Novel Nerd Blog - Book Reviews by Smitha

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW The author, Marlie Parker Wasserman has feasted the readers with real-life characters and fictional ones from the time period 1903-1906. Maurice C Latta's narrative is very interesting where an assassination attempt is suspected to kill President Theodore Roosevelt "Teddy." The author takes the reader through all the events that occur when on Nov 6, 1906, President Roosevelt sets on a trip to Panama to inspect the canal's construction. He is the first president to tour outside the continental United States officially and diplomatically. The ship, USS Louisiana set for the voyage to Panama along with First lady Edith Roosevelt, two journalists, three service agents who guarded the presidents, and more officials. There were men who threatened to kill the president three years earlier.  For the three-day visit by President Theodore, the ship Louisiana arrived a day early at the colon. The effort initiated by the French to build the Panama Ca...

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Pastor David Platt, the New York Times bestselling author of Radical, in his latest book, Don't Hold Back encourages us to repent and  follow Jesus's steps even when the Churches that we call family are sick in America where we are part of it. Some key takeaways I could find from this book are:  We are quick to accuse, belittle, cancel, and not trust each other as we get tangled in a cultural climate we forget that it leads us not to enjoy one another's fellowship at the table, not to encourage one another and not to love one another in word and deed. Therefore many are leaving the table as many sisters and brothers (many of us) get divided and hurt by one another. Jesus should be the reason to bring us unity as he brings together a group of different personalities in the church. In the Bible, like how the disciples of Jesus such as Mathew - a wealthy tax collector, and Jesus called Simeon - an occasionally militant anti-government movement put u...

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Hooked! Suspenseful! A twist-filled medical psychological thriller that kept me at the edge of pondering till the end. Until Caleb Donaghy's unbelievable death on the table, the thirty-nine- year old  Surgeon Dr. Anne Wiley never lost a patient since she finished her general surgery residency right after she moved to the cardiothoracic surgery department of Joseph Lister University Hospital in Chicago. Life in a hospital and surgeries of this type come with risk. But she recognized Caleb who died under the scalpel she was holding near his heart during surgery which made her tremble and gave weakness in her muscles. Anne had no regrets or no remorse, Donaghy was a monster who deserved to die. Why? Who was Caleb to Dr. Anne? Why is a prosecutor after Dr. Anne.? The plotline gets twisted when Paula Fuselier from the State's Attorney's Office raises suspicion and questions about Anne's patient Mr. Caleb Donaghy's death. I as a reader resented...

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem is an amazing historical fiction novel set in the period of the Great Depression and WW1, based on true events and a character cast that is attractive to the readers. At the MGM studios, in 1933, 21-year-old single mother Liesl Weiss, an American with German heritage, is fired from her Stenographer job by her boss Gary Perl due to Bankruptcy.  This just meant to Liesl that nobody is safe from the unemployment line. After three weeks without a paycheck and security, Liesl was feeling insecure with her two children, mother, and brother Fritz to support. Her husband one day went to work and never came back. Now, her only option is to work with Leon Lewis and Mysterious Agent Thirteen to spy on her friends and neighbors in her German American Community for thirty dollars a week. Mrs. Weiss is a Christian, Courageous, and had Morals and Integrity - and she is a Spy!  In this novel, the Jewish lawyer Leon...

  MADAME POMMERY BY REBECCA ROSENBERG Publication Date: March 21, 2023 Lion Heart Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction #MadamePommery #RebeccaRosenberg #HFVBT #historicalfiction #coverreveal Twitter tags: @RebeccasNovels @hfvbt  Facebook tags: @rebecca.rosenberg. novelist @hfvbt  Instagram tags: @hfvbt @ rebeccarosenbergnovelist Champagne, France, 1860 . Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husband and is forced to support her family. With no experience, the forty-year-old widow decides to make champagne. Her unique vision is to change it from a sweet dessert beverage to a dry, crisp wine to be enjoyed anytime. When champagne makers refuse to teach her their craft, she forges ahead on her own and secretly begins the excavation of champagne caves under the Reims city dump.      Soon after, her son and her entire crew are conscripted to fight the Franco-Prussian war, leaving Madame Pommery alone to str...

  My Thoughts and Book Review A story about an unforgettable boy named Jared Johnson who is 12 years old, who warmed my heart with his bright character. An easy and heartwarming novel one can curl up to this winter with sad bits and pieces and a wonderful ending to hope for.  The story begins with sad bits when Jared Johnson's little sister Maisy dies of fever along with his mother who was laid to rest because of hunger and poverty. No food, No shelter or home, Jared's heart was breaking finally because he couldn't take it all suddenly. His father left his sister Maisy when she was four, and when he was six when he was left with bitterness and anger. It was sadness and cruelty that sliced through his heart but he was not able to prevent it and was guilty of being the one left alive. Jared was afraid of where he would settle, where to go, and how to stay alive. Having to always scavenge he couldn't find a safe somewhere to sleep which was a problem. With great difficulty...