Snow Globe by A.H. Edelman is an illustrated children’s book which allows parents, caregivers and of course children to talk about how the pandemic has affected Christmas and why the holiday’s will be different this year. It’s a straight-forward and simple book which highlights this and helps open a channel of discussion between children and …
Review: The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner
“Women, children are the biggest victims of war…” while rightly said by many, it is a debatable phrase. Not to make light of the sacrifices of the soldiers (mostly men) who fight on the frontlines but there is an undeniable trail of collateral damage in every army’s wake. It’s the other side of the metaphorical …
Review: The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
I have to begin by saying that I have been jumping to read this book since June this year and if you’ve been a regular customer of the wordsmith who is Ken Follett, you know you will not be left disappointed! I am glad I chose to re-read The Pillars of the Earth (click here …
Review: Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
“People had to grow on their own, make their own decisions, good and bad. It was those mistakes and the choice or refusal to learn from them that gave life—and art—their texture, their meaning. It had to be a choice.” Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar is a beautiful coming-of-age story about a girl – Sheetal …
Review: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is an epic masterpiece set in 12th century England encompassing the construction of a cathedral in the small town of Kingsbridge. It is the first novel to the Kingsbridge trilogy and its prequel – The Evening and the Morning – having come out recently, I thought it’d …
Review: The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
The Great Godden is a story that leaves a lot of things open to interpretation, which adds a sense of being involved in understanding the story instead of being guided to the end. It revolves around a family whose lives change over a particular summer. Our protagonist – who also happens to be the narrator …
Review: Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Have you ever wondered what mood your mother is in, based on the food she cooks? Maybe questioned the existence of God or why different people’s Gods are different? Have you ever thought about the lives of your mother before she got married to your father?… Before she had you? Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal …
Review: Odessa by Jonathan Hill
Genre: Graphic Novel, Sequential Art, Dystopian, LGBT Publisher: Oni Press Pages: 328 Publication Date: 10 November, 2020 My Rating: 2.5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: Three siblings search for their missing mother across a ruined America in this original graphic novel perfect for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Neal Shusterman. Eight years ago an earthquake—the …
Review: The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen
I started reading this book last night and I’ve already finished it, and I have so much to say about it!!!! First of all: I LOVED IT! This has definitely been one of my favorite reads of the year. Absolutely loved it. Let me begin by giving you a little history on the book itself. …
Review: Talland House by Maggie Humm
Genre: Historical FictionPublisher: She Writes PressPages: 256Publication Date: 18 August, 2020My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 bookmarks Synopsis: Set between 1900 and 1919 in picturesque Cornwall and war-blasted London, Talland House takes Lily Briscoe from the pages of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and tells her story outside the confines of Woolf’s novel — as …