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#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

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

#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

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

#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

#TuesdayBookBlog THE OTHER MRS. SAMSON by Ralph Webster (@Ralph_Webster) Biographical historical fiction for fans of women’s stories and XIX and XX narratives #RBRT

Posted on February 16, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you novel/fictionalised biography that I found fascinating. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. The Other Mrs. Samson by Ralph Webster Surviving two wars, sharing one husband, searching for answers. A hidden compartment in a black lacquer cabinet left in an attic reveals the secrets of two incredible

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog biographies, biography, German history, historical fiction, Jewish Fiction, USA history, women's history, XIX and XX century

#TuesdayBookBlog A RAINBOW LIKE YOU by Andréa Fehsenfeld (@acfcreative) A wonderful character and a feel-good story, with some heartache #RBRT

Posted on February 2, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Here I bring you my latest review, something pretty different for me, but one more discovery from Rosie’s Books Review Team. A Rainbow Like You by Andréa Fehsenfeld BEST BC BOOKS of 2020—Grant Lawrence, Award-winning author & CBC personality ONE OF THE GREAT ROCK & ROLL STORIES—Eric Alper, Sirius XM host and music

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog chromoaesthesia, diverse book, growing up, music, music novel, rock book, sickle cell disease, synaesthesia, TuesdayBookBlog

#TuesdayBookBlog THE SURVIVORS: A Novel by Jane Harper (@LittleBrownUK) (@GraceEVincent) (@janeharperautho) If you haven’t read a Jane Harper novel, now is the time #bookreview

Posted on January 26, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of the newest book by an author I’ve become a big fan of. Just a word of warning: the book isn’t available everywhere and in all the formats yet, but should be coming out in the next week or so everywhere (if there are no delays). The Survivors:

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Australia, crime, Jane Harper, mystery, sea town, small-town, Tasmania, The Survivors, TuesdayBookBlog

#TuesdayBookBlog THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER by Stuart Turton (@BloomsburyBooks) (@stu_turton) A delightfully elaborate magic trick

Posted on January 19, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi, all: Here comes a book that kept popping up on blogs and articles about new books, and I was intrigued by the author and the title, so… The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton ‘If you read one book this year, make sure it’s this one’ Daily Mail CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog collonialism, devil, Dutch East Indies, magic, maritime, mystery, Sherlock Holmes, Stuart Turton, supernatural

#TuesdayBookBlog DEAD OF WINTER: JOURNEY 1, FORLORN PEAK by Teagan Geneviene (@teagangeneviene) A great start to a beautiful and compelling fantasy serial

Posted on January 12, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review for a new story, or rather, the first “journey” of a new story by an author and blogger I’ve been following and reading for a while now, and whose work I’ve reviewed here on quite a few occasions. When she announced she’d be publishing Dead of Winter, I

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog coming of age, Dead of Winter, Fantasy, female protagonist, Serial, Teagan Geneviene, the Handmaid's Tale, Winter is coming, wolfs