Tranquil Reader

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2015 Genre: Historical Fiction; Romance Blurb: Set in China in the late 1800’s, The Secret Language of Women tells the story of star-crossed lovers, Zhou Bin Lian, a Eurasian healer, and Giacomo Scimenti, an Italian sailor, driven apart by the Boxer Rebellion. When Lian is seventeen years old, she accompanies her Swiss father, Dr. Gianluca Brasolin, fluent in Italian, to tend the Italian ambassador, at the Summer Palace of Empress Dowager, where she meets and falls in love with Giacomo. Through voyage and adventure, their love intensifies, but soon is severed by Lian’s dutiful promise as the wife to another. Forbidden from pursuing her chosen profession as a healer, and despised because she does not have bound feet, she is forced to work in a cloisonné factory while her in-laws raise her daughter, Ya Chen. It is in Nushu, the women’s secret writing, that she chronicles her life and her hopes for the future. Rebelling against the ...

Book Cover Year Published: 2018 Genre: Literary; Contemporary; Mystery Blurb: Alison Bliss, celebrity model and critically acclaimed writer, walks into the sea one ‘bluethroat morning’. In death she becomes a greater icon than in life, and the Norfolk village where she lived is soon a place of pilgrimage. Six years later her husband Harry, a schoolteacher, is still haunted by her suicide and faithful to her memory. Until he meets Helen and they fall in love. Harry and Helen’s relationship initiates a return to the scene of Alison’s death where they meet ninety-eight year old Ern Higham, and a tale is revealed that has been generations in the making. As Harry pieces together a tragic history and finally confronts his own pain, he discovers that to truly move forward, first he must understand the past ... About the Author: Jacqui Lofthouse is the author of four novels 'The Temple of Hymen', 'Bluethroat Morning' 'Een Stille Verdwijning' and...

My Copy of the Book Year Published: 2017 Genre: Young Adult; Literary; High Fantasy Blurb: Following an apocalyptic near mass extinction, the lifeforms left behind on Casi - a planet of intriguing creatures and haunting landscapes - must find reason for their unexplained survival. In their bid to discover a mysterious place in which hope and desire still exist, Evan and Beveridge find they are not the only souls searching for the elusive Promised Land... About the Author: M. Almelk is an Indie Author from Nottingham, UK. Passions include: History, Animals and Music. Connect with the Author: Twitter:  M. Almelk Twitter Facebook:  M. Almelk Facebook Author Website:  M. Almelk Author Website Buy the Book: Amazon:  Amazon Purchase Link My Take on the Book: The one character in this book - Evan Moone seems to be quite a self assured character; and found the detail in this novel pretty awesome. I gave this book a four star rating...