Books, Coffee & beyond
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Winner of Goodreads " Best Fiction" award. A solid 5/5 stars. Little fires everywhere, as the title suggests is about crackling fires and intricate burns that happens amidst relationships. This is a slow character driven book that takes its own time in introducing the characters. Shaker heights is a... Continue Reading →
Through " The Lying Kind", Alison James introduces Detective Rachel Prince. Another police procedural with a strong female lead. So how does it stand from the others ? Six year old- Lola Jade Harper is taken away from her home. The mother of the child blames it on her estranged husband Gavin Harper. The local... Continue Reading →
The Runaway Children by Sandy Taylor The Runaway children is a beautiful tale about humanity, unconditional love and friendship. The story is set in world war II time period. Two sisters, Nell and Olive are sent away from London to country side as evacuees. Their mother and two brothers decide to stay in London in... Continue Reading →
The Changeling by Victor LaValle The Changeling is a fairy tale for adults. It talks about our fears, insecurities, obsession with phones and computers, racism along with witches and trolls. “A bad fairy tale has some simple goddamn moral. A great fairy tale tells the truth.” Changeling is one such fairy tale. Apollo Kagwa's father... Continue Reading →
The Silent Children (DI Robyn Carter book 4) - Carol Wyer The silent children is the fourth book in Robyn Carter series.With a complicated case and Robyn's personal struggles Carol Wyer takes us through a roller coaster ride with lots of twists along the way. One thing I noticed about her books are that she... Continue Reading →
Secrets of the dead ( DI Robyn Carter Book 2) by Carol Wyer This is the second installment in Robyn Carter series. After reading Little Girl lost, I was pretty exited to get to this one. Miles Ashbrook, the manager of Bromley Hall is found dead in the hotel sauna. Robyn's colleague DI shearer concludes... Continue Reading →
Little girl Lost (DI Robyn Carter Book 1) by Carol Wyer After finishing DI Kim Stone series by Angela Marsons, this book showed up on my suggested books and I decided to give it a go. And, I was not disappointed. The story starts when Alice's mother leaves her with her step siblings and decides... Continue Reading →
Bird Box by Josh Malerman First of all, READ THIS BOOK. This is one of the incredibly amazing horror/psychological thrillers I have ever read. The fear of the UNKNOWN. That's what Bird Box is about. Malorie lives in a house alone with her two kids in the post apocalyptic world. She never leaves the house... Continue Reading →
Book Review : The Breakdown by B.A.Paris This one is hard to review. I haven't read the author's debut " Behind Closed Doors" . After reading this, will I go go back and read her first book ? maybe.. Here is the plot: Cass Anderson drives home from a party on a stormy night. On... Continue Reading →
Broken Bones (DI Kim Stone Book 7) by Angela Marsons If you haven't read the Kim Stone Series before and are wondering if you should start with this one, I would suggest not. I recommend that you start with Book 1. Even though each book is a standalone story of its own, understanding how... Continue Reading →
