Books can be incredible in a credible way. And while the plot at the centre of Kathryn Craft’s The Far End of Happy is incredible, the web within which it is placed will feel credible to many. Although they started their married life giddy with excitement at the bright future before them, Ronnie and her… Read More Book Review: ‘The Far End of Happy’ by Kathryn Craft
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Community and personal development go hand in hand. While we can feel powerless to make a significant contribution to our communities, we thankfully always have the power to make a change in our personal lives. Easier said than done! Personal development can be, to say the least, pretty intense. Thankfully, it does not always require… Read More Grow Baby Grow: Taking Advantage of the Many Benefits of Gardening
There are so many great reviewers out there whose work isn’t getting enough attention. With the recently added feature of Borna’s Monthly Book Roundup here on Sahar’s Reviews, I was hoping to share with insatiable readers of this review site more of the same. The response has been very positive, and requests were sent it… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review Number 1
Differentiating between one’s personal opinion and the quality of the book itself is important in writing good reviews, all the more that I often find myself at odds with the decisions made by the protagonists. Despite this, I have liked many a recent book I have read, and Maria Murnane’s Wait For the Rain is… Read More Book Review: Maria Murnane – ‘Wait for the Rain’
Readers seem to be quite thirsty when it comes to know those who enable their addiction, a.k.a authors. This is feeding directly into the steady increase in interest in the Ask an Author feature, launched the fay before Valentine’s Day here on Sahar’s Blog. This new feature will continue to be published here twice a… Read More Ask An Author: Writing as a Career or a Hobby?
Unfaithfulness is quite a trauma for a spouse to go through. The depictions I have been exposed to are for the most part quite dramatic to the point of hilarity and/or absurdity: the clothes flying out of the window, the slap on the face, so on, so forth. It was so different from the way… Read More Book Review: Kristyn Kusek Lewis – ‘Save Me’
Like so many others, I was saddened to hear that Jon Stewart plans on retiring from hosting the Daily Show later this year. What I will miss the most is the light he shone on the way the news stories can be distorted. Stewart’s analysis of news reports is a sorely needed skill in an… Read More Jon Stewart, Brian Williams, and Free Content Obsession
I have to confess from the get go that I went looking, after reading Jennifer Niven’s All The Bright Places, for books that would depict the struggles of teenagers living with issues such as anxiety or depression. Tim Bowler’s Game Changer is a well written and engaging page turner that follows Mikey during a particularly… Read More Book Review: ‘Game Changer’ by Tim Bowler