Category: Literary Escapes
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_Welcome to Dubai, Baby!_ by Janet Elizabeth Schrum
_Welcome to Dubai, Baby!_ by Janet Elizabeth Schrum Being a self-published author and trying to break into the literary market is a challenge. I admire everyone who tries and perhaps one day I will make this attempt myself. A former colleague and a friend of mine wrote this book, published it on Kindle and still…
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_The Boy on the Wooden Box_ by Leon Leyson
_The Boy on the Wooden Box_ by Leon Leyson As time passes, we hear fewer stories about World War II and the atrocities done to the Jewish community due to the ageing population of those who experienced this time in our history. However, it is memoirs like this one by Leon Leyson that are needed…
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_Into the Darkest Corner_ by Elizabeth Haynes
_Into the Darkest Corner_ by Elizabeth Haynes Thanks to having a Brit in my life, I have been introduced to some contemporary British authors. Given my enjoyment of mystery thrillers, my lovely husband suggested this read. It did not disappoint my desire for entertainment and suspense. A woman meets a man, falls in love, becomes…
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_The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking_ by Mikael Krogerus
_The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking_ by Mikael Krogerus Back when I was still pushing through my PhD one of my friends gave me this book for Christmas a year ago. It is a really interesting read of different theoretical models and methods for strategical thinking. While definitely relevant to the world of…
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_The In-Between_ by Jeff Goins
_The In-Between_ by Jeff Goins My third book by Jeff Goins was a bit less memorable and less useful to me than the others had been. Perhaps it was more about my frame of mind than anything else. Maybe, just maybe, this is the actual point of his book. Goins talks about how we should…
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_You Can Heal Your Life_ by Louise Hay
_You Can Heal Your Life_ by Louise Hay I was introduced to this author via the title _You can Heal Your Body_ through some ladies at yoga. When I went to the bookstore to have a look, I found that this one was more along the lines of what I felt like reading. The other…
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_The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt
Yikes! I started this post almost a year ago and didn’t realize that I never really finished it. When I was reading my friend’s blog the other day, it made me wonder if I had ever written about my brief version or not…. Apparently ‘not’ is the answer. So, here it is: Back in my…
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_The Barkeep_ by William Lashner
_The Barkeep_ by William Lashner I finished reading this a couple of months ago now as the last book review until the company gets back on track. I am not sure if the job will be returned or not. In any case, I am enjoying my time off from it, I must admit. So, this…
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_The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt
_The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt The third brief I was given to do nearly was the end of me as well as my work freelancing. First, it took me over three weeks to complete. Although I had a week with the holiday included in that time frame, it just did not go as smoothly as…
