Category: Review

— Music Review, Review —

Music Review: Cashavelly Morrison – ‘The Kingdom Belongs to a Child’

July 25, 2016
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Cashavelly Morrison’s debut album, The Kingdom Belongs to a Child, is a collection of songs exploring the deeper side of the human experience. The journey she takes listeners on was born out of Morrison’s own painful experiences, which lend each track a level of authenticity that captures from the very first moments of the album.… Read More Music Review: Cashavelly Morrison – ‘The Kingdom Belongs to a Child’

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Music Review: Jordan Okrend – ‘World Keeps Turnin’

July 25, 2016
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The latest offering of New York City-based Jordan Okrend is a six-track EP titled World Keeps Turnin’, a collection of comforting and uplifting songs that seem to be a form of therapy, be it for the singer-songwriter or for the listener. While the overall genre is deemed to be pop, there are soul, blues, jazz,… Read More Music Review: Jordan Okrend – ‘World Keeps Turnin’

— Blog Review, Blogging, Fashion, Lifestyle, Review —

Blog Review: ‘SOFIEYAH’ by Sophia

July 23, 2016
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Name: Sophia Blog Reviewed: SOFIEYAH Her favourite post: http://sofieyah.com/2015/12/28/december-realife-2015-powerofmakeup/ Blog Review: Introduction Blogging for a little over two years now, Sophia explains her blog as “[n]ot just the average beauty, fashion, and lifestyle blog with tips about life and love is intermixed with the regular blog posts.”  Rather, she is trying to create “[a] blog… Read More Blog Review: ‘SOFIEYAH’ by Sophia

— Book Review, Fiction, Women's Fiction —

Book Review: The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark

July 21, 2016
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In this modern-day retelling of the classic My Fair Lady, Bridie Clark makes poor Lucy Jo, a sweet yet clumsy young lady from Minnesota, jump through all the hoops that Wyatt Hayes IV (a brilliant yet bored anthropologist and, as the “IV” in his name might have clued you in on, whose family is insanely… Read More Book Review: The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark

— Book Review, Fiction, Review, Young Adult —

Book Review: ‘Sovereignty’, by Anjenique Hugues

July 21, 2016
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About The Author With master’s degrees in education, special education, and counseling, Anjenique “Jen” Hughes is a high school English and math teacher who loves teaching and mentoring young people. She enjoys traveling and has worked with youth on five continents. Saying she is “young at heart” is an understatement; she is fluent in sarcasm,… Read More Book Review: ‘Sovereignty’, by Anjenique Hugues

— Music Review, Review —

Music Review: Idiot Grins – ‘Big Man’

July 18, 2016
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A band name usually evokes something about the nature of the music it produces; in the case of Idiot Grins, one can imagine a set of songs that makes listeners grin like idiots at the sheer pleasure of listening to them. Although it’s not certain that this is what Oakland, California-based Idiot Grins had in… Read More Music Review: Idiot Grins – ‘Big Man’

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Music Review: Mleo – ‘Sunken City’

July 18, 2016
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Alternative Rock band Mleo, hailing from Los Angeles, released in the summer of 2014 an album called Sunken City. The 11-track offering put together by Audrey Reed (vocals), Victor San Pedro (guitar), Nick De La O (bass), and Elias Vasquez (drums) contains hints of funk, hip hop, indie rock, indie pop, jazz, punk rock, and… Read More Music Review: Mleo – ‘Sunken City’

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Music Review: Jas Patrick – ‘Inky Ovine’

July 18, 2016
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Nashville, Tennessee-based singer and songwriter Jas Patrick released last month a six-track EP titled Inky Ovine. All but one song clocks in at a little over the five-minute mark. The entire thing can be filed under Americana and blues-imbibed rock, but that would mean ignoring the way Patrick experiments with various sounds and textures throughout… Read More Music Review: Jas Patrick – ‘Inky Ovine’

— Blog Review, Blogging, Food, Review —

Blog Review: ‘Kitchen JS’ by Khadija

July 16, 2016
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Name: Khadija Blog Reviewed: Kitchen JS Her favourite post: http://www.kitchenjs.com/2015/06/21/banana-oats-muffins-no-flour-no-sugar/ Blogging for almost a year now, Khadija explains how “Kitchen JS is a place where [she] share[s] easy everyday meals and favorite classics made healthy and simplified.”  This niche blog is clean and minimalist—just grey on white—and easy to navigate thanks to a simple yet… Read More Blog Review: ‘Kitchen JS’ by Khadija

— Book Review, Non Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help —

Book Review: Toxic Friends by Susan Shapiro Barash

July 14, 2016
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The premise is simple: you can’t change your friends, but you can change the way you deal with them. A toxic friendship can be dealt with once you understand what is going on and your contribution to it. Once you figure out your part in starting and sustaining it, you will be able to take… Read More Book Review: Toxic Friends by Susan Shapiro Barash