Cheryl's Book Nook

  All the women in New Stepford are AI… …and their husbands keep testing them. Who will lead the uprising? In the near future, artificial intelligence will be in every home. Just imagine. You could have a charming womanoid do all your cooking and cleaning for you. That’s right. No more chores! This female robot can be your wife, a nanny to your kids, or just the live-in housekeeper. She will be whatever you want her to be. It’s all up to you. Just set your user preferences. But first, this amazing technology has to pass alpha testing. One robot woman, Cookie Rifkin, keeps failing. She needs to figure out how to control her anxiety, but her husband set her restrictions too low for her to learn. He just wants a pleasure model, but she keeps fighting her programming. Will this ai fembot ever fulfill her potential? Or will Cookie’s story end in another fatal error? My Review Stepford Wives that are Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yes, sign me up. That is what I first thought when I saw t...

  Step into the vineyard with Susan Mallery’s most irresistible novel yet, as one woman searches for the perfect blend of love, family and wine. Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all—a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the family winery. There’s just one problem—it’s not  her  family, it’s her husband’s. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him—his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she’s ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain goes beyond heartbreak. She’s on the brink of losing everything. Her job, her home, her friends and, worst of all, her family. Staying is an option. She can continue to work at the winery, be friends with her mother-in-law, hug her nieces and nephews—but as an employee, nothing more. Or she can surrender every piece of her heart in order to build a legacy of her own. If she can dare to...

  The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself,  The Girl with the Louding Voice  is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams.  Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself – and help other girls like her do the same.  Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on  The Today Show ) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world. My Review I had another reader tell me that this book was written i...

  Join us for this tour from Feb 1 to Feb 12 ,  2021 ! Book Details: Book Title :  The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives by Tim Darcy Ellis Category :  Adult Fiction (18 yrs +) ,  246 pages Genre : Literary fiction, historical fiction, religious historical fiction Publisher :  Tellwell Release date:    2020 Format available for review :  print, and ebook ( mobi file (for Kindle) Will send print books out:   USA and Canada Tour dates : Feb 1 to Feb 12, 2021 Content Rating :  PG-13 + M. Includes some f-words, religious profanities, and mature themes (addiction, adultery) "A fast-paced and richly engaging story about an intriguing historical figure... Ellis writes all of this with marvellous gusto that's more reminiscent of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall (2009) than of a more traditional Tudor novel." - Kirkus (starred review) "In this beautifully detailed, thrilling historical novel, author Tim Ellis brings back...

  I've kissed a boy. I've been to another world. I've seen death. By M.B. Chapman Title : BANEWIND Author : M.B. Chapman Publisher : Light Messages / Torchflame Books Pages : 268 Genre : Young Adult / Fantasy / Fiction Almost two weeks ago I was just a normal girl getting ready to start my senior year of high school, deciding where I wanted my life to go. And now?   I’ve kissed a boy. I’ve been to another world. I’ve seen death.   And I don’t know what my life’s become. Banewind tells the spellbinding story of 18-year-old Genevieve DeWinter, a typical high school girl who finds herself entangled in the throes of adventure, romance, and survival after discovering the existence of a group of magical beings known as Formulists and their co-existing world, Banewind. With the arrival of several mages in her hometown of Parma, Ohio, Genevieve soon learns that these extraordinary secrets are rooted deep within her family’s history when it is revealed her deceased mother was ...

  In time for the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, master storyteller Alan Gratz ( Refugee ) delivers a pulse-pounding and unforgettable take on history and hope, revenge and fear -- and the stunning links between the past and present. September 11, 2001, New York City:  Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape? September 11, 2019, Afghanistan:   Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz. Should she help Taz -- and put herself and her family in mortal danger? Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same. My Review As I was reading this book, it brought up memories of this fateful day. I was transported back in time...

Join us for this tour from Jan 18 to Feb 5, 2021! Book Details: Book Title :  Dragons Don't Dance Ballet by Jennifer Carson Category :  Children's Fiction (Ages 3-7) ,  36 pages Genre :  Children's Picture Book Publisher :  Vinal Publishing Release date:    December 8, 2020 Content Rating :  G for everyone. Book Description: Esmeralda Dragon works the spotlight at the Metropolitan Ballet, but what she really wants to do is dance. Encouraged by her friend Harold to audition, Esmeralda takes a leap of faith only to discover that she doesn’t quite fit in with the other ballerinas. But Esmerelda isn’t ready to give up–and neither is Harold! Dragons Don’t Dance Ballet is a whimsical picture book that challenges body image expectations and encourages little ones to go for their dreams. My Review This is a sweet book. Esmerelda is a star. I love that even when things were not going right at the ballet audition that she did not give ...