The Review Broads Bros + Paws

Where My Heart Used to Beat Author: Sebastian Faulk   Seductive, engaging, alluring – the adjectives can tumble about as we speak of Faulk’s newest, Where My Heart Used to Beat.  It is both UNUSUAL and SEDUCTIVE to discover a novel that foundations itself upon old themes – WWI and WWII – and yet rises like a helium balloon with grace and integrity with a protagonist that not only touches our soul but holds it in his hand. Dr. Robert Hendricks is a renowned psychiatrist.  In his ... continue reading...

“It’s Hard to be Good” Ellie the Wienerdog (Lesson 1 of Life’s Little Lessons Series) Author: K.J. Hales I believe you all know that I am owned and adored by a little wiener dog named Clem, so when I saw the title of this children’s book, I grabbed it to read and review. Illustrated beautifully by Serene Wyatt, It’s Hard to be Good follows the antics of Ellie the dachshund.  Poor little Ellie! She loves to hear her humans exclaim Good Girl to her and she tries really really hard to be a ... continue reading...

Even the Dead Author: Benjamin Black (aka John Banville) Chief consultant pathologist at Hospital of the Holy Family in Dublin, Quirke (known by his one name) sits pondering his assistant David Sinclair.  Quirke is aware that Sinclair wants his job and that Sinclair is his daughter Phoebe’s boyfriend, and both realizations make him wonder if he should come out of his self-imposed extended leave and save his job.  But still he sits in his house and wonders. However, when the body of a young ... continue reading...