Svetlana's Reads and Views

Name of Book: The End of Loneliness Author : Benedict Wells ISBN: 978-0-14-313400-8 Publisher: Penguin Type of book: Memory, 1980-2014, Europe, Germany, boarding schools, young love, siblings, friendship, relationships, hidden secrets, talents, coping, traveling, first love Year it was published: 2019 Summary: Marty, Liz and Jules' idyllic childhood with their loving parents in Munich is shattered by the death of their parents in a car crash, and their charmed life is exchanged for a bleak state boarding school. As the three deal with the death of their parents in very different ways, they become estranged from one another; Marty focussing on his career; Liz turning to different forms of escapision; and Jules turning from a vivacious child to a quiet, withdrawn teenager. Whilst at boarding school he meets the mysterious and charming Alva - but he will only realise years later what she means to him; and what she has never told him. Just as it seems that they can...

Name of Book: Amnesia Nights Author: Quinton Skinner ISBN: 978-1-909572-08-9 Publisher: Fentum Press Type of book : Memory, secrets, hallucinations, business, money, finances, wealth, present times, week, Boston, Minneapolis, friendship, relationship, romance, family Year it was published: 2018 Summary: John Wright’s mind is playing tricks on him. He sees people he thinks he knows, but they are only strangers. His memory flickers in and out of focus. He has not seen his fiancée, Iris, in over three years. He fled their Los Angeles apartment one night after a fit of rage that may or may not have left her dead. He has been living off a small fortune he stole from Iris's rich, manipulative businessman father. He bides his time and waits for the police to find him and charge him with his lover's murder. Has he killed her? Is she really dead? Talented, clever, sophisticated Iris was his anchor, the one joy in his troubled, lonely life. At Harvard, she transformed...

Well, the year is over, and every year I think its the best book year, and that next year can't top it, and so far I have been proven wrong. Like the title, these are the books I dream of getting and reading in 2019. (I am sure my ideal 2019 books I will read and review will be a whole lot longer...) From distant publishing to something a lot more recent, here are the books... The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander. Ragnvald has long held to his vision of King Harald as a golden wolf who will bring peace to Norway as its conqueror--even though he knows that Harald's success will eventually mean his own doom. He is grateful to have his beloved sister, the fierce and independent Svanhild, on...

Name of Book: The Ghost Author: Henry Kellerman ISBN: 978-1-56980-822-1 Publisher: Barricade Type of book: 1958,  revenge, Holocaust, Krav Maga, documents, Simon Wisenthal, history, no time limit or expiration, secrets, travel Year it was published: 2018 Summary: Summary Assassinations, a love story, a kidnapping, and many twists and turns characterizes this riveting novel of historical fiction, circa 1958, thirteen years post World War II. Events are uncovered where The Ghost, a powerful Vatican Bishop, is sending assassins to retrieve a secret tailpiece - a hidden extension of the 1942 Wannsee Conference Papers that underpinned the Holocaust against Jews. Only two copies of this tailpiece remain where names of thousands of high level Nazis such as Eichmann and Mengele are listed along with their future destinations - should Germany lose the war. At the same time, New York City detectives working with British M16 secret service, and Israeli Mossad agents, get N...

Title of the book:  DARCY the dog who talked Author:  LIANE CARTER Publisher: FeedARead.com Publishing Date: 2018 ISBN: 978-1-78876-361-5 Summary: I’d never adopted a dog before. I had no idea what to do and this dog needed someone who did. An abused dog and a clueless human, we embarked on a journey of love, struggles and joy. A heart-warming and humorous journey. Author Info: (From iRead Book Tours) Meet the Author: Devoted to giving her readers smiles, tears and tension in both her poignant non-fiction and fast-paced fantasy adventures, Liane Carter bares her soul. Author of The Chronicles of Joya, The Dream Devils, Darcy: The Dog Who Talked and Tammy: The Little Cat With A Big Attitude, she has written features and a weekly column for Costa Blanca News, articles for Writing Magazine, and has taught over 150 writing workshops. She pours her innate joy into her books and also expresses it in nature, playing instruments, creating art and dancing. Conne...

Title of the book:   Looking to the stars from old Algiers and other long stories short Author:  Jan Risher Publisher: Sans Souci Books Publishing Date: 2018 ISBN: 978-1946160331 Summary: Jan Risher took the long way to get from Mississippi to Louisiana with stops in between in Slovakia, Mexico, China, Burkina Faso, and more than forty other countries. Since moving to Lafayette in 2001, she has been a Sunday columnist for The Daily Advertiser and has written a column every single week since March 2002. Looking to the Stars from Old Algiers and Other Long Stories Short is the collection of these columns written over fifteen years. Arranged in chronological order, the collection creates a narrative of one woman's aim to build her family, build up her community, and weave the stories and lessons learned from the past into the present. From her family's move to Louisiana, adoption of a daughter from China, covering Hurricane Katrina, travels near and far, auth...

Name of Book: Daughter of Destiny Author: Nicole Evelina ISBN: 9780996763288 Publisher: Lawson Gartner publishing Part of a Series: Guinevre's Tale Trilogy Type of book: King Arthur, loyalty, England, Queen Guinevere, Avalon priestesses, 491-496, friendships between women, old and new traditions, tournament, Isolde, Elaine, Morgan, prophecy, the sight Year it was published: 2016 Summary: Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her. In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with her family to defend her home at Northgallis from the Irish, or go to Avalon to seek help for the horrific visions that haunt her. The Sight calls her to Avalon, where she meets Morgan, a woman of questionable parentage who is destined to become her rival. As Guinevere matures to womanhood, she gains the powers of a priestess, and falls in love...