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Dava Shastri’s Last Day: Book Spotlight & Author Interview
“I started my book with a question that largely had to do with themes related to celebrity, legacy, and ego. I completed it by receiving answers I did not know I was seeking: about love, empathy, and gratitude; about the ways our families shape us, sometimes in ways we can never fully understand; about how personal narratives can be read very differently, depending on who’s turning the page.” – Kirthana Ramsetti, Author of Dava Shashtri’s Last Day Dava Shashtri’s Last Day by Kirthana Ramsetti has taken the literary world by a storm and it is still on all our minds. As I finished reading this amazing debut novel earlier this…
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Book Review and Author Interview: Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
“The debt between a child and her mother could never be repaid, like running a foot race against someone fifteen miles ahead of you. What hope did you have of catching up?” This book is not for the faint hearted. You dare not miss it. I have been fangirling over the unique premise of this psychological thriller that I just can’t stop thinking about. In her debut sensation Darling Rose Gold, author Stephanie Wrobel has worked wonders with her stunning writing capturing a dark, compulsive, absorbing story focused on the complicated layers of a mother-daughter relationship. Here is the synopsis: For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold…
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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano: Book Review and Author Interview
“It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight-thirty A.M. on any given morning. On the particular morning of Tuesday, October eighth, I was ready by seven forty-five. “ Reading a delicious suspenseful mystery novel is my bookish heaven where I love to get lost (and not be disturbed). And Finlay’s story was just that! Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano is a dark comedy meets murder mystery meets motherhood diaries meets romance. It is a great balance of all these and flows smoothly from chapter to chapter making us be curious, entertained, and laughing along the way. Here is the synopsis: Finlay…
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Book Review and Author Interview: Everybody (Else) Is Perfect
As a new generation of women, how do we recognize ourselves and each other without the pressure to be perfect—however that’s currently being defined? What’s the point of celebrating differences if you’re going to put parameters around just how different they’re allowed to be? Social media has given us insight into politics and helped fuel the #resistance, so we can fight back. But will we? These are some of the hard-hitting and important questions that author Gabrielle Korn has raised through her debut book Everybody (Else) Is Perfect. I recently read this and it left a profound impact on me. Firstly, here is the synopsis and a little background about…
