Tag Archives: book reviews
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
Posted in Our Best, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology, Spiritual/mystical
Tagged book reviews, Healers, mystical
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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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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, Our Best, Sports
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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Wishing You the Best in 2017
(by JD Jung) We would all like to thank you for using UnderratedReads as one of your resources for book recommendations. We are looking forward to continue to give you our opinions on exciting and thought-provoking “underrated” releases in 2017. Though we only … Continue reading
Posted in What the...?
Tagged 2016, best books, book reviews, fiction, Non-fiction
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The Four Legendary Kingdoms – Matthew Reilly
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Jack West Jr. is finally living the life of peace with his family when one urgent call later, he gets kidnapped and finds himself waking up in an underground cell to a masked intruder charging at … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged book reviews, mythological fiction
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One Good Man – Del Staecker
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “That voice and his love of music made him a legend—a true living legend.” Atlantic City’s whiskey-voiced radio DJ, “Jersey Shore Joe” had enough. Music and times were changing; it was time for this 1960s and … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged Atlantic City, book reviews, crime fiction
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