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    • 4 November 2021 | Thursday · 4:38 PM

    The Judge’s List (John Grisham) 🥇

    The Judges List | Book Review | Book Of The Year

    Book Of The Year 2021

    This is my third John Grisham book this year, and each succeeding in outdoing the previous – when I always thought it couldn’t get better than this. It is the sheer brilliance of Grisham that makes each of his reads so riveting. The Judge’s List is an extremely intelligent book. It is Grisham at his best. The book is backed with a brilliant plot and makes for a chilling thriller.

    The story revolves around Jeri, a lady in her mid forties, whose father was murdered some 20 years ago. She has ever since been digging through to find the murderer and put him to a worthy end. It makes for an extremely interesting read to see how she uncovers similar other murders in the process, and is able to link them all and pin down the crime to a sitting judge Ross Bannick – who …

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    29 October 2021 | Friday · 3:56 PM

    The Village Of Lost And Found | Book Review

    The Village Of Lost And Found | Book Review

    There are two ways to view this second book in the Riverside Lane Series by Alison Sherlock. First, as a stand alone book. And in that, The Village Of Lost And Found is everything that you expect from Alison Sherlock – heartwarming, uplifting and a happy read. A simple story based at a countryside hamlet, quiet and peaceful with lovable characters.

    When you read this in conjunction to the first book in the series The Village Shop For Lonely Hearts , there are a few things that are easily noticeable. It is very evident that the author has followed a strict framework with the same steps in the ladder as before – infact strikingly similar. To start with, the protagonist of the two books (earlier Amber and now Lucy) are both low on confidence, Amber due to the bullying in her growing up years and Lucy due to lack of …

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    19 October 2021 | Tuesday · 5:05 PM

    The Village Shop For Lonely Hearts (Alison Sherlock) 🔰

    The Village Shop For Lonely Hearts | Book Review

    A feel good, heartwarming tale of the unexpected surprises of life, The Village Shop For Lonely Hearts is an adorable read. It is full of hope, love, friendship and inspiration. But most of all, it is endearing with it’s simplicity.

    The first in the Riverside Lane Series of books by Alison Sherlock, this is the story of Amber Green, a window dresser by profession, who in order to fulfil her mother’s wish agrees reluctantly to visit her mom’s old time friend Cathy Kennedy in a small country side village Cranbridge – a beautiful, serene & quite setting for this calming story.

    As life would have it, this supposedly short stay of hers brings all that her life had been missing – confidence, friends, appreciation, a sense of belonging, love & a place she could call ‘home’. This heart warming story revolves around a small old shop of the Kennedy’s ‘Cranbridge …

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    12 October 2021 | Tuesday · 4:18 PM

    The Island Of Missing Trees (Elif Shafak) | Book Review

    The Island Of Missing Trees | Book Review

    Ever read a book that makes you feel – I don’t wanna read it, but at the same time, you are unable to put it down either. A strange feeling of being pulled away and toward at the same time. The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak is the first book that made me feel that way.

    So, is this book good? Sure yes! And is this book enjoyable? Well, no – not that every book needs to be. If there is one word that comes to mind having read the book, it probably is “beautiful”, and one feeling – it would be “overwhelming”.

    The book is presented in the form of a Fig Tree narrating the story centered in Cyprus amidst the backdrop of a civil war. So basically, you have two tracks running through the book – one of the fig tree talking about itself, it’s own …

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    5 October 2021 | Tuesday · 5:07 PM

    Hidden In Plain Sight (Jeffrey Archer) | Book Review

    Hidden In Plain Sight | Book Review

    A sunny autumn afternoon, a hot cup of tea and a Jeffrey Archer book to read. I cannot imagine a better indulgence than that. This second offering in the William Warwick series has every element that you would expect in a Jeffrey Archer book, not the least a spectacular plot with an amazing bunch of characters. Pure ecstasy! And that reminds me of the ecstasy tablet that so nearly got the better of Lamont & his team as they raided the estate of the thorn in their flesh, Miles Faulkner. A joy you wouldn’t want to miss!

    With his Warwick Series, Jeffrey Archer has created such memorable characters that remain etched in every reader’s memory forever and leaving him craving for more. Hidden In Plain Sight carries forward the spectacular chase that was started in “Nothing Ventured”, not falling short on any expectation that the first book in the series …

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    27 September 2021 | Monday · 4:46 PM

    Camino Winds (John Grisham) | Book Review

    Camino Winds - John Grisham | Book Review

    A beautiful setting in a quite little island. An intriguing set of people – all of whom were writers. And a bookstore that is the center of all activity in this little island. I don’t think I have picked a book with a more inviting premise than this in a long time, it is extremely appealing. The whole setting and the plot had me glued to this book instantly and I was left all the more impressed with the impeccable story-telling skills of Grisham – which I have always admired. It’s a very intelligent & unique story, told such wonderfully – that makes it an effortless read. You wouldn’t realize and you would find yourself 60% into the book in no time.

    Almost everything in the initial half of the book gets you excited. 11 different characters from the literary field on an island, a hurricane that destructs the place …

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