#A hard-hitting novel, beautifully written and observed, and a lesson in narrative# by OlgaNunez Hi all: I bring you another book by an author whose very special book of short stories, Backstories, I featured recently. This one is a novel, and it is quite a novel. The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde When… Leer más #Review: THE SILENT BROTHER by Simon Van der Velde
By Olga Miret Hi, all: I bring you the last but one Journey of Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene’s Dead of Winter. And the author has shared that she has finished the last journey, so I will bring you that one pretty soon, I am sure, as I can’t wait to know what happens! Dead of Winter:… Leer más #Reviews: #TuesdayBookBlog Dead of Winter: Journey 13, The Harbor by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene
Published on June 5, 2022 by dgkaye Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing a book called Mayday by Mike Steeden. I haven’t read many books in this genre before, in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever read such a mix of genres, and the author was kind enough to invite me to… Leer más Book Review – Mayday by Mike Steeden
By Nguyễn Hưng Quốc, translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm (link Blog) Vietnamese literature in exile is more or less the result of us constantly looking back; “In search of lost time” like Proust, letting go of a rich culture “miệt vườn” is no way an easy task, it requires conviction and aptitude. When Vietnamese… Leer más LIVE AND WRITE LIKE PEOPLE IN EXILE
by Olga Nuñez Hi all: I don’t usually blog on Wednesdays, but as wonderfully talented author Shelley Wilson was having a book launch tomorrow, I had to bring you her book and made sure it was available for you. So, here it comes. The Last Princess by Shelley Winter Edith still has much to learn… Leer más Extract from The Last Princess by Author Shelley Wilson
A killer within by F.J. Watson #RBRT #historicalfiction Hi all: I bring another of the books I discovered thanks to Rosie’s Book Review Team, and although this is the first fiction book by the author, she is well known for her historical books and her work on TV. Dark Hunter: A town under seige. A… Leer más Dark Hunter: A town under seige. By Olga Nuñez
By Olga Nuñez Hi all: I had the pleasure of getting a very early copy of a book by an author I met through Rosie’s Book Review Team and has become a big favourite of mine since. She writes historical fiction, but in this case she has written what she calls a ‘biographical novel’, where… Leer más #Reviews: There Will be Consequences by Loretta Miles Tollefson
A Mother Like Alex by Bernard Clark Review by Manuela Timofte It is a book about a mother and her family. That would be the shortest way of describing the book. Yet, it is about more than that. The book is not about an ordinary family. It is about a single woman adopting kids with… Leer más A Mother Like Alex
bY OLGA NUÑEZ (LINK BLOG) Hi all: Today I bring you a short read, but a very moving one, by an author I discovered last year and I’ve talked about before, although this is a bit different. Pasta Mike: A Story of Friendship & Loss by Andrew Cotto Mike O’Shea and Andy Cotto knew each… Leer más #REVIEWS: PASTA MIKE: A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOSS by Andrew Cotto
Hi all: Today I am taking part in the online blog tour for a novel by an author who has recently become a new favourite of mine. Anne Goodwin. Although I read her most recent novel, not long ago, she is now touring with her first, and you shouldn’t miss it either. Oh, and don’t… Leer más #TuesdayBookBlog SUGAR AND SNAILS by Anne Goodwin (@Annecdotist) (@InspiredQuill)By Olga Nuñez Miret
By Olga Núñez Miret Hi all: I’m not going to try to introduce the reviews of the two next journeys in the popular series Dead of Winter. Those who read my blog regularly know I’ve been following it for a year now, so, without further ado… About the author: Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene lives in a… Leer más ##bookreview: DEAD OF WINTER: by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene (@teagangeneviene)
By Olga Núñez Miret “An extraordinary psychological horror book. Excellently written, with a twisted, spiraling, unexpected end that will leave you speechless.” ~ TBM Horror Experts Detective. Angel. Victim. Devil. A haunting tale of suspense, loss, isolation, contempt, and fear. On November 1, 1951, war hero John Ashton was promoted to detective. His first assignment: find… Leer más Reviews: Golem by PD Alleva
What with a bucket of research prior to penning this new book, along with the night and day process of writing it, it really has been a long time coming yet, at last, a rather lovely ‘Mayday’ finally gets to see the light of day. In that regard, the infamous ‘blurb’ provides a…hopefully…worthy hint of… Leer más MayDayBy Mike Steeden
Caffeine & Compassion By Riya Yadav Review by Manuela Timofte Usually, when I read a book, I like reading information about its author. In this way, I have found out that Riya is a 17-year-old girl, and she likes dark coffee, gloomy poetry, and psychological thrillers. In the world we live in, there are always… Leer más Caffeine & Compassion
By Tamara Yancovsky (https://monikajeneva.wordpress.com/author/monikajeneva/) The Man Who Laughs, by Victor Hugo, is a love, horror, and suspense masterpiece rolled into one phenomenal story of a fellow whose face is warped by sadistic methods into a perpetual smile from infancy. This unusual novel cultivates an unexpected finality that dropped my jaw to my ankles. I read… Leer más Man Who Laughs, by Victor Hugo, Review
by Steve Clark 1. the white of our bones. our heads out the car window comets breaching our teeth bent with the bite of hexagons, tetrahedrons cacography of smoke whistling through our eyes tea leaves, bones, the skeleton of centuries laid bare ochre and yellow a fox’s bones toxic plasma singing hymns in ancient texts… Leer más MUSIC IN SCARS
Marga Clark’s tenth collection of poems, Atisbos, in manner of a dialogue with the unsayable, revisits her themes of the brevity of time, disintegration and oblivion. The poems ignite our own darknesses, weave uncertain destinies, transform the imaginary into real, always leaning into the invisible. One of her poems whispers: I bleed to ashes. In another, she exhorts: The… Leer más Marga Clark presents her new book Atisbos in Madrid
Masticadores.- Why do you write? I think this is the quintessential question for any human who’s put pen to paper. Why? Why do we write? Why do we have the drive and the need to say something? I think I’ve always had a daydreamy brain, and an overthinking brain. In a way, writing has… Leer más Masticadores INTERVIEW: Sarah Reichert (S.E. Reichert)
by mikesteeden Berlin, oh my Berlinin those years between two warsyou were coarse, of course, you knew ita reprobate behind closed doors decadence’s dream unfetteredyour nightclubs lewd and crudeWeimar culture babes ‘a dancing’most times in the naughty naked nude transvestites, candelabra’ssmall dark venues, dimly litcabaret within a smoky hazesuch a perfect fit The Blue Angel,… Leer más FRESH FLESH & CHILLED CHABLIS
Valentí Gómez is a collaborator of Masticadores.com. You can see his publications: Vidas paralelas Link Pinyon Publishing Translated from the Catalan by Keith & Amanda Adams Poems and refrains punctuated along a moving sidewalk space-time mural of New York City: the good, ugly, tender, and hard. Rhythmic clamor and musical riffs embedded in the strokes… Leer más NEW YORK TABLEAUX Poetry and Art By Valentí Gómez-Oliver
Gobblers & Masticadores 