Humiliated and Insulted, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss!" Albert Einstein First published in 1861 in the monthly magazine Vremya, Humiliated and Insulted tells the story of Natasha Nikolayevna, a young girl who decides to run away from home to be with her lover, Alexei Petrovich. Because their parents are in the middle of …

Judge a Book by its Cover?!

I have finally decided to sit down and write a more personal post, something that has been on my mind for a long time now. Probably not everyone will agree with me and that's alright. I totally understand that we all have different opinions and that's why I am writing this now.  Lately, I have …

Quick Review: The Hatchet, by Mihail Sadoveanu

Publication date: 1930 (Originally) Published by: East European Monographs (Current Copy)  Pages: 152 ISBN:9780880332378 Source: Bought Paper Copy Description: The main character of the novel is the wife of a shepherd living in the Moldovian village of Măgura Tarcăului, Vitoria Lipan, which has a premonition that her husband, Nechifor, on a trip to buy a new flock in the …

Quick Review: Local Girl Missing, by Claire Douglas

Publication date: July 18, 2016 Published by: Penguin Publishing House Pages: 368 ISBN: 0062661159 ORDER HERE Source: Bought Paper Copy Description: Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier -  and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. Now A body's been found. And …

Book Review: Closer Than You Think, by Lee Maguire

Publication date: 22nd of October, 2018 Published by: TCK Publishing Pages: 314 ASIN: B07FZ9XFGF ORDER HERE Source: ARC Review Copy Description: Meet Bryce Davison, a gifted psychologist who can heal any troubled mind—except his own. You see, Bryce’s life is falling apart. His marriage is crumbling. His insomnia brings only half-sleep and troubled dreams—visions of dark and buried …

Book Review: Think Like a Man by JD Shapiro

Publication date: June 27th, 2019 Published by: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd Pages: 217 ASIN: B07S4GSF5D ORDER HERE Source: Printed Review Copy Description: This book gives away secrets, the secret desires of men and how any woman can use what a man needs in order to get what she wants. Political correctness aside, this book is a MANual that …

Book Review: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Publication date: 5th of April, 2016 Published by: Simon & Schuster Pages: 368 ISBN: 1476789649 ORDER HERE Source: Printed Gift Copy Description: As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fiancé, she’s this …

Book Recommendation: Closer Than You Think, by Lee Maguire

Publication date: 22 October 2018 Published by: TCK Publishing Pages: 314 ISBN: 1631610600 ORDER HERE Source: ARC Review Copy Description: Meet Bryce Davison, a gifted psychologist who can heal any troubled mind—except his own. You see, Bryce’s life is falling apart. His marriage is crumbling. His insomnia brings only half-sleep and troubled dreams—visions of dark and buried memories …

Thirteen Books to Look out for this May

1. Again, but Better, by Christine Riccio Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal—but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that?  Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change—there's nothing like moving to a new …

Book Review: The Girl Without Skin, by Mads Peder Nordbo

Publication date: (Expected) June 11th, 2019 Published by: Text Publishing  Pages: 356 ISBN: 9781925603835 ORDER HERE Source: ARC NetGalley Description: They were near the edge of the glacier. The sea beneath the helicopter was dense with pack ice. In front of them, the endless whiteness stretched as far as the light could reach. It hurt his eyes. Millions of …