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#Bookreview 337 by M Jonathan Lee (@MJonathanLee) A ‘total’ reading experience #literaryfiction

Posted on December 7, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a pretty surprising (albeit enjoyable) reading experience. 337 by M Jonathan Lee 337 follows the life of Samuel Darte whose mother vanished when he was in his teens. It was his brother, Tom who found her wedding ring on the kitchen table along with the note. While their father pays

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Book cover, death, Family, Identity, literary fiction, loss, M. Jonathan Lee, memory, Murder, trauma, Yorkshire

#Bookreview and Blog tour THE INCENDIARIES by R. O. Kwon (@rokwon) For lovers of poetic prose, complex narration and unique voices #TheIncendiaries #NetGalley

Posted on September 7, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I was very happy to be invited to participate in the blog tour of this book because it gave me the opportunity to read the first book by an author who is being acclaimed by public and critics alike. The Incendiaries: A Novel by R. O. Kwon “Religion, politics, and love collide in this

Posted in Blog Tour, Book review, Book reviews Christianity, cult, faith, Identity, Korea, NetGalley, religion, terrorism, The Incendiaries, unreliable narrator

#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

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 EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid (@mohsin_hamid) #ManBookerPrize A novel not for everybody that everybody should read #migration

Posted on August 30, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you my review of another one of the novels that have made it into the Man-Booker Longlist. Here is it. Exit West: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017 by Mohsin Hamid Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize “It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and

Posted in Book review, Book reviews beliefs, Identity, Man-Booker Longlist, Middle East, migration, religion, utopia, war, Writing

#Bookreview A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR by by David Grossman (Author), Jessica Cohen (Translator) A book for discerning readers who enjoy books about the human condition

Posted on August 14, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I suddenly realised that I had quite a few books that had won or been nominated for big writing awards and decided to try and catch up and see if I could learn something. A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman (Author), Jessica Cohen (Translator) WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 The setting is

Posted in Book review, Book reviews childhood memories, guilt, Identity, International Man Booker Prize, Jewish Fiction, jokes, therapy

#Reviewblitz PETALS by Laurisa White Reyes (@lwreyes) Grief, survivor’s guilt, identity and family relations in a beautifully written book set in Guatemala.

Posted on April 20, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Yes, today I bring you a review too, but it’s part of a Blog tour/Review Blitz organised by Lady Amber’s Reviews & PR. So here it is! Title: Petals Author: Laurisa White Reyes Genre: YA Suspense Cover Designer: Emma Michaels Publisher: Skyrocket Press Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR Blurb: Some memories refuse to stay

Posted in Blog Tour, book promo, Book review, Book reviews grief, Guatemala, Identity, mixed families, mystery, YA

#Bookreview HERE I AM by Jonathan Safran Foer. Family, nation, religion, identity and writing with an inimitable style. And authors answer the question, What does your writing look like?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by OlgaNunez

Today I bring you both a new book and a review. I’d been curious about this writer for a while and this is one of the few reviews where I’ve got feedback on the review itself in Amazon (at first somebody complaining about a spoiler, although it is not that kind of novel, and later

Posted in Book reviews Bible, Book review, Family, Identity, Israel, Jewish, Jonathan Safran Foer, Marie Lavender, Relationships, religion, war

#Newbook and #bookreview Beside Myself by @A_B_Morgan. What Makes Us Who We Are?

Posted on January 22, 2016 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: On Fridays I normally bring you new books, but as I’m sharing my book on Tuesdays, I decided to take the opportunity and combine a new book (it was only published on 14th January) with my own review of the book. Beside Myself by Ann Morgan Description: Helen and Ellie are identical twins

Posted in Book reviews, New books Ann Morgan, Beside Myself, Family drama, Identity, psychological thriller, twin