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Rock Paper Scissors

Title: Rock Paper Scissors Author: Alice Feeney Rating: 3.5/5 Review: Adam, a renowned screenplay writer suffers from Prosopagnosia – face blindness. He has problems recognizing people’s faces including his own wife, Amelia’s. Adam and Amelia decide to give their estranged marriage one last try by spending a weekend at an isolated and creepy Blackwell Chapel that Amelia had mysteriously won…

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Book Review

The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Book Review

Title: The Tattooist of Auschwitz Author: Heather Morris Rating: 5/5 Review: A harrowing true account of Slovakian Jew, Ludwig Eisenberg aka Lale, who survived the barbarities and atrocities of Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz,to tell his tale!! On April 23rd 1942, Lale was transported to Auschwitz along with other Jew prisoners in a cattle van. Upon arrival, he realizes that every…

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The Henna Artist - Book Review

The Henna Artist – Book Review

Title: The Henna Artist Author: Alka Joshi Rating: 4/5 Review: Set in the post Indian independence era of 1950’s, a powerful story about a seventeen year old Lakshmi, who escapes her abusive marriage in pursuit of her dreams, success and independent life in a vibrant, royal and grandeur city of Jaipur, India. An intriguing read about dreams, desires, ambition, tenacity, talent, hard work,…

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Then She Was Gone - Book Review

Then She Was Gone – Book Review

Title: Then She Was Gone Author: Lisa Jewell Rating: 3/5 Review: Laurel is still reeling ‘under the shock’ of sudden disappearance of her golden daughter, Ellie ten years ago. She and her husband split following this disastrous event. Everybody in her life have moved on, but she is still ‘clutching the straws’ of hope of finding Ellie some day. Life happens and one day she bumps into a…

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One Day in December - Book Review

One Day in December – Book Review

Title: One Day in December Author: Josie Silver Rating: 4/5 Review: An absolute tear jerker emphasizing the concept of “Love at first sight” woven as a ‘love triangle’ between three friends: Laurie, Sarah and Jack. One snowy December night, Laurie falls inadvertently in love with a stranger waiting at a bus stop. Both of them lock their eyes, their hearts flutter and her bus drives away. She…

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The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry - Book Review

The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry – Book Review

Title: The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry Author: Gabrielle Zevin Rating: 4/5 Review: Bibliophiles’ paradise! A true ‘page turner’ packed with humor, romance, suspense and optimism, depicting the life of A.J Fikry, the owner of renowned bookstore ‘Island Books’ on Alice Island. Having lost his beloved wife Nic to a car accident, A.J Fikry single handedly mans his bookstore, surviving on frozen…

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The Last Mrs Parrish - Book Review

The Last Mrs Parrish – Book Review

Title: The Last Mrs Parrish Author: Liv Constantine Rating: 4/5 Review: A diabolical, manipulative plot encompassing love, lust, friendship, ambition, jealousy, adultery, deceit, told from three different perspectives of Amber, Daphne and Jackson – where each one is more vicious than the other, leaving you in a dilemma as to whom to hate more? Amber is sick and tired of her insufferable…

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Local Woman Missing - Book Review

Local Woman Missing – Book Review

Title: ‘Local Woman Missing’ Author: Mary Kubica Rating: 3/5 Review: Eleven years ago, 2 local women: Shelby and Meredith and a Delilah go missing. Now, Delilah has miraculously escaped her captors and is reunited with her alleged family which raises more questions than answers regarding these disappearances. Story told from different perspectives of Delilah, her brother Leo, Meredith, her…

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The Mystery of Mrs Christie - Book Review

The Mystery of Mrs Christie – Book Review

Title: The Mystery of Mrs Christie Author: Marie Benedict Rating: 3/5 Review: Agatha Christie – the queen of mystery needs no introduction. However, this attempt by Marie Benedict is to reason the mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie for eleven days during December 1926, that prompted the biggest manhunt involving 15,000 volunteers and spun numerous theories attributing to her amnesia,…

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Survive the Night - Book Review

Survive the Night – Book Review

Title: Survive the Night Author: Riley Sager Rating: 4/5 Review: Charlie, guilty and grief stricken over her best friend’s murder, abandons college and her boyfriend midway and hitches a ride to Ohio with a stranger, Josh in the middle of the night. As they traverse through isolated highways, neon lit parking lots, Charlie turns suspicious of Josh’s true identity and presumes him to be the…

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We Were Never Here - Book Review

We Were Never Here – Book Review

Title: We Were Never Here Author: Andrea Bartz Rating: 4/5 Review: Kristen and Emily have been inseparable besties since their ‘Statistics 101’ class having shared their entire lives, secrets, family history, traumas and relationships. Being stark opposites in nature: Emily being shy, submissive and meek; whereas Kristen being bold, dominating, manipulative, controlling and confident; Kristen…

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The Maidens - Book Review

The Maidens – Book Review

Title: The Maidens Author: Alex Michaelides Rating: 4/5 Review: Being a fan of Alex’s first book “The Silent Patient”, I picked up this one and honestly wasn’t disappointed. This intensive multi-character murder mystery plot is loaded with references to Greek history, literature, tragedies, rituals and sacrifices; encompasses a secret society, cryptic messages – all giving me the adrenaline…

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Malibu Rising - Book Review

Malibu Rising – Book Review

Title: Malibu Rising Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Rating: 4/5 Review: A story narrated in alternate timelines of Mick Riva/June’s early life & marriage; and the present day countdown to Nina Riva’s extravagant annual summer beach party at Malibu mansion graced by world renowned luminaries including actors, photographers, supermodels, athletes, entrepreneurs etc. This story gripped me right…

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The Soulmate Equation - Book Review

The Soulmate Equation – Book Review

Title: The Soulmate Equation Author: Christina Lauren Rating: 4/5 Review: How statistically reliable would it be to find your soulmate, thanks to your spit?! GeneticAlly (brilliant pun here) is a DNA based matchmaking company that runs data and predictive analytics on the members’ spit vials aiding them to find their “soulmates’. Being the brainchild of Dr Rivas Pena who came up with this…

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Miss Marple : The Complete Short Stories - Book Review

Miss Marple : The Complete Short Stories – Book Review

Title: Miss Marple – The Complete Short Stories Author: Agatha Christie Rating: 4/5 Review: A treasured agglomeration of twenty short stories depicting Miss Marple’s superior deductive reasoning and sleuthing skills. Miss Marple along with her nephew Raymond, Dolly Bantry, her husband Arthur Bantry, and Sir Henry make a pact to form the ‘Tuesday Night Club’ to meet weekly, where everyone…

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Ariadne - Book Review

Ariadne – Book Review

Title: Ariadne Author: Jennifer Saint Rating: 4/5 Review: An empowering, female centric, marvelous Greek mythological retelling of the story of Ariadne – her childhood, life as the daughter of tyrant King Minos and Pasiphae (the daughter of Helios), her beautiful sisterhood with her younger sister Phaedra, her betrayal to her own family in order to save the lives of innocent Athenian children…

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Arsenic and Adobo - Book Review

Arsenic and Adobo – Book Review

Title: Arsenic and Adobo Author: Mia P. Manansala Rating: 3.5/5 Review: A fast paced, murder mystery thriller plot packaged with Filipino cuisine, culture and tradition. Lila’s life turns upside down when her ex boyfriend and nasty food critic, Derek, drops dead in his food at her family restaurant run by her aunt Tita Rosie, immediately making them the prime suspects by the investigating…

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