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The Traveler (The Traveler, Book 1) by Deborah Dugan – Review by Sofia Ribeiro

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The TravelerThe Traveler by Deborah Dugan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book stars with an amazing premise, aliens, time travel, and it has everything to be amazing, the downfall is that the action develops slow, and to people that has trigger with tarantulas or with giant spiders, maybe it’s not the best book since our alien is in the body of a big tarantula…

The action develops slow and with lots of descriptions, for instance;

“I reach the gravel driveway where the truck is parked and notice the left front tire is a little low, but it should be all right until I can take care of it after work.”

This kind of descriptions, Tristan thoughts about things or actions that he is doing happen quite a lot and that is one of the reasons why the story develops slowly, if you like action paced books, perhaps it’s not the right book for you, but I also need to tell that it gets better with each part in the book, so take that as you seem fit ^_~

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Limbo by Laura Koerber – Review by Sofia Ribeiro

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LimboLimbo by Laura Koerber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What can I really say about this book without giving it all away, it takes place in the limbo, the same place where Catholics are used to think souls go when we pass, so does this mean everyone in here is too good for hell or too bad to go to heaven?

Limbo, by its description, reminded me of a wild west city, but without its life, you have the buildings, but its empty, there’s nothing to do, nothing to help pass the time, a bar that don’t have drinks, a card game made from the wallpaper…

You have animals there, dogs, cats, mouses, cows, but the people there don’t see these animals growing, eating or anything, so are they being punished as well?

This book, reminded me very much of the show the good place, most people in the limbo are old, but there are exceptions and to make things worse you won’t find anyone you loved in your past life… you may find people you hated but why are people sent there? How can they move on? Why can you find children there?

Alyse, one of our main voices is only a teen that died of cancer… other people on the book we get to know their backstory and some of those stories only make us wonder, why are they there?

Probably If you liked the good place you will like this book, you get to know almost all people background and how they got there, but at the same time there’s many things left to learn about them.

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Priscida Finds Greatness by Constance Mays – Review by Sofia Ribeiro

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Priscida Finds Greatness: In Herself and in OthersPriscida Finds Greatness: In Herself and in Others by Constance Mays
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Priscida is a cute cat that goes from being an alley cat to having owners that are like her parents, she never loses her hope and learns new things (like reading) and this is a wonderful teaching message to children, don’t forget, “greatness is contagious!” ^___^

My oldest daughter is having a tough time in catching up on school (she has autism), and she thought it was brilliant that a cat could learn to read, the only down to the book, that we could find, was, that it doesn’t have too many pictures.

It’s a good bedtime story, not too long, and it ends in a really positive note, but it is better for a plus 7 years old kids in my experience, my youngest son that is 4 got distracted, I recommend this story!

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Mom, Is There a Santa Claus? by Susan J Berger Illustrator: KC Snider – Review by Sofia Ribeiro

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Mom, Is There a Santa Claus?Mom, Is There a Santa Claus? by Susan J. Berger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really cute story about believing, not in Santa but in the magic that is Christmas for all people who find this season magical, I mean, people may grow up, but that doesn’t mean that they will stop believing in magic or in hope. Keeping the dream alive is half of the deed ^__^ that is the message of this story. That all of us may also be Dream Keepers.

I have two children, a boy, 4 years old and a girl, 8 years old, and last night when I read this story to them, both liked it very much, we discussed its meaning and why keeping the dream alive is important, it’s a great read not only for children to read alone, but to use this book as a reading for all class, and then discuss with the children what really it’s the meaning of Christmas how loving each other should be more important than, what can or cannot Santa bring!

Other great point is the drawings, this book has great drawings inside, reminded me of old story books, and that thought always warms my heart, as it brings me closer to when I was a child and when I started falling in love with books and reading.

I highly recommend this book, to children 4 -7 reading to them, and 8-11 to leave them reading it alone, but also that this is a great book to share ideas afterward <3

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Fate, Frankincense & Funerals by Naomi Valkyrie – Review by Sofia Ribeiro

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Fate, Frankincense & FuneralsFate, Frankincense & Funerals by Naomi Valkyrie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book brought me back to my teen years, when me and my sister used to download manga to read, I used to love a tittle or a picture and then when I was to read, I would discover it was boys love, and some really graphic hahah she would be trilled and me not so much. Don’t get me wrong I do love the sweet love and tenderness I just don’t like much when it gets graphic. Making a long story short, I chose this book because I loved the cover art, and when I started reading, I discovered that this was a boy’s love story, ok that’s alright, but I must say it’s the first lgbt book that I read, that actually have a good story and a good main character.

If you don’t like graphic descriptions of sexual acts, be a little careful, we do have a sexual act a bit graphic but not over the top.

If I have something to complain about this story is that the names are overly complicated but that it’s not really a complain, just old me rambling about. Our main character is named Acheron and he is a vulture, his kind are responsible for taking care of the people that are near death learn their story and then delivering their last wish and their bodies and soul to set them free, it’s really a big responsibility, and his mate to be is called Errapel, belongs with a group of people that bend a little bit the rules. Acheron must go to Mandara, a city that despise his kind, to take care of a last wish of a dying woman, and her story will bring Acheron closer to himself, doesn’t this make you curious to know more? This is more on the short side, but well worth of our time, it has an interesting mystique and mythology,

I will definitely try to read more of Naomi Valkyrie works, and bonus if she writes more with these characters <3.

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