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The Kraken Project by Douglas Preston

        Who’s in charge? What happens when an A.I, programmed to go into space, changes its mind, and decides to live its own life? Preston tackles the read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Wherever You Go by Daniel Houghton

Book Your Trip A lovely quick read that hails the benefits of travel, and provides travel advice from a variety of travelers – airline professionals, resort owners, adventurers, entrepreneurs, and many more, Houghton’s read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books as gifts, Non-Fiction, Travel

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

  The Game of Life Fans of epic sagas, as well as Asian history may find this a captivating read. “Living everyday in the presence of those who refuse to read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction

The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell

            Watch out for the new girl.  “It is interesting to me how technology has in many ways facilitated and refined the practice of deception.” read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Art of Flaneuring by Erika Owen

    Fulfilling wanderings It sounds like it involves a delicate cooking process to be found dans la cuisine or, at very least, sitting in a French cafe watching life read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books as gifts, Good Living, Non-Fiction, Travel

Something Worth Sharing: Share – The Cookbook that Celebrates Our Common Humanity

Food for thought; worth sharing. Compiled by Women for Women, International, an organization that helps marginalized women in eight countries affected by war and conflict, this book came out in read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books as gifts, Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized

The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

Small town, big magic.   “Life is full of surprises and not all of them are good.” ~ Karen Hawkins. The Book Charmer Sarah Dove, a is a young woman read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books about books, Chick-lit, Fiction

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

  Where to buy this fat-free title. Meaty meal to digest “The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction, Horror

A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba

      Savages of Society  “Loss of trust is similar to heartbreak. Both lay bare some internal wound, both make us feel older than we are.” ~A Luminous Republic read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction

Kowloon Tong by Paul Theroux

A sinister look at the 1997 handover of Hong Kong This novel is set in Hong Kong in 1997, just before its handover to China, and presents a bleak, yet read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery
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