tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26976651480905171632024-03-15T01:07:00.343+05:30A few drops of inkAn anthology of some of my writingCynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.comBlogger729125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-80403491983910021152024-03-07T13:08:00.002+05:302024-03-07T13:08:31.350+05:30Book Review: REPLACED
Title: ReplacedAuthor: Nolon King with Lauren StreetPublisher: Sterling and StonePages: 346My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐I was intrigued by the
premise of this book and the writing was good enough to hold my interest.
Jessica Clarke has the perfect life with husband David. And now that David has a new job, and they've bought a new house, things are even better. What makes their life even Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-83184115293838503882024-03-02T17:51:00.001+05:302024-03-02T17:53:12.969+05:30Book Review: ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE BLOCK ISLAND
Title: On A Clear Day You Can See Block Island Author: Gage GreenwoodPublisher: Tanner's Switch PublishingPages: 284My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐After the sudden death of
his wife on account of corporate negligence, Jackson uses the compensation
money from her company to move his children into a bigger house on Block
Island. Wreath (17), Brian (15), Charlie (13), Chrissy (9) andCynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-87880314120625924622024-02-28T07:28:00.001+05:302024-02-28T07:28:53.871+05:30Book Review: EVERYTHING IS FINE
Title: Everything Is Fine Author: Vince GranataPublisher: Atria BooksPages: 303My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐Vince Granata was an only child until age 4
when the miracle of IVF gave him three siblings. Triplets Christopher, Timothy
and Elizabeth looked up to him, had raucous playtime sessions with him and
built many lovely memories together. Twenty years later, Timothy Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-62075593013652179262024-02-07T07:30:00.006+05:302024-02-07T12:28:47.308+05:30Book Review: THE PROGRAM #1
Title: The Program #1 Author: Suzanne YoungPublisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young ReadersPages: 416My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐Ever since a strange epidemic caught
hold of teenagers, causing them to give in to suicidal depression, the
governments of some states in the US have launched the Program. This faceless
entity is always watching and aware of what young people are Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-54732370039175752712024-02-06T07:30:00.013+05:302024-02-06T07:30:00.128+05:30Book Review: BREAK THE GLASS
Title: Break the Glass Author: Olivia SwindlerPublisher: Lake Union PublishingPages: 295My GoodReads Rating: ⭐Nora Bennet’s boss, Sal Higgins, has
been fired from his position as athletic director at Renton University. She’s
interim AD now, and she knows that she has to work harder to prove herself. Sal
is accused not only of an alcohol addiction but also of asking Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-62188640400925791792024-02-05T07:30:00.000+05:302024-02-05T07:30:00.302+05:30Book Review: THE SNOW ANGEL
Title: The Snow Angel Author: Anki EdvinssonTranslator: Paul NorlenPublisher: Thomas & MercerPages: 330My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐Charlotte von Klint, a police officer with the
Major Crimes Unit, has moved to Umea, a small town in Sweden, leaving behind
the capital city of Stockholm and the rising crime rate there. She wants to
keep herself and her daughter, Anna, safe. ButCynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-35129190041867795522024-02-04T07:30:00.003+05:302024-02-04T07:30:00.243+05:30Book Review: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
Title: Keep Your Friends Close Author: Joanne RyanPublisher: Boldwood BooksPages: 234My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐Rich and privileged
Mia Enderby allows best friend Carrie to live rent-free in her own apartment. Eight
months ago, Mia killed her abusive boyfriend Marco in self-defence after a
horrible altercation. Luckily for her, Carrie called some people from the Dark
Web and made Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-2442172478550543162024-02-03T11:37:00.001+05:302024-02-03T11:37:11.913+05:30Book Review: LIZZIE
Title: Lizzie Author: Edward RandPublisher: Bloodchuckles PressPages: 594My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐Dan and Beth move with their four-year-old
daughter, Lizzie, to a large house in a rural area. They get the house for a
steal, and the plan is that Dan, a real estate guy, will spruce up the house
and then sell it for a profit. All is well for the first seven months until one
Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-35830373299715257432024-02-02T12:32:00.001+05:302024-02-02T12:32:53.818+05:30Book Review: THE DEVIL AND MRS DAVENPORT
Title: The Devil and Mrs Davenport Author: Paulette KennedyPublisher: Lake Union PublishingPages: 347My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐Loretta Davenport, mother of
ten-year-old Lucas and five-year-old Charlotte, and wife of Peter, a Bible
History professor at Bethel College, falls ill with fever and begins to hear
the voices of the dead for the first time.In an attempt to understand
her Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-54251715307330905132023-12-03T12:30:00.005+05:302023-12-03T12:30:00.152+05:30Book Review: SUMMERS UNDER THE TAMARIND TREE
Title: Summers Under the Tamarind Tree
Author: Sumayya Usmani
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Pages: 223
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Summers Under the Tamarind Tree is a book
that you need to get yourself, particularly if you like what is popularly known
as ‘desi’ or Indian cooking.
The first thing that caught my
eye were the pictures in Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-39582860930332118452023-12-03T07:00:00.001+05:302023-12-03T07:00:00.153+05:30Book Review: GONE TONIGHT
Title: Gone Tonight
Author: Sarah Pekkanen
Publisher: St Martin’s Press
Pages: 336
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I had high expectations from
the book from the Dedication itself. It was a quote from author Fennel Hudson,
who has written a series of journals about leading a quiet life. The quote
says, “Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.’
Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-3935290123167163642023-12-02T17:46:00.012+05:302023-12-02T18:45:06.314+05:30Book Review: THAT NIGHT IN THE WOODS
Title: That Night in the Woods
Author: Kristopher Triana
Publisher: Cemetery Dance
Publications
Pages: 336
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐
Of all the different kinds of horror stories, the slash-and-gore fest is
the one I dislike the most. There seems to be no point to the violence, which
intensifies, until it seems to head towards a deadly collision. It’s all a bit
too Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-25695448826870734592023-11-28T07:00:00.002+05:302023-11-30T17:43:34.197+05:30Book Review: BEAUTIFUL BREAD: CREATE AND BAKE ARTFUL MASTERPIECES FOR ANY OCCASION
Title: Beautiful Bread: Create and Bake Artful Masterpieces for Any
Occasion
Author: Theresa Culletto
Publisher: Rock Point
Pages: 176
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve
wanted to bake focaccia ever since I saw pictures of this beautiful bread on
Pinterest several years ago.
The author has some good advice to offer: Draw pictures of the design beforehand to ensure
Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-26358423832459843592023-11-27T07:00:00.003+05:302023-11-27T07:00:00.145+05:30Book Review: DON'T FORGET ME
Title: Don’t Forget Me
Author: Rea Frey
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 269
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Ruby night, formerly Winslow, is grappling
with the mysterious disappearance of her 17-year-old daughter, Lily, and the abandonment
of her husband, Tom, when she comes across a partially decomposed body in the
lake one morning. Everyone in the Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-61057271817517231482023-11-26T07:00:00.005+05:302023-11-26T07:00:00.123+05:30Book Review: BRONSWOOD
Title: Bronswood
Author: Marissa Vanskike
Publisher: Marissa Vanskike
Pages: 316
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Heather Hartford is happily married to Nick, a
handsome and wealthy man who cares deeply for her and her two children, Charlie
and Theodora. Her ex-husband, Paul Lauer, an abusive and violent man, is
seeking shared custody of the kids. Heather’s Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-54425459770150080432023-11-25T12:43:00.005+05:302023-11-25T18:20:14.270+05:30Book Review: A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD
Title: A Good Rush of Blood
Author: Matt Phillips
Publisher: Run Amok Crime
Pages: 312
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Good Rush of Blood was exactly that. It felt as
if I was shadowing Creeley, not just reading.
At 39, Creeley Nash, unwed and poor, is a drug
runner. She is lonely and faces nothingness in her life. As a 14-year-old, she
ran away from her home Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-26794770526167143572023-11-19T11:57:00.000+05:302023-11-19T11:57:03.434+05:30Book Review: THE PATIENT
Title: The Patient Author: Cole BaxterPublisher: Inkubator BooksPages: 312My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐James Owens, a 30-year-old schizophrenic, is released after spending 20 years in a
psychiatric facility for committing a crime he can’t even remember. On his
release, he learns that he has inherited his childhood home and a lot of money
from his father, a man who abused him Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-9458163580078350872023-11-19T11:06:00.001+05:302023-11-19T11:06:56.539+05:30Book Review: THE WIFE YOU KNOW
Title: The Wife You Know Author: Chad ZunkerPublisher: Thomas and MercerPages: 207My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐Luke and Ashley have not been married long, yet Luke loves his wife and
his three-year-old stepdaughter, Joy, as if she were his own. They are happy
until a video of Ashley breaking into a burning school building to save some
preschoolers trapped inside a room goes viral.Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-83471465466335083502023-11-12T17:10:00.003+05:302023-11-12T17:10:37.479+05:30Book Review: THE BREAK
Title: The BreakAuthor: Katie SisePublisher: Little APages: 347My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐Rowan O’Sullivan, a
writer of murder mysteries, has a newborn daughter, Lila, with husband Gabe,
also a writer. The birth has been traumatic, and Gabe hires a 22-year-old
babysitter, June, to take care of their baby while Rowan is treated for her
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. June is in a Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-26506380028170048542023-11-12T16:56:00.000+05:302023-11-12T16:56:05.784+05:30Book Review: PLEASE WRITE: A NOVEL IN LETTERS
Title: Please Write: A Novel In LettersAuthor: J Wynn RousuckPublisher: Bancroft PressPages: 252My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐Winslow, a genteel and
formal Boston Terrier, has so far lived in a one-dog household with his humans,
married couple Frank and Pamela. All is well until Frank brings home a lost puppy.
When no one turns up to claim the pup, she is named Zippy, to the Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-63892508476662872912023-11-09T20:49:00.004+05:302023-11-09T20:58:27.331+05:30Book Review: SHEETS
Title: SheetsAuthor: Brenna ThummlerPublisher: Oni PressPages: 242My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐Marjorie Glatt hates laundry and ghosts. She has been singlehandedly
running the family-owned laundromat, Glatt’s Laundry, after the death of her mother
a year ago. The 13-year-old loner has also been running the household and
taking care of younger brother, Owen, who has just started Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-36695347022785980472023-11-07T20:16:00.001+05:302023-11-07T20:16:11.140+05:30Book Review: THE DEAD PENNIES
Title: The Dead Pennies
Author: Robert Ford
Publisher: Cemetery Dance
Publications
Pages: 342
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐
I’ve recently begun to enjoy reading horror and
judging by the cover, I thought this one would be good. Sadly, it had potential
that wasn’t realized.
Abby, running away from an abusive relationship
with Nick, stops to meet an old school friend, Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-38853592624042123812023-11-05T13:29:00.001+05:302023-11-05T13:29:05.741+05:30Book Review: THE VILLA AND THE VORTEX
Title: The Villa and the Vortex: Selected Supernatural Stories, 1914–1924Author: Elinor MordauntEditor: Melissa EdmundsonPublisher: Handheld ClassicsPages: 306My GoodReads Rating:
The Villa and the Vortex: Supernatural stories,
1916‒1924, by Elinor Mordaunt was a treat. I suspect that the editor selected these two stories for the title of this collection because of the Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-83481455837249053492023-07-22T21:59:00.000+05:302023-07-22T21:59:42.150+05:30Book Review: THE HONEYMOON
Title: The Honeymoon
Author: Kate Gray
Publisher: Welbeck
Pages: 365
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Two English women, Erin Steele and Sophia Spencer, meet each other on a
beach in Bali. They are both honeymooning with their respective husbands, Jamie
and Mark.
On their last night in Bali, Erin invites Sophia, a casual acquaintance,
and Mark to dine with them at an expensive Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697665148090517163.post-38020354568462027272023-07-01T12:14:00.001+05:302023-07-01T12:14:16.176+05:30Book Review: CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION STORIES
Title: Classic Science Fiction StoriesAuthors: HG Wells, Stanley Weinbaum, FitzJames O'Brien, Voltaire, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Florence McLandburgh, Edward Page Mitchell, HP Lovecraft, James Clark Maxwell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and Ambrose BierceEditor: Adam RobertsPublisher: MacMillan Collector's LibraryPages: 290My GoodReads Rating: Classic ScienceCynthia Rodrigues Manchekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582482381203565646noreply@blogger.com0