Rectification

A change for the better?

There are so many books out there today, and each year our bookshops and online stores are full of more and more titles. The modern day system allows any ’author'to publish a book, either under one of these new publishing companies that let unknowns get a break, or under their own publishing company. I for one, think that it is great that everyone has the opportunity to get their work to the masses, but one problem it does cause is that many of the titles being released these days are just utter rubbish!

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It Begins With Tears by Opal Palmer Adisa

The story in “It begins with Tears” is all about a village named Kristoff where traditions and customs are revered as are the elders, yet there is disdain amongst the villagers for its infamous residents like Monica. The residents of the village did not welcome outsiders and yet when one from their own community brought in an outsider in marriage, the villagers greeted her with warmth and affection. The girl named Angel loved this sense of affection and took to More

A Review of the Book “The Alchemist” By Donna Boyd

The book “The Alchemist” is about the travails of Dr. Anne Kramer, a therapist who lives in New York and her patient, Randolph Sontime. The story starts with Dr. Kramer meeting with the elegant and charismatic Randolph Sontime, who happens to be the last patient of the day. As Dr. Kramer interviews Randolph, he informs her that he is in fact a world famous assassin, being sought all over the world because of his involvement with the brut More

Alias Smith and Jones?

Oscar Wilde’s enduringly funny play The Importance of Being Ernest is, as its title suggests, all about the importance of a name. This is never truer than with major fictional characters. Would Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple be the same woman she is if she were called Miss Smith? What about Christie’s even more famous detective Hercule Poirot? How would generations of readers, film-goers and television viewers think of him if he were called Henri Poisson?

Fictional detectives build up their More

The Tender Bar..A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer

Being an avid reader my entire life, a passion I got from my grandfather and mother, it is always refreshing to happen upon a great book by chance. While some people spend their money on designer silver jewellery I prefer to spend my extra cash on books. There is something magical about picking up a book and finding oneself transported to another place and time. More

The Privateer - Reviewing the Classic Book of Love and Courtship

Reading books is a passion of mine and I sometimes love to review them so others can take enjoyment from them as well and it requires no recruitment software. In this book, Thorne writes an interesting story regarding cutthroat buccaneers, privateers, as well as Caribbean mysteries in “The Privateer. ” Kate O’Connell was seeking to begin a brand new living situation for herself within the region regarding San Madrid, however her brand new living was packed with conflicts, such More

Book for the Future

Most booklovers could spend the whole of their hard-earned pocketmoney on books, so really expensive ones can make you wince. But limited edition books are worth a second glance, despite their cost. Produced for both collectors and for lovers of fine things, a good limited edition will look gorgeous as well as being a special read. They usually have their own slipcases and will therefore last forever dust-free, they are often signed by the author, and sometimes they come with More

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

It is almost like a trilogy starting from the Angels and Demons, to The Da Vinci Code and then coming to the Lost Symbol which takes its main protagonist through a whirlwind world full of encryption and traditions of bygone eras. Robert Langdon, the Harvard symbologist meets his damsel in distress, Katherine, in a quest to free his mentor Peter Solomon, who by the way has not been brought up in the novels before and is also the elder brother More

High Fidelity (by Nick Horny)

When it comes to humour laced with caustic wit and eye-burningly accurate observations on everything from puberty to religion and back again covering every subject under the Sun, Hornby is the master. Accessible to everyone, High Fidelity is just one of his masterpieces (though in many people’s opinions it has to rank as one of the best).

Based in the UK and telling the story of an ordinary man who loves his record collection more than life itself, High Fidelity More

Review: “Lola” By Truman Capote

The short story ‘Lola’ has a rather light and a bit of ironic humor in it. It also depicts of loneliness. That is usually the style of Truman Capote.

The story begins with the storyteller narrating about receiving a strange Christmas gift from his maid. It was a lady raven with its wings cut off. Then an unusual relationship develops between the bird and the owner, starting with combined feelings of pity and dislike More