Novel Nerd Blog - Book Reviews by Smitha

  My Thoughts and Book Review Courts of Law Not Courts of Justice brings an extremely enthralling introduction and supreme court cases to his readers explaining the US criminal justice system with all of its morality and flaws. This book is an informative read for law students and attorneys in the criminal justice world to understand the present state of the American Justice System.   Eric D Oberer, an experienced former prosecutor in one of the most violent and highest crime cities in America, Baltimore, Maryland explains in his book why justice is insuperably difficult to achieve in courts of law in this country. When people in America expect fairness, recourse, justice, and peace from the American criminal justice system, the system itself is not meant or designed to find justice but frustrates them. Many important protections were included among the first fourteen amendments to the United States Constitution for the reason which lead to the violent overthrow of oppression ...

  My Thoughts and Review I enjoyed reading this thriller suspense book with many  twists on every page. Six friends Sergeant Cara, Daithi, and Maura - the local primary school teacher - were best friends when they were eight years  old. Seamus, Ferdia and Sorcha formed the rest of the gang from those glorious summers. Cara and her friends lived on the Irish island when they had all grown up. The weather was horrible, wild, and harsh as the snow thickens. Cicillian, Cara's late husband who was lost in the sea on new year's eve had his tenth anniversary approaching, therefore they decided to meet at Seamus Flaherty's house, another home on the Island. They were all overjoyed at the idea of celebrating their friendship hugging and demanding each other's attention. Maura was not there. Maura was missing. To Cara Folan's disbelief, confusion, and horror the police reports finding Maura's missing body in thrown from a clifftop in the Serpent's Lair. It was Maura C...

MY THOUGHTS AND REVIEW In this historical novel, Jacob Mueller was a first-generation American born in New Berlin to parents full of German Descent. His parents embraced their German heritage even after they moved to America. They found a better life in the United States of America. Jacob's father's family name was - Mattias Wendel Mueller in 1898. Jacob was born to Elisabet and Hyrum when New Berlin changed its name to North Canton after the First World War, during the time when Anti-German Sentiment was high. Later, Jacob changed his name to Jacob Miller when Hitler and the Nazi party began their cruel reign, he wanted to hide his heritage. He wanted no one to know his views about Nazis, Nazi Harboring or assuming he associated with Nazi sympathizers. There was more to living in the united states while Jacob's mother thought that was all it was needed to prove her allegiance. Whereas, Jacob understood that the American government could arrest or deport those not born in t...

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW This book is beautifully written by Jane Dunn and is a story of two sisters Lucie Carey and Sybella Lovatt set in the humorous time of regency England. Lucie rode horses and they lived in the Shotten Hall neighborhood trespassing the grounds for the last four years. Lucie was a fair-haired beauty with blue eyes but strong too. Lucie was not only charming and pretty, she was an accomplished dancer- she knew both to waltz and play piano-forte. She was a fearless rider and could handle a team of horses. Sybella became a widow within two months of married life while in service in the peninsular war against Napolean. Captain Lovatt, Sybella's husband was wounded in the battle of Sahagun when his favorite horse was shot from under him. Leaving Sybella and their son Baby James in grief.  Once Lucie was in her neighborhood trespassing in the Shotten hall woods, and she finds Mr. Freddie Lynwood on road under a fallen tree branch, he was barely twenty.  Luci...

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Happy Publication Day! The bride-to-be Abigail arranged a camping trip for three nights adventure for her Dad and Mom, Kristen and John Cates, as well as her fiancé Pete and his parents, Darla and Kenny, before their upcoming wedding. They headed towards Michigan's upper peninsula to their trekking and camping site. She had her Diamond ring on during the trip as she was getting married just three months from now. Liam was their tour guide. Pete was working for Abigail's Dad who was very impressed with Pete's work for him. The first few nights of their trip were not as blast as they thought. As they followed Liam into the dense woods with their professional guide, things started getting creepy and someone started leaving messages at the campsites creating a negative energy threatening them. Secrets and troubling stories about each other's families that were hidden unfolded on this trip. Abigail's dad loses his medication and they lost the ...

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW France, 1942. "I forced myself to hold his gaze. My heart thrashed inside my chest like a bird battering its wings. They knew who I was. They knew what I’d done." These chilling lines set the stage for Ellie Midwood's emotionally charged World War Two novel, "The Undercover Secretary," a tale of courage, sacrifice, and indomitable spirit. The protagonist, Dora Schaul, has suffered immeasurable losses at the hands of the Nazis. Her loved ones have been torn away from her, leaving her in a world consumed by chaos and despair. Yet, in the face of unimaginable adversity, Dora refuses to succumb to the tyranny of Hitler's regime. The Nazis may have shattered her world, but they will not crush her spirit. Midwood's storytelling weaves a compelling narrative around Dora, who becomes a beacon of resistance. Working in secret for the underground network in France, Dora undertakes an extraordinary mission – infiltrating the very heart...

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW  Happy Publication Day! In the book Death at Crookham Hall, Iris investigates her mother's death, Violet Woodmore set in London in 1920 while visiting Crookham Hall. Iris Woodmore worked as the only permanent reporter for Elijah Whittle, editor of The Walden Herald. As Iris was looking for stories during the by-election for the next MP for Aldershot. Mrs. Siddons had been declared as the woman candidate for the liberal party. Mrs. Siddon was Iris's friend after her mother's death six years then, and Great War had passed. Lady Delphina Timpson is standing for the conservatives. And Donald Anstey was standing for the labour candidate. Iris investigates her mother suffragette Violet Woodmore's death and finds the waterman of Thames telling Iris that her mother jumped into the water of Thames sinking into the filthy darkness, another martyr to the cause. At the same, Mrs. Siddons had been a suffragette, Is Iris's mother's death caused by ...