book reviews
Reviews of books by relationship gurus, dating experts, and cautionary tale-tellers.
I bought a book about being a crematorium operator
How to survive being swallowed by a whale, how to survive falling into quicksand, how to survive a tsunami and how to survive a polar bear attack. This is what YouTube is suggesting to me, despite me constantly clicking the ‘I am not interested button’. The internet is forcing me to face the fact that I am mortal and there is nothing I can do about it.
By Alessia Mavakala5 years ago in Humans
Book Review: The Lost Apothecary
“The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner is a great book for both lovers of historical and contemporary fiction. She masterfully blends the timelines to create a moving story about heartbreak and vengeance. Along with unlikely friendships forged by women in times of crisis. The story is told through her three main characters bringing a richness of each personal perspective. You feel the emotions of these unique women as they make some challenging choices in their lives. I enjoyed meeting each of these characters and walking with them through London.
By Katherine Selestok5 years ago in Humans
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
How I came across it? Long time ago, I remember someone mentioned it on a forum. The person said that Fingersmith by Sarah Waters was one of his favourite books because of the storytelling and wonderful romance between Maud and Sue. This is about the third or fourth time, I’ve read this book and I felt hooked straight away. Even though I have a long TBR (to-be-read) list on Goodreads, I always find myself coming back to this one one way or another.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Humans
#currentlyreading
One of my new favorite books (for this week, anyway) is this little 140ish-page book by Austin Kleon called, Steal Like an Artist. I borrowed this book from my sister, who is an entrepreneur in all things delicious! It ranges from catchy quotes to truth-filled deadpans. Additionally, it has journal-like sketches and doodles throughout, which are right up my alley when it comes to remembering several bits of information.
By Hannah Marie. 5 years ago in Humans
Book Review: "The Other Wife" by Claire McGowan
I was sitting on my bed from about 9pm until about 1am reading this book. I didn't look up from my book, I didn't stop at any time and I had let my tea go cold because I didn't want to take my eyes from the page. I was so involved with the book that I had just lost the real world for those few hours only to be unwillingly thrown back into it when the book finished. It is a brilliantly written book that employs the multiple narrator perspective and the information we learn, we learn and piece together along the way. It is all like a massive jigsaw puzzle and reminds me a lot of one of my other favourite books which I won't tell you because it will give the storyline away but it's by Graham Greene.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Humans
Michelle Obama Is The Friend I Didn't Know I Needed
I remembered back in November of 2018, when Michelle Obama appeared on the Ellen show in a Costco doing a book signing. It was hilarious! Ellen was playing on a Piano and singing while Michelle was trying to be serious and actually get to know people while signing copies of her book. You could tell while she was slightly annoyed, the pair equally have an amazing friendship that is hard to come by. However I didn't think much of her book until this year, when I was looking for a new audio book in the Audible store.
By Kayla Lindley5 years ago in Humans
