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Author Archives: J D Jung
Defying Her Billionaire Protector – Angela Bissell
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Marietta Vincenti might be a paraplegic, but she values her independence. So naturally her Italian temper takes full form when her brother’s best friend – private security tycoon Nicolas Cesar—decides to swoop in and take her … Continue reading
Posted in Romance
Tagged book reviews, Contemporary Romance, disabilities, women's fiction
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Taste of Persia: A Cook’s Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan – Naomi Duguid
(Reviewed by JD Jung) I usually browse the internet to find recipes, since cookbooks just take up too much needed shelf space. Needless to say, it takes a lot for me to buy an actual cookbook. However, there is one that I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food & Cooking
Tagged book reviews, cooking, Iran, Persia, recipes
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The Helper – M. N. Snow
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Helper takes you on a journey where friendship, relationships and the desire to help others means more than anything. Three friends with three secrets have the power to heal people, meaning they are givers. John … Continue reading
Holding Out for a Zero-Heather Wardell
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “I’m doing the right thing, not feeding myself. It’s the only thing I can do, so I will do it. Gloria can somehow have the energy I don’t take in, and it will help her stay … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, Eating disorders, psychology, women's fiction
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The Knowledge: A Too Close To True Novel – Steven Pressfield
(Reviewed by Don Jung) How does a struggling writer make it in the big city? The Knowledge: A Too Close To True Novel is part crime novel, part self-realization story taken from some real-life experiences of author, Steven Pressfield. It … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged biography, Crime, self-realization, writers
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Pearl, MD: The Way West – Marie Bartlett
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Way West, the second in the Pearl MD series, begins right where we were left off and is just as captivating. Pearl is a physician in the nineteenth-century. This was when women were not welcome … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged book review, race relations, racism
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Olympic Collision: The Story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd- Kyle Keiderling
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) One momentous day. And two lives were forever linked. At the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles, a raucous crowd of ninety thousand saw their favorite in the women’s three-thousand-meter race, Mary Decker, go down. An … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged book reviews, Olympics, running, sports, track
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Beyond the Carousel – Bette Lee Crosby
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A family tragedy that spans over twenty years, and a detective who believes that justice has a higher power than law and is determined to make things right. “Life is like a carousel; what goes around, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, mystery, suspense, thrillers, women's fiction
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The Girl from Rostov- Shitij Sharma
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Everything adds up. Every second, every lie, every breath. In the end, it all catches up with you.” “Even if you have little to do with it. Family, for instance. “ That’s what young Maya had … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Indian Literature
Tagged book reviews, gangsters, India, Russia, Turkey, USSR
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