Rosh's Reviews

AUTHOR: Lisa Jewell GENRE: Mystery Thriller. PUBLICATION DATE: April 25, 2017 RATING: 4.5 stars. As an avid reader, you'll might have seen me poke my nose in almost every book discussion. But the one genre where I consciously stay away from providing any input is suspense/mystery/thriller. I used to read books of this genre sporadically (say, a Gone Girl or a Primal Fear plus a few unmentionables). However, in the last few years, I had completely given up reading thrillers primarily for 2 reasons: 1. I can't keep thrillers down once I start. And being a mother of two young kids, I do not have the luxury of reading a book at the cost of everything else. 2. My usual reading time is bedtime. So if I pick up a thriller at say 9.30pm after the kids are asleep, then I will be up till 1am or so until I am done with the book. Then I can't get up for the morning tiffins. 😴😴😴😒 However, in the recent months, I have begun to feel the gap in my reading. And with this in mind, and wi...

AUTHOR: Debbie Macomber SERIES: Blossom Street, #5 GENRE: Women's Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: May 1, 2008 RATING: 4.5 stars. As readers, especially as women readers, we tend to take chick-lit for granted. It is an essential part of our lives, but as it is looked upon with disdain by "serious" readers, we don't really consider chick-lit as reading. By extension, we hardly ever post reviews of such books except in a few rare cases. So here's the change I'll make: I'll post about any and every good book I read, irrespective of genre. I now venture to clear my name and prove that I can and do enjoy chick-lit! 😜 By far, my favourite chick-lit author is Debbie Macomber. And just this week, I have read Twenty Wishes. This is part of the Blossom Street series, but I haven't read any other book from the series so far as each book is standalone. Twenty wishes has almost everything a reader ( or dare I say, a female reader ) could want in a book. It has not one b...