.Books & Art.

The Book Review: “My Name is Mahtob” by Mahtob Mahmoody

Advance Reading Copy Disclosure: Thanks to BookLookBlogger and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read Not Without my Daughter by Betty Mahmoody and I have seen the movie based on mentioned book.  This drew my attention…

The Book Review: “The Heart goes Last” by Margaret Atwood

“The past is so much safer, because whatever’s in it has already happened. It can’t be changed; so, in a way, there’s nothing to dread.” Margaret Atwood Hello! As a Canada lover I, of course, researched Canada’s authors. The first name that came up in google…

The Book Review: “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng

“What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.” I have to admit, I am a little late reading this book because it was published in March 2015 and I have heard so much about it. “Everything I never told you” has mostly good reviews but…

The Minimalists

As soon as I posted my latest article, readers asked me who The Minimalists are. Here are three great books for you to start. And believe me, this is way better than “The Life-changing magic of cleaning up by Marie Kondo. These are the books…

The Book Review “Blogging” by Robin Houghton and tips on how to start your blog

Hello! Today I would like to share three great books that helped me a lot when I started blogging. These books are for everybody who does not have a clue what blogging is all about and is in need of some basic information. Along with…

A different Book Review: “If someone says ‘You complete me’, Run!” by Whoopi Goldberg

“A romantic relationship is fun and can add a lot to your life, but think of it as the whipped cream on top of the sundae and not the whole sundae. And that’s all folks!”  I listened to Howard Stern on Sirius Radio while driving…

My take on: “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder

“Let’s really look at one another!…It goes so fast. We don’t have time to look at one another. I didn’t realize. So all that was going on and we never noticed… Wait! One more look. Good-bye , Good-bye world. Good-bye, Grover’s Corners….Mama and Papa. Good-bye…

The Book Review: “Running With Scissors” by Augusten Burroughs

“I stood alone in the kitchen, listening to the dim electric buzz of the clock as it secretly counted the seconds, the minutes, the hours. Briefly, I fantasized about slicing my mother’s finger off with the electric knife that was hanging by its cord from…

The Book Review: “The Blue Line”: A Novel by Ingrid Betancourt

Advance Reading Copy Disclosure: Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read “Until Death Do us Part” by Ingrid Betancourt and I loved it.  What drew my attention to this book…

The Book Review: “Radio Congo” by Ben Rawlence

“We leave the mission compound and drive across a packed mud square strewn with schoolchildren in blue uniforms. The walls of the cathedral, which looks as though it was transported whole from Belgium, are decorated with graceful cars of bullet holes and the roof sports…



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