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Meet me on Friday @  Friday 56  for a bit of  Book Blogger Hop   to kick-start the weekend with  Book Beginnings . Hey Guys! Missed me much? I sure missed you. No, I did not turn into a mermaid in the gorgeous, clear waters of Mauritius. I'm still mostly human. Just been a bit under the sea weather the past couple of weeks and whenever I feel like surfacing, I really just want to be where the people are. Especially the ones with books.   So let's talk books!

Title: The Other Einstein Author: Marie Benedict Published by:  Sourcebooks Landmark Publication date:  18 October 2016  Genre:  Historical Fiction Pages: 304 ISBN:   9781492637257 Mareli's rating: 3 stars Recommend to:  Lovers of historical fiction and strong female characters Description:  A vivid and mesmerizing novel about the extraordinary woman who married and worked with one of the greatest scientists in history. What secrets may have lurked in the shadows of Albert Einstein’s fame? His first wife, Mileva “Mitza” Marić, was more than the devoted mother of their three children—she was also a brilliant physicist in her own right, and her contributions to the special theory of relativity have been hotly debated for more than a century. In 1896, the extraordinarily gifted Mileva is the only woman studying physics at an elite school in Zürich. There, she falls for charismatic fellow student Albert Einstein, who promises to treat h...

It's Monday! What are you reading?  This weekly feature is hosted by  Bookdate   and it's a great way to get your reading week sorted. All you need to do is:  Tell us what you are currently reading What did you finish reading last week What do you plan on reading next Add your link to the linky provided by your host Visit the other bloggers who also deal with terrible Mondays, but still find the time to prioritize their reading schedules Make sure to read really awesome books in order to increase the above mentioned bloggers' stress levels by adding even more books to their TBR list Pop a Rescue for your own nerves or pour a glass of wine and get reading   Hello darlings, I'm back. How are you?  Yes, I've been back from holidays for over a week, but I struggle a bit to get back in the swing of things. But we can talk about that at a later stage. Holidays were good, but I didn't read even half as much as planned. I have not been feeling a...

"A sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance and unexpected absolution" Title: Pretty Girls Author: Karin Slaughter Publication date: July 2015 Pages: 688 Mareli's rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Description:  Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teen-aged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the...

A Novel about the Little Dog who almost changed history Title: Sirius Author:  Jonathan Crown Published by:  Scribner Publication date: 04 October 2016  Genre: Literary Fiction Pages:  247 ISBN:   9781501144998   Mareli's rating: 5 stars Recommend to: Animal lovers (especially for dashing fox terriers), lovers of historical novels (WWII) Description:  Berlin, 1938: Sirius, a dashing fox terrier, lives a charmed life with the German Jewish Liliencrons. But, with the rise of Nazism, the Liliencrons decide to leave Berlin for Hollywood. Sirius takes his destiny into his own hands with the kind of melancholic mirth exclusive to his breed. He becomes a celebrated film star and circus performer, friend to Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant. But, when a magic trick goes wrong, Sirius ends up back in war-torn Berlin. Never one to despair, he finds himself in the Führer's headquarters as Adolf Hitler's lap dog... and an informant for the resistance....