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At the beginning of each month, we spotlight a staff-favorite book that meets our objective of thoughtfully sharing stories to help our audience experience their world in a smarter, healthier, and happier way.
Category: Book of the Month, Journal, SpotlightTags: africa, african american, america, best seller, black history month, book club, book lovers, Book of the Month, bookworms, february, fiction, ghana, great migration, historical fiction, history, homegoing, novel, racism, slavery, usa, yaa gyasi
At the beginning of each month, we spotlight a staff-favorite book that meets our objective of thoughtfully sharing stories to help our audience experience their world in a smarter, healthier, and happier way. December’s Book of the Month is: A Gentleman in Moscow What… Continue Reading “Book of the Month – December 2019”
Category: Book of the Month, Journal, SpotlightTags: artistocrat, bestseller, bibliophile, bolshevik, book, book club, Book of the Month, books, bookworm, fiction, gentleman, Literature, moscow, novel, read, reading, winter
Posted on November 20, 2019
by Aristidis Marousas
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We all know that our diet is very important to our overall health and wellbeing. The food we consume plays a large role in dictating how our bodies, and even minds, operate and function on a daily basis. But have you stopped to consider… Continue Reading “You Are What You Read”
Category: Journal, Lifestyle, SpotlightTags: audiobooks, autobiography, bibliophile, blinkist, blog, blogger, book, books, bookworm, consumption, diet, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, health, history, imagination, joy, memoir, mental health, mind, nonfiction, novel, read, reading, self help, self improvement, selfhelp, wellbeing, wellness
At the beginning of each month, we spotlight a staff-favorite book that meets our objective of thoughtfully sharing stories to help our audience experience their world in a smarter, healthier, and happier way.
Category: Book of the Month, Journal, SpotlightTags: a darker shade of magic, book, book club, Book of the Month, bookworm, entertaining, entertainment, fiction, fun, harry potter, joy, london, magic, magical, novel, october, read, reading, shades of magic, v.e. schwab
Chapter 1 “So, yeah…” I finish saying to Alex. He keeps reminding me to call him by his first name. I suppose he helps to make me perceive this as being more of a casual setting. “I see,” he replies. Then pauses. Oh boy,… Continue Reading “Short Story: My Dear Sister”
Category: Literature, Original Writing, SpotlightTags: accident, creative writing, death, halloween, horror, novel, short fiction, short story, story, suspense, thriller, writing
Last year I began my own tradition of reading a horror/thriller book around Halloween. Consider it my way of mentally getting into the season. The first book I read was a classic; The Shining by Stephen King. It was an exciting read and I… Continue Reading “Book Review: The Boy Who Drew Monsters”
Category: Book Reviews, LiteratureTags: aspergers, book, book review, evil, ghosts, halloween, haunted, haunting, horror, imagination, jack peter keenean, jip, keith donohue, monsters, novel, psychological thriller, scary, spirits, spooky, the boy who drew monsters, thriller
Posted on September 22, 2014
by Aristidis Marousas
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A few weeks ago, we published an article that listed five books on our wishlist. Last week, we reviewed a book on the list, Lexicon. This week The Motley Experience reviews another book on the list, one that we were very excited to read. The Name… Continue Reading “Book Review: The Name of the Wind”
Category: Book Reviews, LiteratureTags: a wise man's fear, book, book review, books, chandrian, fantasy, fiction, game of thrones, george rr martin, got, hero, kote, kvothe, legend, myth, novel, patrick rothfuss, saga, series, song of ice and fire, the kingkiller chronicle, the name of the wind
Posted on September 15, 2014
by Aristidis Marousas
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In a previous article, we listed five books on The Motley Experience’s “wish list”. One of these books was the highly acclaimed novel by Max Barry, Lexicon. This is a science fiction novel that reads as a thriller. The premise of the story is… Continue Reading “Book Review: Lexicon”
Category: Book Reviews, LiteratureTags: bareword, book review, books, eliot, emily ruff, fiction, harry wilson, highly acclaimed, lexicon, linguistics, max barry, must read, novel, persuasion, poets, science fiction, suspense, thriller, woolf
It is 1944 and the Allies are preparing for the invasion of Europe. In the occupied town of Sainte-Cecile, the French Resistance is preparing to blow up the chateau that now houses the crucial telephone exchange connecting the French telephone system to that of… Continue Reading “Book Review: Jackdaws”
Category: Book Reviews, LiteratureTags: 1944, book, Book Reviews, century trilogy, covert operations, england, felicity clairet, feminist, fiction, france, french resistance, germany, great britain, historical fiction, jackdaws, ken follett, must read, nazis, novel, war, world war 2, ww2
This week’s Book Review takes a look at Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson, won the 2013 Costa Book Awards (Novel) and was shortlisted for the 2013 Orange Prize for Fiction and It was also selected as one of the 10 Best Books… Continue Reading “Book Review: Life After Life”
Category: Book Reviews, LiteratureTags: 20th century, berlin, book review, books, deja vu, fiction, germany, heroine, historical fiction, kate atkinson, life after life, nazis, novel, story, ursula todd, world war 2
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