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#TuesdayBookBlog THE LAST THING SHE SAID by Rachel Walkley (@RachelJWalkley) #RBRT A beautifully written feel-good story.

Posted on December 18, 2018 by OlgaNunez 11 Comments

Hi all: I bring you a book by one of the authors I discovered though Rosie’s team. This is the second of her novels and… she’s a keeper! The Last Thing She Said by Rachel Walkley. Women’s fiction with a touch of the paranormal. A beautifully written feel-good story. “Beware of a man named Frederick

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog clairvoyance, contemporary women, Family, flute, mystery, paranormal, secrets, UK, women's fiction

#Bookreview DAYS OF WONDER by Keith Stuart (@keefstuart) (@LittleBrownUK) #Daysofwonder A love-at-first-read book. A must read if you love theatre, stories, magic, and feel-good novels.

Posted on June 7, 2018 by OlgaNunez 17 Comments

Hi all: I read the first novel by this author some time ago and I was very pleased when I was invited to read the next one. I’m publishing the review on the day of its publication, so don’t delay and get it now! From the 200,000-copy bestselling author of A Boy Make Of Blocks Days

Posted in Book review, Book reviews A Boy Made of Blocks, cardiac illness, chronic illness, comics, coming of age, Days of Wonder, depression, Family, Keith Stuart, single-father family, teenagers, theatre

#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 22 Comments

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

#TuesdayBookBlog THE ENGLISH WIFE: A NOVEL by Lauren Willig (@laurenwillig) (@StMartinsPress) Recommended to fans of Rebecca, Jane Eyre, and Jane Austen’s novels. #bookreview #historicalfiction

Posted on March 6, 2018 by OlgaNunez 14 Comments

Hi all: I am sure today’s book won’t be to everybody’s taste, but I loved it. See what you think. The English Wife: A Novel by Lauren Willig From New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous novel set in the Gilded Age, full of family secrets, affairs, and even murder. Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Family, Gothic, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Murder, mystery, New York, Rebecca, secrets, TuesdayBookBlog, XIX century

#Bookreview THE DRY: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year 2017 by Jean Harper (@LittleBrownUK) (@janeharperautho)Tense, atmospheric, and reflective Australian #crimenovel.

Posted on February 19, 2018 by OlgaNunez 23 Comments

Hi all: This is the second part (although it should be the first) of the post I published last week. Oh well, this is me we’re talking about, after all. The Dry: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year 2017 by Jane Harper ‘One of the most stunning debuts I’ve ever read…Read it!’ David

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Autralia, Book Twins, crime, draught, Family, guilt, Jane Harper, Murder, noir, Rosie's Book Review Team, small-town

#TuesdayBookBlog FORCE OF NATURE by Jane Harper (@janeharperautho) (@LittleBrownUK) (@kimberleynyam) Steady-paced, beautifully written, and morally ambiguous #ForceOfNature

Posted on February 13, 2018 by OlgaNunez 16 Comments

Hi all: I am very pleased to take part on the blog tour for the book Force of Nature by Jane Harper. This is the follow-up of a book that got a lot of attention, especially as it was the debut novel of the author (The Dry). And although I had not read it, I remembered

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Australia, blog, Family, Jane Harper, Liane Moriarty, noir, outback, psychological, review, thriller, TuesdayBook

#TuesdayBookBlog FRED’S FUNERAL by Sandy Day (@sandeetweets). A poignant and lovingly written ode to an unsung hero. Beautiful and heart-wrenching. #RBRT #WWI

Posted on January 30, 2018 by OlgaNunez 24 Comments

Dear all: Today I bring you a beautiful (if sad) book, that is a fictionalisation of the story of a young Canadian man who fought in WWI. Fred’s Funeral by Sandy Day Fred Sadler has just died of old age. It’s 1986, seventy years after he marched off to WWI, and the ghost of Fred Sadler hovers

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Canada, Family, funeral, homage, mental illness, PTSD, shell-shock, TuesdayBookBlog, WWI

#TuesdayBookBlog #Bookreview DO YOU REALIZE?: A NOVEL by Kevin Kuhn (@Big_Kuhna). An inspiring read that will challenge your beliefs.

Posted on October 10, 2017 by OlgaNunez 18 Comments

Hi, all: Today I bring you another review I’ve written for Rosie’s Book Review Team. Rosie kindly sends us updates with the new books and if the description intrigues me I go and check the book and sometimes read a sample. I was intrigued by this book but although when it got into the list I

Posted in Book review, Book reviews dimensions, Ethics, Family, Future, Inspiration, philosophy, Physics, Plato, The Beauty of the Fall, time travel, TuesdayBookBlog

#Bookreview #ManBookerLonglist HOME FIRE by Kamila Shamsie (@kamilashamsie) A powerful, touching, and beautiful book for readers prepared to ask themselves the big questions. #amreading

Posted on September 11, 2017 by OlgaNunez 20 Comments

Hi all: Today I share the review of the last of the books I had already on my Kindle that has made it into this year’s ManBooker Longlist. The shortlist should be coming out this week. I wonder if any of the ones I’ve read will make it. This one I really liked and I

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Antigone, Family, Identity, Love, ManBooker Prize Longlist, media, Muslim, politics, religion, terrorism, UK

#Bookreview ALL I EVER WANTED by Lucy Dillon (@lucy_dillon) A feel-good story with its heart in the right place.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by OlgaNunez 12 Comments

Hi all: As promised, I’m going down my list of reviews. As it’s in alphabetic order, it’s luck of the draw what comes up, genre-wise, but you won’t have to wait long for the next one. All I Ever Wanted by Lucy Dillon I recommend it to anybody who loves a gentle story about families, with no scandals,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Children, death, Family, Love, Net Galley, Relationships, separation

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