Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts

Friday 13 January 2023

Hare Halfway and the Book of Everything

"super relatable story"

👉 Hare Halfway and the Book of Everything is also written in Dutch
under the title: Haas Halfweg en het Boek van Alles. 



My review

Hare Halfway and the Book of Everything is a wonderful, super relatable
story. It was written very clear and fluently. Meanwhile it let you think and 
I absolutely wanted to know how the story ended. 

The paintings and the cover page were created by Evelien van Landeghem.
I enjoyed it very much.

Anyway, Hare Halfway and the Book of Everything is amazingly written 
and can be read by all of us.

Without any doubt, I give a 5 star rating for this wonderful book!

The author


Hare Halfway and the Book of Everything was written by Marc Terreur, 
which is a colleague of mine. Nevertheless this hasn't influenced my opinion.

Besides writing, Marc Terreur is a Belgian luthier and guitar tech with a
solid reputation built on three decades of experience and dedication.
He has clients from Belgium and the Netherlands, but also from Canada
and the USA. His custom-built guitars have received highly praised reviews.

In the 1990s, he was a freelance contributor to the Belgian music
magazines Stage and MeetMusic. In this capacity, he wrote instrument
and amp reviews and did a series on acoustics (the science).

Apart from the above, Marc Terreur is also a musician, a songwriter,
and ... a writer of children's books. Get to know Hare Halfway and
Bookie Bear, and soon also Flory Nightingale—maybe even
Little Verity Firefly.



Hare Halfway and the Book of Everything is available on Amazon.
It contains 45 pages.  

Monday 5 September 2022

Honor in Concord: Seeking Spirit in Literary Concord

 A special book


Summary


first year she lived in the historic town of Concord, Massachusetts
in an antique home she calls "Quiet House" on a street named for Henry
David Thoreau. One day she sets out to record the images of Concord's
past that are always on her mind and what results is a fictional story told
within the pages of memoir in which the writers of mid-19th century
Concord (i.e., Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and Alcott) are
living new lives in Concord in present day.




My Review


First of all: what a special book! I liked the different stories but it 
was from time to time a bit confusing. Nevertheless I really enjoyed
reading the book.

It is a memoir published on 17 June 2022 and it contains 270 pages. 

Without any doubt I give a 4 star rating for this special book! 



The author


Cathryn McIntyre is the author of two memoirs, Honor in Concord
and The Thoreau Whisperer, about her experience living in the historic
town of Concord, Massachusetts. She is also a natural psychic and
clairvoyant, an astrologer, a UFO experiencer, a shared death
experiencer, and an occasional ghost investigator.

McIntyre also did a candid interview with Paranormal
Underground Magazine in which she discussed a lifetime of paranormal
and supernatural experiences. It can be read on her
website: www.theconcordwriter.com


Booktasters


I really want to thank booktasters and the author as well for providing
me a free copy in return of my honest review, which I did. 

Saturday 30 July 2022

The Lighthouse at Montauk Point and Other Stories

 Fantastic collection of short stories




It was a fantastic collection of short stories which were absolutely nice tales.
The characters were pointed out very well and I enjoyed the stories much.

If you like short stories don't hesitate to read this book!

Without a doubt I give a 5 star rating for "The Lighthouse at Montauk
Point and Other Stories".

The book contains 80 pages.


Booktasters


I want to thank Booktasters and the author R. David Fulcher as well for 
providing me a free copy in return for my honest review which I did.


Saturday 30 January 2021

Bookreview: Looking for life

"What an amazing book!"


Summary


Strap in, turn down the lights, and enter worlds that will stretch your imagination
to the full....

From a stranded alien comedian to the darkest depths of the human psyche; from
mind-blowing galactic adventure to clandestine extraterrestrial behavior on Earth.
They're all here and more in this spell-binding collection of seventeen short stories
to keep your guessing at every turn. 

With tales of alien invasion, deep space mystery, time travel, and dystopian future
Earth, this is a collection which takes inspiration from the much respected 
'old masters' of Science Fiction. Here be new realms to explore - can you cross
the void and challenge your dreams?






My Review

To be honest: I don't know much about the science fiction genre, but
I'm never too old to discover new things. I was verry happy to read and 
review this amazing book.

It is a collection of wonderful short stories. It also is a good mix between
dialogues and story telling. The book is written clear, fluently and it has
nice well developed characters!

I would recommend this book to all who love science fiction and short
stories. Therefore I want to give this book a 5 star rating. 


The author

Clayton Graham read a lot of Science Fiction. He loved the 'old school'
masters such as HG Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov and John Wyndham.
He settled in Victoria, Australia in 1982. 

Combining future science with the paranormal is his passion. Milijun, his 
first novel, was puclished in 2016, and second novel, Saving Paludis, in
2018 and more. 

Please do take a look at his website on this link


Booktasters


I received a free copy by the author and Booktasters. Thank you very much
for giving me the chance to write my honest review!



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