Mountain Man's Series, mystery, Oregon, politics, sheriff, small-town

#TuesdayBookBlog UK2 (PROJECT RENOVA BOOK 3) by Terry Tyler (@TerryTyler4) #Bookreview The perfect way to end the series. A must read for #dystopia genre lovers and those who love great characters.

Posted on June 19, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you the third book in a series I’ve been eagerly following. It’s the end, sort of… UK2 (Project Renova Book 3) by Terry Tyler ‘Two decades of social media had prepared them well for UK2.’ The pace steps up in this final installment of the Project Renova trilogy, as the survivors’

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog dystopia, Lindisfarne, politics, post-apocalyptic, Project Renova series, survival, Terry Tyler, Tipping Point, Tuesday Book Blog, UK, virus

#Bookreview MACBETH by Jo Nesbo (@NetGalley) A dark and twisted take on the original for readers interested in morally ambiguous characters. #JoNesbo #Shakespeare

Posted on May 28, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I was very intrigued by this book and well… Here is the review, finally. Macbeth by Jo Nesbo JO NESBO: #1 Sunday Times bestseller, #1 New York Times bestseller, 40 million books sold worldwide He’s the best cop they’ve got. When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it’s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up

Posted in book promo, Book review, Book reviews best-seller, corruption, dark thriller, Escaping Psychiatry, Family, Hogarth's project, Jo Nesbo, Macbeth, Police, politics, Scotland, Shakespeare

#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

#TuesdayBookBlog #Bookreview ON THE BRIGHT SIDE by Hendrik Groen (@PenguinUKBooks) The Old-But-Not-Dead Club strikes again. A truly inspiring read, whatever your age.

Posted on January 23, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you the review of a book that I had been looking forward to for a while. Some of you might remember my review of the first book but… On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen ‘A funny but also touching diary praised for its wit and realism’ BBC Radio 4 Front Row The Old-But-Not-Dead Club return, in

Posted in Book review, Book reviews death, dementia, diary?, Holland, Humour, nursing home, old-age, politics, Tuesday Book Blog

#Bookreview ARTEMIS by Andy Weir (@andyweirauthor) A great caper story, with fun characters, not too deep, but with plenty of technical and scientific information to keep your brain going

Posted on November 13, 2017 by OlgaNunez

[amazon_link asins=’1250119243,B00SN93AHU,0553418025,B017S3OP34,1451678193,178274164X,1426214685,1452134359,1681774461′ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’wwwauthortran-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’f895054e-a5c7-11e7-b739-912cdef9bbe8′] Hi all: I’ve brought you the review of a book I read a few weeks back but didn’t want to share until it was closer to the release date. Artemis will be published tomorrow, so I thought this would give you a chance to get it if you fancied it,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews caper, female character, heist, Moon, Ocean's Eleven, politics, sci-fi, sci-fiction, science, technology, the Martian