Shadows Over Paradise Author: Isabel Wolff Poignant and fearless, Shadows Over Paradise proves that memories encase us, for good or bad, and must be spoken in order for the shadows to enlighten us. Jenni Clark has been running from the death of her 5 year old brother her entire life. Her occupation is that of a ghostwriter: Jenni articulates and writes the lives of other people in her attempt to escape her own. But when her relationship with Rick, a man she loves and who loves her, starts ... continue reading...
Book review: Shadows over Paradise
Let’s fall in love – AGAIN
The Review Broads are ambassadors for Netflix #Stream Team and receive product as a result. All opinions are strictly our own. February and Netflix go together like Romantic and Comedy, and while February 14th has come and gone I still LOVE to sit in front of the television with Mr. S and enjoy time with a great Netflix movie. Some we agree on, others become the opportunity for heated discussion, but after almost 35 years of marriage, we still agree that there's nothing like watching a good ... continue reading...
Book reviews: Making Nice
Making Nice Author: Matt Sumell Wary, insolent, messianic, diabolic, full of sex, self destruction, and beer, grotesque and raw, brutal and tender, and the best thing I have read in twenty years …. Making Nice is a tear of a novel on its own rampage against one man and his dysfunctional family’s transcendence of the loss of mother and wife. Take your Raymond Carver and Alice Munro off the shelf of your bookcase. Replace it with Making Nice. Sumell’s Alby shines like a beacon on ... continue reading...
Paint a canvas, not your face
We discussed this earlier: most boyfriends conjure up the look of a wounded ally cat when they realize their girlfriend looks "made up". Makeup is an elaborate study of gender perception; where most people wear makeup to look appealing to the other gender while the opposite side may not need it at all. With the inception of the aptly titled Caveman regime for skin care, there has been a spring of using few, minimalistic products that give you the best results ever. While in search of the best ... continue reading...
Book reviews: The Whites
The Whites Author: Richard Price Writing as Harry Brandt With an expulsion of dialogue so real that you want to touch it, Richard Price/Harry Brandt begins The Whites, a novel of crime, repentance, forgiveness and retribution. Two protagonists, Billy Graves, NYPD Night Watch sergeant, and Milton Ramos, a rogue cop from another NYPD department seeking revenge on Billy’s family, contain and demand your attention in this thrust and pull novel. Ramos is revenging the death of his brother and his ... continue reading...
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