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#Bookreview DEAD OF WINTER: JOURNEY 2, PENLLYN by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene (@teagangeneviene) A must-read serial #fantasy

Posted on February 15, 2021 by OlgaNunez 24 Comments

Hi all: I bring you the second journey in the new serial by one of my favourite authors and bloggers, Teagan Geneviene. Dead of Winter: Journey 2, Penllyn by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene Journey 2, Penllyn picks up where the first installment, Dead of Winter: Journey 1, Forlorn Peak stopped. The supernatural warning, “Winter is coming!”

Posted in Book review, Book reviews dystopia, Fantasy, female protagonist, Journey 2, religion, Serial, Teagan Geneviene

#TuesdayBookBlog BLACKTHORN by Terry Tyler (@TerryTyler4) Terrific characters and a ray of hope in a dark, dark world #sci-fi

Posted on June 2, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book by an author that is a big favourite of mine, and one connected to one of her most popular series. Terrific! Blackthorn by Terry Tyler The UK, year 2139. One hundred and fifteen years ago, a mysterious virus wiped out ninety-five per cent of humanity. Blackthorn, the largest

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Blackthorn, dystopia, manipulation, Project Renova series, religion, sci-fi, Terry Tyler, UK, virus

#Bookreview A Matter of Interpretation by Elizabeth Mac Donald (@bizzieauthor) #Matterofinterpretation A fictionalised biography of a fascinating historical character searching for knowledge against all odds

Posted on October 7, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a book that I found very compelling, although I don’t think it will be a crowd-pleaser. A Matter of Interpretation by Elizabeth Mac Donald The Kingdom of Sicily, early thirteenth century. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II has, through invasion and marriage, expanded his empire, but always subject to

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Aristotle, astrology, Averroes, Córdoba, crusades, Emperor Frederick II, historical fiction, History, Medicine, Michael Scot, religion, Toledo, XIII Century Europe

#TuesdayBookBlog #Bookreview THE THIRTEENTH GUARDIAN by KM Lewis (@kmlewisbooks) Dystopia, mythology, apocalypse, and conspiracy theories

Posted on June 11, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: This is the beginning of a series full of possibilities, although I’m not sure it’s for me. The Thirteenth Guardian by KM Lewis Da Vinci’s secret pales. Michelangelo concealed an explosive truth in his famous Creation of Man fresco in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Everything we have been taught about Eve

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog ancient documents, artefacts, Bible, dystopia, mythology, post-apocalyptic, religion, YA

#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

#TuesdayBookBlog #Bookreview SON OF A PREACHER MAN by Karen M. Cox (@KarenMCox1932) A #coming of age story full of atmosphere and a nostalgic look at a more innocent era#giveaway and guest post.

Posted on July 3, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I’m repeating author today and I bring you a book that’s definitely not of this time although the book was just published. I became aware of this book thanks to Rosie Amber and her fantastic Book Team Review (you must check her out if you haven’t yet, here). Karen M. Cox has kindly

Posted in Book review, Book reviews 1950s and 60s, Christianity, Coming of Age story, Doctor, midwife, religion, small-town, Souther states, spirituality, USA

#TuesdayBookBlog THE COVEN MURDERS (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 3) by Brian O’Hare ( Great characters, a Northern Irish setting, and the devil is in the detail. #RBRT

Posted on May 29, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a review for a book by an author I discovered a while back and I hope to keep reading in the future, Brian O’Hare. The Coven Murders (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 3) by Brian O’Hare The Coven Murders opens with a horrifying account of a ritual Black Mass with a

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Inspector Sheehan series, Northern Ireland, police procedural, religion, Satanic rites, serial killings

#TuesdayBookBlog FREAKY FRANKY: Santa Muerte followers discover the horrifying consequences of worshipping with evil intentions by William Blackwell (@wblackwell333) #horror #RBRT

Posted on February 27, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a book I have reviewed as part of Rosie’s Book Review Team. I was intrigued by the title (not sure it fitted into the genre, and wondered about the long subtitle that seems more a description than a title, but I checked the beginning of the story and I

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Rosie's Book Review Team, Tuesday Book Blog Catholicism, cult, horror, La Santa Muerte, Mexico, morality, possession, religion, review, Saint Death, Tuesday Book Blog, violence

#TuesdayBookBlog BY LIGHT OF HIDDEN CANDLES by Daniella Levy (@DaniellaNLevy) A clean romance, where fate, faith, and history come together.

Posted on November 7, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you another review for Rosie Amber’s fabulous Book Review Team. Don’t forget to visit her blog, here. By Light of Hidden Candles by Daniella Levy In a mud hut in the Jewish Quarter of 16th-century Fez, a dying woman hands her granddaughter a heavy gold ring–and an even heavier secret. Five

Posted in Book review, Book reviews clean romance, faith, historical fiction, Judaism, religion, romance, Sephardic Jew, Spain, spirituality, 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

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