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BOOK REVIEW 13: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN: JK ROWLING

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  GENERAL OVERVIEW: RATINGS : 4.5/5 GENRE : FANTASY, ADVENTURE, SUSPENSE, THRILLER, DRAMA AUTHOR : JK ROWLING ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joanne Rowling is her original name. JK Rowling is her pen name. She also writes as  Robert  Galbraith.She was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. J. K. Rowling is a British author and philanthropist. She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series. She started working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series. She was striked with the idea while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. She has earned a BA in French and Classics at the University of Exeter. She was married to Neil Murray in 1992 and got divorced in1995. She has three children. HER OTHER NOTABLE WORKS ARE: Harry Potter series Corman Strike  series  Fantastic Beasts series Politics of JK ROWLING  The Ickabog The Casual Vacanc...

BOOK REVIEW 12: FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN: MITCH ALBOM

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  GENERAL OVERVIEW: RATINGS : 3/5 GENRE :Spiritual fiction, Afterlife Author : Mitch Albom ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mitch Albom was born on May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey. MITCH ALBOM is an internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. Mitch is also an accomplished song writer and lyricist. In 1995, he married Janine Sabino. That same year he re-encountered Morrie Schwartz, a former college professor who was dying of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. His visits with Schwartz  leads to the book Tuesdays with Morrie. The same book  moved Mitch away from sports reporter He began his career as an internationally recognized author. His other notable works are: Tuesdays With Morrie For One More Day Have a Little Faith The Time Keeper and The First Phone Call from Heaven INTRODUCTION : An elderly man works in an amusement park. He works as a carnival maintenance man....

BOOK REVIEW 11: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE: MITCH ALBOM

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  GENERAL OVERVIEW: RATINGS:3/5 GENRE : Memoir, Poignancy , Non fiction. Author : Mitch ALBOM ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mitch Albom was born on May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey. MITCH ALBOM is an internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. Mitch is also an accomplished song writer and lyricist. In 1995, he married Janine Sabino. That same year he re-encountered Morrie Schwartz, a former college professor who was dying of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. His visits with Schwartz  leads to the book Tuesdays with Morrie. The same book  moved Mitch away from sports reporter. And then he began his career as an internationally recognized author. His other notable works are: The Five People You Meet in Heaven For One More Day Have a Little Faith The Time Keeper and The First Phone Call from Heaven INTRODUCTION: " Tuesdays with Morrie" is the chronicle of Mitch’s tim...