The Unity Game Synopsis WHAT IF THE EARTH YOU KNEW WAS JUST THE BEGINNING? A New York banker is descending into madness. A being from an advanced civilization is racing to stay alive. A dead man must unlock the secrets of an unknown dimension to save his loved ones. From the visions of … [Read more...]
Book Review – THE ELEVENTH LETTER by Tom Tomaszewski
The Eleventh Letter Synopsis : A LOVE STORY. A GHOST STORY. A MURDER MYSTERY. Chris Katiwa, a Harley Street psychotherapist, finds himself trapped in his office by heavy snow. When a beautiful, enigmatic woman asks to take shelter with him, he finds himself drawn to her charisma. Discovering … [Read more...]
5 Ways to be Famous Now by Maurilia Meehan & The Salamanders by William Lane
Short reviews of the two most recent releases from Transit Lounge, the small Australian publisher that brought us A S Patric's 2016 Miles Franklin Award winning Black Rock White City. 5 Ways to be Famous Now Synopsis : A glamorous ocean liner, inspired by the original ghostly Queen Mary, sets … [Read more...]
OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout, Review: Underwhelming
Olive Kitteridge is the book that won Elizabeth Strout the Pulitzer Prize. Olive Kitteridge Book Synopsis: In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft … [Read more...]
THE GILDED YEARS by Karin Tanabe, Book Review
The Gilded Years is the story of one young woman who risks everything to earn a college degree—but the secret she hides could be her undoing. The Gilded Years Synopsis: Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country’s most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a … [Read more...]
Mr Snack & the Lady Water by Brendan Shanahan and Wonder Cruise by Ursula Bloom, Reviews
Two titles with a travel theme - Ursula Bloom's romantic fiction Wonder Cruise and Mr Snack and the Lady Water, a collection of travel essays from Brendan Shanahan. Wonder Cruise Synopsis Ann Clements is thirty-five and single, and believes nothing exciting will ever happen to her. Then, she … [Read more...]
MARTIN HARBOTTLE’S APPRECIATION OF TIME by Dominic Utton, Book Review
Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time Synopsis : Dan's got a new job. But he's moved out of town in order to start a family and had to start commuting into the city every day, leaving his young wife Beth and newborn daughter at home. After 14 months of the trains either making him late for work … [Read more...]
Book Review – THE GIRAFFE’S NECK by Judith Schalansky
The Giraffe's Neck Synopsis : Adaptation is everything, something Frau Lomark is well aware of as the biology teacher at the Charles Darwin High School in a country backwater of the former East Germany. It is the beginning of the new school year, but, as people look west in search of work and … [Read more...]