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#TuesdayBookBlog A PLAGUE OF PAGES: A HORROR STORY FROM THE DEAD BOXES ARCHIVE by John F. Leonard (@john_f_leonard) #RBRT A fun and fast horror novella.

Posted on March 12, 2019 by OlgaNunez 20 Comments

Dear all: You might all have experienced the feeling that sometimes the stars align and everything comes together (yes, even when the results might be less than stellar). I had already agreed to read and review this novella when my friend and blogger extraordinaire Beetley Pete (he blogs about everything, from photography, his dog, his

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Alfred Hitchcock presents, evil object, horror, novella, The Dark Boxes Archive, The Twilight Zone, Tuesday Book Blog, Writing

#Booklaunch #Newbook #EscapingPsychiatry3

Posted on December 7, 2018 by OlgaNunez 10 Comments

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Posted in Book launch, book promo, Escaping Psychiatry launch Escaping Psychiatry 3, FBI, female protagonists, prison, psychological thriller, quotes, Serial killer, Writing

#Bookreview The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker (@JoelDicker) A demanding mystery recommended to writers and lovers of complex stories #mystery

Posted on September 24, 2018 by OlgaNunez 18 Comments

Hi all: Today I bring you the review of a book that had been on my mind for a while… The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker A crime story. A love story. More than 2 million copies sold worldwide. And now a major 10-part MGM TV series starring Patrick Dempsey and

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Lolita, mystery, Narrator, thriller, twists, Writing, writing advice

#TuesdayBookBlog Two short books for authors by Gisela Hausmann (@Naked_Determina) worth their weight in gold #Amwriting #Bookreviews

Posted on March 13, 2018 by OlgaNunez 8 Comments

Hi all: Although I tend to write more about other people’s books than about my own, I know you know I’m an author (or at least some of you know). I have the best of intentions and always want to learn what to do to sell more books, but I normally get sidetracked and end

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Marketing, Tuesday Book Blog, Writing ads, authors, Blogging, books, Facebook, marketing, Writing

#Booklaunch OPEN LITERARY WORKSHOP by Estrella Cardona Gamio (@EstrellaCG) Common-sense advice for writers #amwriting

Posted on January 29, 2018 by OlgaNunez 10 Comments

Hi all: I wanted to bring you the launch of one of the books I have translated in recent times. This time I bring you a book about writing, by a very talented and experienced Spanish writer who, after years of publishing books and teaching others how to write, decided to answer some of the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews common sense advice, creative writing, English to Spanish, Translation, workshop, Writing, writing advice

Meet and greet a great selection of blogs at Sally Cronin’s Watering Hole

Posted on January 20, 2018 by OlgaNunez 10 Comments

via Smorgasbord Saturday Meet and Greet – At the Watering Hole this week – Hugh W. Roberts, Rosie Amber and The Story Reading Ape Share this:TwitterEmailFacebookLinkedInTumblrPinterestMorePrintPocketRedditLike this:Like Loading...

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#Bookreview 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster. Four stories of the man as a young artist. For lovers of experimental literary fiction and New York.

Posted on October 16, 2017 by OlgaNunez 10 Comments

Hi, all. If you have been following my blog for a while you’ll know I’ve been trying to keep up with the Man-Booker Prize this year. Here is a review of another one of the books that made it into the shortlist. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster LONGLISTED (AND NOW SHORTLISTED) FOR THE

Posted in Book review, Book reviews experimental literature, Film, Jewish Fiction, literary fiction, Man-Booker shortlist, metafiction, New York, Paris, students movements, Vietnam, Writing

#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 22 Comments

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 The Words In My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd (@guingb). Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2016. A footnote to Descartes’s biography finds her voice

Posted on June 1, 2017 by OlgaNunez 6 Comments

Hi all: Today we have a pretty special book. I’d recommend it in particular to lovers of historical fiction but I hope everybody would give it a chance because… The Words In My Hand: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2016. A footnote to Descartes’s biography finds her voiceby Guinevere Glasfurd ‘EXCELLENT… AN ENTIRELY UNSENTIMENTAL

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Descartes, France, history and historical fiction, Holland, philosophy, Physics, science, Writing

#NewBook LETTER TO CHARO by Estrella Cardona Gamio (@ccgediciones) Small is beautiful

Posted on September 30, 2016 by OlgaNunez 20 Comments

Hi all: Today I bring you a new book that’s very special to me. I read it and reviewed it in Spanish a while back and have known the author, Estrella Cardona Gamio, who has been writing for many years, and her sister Concha, who looks after the promotional and technical side of their small

Posted in New books, Reviews Concha, epistolary, Estrella Cardona Gamio, female protagonist, letters, Publishing, Spanish, Translation, Writing