Review of “A Poet of the Invisible World” by: Michael Golding

Indiebound/Barnes &Nobles/ Picador/Books-A-Million/Amazon/Kobo Synopsis, Taken From Indiebound: In the tradition of “SIDDHARTHA” by Hermann Hesse comes a new spiritual novel that is a stunning feat of storytelling and imagination. “A Poet of the Invisible World” follows a boy named Nouri, born in thirteenth-century Persia, with four ears instead of two. Orphaned as an infant, he’s…

Discovery of Witches, Chapters 1-12 Discussion- Formative Stages of Alchemy

Be sure, if you haven’t already, to obtaina copy of Discovery of Witches from either Indiebound (independant book stores), Kobo, Barnes and Nobles,  Amazon, or at your local library. Today, we’ll be mostly focusing our discussion (very brief overview, with some discussion questions) on the first 150 pages of the story, with relation to the beginning stages/ formative…

Review of The Einstein Prophecy, by Robert Masello

Indiebound/Barnes & Nobles/Amazon/Amazon Publishing Synopsis (Product Description Taken from Indiebound): As war rages in 1944, young army lieutenant Lucas Athan recovers a sarcophagus excavated from an Egyptian tomb. Shipped to Princeton University for study, the box contains mysteries that only Lucas, aided by brilliant archaeologist Simone Rashid, can unlock. These mysteries may, in fact, defy…

Review of Margaret Atwood’s “The Heart Goes Last”

IndieBound/Kobo/Books-A-Million/Barnes & Nobles/Amazon Synopsis-(Taken from product detail page, on Indiebound): Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as”The Handmaid’s Tale”and as richly imagined as”The Blind Assassin.” Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an…

Review of Kate Breslin’s “Not By Sight”

Indiebound/Kobo/Barnes & Nobles/Amazon/Books-A-Million Synopsis (Taken from IndieBound’s product detail page, for this title) Gripping Sophomore Novel from a Rising Historical Romance Talent With Britain caught up in WWI, Jack Benningham, heir to the Earl of Stonebrooke, has declared himself a conscientious objector. Instead, he secretly works for the Crown by tracking down German spies on…

Reinstating support for Amazon- Important Note for our Readers

Dear Readers of Bibliophile’s Reverie- After sitting on this for about a month, I have made the decision to reinstate my blog’s support for Amazon, and this namely is due to the many indie writers, who have found Amazon to be a very good, supportive system for their writing. My opinion on Amazon remains tempered…

Bibliophile’s Reverie Monthly Book Club-All Soul’s Trilogy.

First off, this idea came about from my dissatisfaction from the way books are spoken about so dogmatically, and negatively, on places like Goodreads and Amazons review areas, or forums. Not all these areas harbor such vitriolic patterns of speech about one’s opinions on books, but there does seem to be a bad habit infecting…

Review of Kim Harrison’s “The Drafter,” & Giveaway

      GIVEAWAY ALERT: Leave a comment on this post, expressing anything of your choosing about this review, author, or novel, to enter for the chance to win a hardcover copy of Kim Harrison’s The Drafter. A winner will be selected at random at 11:59pm. Thursday, September 10, 2015.  Only those living in the US…

MILLY x LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE SWEEPSTAKES!

   Hi fellow blog readers and fans, you might be interested (more like really excited) about the following giveaway that Simon & Schuster is promoting for Jessica Knoll’s recent bestselling thriller- Luckiest Girl Alive (clicking on this hyperlinked text will take you to our review of this phenomenal book). To enter the contest, please be sure…

Review of “A Window Opens,” By: Elisabeth Egan

Simon Schuster/Barnes & Nobles/ Kobo/Indiebound/Books-A-Million Book Synopsis (Taken from Simon and Schuster Product Detail Page) Fans of I Don’t Know How She Does It and Where’d You Go, Bernadette will cheer at this “fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all” (People) about what happens when a wife and mother of three…