Monday, 7 November 2022

Reading in Winter

The winter is by far most of my favourite season for reading. When the days 
become shorter and the darkness wins it over from the light, it is very easy to
withdraw myself at home with a good book. Besides that, at work it is less
busier in winter than in summer months, especially September was very
heavy. 

So, I hope to catch up with reading lovely books with inter alia Booktasters
and the We love Memoirs group. 

It's so nice to see all the different styles of books and authors as well. They
make the dark months to come, more colourfull.  







Soon, you'll find here new reviews, I read inter alia Bits, Bytes, and Barrels:
The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas via Booktasters and Beneath a 
Copper sky of Val Poore. 


Some pictures of the Balloon Festival in my hometown Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
September 2022.







Enjoy reading!

Thursday, 3 November 2022

The offering

A heavy read


Summary


Is it possible to hold onto hope when you lose everything else?
Tariq Abbassi, hospitalized and disoriented, has trouble reconciling
the life he imagined with the one that greets him upon waking in a
trauma center. Soon enough, he realizes the reason behind his current
condition: both of his beloved sons died after a horrific act of negligence.
Struggling to face the dark truth, no matter the cost, he must sift through
his confused memories to resolve how he got here.






My Review


I enjoyed reading this book, although it didn't draw my attention
immediately, due to the flashbacks.

However, the Offering had lots of plots, a very interesting main
character and an open ending. 

I liked the writing style and the story, although it was a very heavy
read.

I would recommend the Offering to all who like to read, fiction and
thrillers told in a novel.

I give a 5 star rating, because the end made me very curious.



Booktasters


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