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    • 9 January 2023 | Monday · 5:31 PM

    Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

    Finlay Donovan Is Killing It | Book Review | Elle Cosimano
    Title:
    Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
    Series:
    Finlay Donovan
    Genre:
    Thriller; Mystery
    Publisher:
    Headline Publishing Group
    Release Date:
    Format:
    Kindle
    Pages:
    369
    Source:
    BookForums 2023

    Book #1 of the Finlay Donovan series introduces Finlay Donovan alongside other recurring characters who are sure to endear themselves to the reader. A single mom of two adorable kids Delia & Zach, Finlay Donovan is struggling to write her novel with the deadline looming, 2 young kids needing her, unpaid bills and a babysitter fired by her ex husband.

    Finlay Donovan Is Killing It hits the perfect note right from the word go with some utterly funny situational comic scenes and a wacky protagonist fighting her way through her daily grind. A discussion of her plot for the new novel with her agent is overheard by a by-sitter who mistakes Finlay for a contract killer & hands …

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    18 December 2022 | Sunday · 9:44 AM

    One Good Deed

    One Good Deed | Aloysius Archer Series | David Baldacci
    Title:
    One Good Deed
    Series:
    Aloysius Archer
    Genre:
    Thriller
    Publisher:
    Grand Central Publishing
    Release Date:
    Format:
    Kindle
    Pages:
    416
    Source:
    BookForums 2023

    The first book of a new series, a new character – Aloysius Archer. Having already read the two sequels, I can assure you, this is a character that shall stay with you for long. I truly have enjoyed the Aloysius Archer Series to the core.

    Back from war & a subsequent imprisonment for a crime he hadn’t committed, Aloysius Archer finds himself in Poca City serving a 3 year parole. On a casual visit to the bar, he crosses paths with Hank Pittleman – a wealthy individual who virtually owns majority of Poca. The casual small talk lands Archer an assignment to retrieve for Pittleman the loan collateral from his rival Lucas Tuttle. And thereon, the story effortlessly draws you …

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    10 December 2022 | Saturday · 11:14 AM

    BookForums Awards 2022

    2022 BookForums Winners

    Top 3 Books Of The Year

    Book Of The Year
    Carrie Soto Is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)    🥇

    2nd Rank
    A Tidy Ending (Joanna Cannon) 🥈

    3rd Rank
    Dinner With The Schnabels (Toni Jordan)     🥉

    Best Characters Of The Year

    Best Character
    Carrie Soto (Carrie Soto Is Back)

    Best Negative Character
    Linda Hammett (A Tidy Ending)

    Best Sequence Of The Year

    The Meet Cute Method (Chapter 7)
    Frankie George pretends to have lost her dog to initiate a Meet Cute

    All Time Best Book Entries

    The Maid (Nita Prose)🔰
    Carrie Soto Is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)🥇🔰
    Treasure Island (R.L. Stevenson)🔰

    …

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    8 December 2022 | Thursday · 4:09 PM

    Our Missing Hearts

    Our Missing Hearts | Book Review | Celeste Ng
    Title:
    Our Missing Hearts
    Series:
    NA
    Genre:
    Literary Fiction
    Publisher:
    Abacus
    Release Date:
    Format:
    Kindle
    Pages:
    353
    Source:
    Book Forums 2023

    Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng is a dystopia highlighting the discrimination & injustice against the Asian community in America. Set in the years of Crisis (recession), it quiet effectively points out how the Asians (in particular China) were blamed for the situation and how cruelly the political system wrongs them in it’s name. It’s main focus is PACT, a law enforced to protect American culture & tradition from these outsiders. In the name of PACT, children were taken from their families on slightest pretext – so as to guard them against such maligned, Anti-American views. And thereof, what the child & the families go through.

    The first bit of the book gets your attention with the poignant descriptions …

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    5 December 2022 | Monday · 11:49 AM

    Year In Review 2022

    What an astounding year 2022 has been for book lovers like me. Such a flurry of remarkable books, all in one year! One after another, 2022 kept producing such beautiful reads that would undoubtedly stay with me for long. So here I put down a recap of the reading year – including books read until November 15th, 2022.

    Let me start with some numbers here. The total titles read this year was 40. The most read genre was Thrillers, closely followed by Literary Fiction. The most read authors were David Baldacci & Taylor Jenkins Reid of whom I read 2 books each. So have been reading all different authors this year! The book that got most views on BookForums was A Tidy Ending (Joanna Cannon) accounting for most hits by far!

    Notable Reads, Unexpected Winners: Lest We Forget

    The year began for me with a very unique story …

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    27 November 2022 | Sunday · 9:24 AM

    How Not To Drown In A Glass Of Water

    How Not To Drown In A Glass Of Water
    Title:
    How Not To Drown In A Glass Of Water
    Series:
    NA
    Genre:
    Literary Fiction
    Publisher:
    John Murray
    Release Date:
    Format:
    Kindle
    Pages:
    209
    Source:
    Book Forums 2023

    Look what I found!! This is exactly how I feel having picked this book from Angie Cruz. Honestly, I had seen this book a couple of times in the past few weeks. The title seemed indicative of some self-help or better living book. But when it popped up again last week, I decided to give it a go. And boy, am I not pleased!

    How Not To Drown In A Glass Of Water is a unique story narrated by the protagonist Cara Romero – a Dominican immigrant, in her mid 50s & having lost her job to Recession. Enrolled in a 12 session job counselling program to help procure a suitable job, she instead ends up narrating …

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