August 2021 Books Vs Moods

My last compilation past was: July 2021 Books Vs Moods. This is my regular monthly list where I list the books I liked of the ones I reviewed in the month and match them with the best mood they can be appreciated in. This was a great month, both in terms of making a dent in…

When The Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson

Dystopia takes many forms. This one is highly technical while also questioning the sense of self or identity itself.It took me a while to get to grips with the content or the world. Unlike other dystopian scenarios, this does not look like it's based on the American continent. The world-building is not exactly unique but…

Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim

This is not a book that you can read in multiple sittings. I tried to keep it down to a minimum once I began. I had to know what would happen next. Despite trying to make mental predictions of all the possibilities, I still did not anticipate the number of twists during the narrative.Shiori is…

The Lost Storyteller by Amanda Block

It is always a treat when you start a book with some faint preconceived notions of the type of story you will encounter but end up getting something completely different!I should probably explain better if I am to get any casual observer of this review to understand where I am going with this. Rebecca is…

Coming Home to Seashell Harbor by Miranda Liasson

Narrated by Kate Marcin I am always up for listening to a light book in the midst of other harder-hitting books. It helps lighten the mood and is a pleasant listen, while riding a cycle around, which is what I now do instead of walking while working my way through audiobooks.Hadley's small town is the…

In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced by Justine Bothwick

The thing that drew me to this book was its cover. There is a complicated feel to it, and the dual timeline was not war based, making me doubly curious.The dual timeline swings between 1938 and 1953 and between India and Britain. This provides us with the saga of Florence Hunt, from her eighteenth birthday…

In the Palace of Flowers by Victoria Princewill

When I started this book, I was dropped right into an opulent world where the darker emotions are more prevalent than happier ones. Every relationship is fraught with undercurrents. This is the Shah's harem in Persia. At the end of the book, the author actually provided a poem by the real slave that the story…

The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall

First off, I do not think that this is a sustainable job. I start with this abrupt statement because the entire review hinges on what I thought of as the core idea in the story. I do not think a secret bridesmaid would work permanently because, after a point, there would be an overlap in…