Booklicious Podcast

“ Fun  is the operative word in  Such a Fun Age ,  Kiley Reid’s delectably discomfiting debut. The buzzed-about novel takes a thoroughly modern approach to the timeless upstairs-downstairs trope....Told from alternating points of view, the novel loops through vibrant vignettes set in reggaeton nightclubs and Philadelphia farmers markets before landing firmly on one side of the mater...

Saint X : By - Alexis Schaitkin - Novel Review The story-line of Saint X is slowly revealed in the most part by the main character, Claire, a child of seven when her 18-year-old sister Alison disappears on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint X. Alison is soon found deceased with no forensic evidence and a fairly sketchy cause of death. The last two men she’s seen with are residents of the isla...

Law of Innocence : By - Michael Connelly - Novel Review Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller must defend himself against murder charges in the heart-stopping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.

The Coast-to-Coast Murders - Novel Review A detective and FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case -- but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time in this intense thriller.

FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister Merc y clashes with military investigator John Puller's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy -- from which neither of them will escape unscathed.

Wuthering Heights : By - Emily Brontë - Novel Review Wuthering Heights, one of the most famous gothic classic novel in the history, is a story of love, betrayal and revenge as it claims. I admire the book mainly because of the way author, Emily Bronte did write the book. The amazing choice of words, the structure of sentence and figurative language in this book all together give readers a feeling...

You are the Best Wife will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. You'll find yourself laughing at many things during the first half of the book and you won't stop crying reading the second half. The author has written so beautifully and amazingly that you'll feel connected with whatever he narrates, would it be the plans he's making in college or the struggle he's facing in order to make...

Jeffrey Archer returns with another stellar novel in the William Warwick series. Taking readers back to the glory days of the 1980s, this police procedural is sure to impress many, particularly those who have a great affinity for Archer's Clifton Chronicles. website : Gobookmart Facebook : Gobookmart1

The Boy from the Woods is a splendid reminder that Coben is as brilliant at creating wonderful characters as he is at those textbook twists. Website : https://Gobookmart.com/book-review Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoBookMart1/

The Kingdom is a story of choices and courage, and about Roy against everyone else. A year older than Carl, it is clear he is the more robust of the two brothers. But the day Carl heads out with his father’s beloved dog changes everything. Website : Gobookmart.com/book-review Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GoBookMart1/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobookmart/

A Time for Mercy : By - John Grisham - Novel Review  John Grisham, one of the most popular novelists of our time, first comes to prominence in 1988 with "A Time to Kill”, a story set in a small town called Clanton, Mississippi, about a ten-year-old black girl raped and disfigured by two whites, of an incensed father who takes the law into his own hands, killing the two rapists in a courthouse...

Walk the wire : By - David Baldacci- Novel Review Amos Decker is one of a handful of recurring series’ characters I’ve followed since the first book published in 2015. The FBI consultant with perfect recall is back to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town.

The Sentinel : By - Lee Child and Andrew Child - Novel Review The Sentinel is the 25th novel featuring Jack Reacher. Like so many other best selling authors, Lee Child is trying to keep the brand going by bringing in a co author, his own younger brother. That never works for me and I admit I started this novel with trepidation. However, it turned out to be a good read, fast and action packed as al...

Attitude Is Everything : By – Jeff Keller - Book Review This book is written by Jeff Keller who is a motivational speaker, which is evident through the motivational tone of the book. After graduating from law school in 1980, he practiced for a few years. Feeling unhappy with his career in law, he became a motivational speaker which he felt was his true calling. The numerous examples of people who...

Stories We Never Tell : By - Savi Sharma - Novel Review There are stories we never talk about. Stories we are afraid to share. Simply because they hurt too much or no one wants to listen to them.

One By One : By - Ruth Ware - Novel Review “A gripping thriller that shows how toxic workplace culture can get and will keep you guessing through the very last page.”

So, I picked up 'Clockwork Angel’, as I've been meaning to do for a while and I am so happy that I did finally get around to it. Honestly though, I'm not even sure where to begin with this review

The Mirror & the Light is a masterpiece that will keep yielding its riches, changing as its readers, going forward with us into the future.

The Searcher : Tana French takes this standalone novel at a measured pace, easing readers into Cal's quiet life before the thrills unravel."

I am already predicting Long Bright River to be in my top 5 of favourite books for 2020! Long Bright River is brutally honest about the grittiness around dysfunctional families, the opioid epidemic, and sex work. Liz Moore’s writing is intense and so real. I had a two day book hangover after finishing this book and I cannot wait for the movie being produced by Amy Pascal and Neal H. Moritz!

Stephen Graham Jones’s new book shows the unfolding fate of four close friends, American Indians of the Blackfeet Nation, who seem to have run afoul of something in the spirit world. I say “seem to” because the author is skilfully strategic in how he unpacks the story and how he presents reality.

The Once and Future Witches is a tale of stories , witches and sisters, justice and womens right to vote in 1893. We follow the Eastwood sisters--James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna as they join the suffragists of New Salem. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote-and perhaps not even to live-the sisters will need to delve into the o...

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue : By – V.E. Schwab - Book Review This book was absolutely incredible. I am a fan of Schwab’s other work, so I was extremely excited about ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’, especially as Schwab has talked on multiple occasions about it being a book that really means a lot to her. I went in with high expectations and yet somehow it exceeded every one of them. I a...

The Vanishing Half - GoBookMart - Novel Review The beginning of the book introduces Mallard, a small town just 2 hours outside New Orleans. But it’s a very unique town. The community, although black, prides themselves on having light skin. They are too dark to be white, but to light to be black. Mallard was built to be the place in-between. And each generation gets lighter. One day, the twins deci...

Sherlock Holmes - Do you really know him ? More than a century after first emerging into the fogbound, gaslit streets of Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes is universally recognizable. And yet many of his most recognizable features don't appear in Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories. So who exactly is Sherlock Holmes? Who's the real "great detective," and where do we find him?