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Book: The Learning Steps

Author: Shaleena Tareen

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

The Learning Steps is a self-help book for children written by the author Shaleena Tareen. This book has six short stories that highlights the challenges faced by the characters and how they overcome those challenges. First story is about the Young Whale Explorer Kona who set out on a journey alone to discover what is under the sea bed. Kona lost her way. Will she ever make it back to her family?

This book consists of useful lessons that kids should learn early in their age and these lessons will be helpful to kids for lifelong. Illustrations are very pretty and Shaleena’s writing style is very impressive. Cover photo of the book is nice. Parents should gift this book to their kiddos so they can learn valuable lessons from this book.

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Book: Congo Sole

Author: Emmanuel Ntibonera

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Congo Sole is the story of Emmanuel Ntibonera. It is the story of survival in the middle of unbelievable hardships. It is a story of faith on God. As a child, Emmanuel has lived a simple happy life. Congolese people live like a family. Music brought Vincent Ntibonera and Martha, Imani’s parents close to each other and they got married in 1986. When Imani’s dad was once going for work with his business partners, their vehicle was stopped and armed robbery happened. His dad had a near death experience but God saved his life.

In 1996, after various gunshots in the city, Imani and his family had to leave Bukavu. They spent a year in his Grandpa’s village Kaziba. They returned to Bukavo then. Emmanuel family has been saved by God many times. It’s all due to the faith his parents had in God and same faith they passed to their children as values. They were blessed that America changed their life and provide them peace and a stable shelter there. When Emmanuel returned from America to his home country, find out what he discovered.

Language of the book is simple. Cover page is nice. This book made me aware about the rich history and the struggles that people had to go through in the past. I couldn’t even imagine how hard living a refugee life must be. It’s an emotional read and a powerful story. I would like to see this story as a movie so it would reach to more people. Emmanuel’s story made me realize how small things in our life plays an important role and we shouldn’t take them for granted. We should always keep hope. It’s a great story worth reading.

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Book: The Top 1% Life

Author: Kathleen Black

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

The Top 1% Life written by the author Kathleen Black is about shift from chaos to calm in your business and life. Author has shared ups and downs of her life and business in this book. Being into real estate business, she changed lives of many people. She knew how it feels to build a business from nothing. Author has shared the tip that if we want to spend time with our loved ones at night or on weekends, then we need to make our business self sufficient.

We need help from someone in our business. To sort life and business, having a clarity without any self judgement is very important. This book will motivate the readers to build a successful business in which they could have some time for their personal life. Author has shared various stories from her life and has given real life advice to the readers through this book.

Written in 102 pages with 13 chapters, this is a very insightful book. It will inspire you to change your life. I have mentioned important tips from this book in my personal diary while reading. Cover of the book is nice and it immediately captured my attention.

I could relate to this book very well as earlier I used to have too much free time and now I crave for free time that I can spend peacefully with my family. But now, I have learnt a lesson to use some help and remove work dependency from myself. Overall, a nice book. Go ahead with this one.

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Book: The Foretold Story Book 1: Part 1

Author: Katia R.V. Reed

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

The Foretold Story Book 1: Part 1 written by the author Katia R.V. Reed is the debut novel of the author. Protagonist of the story is Midas Aurulien. He belongs to a poor and broken home. His father Titan is an abusive alcoholic and his mother Adele is a broken spirit. Adele’s mother knew that her son is a special boy and will do great things in the future.

On his parent’s anniversary, due to the rash drunk driving done by Titan, his parent’s car met with an accident and Midas lost his parents forever. Midas has big dreams to work for the Skyscraper Empire but after his parent’s death, he didn’t seem to be in good condition. His school teacher Mr Reeves was concerned about Midas and one day Mr Reeves went to Midas home to take him to Reeves House.

I really enjoyed this novel. Author has built a great fantasy world. I am deeply touched by the beautiful character of Mr Reeves. The way he supported Midas is highly appreciated. Even though it’s a fictional story but Midas’s condition touched my heart. Having an abusive alcoholic parent and then losing them forever, I can’t even imagine how tough life must be for Midas. Cover of the book is nicely designed and the title is suitable. Language is easy to understand. This is an intriguing story that one couldn’t miss to read at all.

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Book: Wizard and the Lizard: Wacky Weather

Author: Katie Reed

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Wizard and the Lizard: Wacky Weather is another interesting magical story by the author Katie Reed and illustrated by Jenna Wing Hu. It is the story of a lizard named Buddy and the wizard. They had planned a picnic that day. Since, it was raining they couldn’t go out. Grab a copy of this book and read this intriguing story to find out will they be able to enjoy the picnic?

Colourful illustrations made this book eye catchy and will capture kid’s attention right away. This book teaches us to have a positive mindset and also tells us that we can’t control everything, so we should learn to accept the thing the way they are. I love amazing friendship of wizard and the buddy. I recommend this story to teachers so they can narrate it to kids in a classroom and more kids will enjoy this story.

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Book: Canvas Of Time

Author: Amélie Pimont

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Canvas of Time is the debut novel of the author Amélie Pimont. I have read romance books but this is the first one in which two lovers Sarah and Eli find each other across time.

In the first book, Story is about Sarah, a thirty years old woman from the planet Tyrakti and Eli, a botanist from planet Sake. Fate made them to meet each other at a dangerous planet Kambukta when the spaceship in which Sarah was there landed on Kambukta. Second book set in Thebes, Ancient Egypt where Sarah’s eyes fell on Eli’s when she saw him chained up with other slaves.

In Book 3, Sarah and Eli were born in the Manigault and Durand families. Their families had become neighboring farmers and wonderful friends since many years. Sarah and Eli developed a bond as they grew up next door. In Book 4, story is set in 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Sarah, a photojournalist for Amnesty International met Eli, an artist.

Find out more about this beautiful story by reading it yourself. Story is interesting. Cover of the book is simple yet decent. Language of the book is simple and easy to understand. The deep love that Sarah and Eli shares life after life is rare and especially in today’s modern times. The ending of the book is amazing. I really appreciate author’s vivid imagination in writing this story.

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Book: Wizard and the Lizard

Author: Katie Reed

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Wizard and the Lizard is a magical tale written by the author Katie Reed and illustrated by Jenna Wing Hu. This is the story of a lizard named Buddy and the wizard. They live in a crooked old castle. Buddy wanted to be a strong and fierce dragon but the Wizard thinks that Buddy is perfect the way he is. Since Buddy was persistent, Wizard told him that he will make Buddy a dragon. Grab a copy of this book to know yourself will Buddy become a dragon?

Story is written perfectly with beautiful illustrations. I narrated this story to my little niece and she loved it a lot. This magical tale is a perfect bedtime story. Kids will enjoy each and every page of this beautiful tale. I like the friendship of buddy and the wizard. This book gives a very important message. Find it yourself by reading this magical tale.

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Book: Releasing Her Power Within

Author: Madilynn Dale

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Releasing Her Power Within written by the author Madilynn Dale is the first book in the Fae Shifters series. Protagonist of the story is Liz who works as a physical therapy assistant. She loves what she do but by overworking, her stress level remains high. Liz has took off from work to travel to the state park with her friend Tiffany. After the visit to park, she went to check her grandmother’s cabin which is close to the park.

Liz’s mother Lyn Caster died an year ago due to breast cancer and she has left her this cabin in her will. Liz has memories of this Cabin when she was younger. Her dad left her mom before she was born so she doesn’t have any memory of her dad. Her mother’s old high school friend Trish helped Liz by boxing up her mother’s and grandmother’s stuff and placing it in an old library. Now, Liz is at the cabin library. She is unboxing all the boxes.

Liz met a guy Cameron whom she found attractive. Cam also felt an electrical attraction to Liz. When he visited Liz’s house as a game warden, he asked her for a date and he also offered an interview opportunity to Liz at his dad’s company.

Grab a copy of this book and read yourself to find out what will happen further in Liz’s life as she takes the new job and moves to her grandmother’s cabin. This is an interesting story that is penned down well. Title of the book is suitable and cover photo is nice. Liz’s character is perfect written and the supporting characters are also nicely described. Pace of the novel is fine and I didn’t felt bored while reading it. I am definitely interested to read more work of Madilynn.

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Book: Newark Minutemen

Author: Leslie K. Barry

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

Newark Minutemen is a historical novel by the author Leslie K Barry. Story is set in 1930s when boxing was a popular sport in America. Jewish boxers were recruited by Mob King Longie Zwillman and trained by champion fighter Nat Arno to help the FBI fight a Hitler-shadow party of Nazis taking over America. These boxers are the Newark Minuteman. Longie Zwillman, a 34 years old man is the godfather of Newark, New Jersey. Yael’s father was murdered by Nazis in 1933 and his mother died after listening to the unfortunate news of his father’s death. Since then, Longie is the guardian of Yael and his brothers. Longie’s mobsters and the FBI formed an unholy alliance to plug Hitler from seeing his budding Nazi army in America.

As the story progresses, Yael meets Krista Brecht who is the daughter of German-American Nazi high command. As he shook hands with her, he could feel the current running through him.
Axel Von du Croy, son of Von du Croy from Germany announced about getting married to Krista. Krista herself was unaware of this. She is attending Camp Siegfried, a German Bund Camp in Long Island. A Nazi with a Jew definitely gonna be a trouble. Read this story to know what happens in the story next.

Leslie must have done vast research before writing this book. Although it’s a lengthy novel and took me much time to finish but it is worth reading. If you are interested in history to know more about the wars and the tensions between two countries, you couldn’t put this book down. I wasn’t aware about this part of American history. Book is written very well. Cover of the book looks nice and title is apt.

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Book: The Standing Cemetery

Author: Jack Sloat

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Language: English

Rating: 4.5/5

The Standing Cemetery by the author Jack Sloat is a short story. Story highlights an old half-orc warrior who was in his last adventure. He fought a white dragon and as the long fight ended, only the warrior stood. Warrior went to the ceremonial resting place along with his three children. They saw plant like creature mossling and vine.

Agitha then comes into the story. She offered a beverage to the warrior’s family. She handed over a brass stein with honey-gold liquid to the warrior. After drinking it, the warrior felt young again. Then they met Lady Matilda, a shadow who has started the cemetery. Since it’s a short story so I won’t reveal much of the story. Grab this book and enjoy the story yourself.

Language of the book is lucid. Cover is nice. Title is according to the story. Storyline is unique and involves not only humans but dragon, human-orc, mosslings, etc. I like to recommend this book to fantasy lovers. It was a short and quick read that you can read in a single sitting.

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