Perfect Liars Who needs enemies with besties like these? Three girls grew up into three young women. They have their own lives, loves, failures and losses. Their lives are not perfect. They are… lives. However, those three girls are connected to each other forever and ever. They are tied together and tied down by a…
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A pack of hungry… magpies – Book review for NetGalley – Henry VIII and Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman
Henry VIII ‘The retinue plays the king’ the phrase made immortal by W Shakespeare in his King Lear says it all. The book by Tracy Borman is all about the retinue of Henry VIII: the bold, the bad and the ugly. There were so many men around Henry VIII, I lost my count at Cromwell….
What a lot of noise – Book review for NetGalley – Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer
Death in the Stocks This book as so much fun to read. It felt a bit like Miss Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries, but not really. Characters were so noisy. They were like wrapping paper being torn and suffled constantly and endlessly. Too much white noise. But the noise itself was fun. Two murders. Too many…
We live by lies – Book Review for NetGalley – The Liars’ Asylum by Jacob M. Appel
The Liars’ Asylum This book took two tries. On the first attempt I approached as the description on Goodreads said: a collection of love stories. I started reading it and quit. It did not take me at all. Then, I decided to give NetGalley its dues and read the book and started again. And the…
You can’t mend a broken cup – Book review for NetGalley – Just Another Week in Suburbia by Les Zig
Just Another Week in Suburbia One week can change life. It can turn your world upside down and break your heart. It can bring you so much pain and no joy. It can… be just another week in suburbia. A story of betrayal from man’s eyes was an eye-opener for me. This book took a…
Almost like old times – Book Review for NetGalley – Murder at Keswick: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by William Todd
Murder at Keswick Picturesque Lake District, summer season, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. What more can one want? Nothing. Well, one can want to see how Sherlock behaves on holiday… But one would have to wait indefinitely as The Death does not take a holiday, ever. Mr Holmes and Dr Watson find themselves in English…
When truth costs too much – Book review for NetGalley – The Hangman’s Secret by Laura Joh Rowland
The Hangman’s Secret (#3 Victorian Mystery) Being the third book in the series of adventures of photographer Sarah Bain and her friends, The Hangman’s Secret was very easy to catch up with. It was easy to catch up with the story so far and the story got my attention. I’d love to read all of…
Bureaucracy is global language – Book review for NetGalley- The Moscow Code by Nick Wilkshire
The Moscow Code What a nice surprise this book was. For once I was not disgusted or angered by how author portrayed Russia and Russians. What a nice change this was. Anyhow, would I read more of Charile Hiller’s adventures? I do not think so. However, this book was an interesting read. It was full…
Are we body or soul – Book review for NetGalley – The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle What comes first, body or soul? Where is the threshold beyond which we become what we think we are or what other tells us we are? What is punishment? And where are its limits? This book is weird and amazing, it is soul-searching and hair-rising, tantalizing and revolting at…
Deeper than water – Book review for NetGalley – The Lido by Libby Page
The Lido It is all about water. It is all about life. It is all about love: for water, for life and for love itself. Closing down local Lido to free the space for posh apartments sparks many passions to life. Some of them for good, some of them for even better. While the closing…
