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Marieke Nijkamp – This Is Where It Ends

Marieke Nijkamp is a Dutch writer and This Is Where It Ends, which came out in 2016, is her debut novel. Soon another standalone novel by her is coming out titled Before I Let Go and it is available for pre-ordering now.

This review will contain spoilers. Continue reading “Marieke Nijkamp – This Is Where It Ends”

Adam Kay – This is going to hurt

I first heard about Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor in The Russell Howard Hour and was immediately interested. The whole interview with Adam Kay seemed unbelievable – are there really people that say that doctors want bigger pay and better hours because they are greedy? As it turns out – yes, there are such people. And this is more of a rant about those people than a review.  Continue reading “Adam Kay – This is going to hurt”

Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Walflower

Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist and screenplay writer, who is best known for his book The Perks of Being a Wallflower and screenplays for Rent (film) and Jericho (TV series). The Perks of Being a Walflower were published in 1999 and since then have been turned into a film starring Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller and received a lot of love from fans.  Continue reading “Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Walflower”

Chuck Palahniuk – Fight Club

Everyone has heard about the Fight Club because the first rule of the Fight Club is… You don’t talk about Fight Club. Continue reading “Chuck Palahniuk – Fight Club”

Maureen Johnson – The Name of the Star

Maureen Johnson is an American author who mostly writes young adult fiction, she is best known for Shades of London and Suite Scarlett series.  Continue reading “Maureen Johnson – The Name of the Star”

Oliver Bowden – Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance

Oliver Bowden is a pen name for Anton Gill – a writer, historian and gamer in one person. He has written many books and the Assassin’s Creed series based on Ubisoft’s video game is just one of them.  Continue reading “Oliver Bowden – Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance”

Anticipated Releases: January

New year and new releases! Continue reading “Anticipated Releases: January”

Cathryn Constable – The Wolf Princess

Cathryn Constable was so impressed with a book she received for Christmas that it changed her whole life and started her fascination with Russia. Her debut novel The Wolf Princess came out in 2012, but a new book titled The White Tower will be coming out in January 2017 and although I don’t really know what it’s about, I have a guess that everything happens in Russia.  Continue reading “Cathryn Constable – The Wolf Princess”

Sam Gayton – The Snow Merchant

Sam Gayton writes children books and plays. I had never heard of him until my boyfriend put his book in my hands and said: “You have to read this, this sounds really cool! I’m buying this for you!” Continue reading “Sam Gayton – The Snow Merchant”

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