Sypnosis from This is book 1 in the Mara Dyer series and I read this back in April 2014 My rating should be more a 3.5. It did not wow me but the ending was great. Throughout the book it fell like being on a roller coaster of great moments and very dull ones. The…
Month: January 2015
Series Book Review: BDB “Lover Eternal” by J.R Ward
Synopsis from  This is the second installment in “The Black Dagger Brotherhood” series. This is definitely not Twilight!! The vampire/slayer relationship concept has been flipped on its head. This second installment saw the birth of an unlikely relationship between 2 cursed individuals coming out on the other side and victorious. The Zsadist/Bella (yep,…
Short Review: “Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares” by Rachel Cohn
Synopsis from  This was my first read by Rachel Cohn and I understand this novel was written also with David Levithan who is also a new discovered author for me in 2014. This was an entertaining read and is definitely reminiscent of teenage love. The plot of the red moleskin notebook was well thought…
Writers in Translation
Originally posted on Media Diversified:
by Sinthujan Varatharajah A few days ago, I was sitting with a friend, we were casually chatting when I suddenly remembered that her father is a writer – as is my mother. I remembered that we somehow knew each other through our parents who again knew each other through diasporic…
Weekly Photo Challenge: New
How to best review a cook book if not by attempting a few of its recipes! In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “New.”
Book Review: “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Milan Kundera
Synopsis from  Sex, lies and Prague Spring… I got to the end and I am still not sure of what to make of it. I started reading thinking the story was about 2 dysfunctional people that loved each other but should not be together or at least the first 4 parts of the…