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#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 27 Comments

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

#TuesdayBookBlog NO SECRET TOO SMALL. A Novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Miles Tollefson. New Mexico historical fiction that confronts some painful truths #historicalfiction

Posted on November 10, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a new book by an author I read last year for the first time. Recommended to readers of historical fiction. No Secret Too Small. A Novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Miles Tollefson A novel dedicated to all the world’s children caught in the cross fire of adult squabbles.

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog female protagonist, historical fiction, Loretta Miles Tollefson, Mexico, New Mexico, Old New Mexico, Prejudice, racism, Spanish, weaving, XIX century

#TuesdayBookBlog SEASON OF SECOND CHANCES by Aimee Alexander (@aimeealexbooks) A feel-good, heart-warming, and moving read #RBRT

Posted on May 19, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another book I’ve reviewed for Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and loved it. Season of Second Chances by Aimee Alexander When leaving is just the beginning… The long-awaited novel of family, love and learning to be kind to yourself by award-winning, bestselling Irish author, Aimee Alexander. Grace Sullivan flees Dublin

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog domestic abuse, Domestic violence, female protagonist, female writing, Ireland, Rosie's Book Review Team, rural doctor, second chances, starting over, Tuesday Book Blog, village life, West Cork

#Bookreview #TheGlassHouse by Eve Chase (@EvePollyChase) (@PenguinUKBooks) A totally immersing and wonderful reading experience

Posted on May 18, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book that I’ve enjoyed by an acclaimed author I hadn’t had a chance to read yet but has now become a favourite. The Glass House by Eve Chase PRE-ORDER THE STUNNING NEW MYSTERY ABOUT OLD FAMILY SECRETS FROM THE AUTHOR OF BLACK RABBIT HALL AND THE VANISHING OF AUDREY WILDE ‘A captivating

Posted in Book review, Book reviews adoption, domestic fiction, dual timelines, fairy tales, family relationships, female protagonist, first and third person narratives, Forest of Dean, Gothic fiction

#TuesdayBookBlog LITTLE TEA by Claire Fullerton (@cfullerton3) Recommended to lovers of Southern literature and beautiful writing #Bookreview

Posted on May 5, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a review of a book just published at the end of last week by an author I’ve read great things about. Even before its publication, the novel has gained plenty of attention: The Pulpwood Queens (780 book club chapters) August book selection Finalist in the Faulkner Society’s William Wisdom International

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Claire Fullerton, female friendship, female protagonist, Memphis, race relations, Southern literature, Tennessee, Tennessee Williams

#TuesdayBookBlog #DREAMLAND by Nancy Bilyeau (@EndeavourQuill)(@Tudorscribe)A wild ride for lovers of historical fiction, amusement parks, and great female protagonists #Blogtour

Posted on January 28, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all! Here I am participating in a blog tour for a book by an author that has featured before on my blog and who’s become a favourite of mine. DREAMLAND by Nancy Bilyeau ‘Achingly believable’ – Publishers Weekly ‘This fast-paced, engrossing novel from Bilyeau… gives readers an up-close and personal view of New York’s Gilded

Posted in Blog Tour, Book launch, Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog 1910s, class system, Coney Island, female protagonist, gender politics, historical ficiton, Jewishness, migration, New York, Prejudice, USA history

#Bookreview #NineElms (Kate Marshall Book 1) by Robert Bryndza (@LittleBrownUK) I liked the main character but not enough attention to detail for me #NetGalley

Posted on January 20, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a book that didn’t rock the world for me, but you might find it more to your taste (I think I should stop reading thrillers with plots that are too closely related to my previous professional life). Nine Elms (Kate Marshall Book 1) by Robert Bryndza From the breakthrough

Posted in Book review, Book reviews copycat killer, female protagonist, NetGalley, new series, Robert Bryndza, serial killers, thriller, UK setting

#TuesdayBookBlog #Blogtour THE BLUE by Nancy Bilyeau (@EndeavourQuill). A great combination of history and adventures

Posted on December 4, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a great novel. I was also invited to participate in the blog tour and I hope you find it as interesting as I do. The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau. ‘Nancy Bilyeau’s passion for history infuses her books’ – Alison Weir ‘With rich writing, surprising twists, and a riveting sense

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Derby pottery, endeavour quill, female protagonist, France, historical fiction, Huguenot, Madame Pompadour, mystery, pottery, Royal Crown Derby, Sevres, spy, XVIII centure England

#TuesdayBookBlog #Newbook MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite (@OyinBraithwaite) (@doubledaybooks) Domestic noir, dark humour, and a fantastic new voice

Posted on November 27, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I was intrigued by this book from the moment I saw it… My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite “Feverishly hot”–PAULA HAWKINS “The wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.”–MARIE CLAIRE A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog book launch, dark comedy, Dexter, domestic-noir, female protagonist, first-person narrative, Lagos, Nigeria, Serial killer

#Blogtour #HouseofGlass HOUSE OF GLASS by Susan Fletcher (@sfletcherauthor) (@ViragoBooks) A beautiful, contemplative, and touching novel about what it means to be whole

Posted on November 3, 2018 by OlgaNunez

House of Glass by Susan Fletcher A beautiful, contemplative, and touching novel about what it means to be whole June 1914 and a young woman – Clara Waterfield – is summoned to a large stone house in Gloucestershire. Her task: to fill a greenhouse with exotic plants from Kew Gardens, to create a private

Posted in Blog Tour, Book review, Book reviews female protagonist, first person narration, ghosts, gothic novel, osteogenesis imperfecta, physical disability, Susan Fletcher, Victorian, WWI