book review
Books reviews on workplace, corporate, and business driven books.
Book Review: The Mystery of Albert E. Finch
I was given a free e-copy of this novel by NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I love the Victorian Bookclub Mystery series by Callie Hutton, and was so excited to see a third one in the series. Lord William Wethington and Lady Amy Lovell have gotten married! What should be a happy occasion is marred at the wedding breakfast when Lady Amy’s cousin Alice Finch jumps dead in to her food. Amy and William battle wits again with Detectives Carson and Marsh when they decide that Alice’s husband Albert is the killer. With Amy’s mystery writer identity revealed to all, and the couple’s previous successes, Albert has requested their assistance to proving his innocence. Unfortunately for everyone who is investigating, suspects begin to pile up including Albert, and soon a second body is discovered. According to the same detectives and to William’s consternation, the happy couple is not allowed to go on their honeymoon. To add insult to injury, Amy’s father, brother, and Aunt Margaret have temporarily moved into William and Amy’s home as unexpected repairs are being done to their own home. Now that there is a threat to their happiness, the two decide to take matters into their own hands before there becomes one to their lives as well.
By Caitlin Gonya5 years ago in Journal
On The Artist's Way
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, is a book on the spirituality of creativity. If you’ve never read it, or even heard of it, I highly recommend picking it up on Amazon, or at your local book store. In the pages of the book, Julia teaches one how to unblock, and let creativity, which is our natural state, flow.
By Michael X Christopher5 years ago in Journal
The Elephant Man: A Humanistic Film
The film “The Elephant Man” is an iconic and powerful humanistic filmmaking endeavor. Director David Lynch forces the horrors and sadness of deformity onto the audience in a way that leaves the viewer tear choked with sadness and sympathy. Most people who watch the film are touched in a way that alters their view of the crippled, weak, and deformed persons of the world.
By Ismael Fernandez5 years ago in Journal
How I Review Books
Many book reviewers use the five-star system to quickly let their viewers and readers decide whether a book is worth their time. However, I find it difficult to evaluate a book in numbers and fractions. It feels too cold and distant. There are books I dislike that are deemed classics (looking at you, Catcher in the Rye), and books that I love that aren’t well-written or consistent (the Harry Potter series). This is because stories aren’t written to be so easily measured, and good taste, no matter what some people say, is never objective.
By Amanda Fernandes5 years ago in Journal
How To Sharpen A Knife With A Stone
Sharpening stones are the most famous and customary approach to hone blades and instruments. They are flexible and can be utilized to hone practically any edge. We stock a wide determination of sharpening stones at each value range.
By myshape time5 years ago in Journal
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership From John Maxwell Summarised
John C. Maxwell is a best-selling author, coach, and speaker who has sold over 24 million books in fifty languages. Maxwell, dubbed "America's #1 Leadership Authority," was named the world's most popular leadership expert by Inc. magazine in 2014, and he has been named the top leadership professional for the past six years.
By Book Summaries5 years ago in Journal
Book Review: A Three Book Problem by Vicki Delany
Gemma Doyle is back in book number seven of Vicki Delany’s A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series. Gemma, and her teashop partner Jayne, are hired to cater a traditional Sherlock era English country house style weekend for Sherlockian scholar David Masterson. To assist in the kitchen Gemma has asked boyfriend Detective Ryan Ashburton to play scullery maid, while her friend Donald is part of group of Sherlockian enthusiasts. Thinking this would be an academically-enhanced weekend, Gemma is surprised to discover that many have limited to no knowledge of the Great Detective, and that there is an undercurrent of disdain for each other but mainly their host. Intending to do the catering and keeping her nose out of anyone’s business, Gemma is waylaid when David Masterson is struck down in front of her and Jayne using a poisoned dart.
By Caitlin Gonya5 years ago in Journal
