Tag: Contemporary

In Used before category names. Books, In Review
Mar 8, 2018 By Miss Known 0 Comment

Author: Joanna Bolouri Publisher: Quercus Publishing Year: 2018 Pages: 336 Sometimes you read a book that gets you more and more excited by each sentence as the end approaches, and then you turn the page and find a blank one. You keep going back and forward with that single sheet of paper until your brain realises the book is over. Then you get up, slowly stepping away from the book and you start shouting

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In Used before category names. Books, In Review
Jan 16, 2018 By Miss Known 0 Comment

* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page.   Author: Joanna Bolouri  Publisher: Quercus Publishing  Year: 2014  Pages: 400 Today, I’m doing a very special review. I read this book last month, and it won my heart. From a moment to another, it became my all-time favourite book. You know a book is good when even before you finish it you already and to reread it. And since we are starting a new year, there isn’t a more appropriate time to read this gem than now – at least I know I will. Grab a copy, a bucket of popcorn and sit comfortably, while you laugh out loud at all Phoebe’s adventures. Phoebe has been single for over a year since she found her ex-boyfriend in bed with another woman. After a multiple glasses of wine and long talks with her best friend Lucy, …

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In Used before category names. Books, In Review
Nov 26, 2017 By Miss Known 0 Comment

Author: Dan Brown Publisher: Doubleday Books Year: 2017 Pages: 461 Since I read the Da Vinci Code, 2 years ago, I kept my eye on Dan Brown. Although at the time, I ended up not posting a review of the book, even though, I enjoy it more than I thought I would. When I heard that Dan was releasing another Robert Langon adventure I wasn’t particularly excited. I knew I would like the book, but it wasn’t on the top of my list to buy. When I read the first chapter on the WHSmith blog, it got me hooked. The book takes place in Barcelona, but the first building Langon visits it’s the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao. It might not be a big deal for you, but the architect in me got really excited to read this book.

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