Book Reviews
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Welcome to the ninth day of The Cousins blog tour! Below you will find my book review for this young adult mystery novel by author Karen M. McManus. I will not be revealing any spoilers in my review. Many thanks go to The Write Reads and Penguin Platform for putting together this Ultimate Blog Tour and … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Cousins
Welcome to the final day of the Carrion blog tour! Below you will find my book review for this novel by author Graeme Cumming. I will not be revealing any spoilers in my review. Many thanks go to Love Books Tours for putting together this tour and for letting me join in alongside other great bloggers. You … Continue reading Blog Tour: Carrion
Little Eyes Samanta Schweblin Little Eyes was published on May 5th, 2020. Content Warning: Animal abuse, kidnapping, sexual references and language. SYNOPSIS: They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets in Sierra Leone, town squares in Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Indiana. They're everywhere. They're here. They're us. They're not … Continue reading Book Review: Little Eyes
Baking – like reading and blogging – is an activity I enjoy immensely, and one of my goals for the year is to bake my way through The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum, an infamous (U.S.) dessert recipe book and baking guide. I thought it would be fun to incorporate my love for baking into my … Continue reading Reviewing The Cake Bible: Golden Almond Cake
His Only Wife Peace Adze Medie His Only Wife was published on September 1st, 2020. I received an eARC and finished copy from the publisher, but as always, all thoughts are my own. Synopsis: Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. She is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her … Continue reading Book Review: His Only Wife
In seeking out a "classic" buttercream with which to frost my chocolate cake (my post on the Perfect All-American Chocolate Butter Cake will be coming later), I figured there was no better place than The Cake Bible - I might as well test two recipes at once! Unfortunately, this is not a buttercream recipe I … Continue reading Reviewing The Cake Bible: Classic Buttercream