Review of REKINDLED written by Tamera Alexander

Rekindled by Tamera Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

From the first pages, where I was a bit bored to the last ones, that made me feel relieved….It was quite a journey. it had love, crime, and a big portion of God.
I am glad about the ending because I was truly worried for some chapters that it might end in a way I wouldn’t want to have.
I don’t want to say too much about the story but it was definitely something new.
My personal favorite character was Larson who started as a handsome, strong man with a pure but very mistrusting heart and ended as scarred, gentle, sensitive man who found not only God but also his wife in a total new way….

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Totenfrau by Bernhard Aichner

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Well I was kinda disappointed in the beginning. I heard a lot about this book and the author. Only positive things.
I decided to read this book because the author is from Austria, just like me.
So I gave it a try though I have never read an austrian author before…….
Well first and foremost I have to say the more I got used to his very weird writing style and to the characters the more I enjoyed it.
Still it wasn’t as good as I imagined it and I think it is an overrated book and an overrated author.
Since i feel the same way about Stephen King and his books, I know my opinion seems to be different to the common opinion.
However, in this book we meet Blum, a woman, who is very interesting. She is a loving mother and wife, all is fine until the day her husband dies……..
After that she changes….
She finds out that her husband had met a young woman called Dunja and what she told him was awful……and it seems Marks death wasn’t an accident.
Blum does her best to get her revenge.
And though it is hard to understand how a woman who has children can do such cruel things, i think those men deserve it.
And the question I ask myself is: “If that would happen to me, could I be like her and do what she did?”
So even though I am not totally satisfied with this book, I did like it in a way and I appreciate the violent scenes in it, the author isn’t afraid of going into detail…….I will read the other books in this trilogy so I guess he did everything right.
And let me add, because I forgot to mention it, I don’t think what she did when she was younger was right, she let her parents drown in the sea………because of her childhood where she always had to help her father, a mortician…….I just don’t think it was right, if she would have had a childhood full of violence, emotional abuse etc. I probably would like her more.

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Review of The Fault in our stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Like many others I was surprised to read that this is a YA book.
However I planned to read it months ago and just a few days ago I bought it.
I started it on the same day, and just 3 days later I finished it.
I couldn’t stop reading.
I love books and I love to read but not every book does the same to me, this is one of the books that made me feel like I am actually part of it.
I lived it, I breathed the same air as Hazel and Augustus, Isaac and Peter.
I traveled to Amsterdam, I feel for Augustus and I lost him.
I cried and asked myself if I could ever handle such a pain, to lose someone you love to death.
I know sooner or later I will experience it and my answer is “I have no idea how to survive it”
I lost the love of my life because he lied and cheated. And for the first time since my relationship with him is over I thought how thankful I have to be that I didn’t lose him to death.
Almost everyone who died in my family had cancer.
So as soon as I read there is no chance for Hazel to survive I was sad, I swallowed hard and kept on reading, knowing sooner or later I’ll cry.
But then there is the twist I didn’t expect..Augustus dies……
I was shocked and I was angry(like they would be actual people) that he had to die although the chances were 80 % in his favor.
I loved the book and I hated it.no seriously I love it.
It gave me so many emotions and made me write the longest Book Review I have written so far in my whole life.
Thank you John Green for this.
And thank you as well for your own words in the book, saying that this isn’t based on any true events and that asking if it is would undermine the fact that fictional books can touch as well.

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Review of Criminal by Karin Slaughter

Criminal by Karin Slaughter

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

First I need to say that this book didn’t captivate me as much as her others, I don’t know why.
It could be my fault. It took me long to read it because of various reasons.
I couldn’t focus very good on it, as I can’t focus on anything at the moment.
BUT what made it worse was the back and forth, which I am usually used to but somehow this time it didn’t work for me.
I think it is good though that we now know what happened to Will Trent and his mother.
It could have been more detailed about them though.
All in all I didn’t really like the book and almost gave it only 2 stars but I gave 3 because as I said my own personal problems may have affected my reading experience and well I love Slaughter.

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Review of Damaged by Alex Kava

Damaged by Alex Kava

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I am still not sure if it is a personal thing but I had the same struggle with this O’Dell book as I had with the last Slaughter that I have read.
As I explained my life is very upside down at the moment.
Somehow though I think I wouldn’t have liked the books anyway.
I am disappointed, I love the O’Dell series and enjoyed every book, so far.
This one just bored me.
There was no violence, not many details, not really anything bad.
The killer is not even a real killer.
Well he is a killer but not the kind of killer I want to read about.
The military aspect of this book didn’t help.

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Nominations for Bloggers Bash Awards Are Now OPEN!

What about nominating me for the Newcomer Award? That would be more than awesome 🙂

Sacha Black

We are finally on the count down to the bash, peeps.

I am so excited I really ought to be wearing a sports bra what with all the bouncing up and down.

So far we have announced the totally-off-the-chart-gorgeous venue here. Then we announced our blogger extraordinaire and guest speaker Luca here.

But now, now after months of waiting I can officially say, that nominations for the bloggers bash awards are

NOW OPEN

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Bloggers Bash 2016 – Venue Announcement

Sacha Black

The Bloggers Bash Committee said this year would be bigger and better – and trust me, it will be. We, the committee, have plans afoot to make it a cracking day.

If you don’t know what the bash is, it’s an annual get together for bloggers everywhere. The bash is open to everyone, whether you blog about writing, cooking, parenthood, beauty, fishing or anything in between, this is the event for you. AND irrespective of blogging platform – so if you have friends from other platforms please let them know.

The event is open to any blogger from any blogging platform – and please, if you aren’t a wordpress blogger – share this post.

This is the chance for you to meet (in real life) all those firm friends you have made through blogging. This year, the bash is on Saturday the 11th June, in London, England.

I said we had plans…

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Review of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the first time of my Life that I read a book like this. And with that I mean a brainy book, that’s how I call them.
It was hard for me to get into it, so hard I wanted to stop, but since I never do that I kept on reading.
After I could see all the people in my head it was an easier read and the last chapters I read in a rush, because I so wanted to know how it’s gonna end.
I guess I don’t really have to add any detail here because most of you will probably know the book.
Well most of the people who appear in this book, are kinda insane in my eyes so I couldn’t really favor one.
It was a new writing style as well for me to read.
At the end I am glad I read it and did enjoy it.

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The Beast is free (Poem)

It can’t be tamed from now on…

I chose the Wild or did the Wild chose me?

That beast inside of me, is roaring……..

So loud I can’t ignore it…

That beast was tamed for such a long time..

Now it seeks the Wild, the Freedom…

I let it out, before it kills me….

It’s screaming and howling…

In pain or pleasure…I don’t know

I look in it’s eyes….

Dark eyes, wild eyes…

Eyes filled with rage and fire….

It pushes me and all I ever was aside…

Starting to laugh and starting to cry…

I close my eyes, pretending not to see…

But I see it all…

I see the Downfall of myself…

There are no rules, no limits anymore…

From now on it’ll always want more…

The beast comes to me..

It knows it is free….

I know I am free….and I am not free at all…

The beast slowly shows his teeth…

Like it want’s to say “Rescue me!”

I shake my head, because I can’t.

Now that it’s free, I know it will be killing me…

The beast understands…..

It knows where this will end….

I’m looking around to find some help…

I need to conquer it but I can’t

For far too long I have been hurt

I am too weak to fight…

I see a mirror on the wall…

I look at it, while the beast grabs my throat…

I am standing there, looking so innocent..

I know I was but this is the end..

No way back, no escape…

They have done this to me…

I know it wasn’t my fate…

I have only minutes left…

To be what I wanted to be…

To be who I was just a few days ago….

I feel I’m dying….

Another look in the mirror………

I shiver …

The moon is rising, I am dressed in his light…

For one last time I try to fight…

I don’t know what comes after this night…

All I know is what I see

The beast is free….

The beast is me….

(c) Audrey Valentine 2016

Review of The Healer of Wounded Souls by Diane Adams Taylor

The Healer of Wounded Souls by Diane Adams Taylor

Well it took me very long to read that book, but not because it was boring or such. I just didn’t have an E-Reader till a few days ago, so when my Kindle arrived I read the book in 3 days.
I did like it as it was very inspiring.
It is about Hope who has a bad accident, and is about to die………but she don’t
She heals because GOD has given her a special mission to complete, and so she becomes the Healer of wounded souls.
On her way she has to defeat some serious enemies who even try to kill her and her partner Nick.
I especially loved the fact it was about God, Faith, Helping others.
I liked the fact that Hope got more and more secure about herself and her part in the mission.
And it made me happy that many people were healed, would be great if that would happen in reality as well. So yes I enjoyed reading it, and while it was a bit too less to become one of my favorites it is definitely worth a read.
So get it and enjoy.

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