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The Book Lover's Boudoir
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A book review website that covers all genres including horror, literary and fantasy. E-books, paper backs and hard backs are reviewed. Books are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4032 )
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Heartaches by Donovan Lord
An autobiographical poetry and art book, heartaches' poems are as universal as they are personal. The poems are conceived as flashpoints of heartaches that... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
This Is Not A Love Story by @SukiFleet
When fifteen-year-old Romeo's mother leaves one day and doesn't return, he finds himself homeless and trying to survive on the streets. Mute and terrified, his... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Making of a Massacre by @gingerthomp1
In March 2011, gunmen from one of the most violent drug trafficking cartels in the world swept through a small Mexican border town, leaving behind dozens of... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Lyra’s Oxford by @PhilipPullman
This book contains a story and several other things. The other things might be connected with the story, or they might not; they might be connected to stories... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
What Were You Thinking? by @NPRDina
Parents, or 12-24 year old selves; this intrepidly reported, six-part audio show hosted by NPR journalist Dina Temple-Raston, discover the new science that... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Once Upon a Time in the North by @PhilipPullman
When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
When 19-year old Nicholas Nickleby is left destitute after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
There Are Things I Know by Karen B. Golightly
Eight-year-old Pepper sees the world a little differently from most people. One day, during a school field trip, Pepper is kidnapped by a stranger and driven... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Winter Folly by @MissLuluTaylor
The darker the lie, the deeper the secret . . . In this house there are many secrets... It is 1965 and young Alexandra Crewe obediently marries the man her... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. Britain is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism. Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, i... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
What Love Comes To: New & Selected Poems by Ruth Stone
Finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, this retrospective of Ruth Stone's poetry combines the best work from twelve previous volumes with an abundance of new... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Spring by Ali Smith
What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Moon Over Soho by @Ben_Aaronovitch
The song. That's what London constable and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Audible Theatre Collection: Ibsen
Born in 1828, Norwegian playwright, theatre director and poet Ibsen, wrote in Danish yet lived for many years in Italy and Germany. Heralded as one the most... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Still Life by L.T. Smith
After breaking off her relationship with a female lothario, Jess Taylor decides she doesn't want to expose herself to another cheating partner. Staying at... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Audible Theatre Collection: Chekhov
Despite his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 44, Chekhov was a prolific writer and produced more than 250 short stories in addition to several... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Tackling the agonizing transition from skilled surgeon to bewildered patient, When Breath Becomes Air is an unflinching account of what it means to be... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Pelt by Sarah Jackson
Sarah Jackson explores the edges of writing in this uncanny book of touch. Tender, haunting, and yet beautifully poised, the poems in Pelt get right under your... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Edible Woman by @MargaretAtwood
Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancé and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inne... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE