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Hello Everyone, Reading has been a little bit more relaxed this week, and I managed to get one review done. I did a little more leisure reading this week, as well as some re-reading. I didn't do a lot of reading though.  EN by Michelle Reynoso: Amazon:  Amazon Review - EN Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - EN Genuine Jenn:   Genuine Jenn Review - EN Monthly Reading Goals: I haven't quite gotten to this one yet - if things go well, hopefully I'll get to it next week. Last Word: Next week is going to be a bit of a busier week; and I'm going to see if I can get at least one review up. I've managed to get some audiobook listening done. At this point in time, I'm doing some leisure reading. I will probably also get some review reading done.  At the moment, I'm busy reading 'Full Moon Knights' by Matt Danza - this is the fifth book by this author - and I'm excited to read another book of his. If I'm able to, I'm going to

Hello Everyone, Even though I haven't done a huge amount of reading this week, I've managed to get three reviews done.  Golden Keys to Open Doors by Harry Meier: Amazon:  Amazon Review - Golden Keys to Open Doors Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - Golden Keys to Open Doors Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - Golden Keys to Open Doors Prude by Carol Platt Liebau: Amazon:  Amazon Review - Prude Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - Prude Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - Prude #Toots by Linh Le James: Amazon:  Amazon Review - #Toots Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - #Toots Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - #Toots Monthly Reading Goals: Alright, so the last review for April is 'Prude' - and you can check out all the review links above. Now to get on with May's reading... Last Word: I'm not sure how this coming week is going to go - these last two weeks have been busy, so I'm hoping that it's going

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2017 Genre: Non Fiction; Self-Help; Spirituality Blurb: The Japanese have an old saying: “If you see Buddha on the road, kill him.” It’s a reminder we all take our own path to enlightenment—a lesson the modern spirituality marketplace has conveniently forgotten. Modern spirituality is big business, with gurus, shamans, spiritualists, and others plugging feel-good phrases and recycled, simplistic ideas. The marketplace holds out the promise of a trouble-free life, paradigm-changing insights, and simplified secrets of enlightenment—all for a modest fee, of course. Harry Meier has traveled through the morass of modern spirituality for forty years—and killed his share of Buddhas along the way. Meier argues the industry sells spiritual junk food that is designed to make you feel good but ultimately lacks any real nourishment. To truly advance, Meier believes we must abandon the pleasant but unhelpful comfort zone of mass-market spir

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2007 Genre: Non Fiction Blurb: American girls today are forced to navigate a minefield more challenging, difficult, and pressure-filled than ever before when it comes to one vital topic: sex. Over the last decade, a new female imperative - that sexiness trumps intelligence and character at even the highest levels of influence and power - has emerged, undermining girls' sense of worth in their formative years and glorifying behaviour that is destructive to their future health, happiness and self-respect.  About the Author: Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political analyst and commentator based near New York. She has provided analysis and commentary on national television for PBS, CNN, the Fox News Channel, and MSNBC, and has appeared locally on the Orange County News Channel and Cox Cable. She is a graduate of Princeton University, where she served as editorial chairman of The Daily Princetonian , and Harvard Law School, wh

Book Cover Year Published: 2019 Genre: Chick Lit with a lot of humor Blurb: LONDON: Four sisters swipe left on everything they hate, one cocktail at a time.  Louise dreams of an exotic lifestyle, miles away from Hackney. Nick comes along. Famous, fit, funny and filthy rich. Louise will stop at nothing to seduce him.  Louise will fake it till she makes it. All the way to the ka-ching bling ring.  But the little white lies soon snowball into a mountain Louise’s Louboutins can’t climb.  Jess juggles work, two babies, a cheating husband and nannies from hell.  Carla goes on a bender, and wakes up next to her young assistant. Freddie. Emily is getting over her cheating ex by throwing herself into the dating scene.  When work, dating and proposals all go wrong, the four sisters’ friendship is their only lifeline. About the Author: Linh is Vietnamese. She was born and grew up in France. After college, she moved to Southern California and lived there for

Hello Everyone, This week has been a little bit hectic and busy - so I've only managed to get one review in. The Goblin Necromancer by Aubrey Law: Amazon:  Amazon Review - The Goblin Necromancer Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - The Goblin Necromancer Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - The Goblin Necromancer Monthly Reading Goals: I'm going to see if I can get to this this week - and will be keeping you all updated in next week's post.  Last Word: I'm not sure how this coming week is going to turn out - I have some review reading to do, but I also want to see if I can get a little bit of leisure reading in as well. I have one review that I need to do this coming week.  I'm currently reading '#Toots' by Linh Le James, and will have a review up of the book this coming week. I've also got another review to post after that one. So I will most likely have at least two upcoming reviews this week. If I can get a third one up - I d

Hello Everyone, It’s been an interesting reading month – I ended up getting 9 books read in April, which I reckon is pretty impressive. There are some that I haven’t done a review of yet – but those will be done in May. Alright, so here is a breakdown of the ones that I enjoyed in April: - Chasing the Red Queen by Karen Glista - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis I know that people might have differing opinions about American Psycho; but I enjoyed the social aspect of the book.  Monthly Reading Goals: I managed to get the books read that I planned in April – and they are ones that I enjoyed. I don’t have anything specific planned like I did in April. Though, one thing I will say is that I am in the mood for a specific genre. So here are my choices for  MAY: Read either: - A romance novel OR - A classic novel I haven’t got a huge amount of reviewing to do this month; so I should manage to fit at least one of these in. I've also been in the mood for

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2019 Genre: Paranormal Blurb: Gmok Witchmauler wants to be a mage. But goblins are too stupid to be sorcerers. Or are they? "For f*ck's sake," groaned the old goblin. "Am I really going to die like this?" Gmok was hopelessly trapped inside the smothering darkness of his own Goblin Silver safe. The airtight lock-box was a miniature tomb made of the nearly indestructible and rare magical metal. Black Annis, that beautiful little treacherous witch, had spellbound Gmok and commanded him to climb inside the safe. She'd also robbed him of his entire life savings then she’d left him alone to suffocate and rot. A fortune in exotic and enchanted jewelry had been so easily taken from the goblin and he’d never even put up a fight. How could he? His weak and foolish mind had been manipulated by her powerful sorcery. If only he were a mage himself then maybe he could've resisted the witch's spell. This is a

Hello Everyone, Reading went alright this week, though there has been website hiccups with the hosting domain having to sort out malware issues. I managed to get two reviews done this week.  The Watchful Dead by  Joe Pawlowski: Amazon:  Amazon Review - The Watchful Dead Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - The Watchful Dead Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - The Watchful Dead American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: Amazon:  Amazon Review - American Psycho Goodreads:  Goodreads Review - American Psycho Here is my blog review of the book:  Blog Review - American Psycho Monthly Reading Goals:  So, I've managed to post one of the reviews that I've done for April - and that is for the horror genre: American Psycho, which you can check out above. Depending on how things go, I'll get to posting the other review soon.  Last Word: I'm not sure how this coming week is going to go, I have some review reading to get to this week - I'll probab

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2011 Genre: Horror Blurb: In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront. About the Author: Bret Easton Ellis is the author of five novels and a collection of short stories; his work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. He lives in Los Angeles. Connect with the Author: Twitter:  Bret Easton Ellis Twitter Author Website:  Bret Easton Ellis Author Website Buy the Book: Amazon:  Amazon Purchase Link My Take on the Book: If you’re not into blood and gor

Hello Everyone, It appears as if I’ve picked up another bookish buzz word this year – any books that have contemplative topics will be a book that I’ll most likely enjoy. Below I’ve compiled a list of contemplative books that I have enjoyed up until this point.  List: - The Six: Kristy by Samantha March - The Six: Scarlett by Samantha March - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Queen Elizabeth: The Queen Mother – The Official Biography by William Shawcross - The Green Ticket by Samantha March - Sister Dear by Laura McNeill - Heavier than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross - Defining Her by Samantha March - White Oleander by Janet Fitch As you can see, this list is relatively short, which indicates that I will only put the most necessary books on this list. But now – I’ve decided to go a step further, and divide the above books into categories: Light, Medium and Heavy. Light: - The Green Ticket by Samantha March