Naka Jackson

About Naka Jackson

I'm a Literature Postgrad student in NYC, teaching and studying, working towards a broader understanding of English written word.

Review: Less Stress: 88 Best Practices by Gabriella Kindert

Less Stress

Inspirational quotes books are always fun and interesting, but when the person writing the book is also inspirational, that’s when the book gets really good. Gabriella Kindert, author of  Less Stress: 88 Best Practices and Inspirations from Historical Leaders is something of an “overachiever” – mother, wife, hugely successful in her career, world-traveled, speaking several languages, and drop dead gorgeous. If she were a character in a novel, she’d be described as “having it all.” So what makes this book immensely attractive to inspire the reader is the idea that maybe if the author has made it this far by […]

Review: D-Nine – Protectors Of The Crown by Magus Tor

★★★★½ D-Nine - Protectors Of The Crown

In this unusual fantasy offering, Magus Tor spins his magic by taking the fantasy genre a new and pertinent step further with this transgender-charged quest adventure. When Dr. James. a male medical professional gets a huge migraine-like headache he starts hallucinating Lord Of The Rings-style rooms in which he seems to be the protagonist – in the form of Princess Sarabeth, a teenage royal charged with the defense of her nation, but currently suffering amnesia and unable to remember her purpose – against a ticking clock of betrayal by a secret society known as the D-Nine, working underground […]

2016-03-04T03:54:27+02:00October 29th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: A Season of Transitions by R.M. Gibson ★★★★

seasonof transitionSet in New York during the late 60s, A Season of Transitions by R.M. Gibson follows single father, Cam Gordon through his career and parenting episodes while maintaining a full dating life.

This book is presented to the reader with a fairly clinical analysis with a prologue in the form of a letter from the author to the reader mentioning “women’s lib” (in quotation marks as if it was but a fancy) and voting for “blacks”, setting the tone for the rest of the book: a pretty sterile, white, male perspective of the social aspects of 1960s and 70s America.[…]

Review: Finding Lucy by Tess Morrison ★★★★

Finding Lucy by Tess MorrisonFinding Lucy by Tess Morrison is a really delicious read for lovers of romance with a spark of something different – packaged beautifully with a pretty cover. I’m always a fan of a full moon in a design, and here the moon reflects the fact that the book centers around the aptly-named Moonlight Bay Camp For Kids in Butternut Creek, and one of its counselors, Lucy Mitchell.

Lucy has been working at the Camp for a very long time, and when Ian Flynn turns up with his macho ideas and city tastes, all she can think of is how to […]

2015-10-30T05:23:25+02:00October 8th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: The Dead Bank Diary by Anna Schlegel ★★★★

The Dead Bank Diary by Anna Schlegel The Dead Bank Diary by Anna Shlegel is an intense, true to life (maybe true!) look at the bank fraudsters of Russia in the 00s, at a point in history where the police and government of Moscow were deeply corrupt, and old money and new oligarchs were investing their riches in “pocket banks,” small private holdings run by provincial managers – this meant that banks could be bankrupted by one transaction from their richest customer, and bought out on debts from anyone else in a few hours, even people that had no real money, just by a little bit of […]

2019-01-22T05:56:26+02:00July 7th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

The Fat Girls Club by Lila Johnson

The Fat Girls ClubThe Fat Girls Club by Lila Johnson follows the lives of Sissy, Nicki and Angela who join together in an effort to lose weight. The novel had the possibility of being a bit superficial and weight obsessed – and indeed Nicki and Angela aren’t too happy at first about having their weight pointed out – but losing weight is a very real concern for most everybody, and the issue is handled sensitively, and humorously.  It’s also an uplifting story about friendship and how important it is to have the support of friends during difficult times.

This isn’t just a lighthearted […]

2018-03-07T13:49:12+02:00June 1st, 2015|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Review: Rainbow Gardens by James Malone ★★★★

Rainbow GardensRainbow Gardens, a fantasy novel set in WWII mixing troll lore with gory action and a dreamy tale of redemption and forgiveness in this epic story from debut writer James Malone.

The trolls, imagining themselves The Descendants of Cain, are searching for the truth about their origins, searching for their redeemer to come and save them from their own terrible legacy.

Harry Shikita, a Japanese American, is building Rainbow Gardens over years, a motorist’s dream resort. He could be the one, the trolls think he is. But when Pearl Harbor strikes, Harry is taken into custody, and his life is […]

2015-03-02T02:23:51+02:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Tesla (Book 1) by Mark Lingane ★ ★ ★ ★

Tesla Sebastian is a young man living a thousand years in the future, in the remains of a destroyed world hit by a nuclear apocalypse way back when. Orphaned by disease, and trapped with a horrible aunt as his guardian, he is not able to continue his passions for a long-gone mechanical, steam-powered age he had been experiencing with a caring teacher. But when he finds an envelope hidden in a jewelbox he must fight for his life in a violent and raging adventure – this changes everything.

Steampunk goes head to head with Cyberpunk in a post-apocalyptic setting in TESLA […]

2022-04-28T07:33:38+02:00February 5th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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