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Book Review : Orange is The New Black by Piper Kerman

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  • Release Date : April 6th 2010
  • Genre : Nonfiction/Memoir
  • Publisher : Random House (Spiegel & Grau)
  • Pages : 298

 

 

 

Synopsis :With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187–424

I finally made the leap into nonfiction with my first adult memoir ! Chances are you’ve heard of this title as the book has recently been adapted into hit Netflix television show (or is it web series ?)  I started watching the show while reading the book and it gave me a really interesting look into adaptations.

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Book Review : Royal Street By Suzanne Johnson

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Synopsis: As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. . .Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters. . . Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover. . .DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo

The premise of Royal Street is what initially drew me to this novel, I was excited by the idea of an urban fantasy based on a contemporary tragic event.

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