[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Part memoir and part heart-to-heart expose on the tragic and invisible lives of the underprivileged, mentally ill, disabled and homeless, you may not like all the people you will meet in this book, but you will definitely find yourself touched by them, and the circumstances they…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 This impeccably written and absolutely chillling true-crime drama details the horrific murder of Betsy Faria in 2011, and the harrowing and twisty rode to justice that followed. Co-authored by the criminal defense attorney assigned to the case, the story is packed with details straight from the case…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Emerald green and gold, silver and blue, the reddest red of roses - the colors in these gentle lovely poems speak the language of love, of healing, of stars and fairies and summer gardens, “with green grass dancing, flowing like waves on a hill.” An ethereal…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Set in the charming village of Thirsk, Yorkshire , when three retired primary school teachers, (Thelma, Pat and Liz), are faced with the suspicious death of a friend, Topsy, they reluctantly take up the task of uncovering the “ordinary evil” lurking beneath the unassuming facade of…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Totally engrossing, I had a very hard time putting this book down. A masterful blend of WWII historical fiction, mixed with well-crafted fictional characters, conversations and imagined events - that feels so real it brings this harrowing slice of the past to full technicolor life for the…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐⭐⭐1/2 Impeccably researched and historically rich, this book details the troubling story of Lady Isabelle d’Albret Courteault, beginning in the year 1453, as she must manage events in her life that are brutal, intense, and not that uncommon in this turbulent historical context. A mystic with visions and…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In parts tender, and almost entirely tragic, I found this short novella incredibly moving. A gentle, compassionate and insightful look at origins, or sources - of identity, shame, grief, anger, despair - (and interestingly, of words themselves) and the roots that provide definition, and a past, that…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What child (or adult for that matter) hasn’t wished they could fly? This wonderful middle-grade book takes that delightful universal wish, and runs with it - turning out a somewhat dark and dangerous fable about a twelve year old girl, a sailor and a shipwreck, an eagle,…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ I finished this book and the-lump-in-the-throat test cannot be denied. This book is a first class heart breaker, albeit one with a strangely hopeful tone balancing out what at first glance seems affectingly tragic. A science or speculative fiction instant classic, “Kara and the Sun” is about…
[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Listen”] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fascinating portrayal of a 1980’s real-life attempt to bring down the Naples-based Camorra - one of the largest and deadliest mob organizations in Italy - spearheaded, planned and led by a twelve year old boy. Written in the style of a memoir, the author shares the experiences…