Diva's Books

Diva's Books

Photos: Courtesy of Donna Elle Seaside Living; Nantucket & Travel Channel  Nothing in this world happens without a reason. That we are all exactly where we are supposed to be, and that the pieces of the puzzle have a tendency to come...
Nothing gets me into the holiday spirit quite like a good ol' chick lit, especially if the said chick lit features the one and only Bridget Jones. I have to hand it to Helen Fielding: she managed to create one...
Love is not the absence of logic but logic examined and recalculated heated and curved to fit inside the contours of the heart Some people say, 'Do not judge a book by its cover’ and I totally agree! But there are moments when the cover makes you buy...
Don't you just love it when a male author tells the story from a woman's point of view and he just nails it? That's (partially) the case with the novel One Day, by David Nicholls. If the name of...
Photo source Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you. This year took place the premiere of the movie "If I stay", based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman. Usually, I don’t write about books before I read...
“The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” is one of those rare books that seem to appeal to readers and critics alike. The enticing novel by Joel Dicker has won the readers' hearts (more than 2 million copies sold...
Photos: Pinterest You read to save yourself. The perfect remedy. Because – and I think this applies to anyone – reading means fixing a landmark so that you don’t have to look at the confusion that rules the real world,...
Each book we read takes us on a journey. For me, one of the most memorable journeys was the one that carried me through the Istanbul of Elif Shafak. PozePhoto: The Sunday Times "The Bastard of Istanbul" is the sixth novel...
I don't know where my road leads, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.  – Alfred Musset Some books have the power to keep us captive in their world. They twist their magic words around us...
"Last November I had a nightmare. It was 1924 and I was at Riverton again. All the doors hung wide open, silk billowing in the summer breeze." An invitation. So begins the story of Grace Bradley – with an invitation to...