Oh my goodness, The Long and Winding Road by Lesley Pearse is a memoir filled with more drama than a whole series of Eastenders. No wonder Lesley PearOh my goodness, The Long and Winding Road by Lesley Pearse is a memoir filled with more drama than a whole series of Eastenders. No wonder Lesley Pearse has written so many books, she has so much material from her own experiences.
If it didn't have 'My Autobiography' printed on the front cover, you could be forgiven for thinking that this is a work of fiction. It is a story that is filled with so much warmth and character that it is incredibly easy to read and incredibly difficult to put down.
Lesley Pearse doesn't dwell on life's hurdles and her own heartbreak, she turns them into stories that have captivated readers for decades. I felt like a sponge as I absorbed all of Lesley's life events and I was so saturated at the end that I shed a few tears...but, in true Lesley Pearse style, they were tears of happiness.
The Long and Winding Road is a truly captivating and inspirational memoir and I couldn't give it a sparkle less than 5 stars. Very highly recommended....more
Mind-officially-blown! Wow, just wow, what an outstanding and completely mind-blowing debut from Thomas R. Weaver! I didn't think I would ever find a Mind-officially-blown! Wow, just wow, what an outstanding and completely mind-blowing debut from Thomas R. Weaver! I didn't think I would ever find a book that could hold a candle to Orwell's 1984 but Artificial Wisdom is 1984 for a new generation and it's an instant classic.
Journalist Marcus Tully is in mourning for his wife and unborn child who were killed in the tabkhir, a devastating climate event in the Middle East that raised humidity to such a level that no one could survive. With an upcoming election to appoint a dictator, a whistleblower sends Tully information about the tabkhir and how it may not have been the accident that everyone thinks.
The thing that takes Artificial Wisdom up to the next level is that one of the candidates in the election isn't human, Solomon is AI. When Tully uncovers disturbing information about the human candidate's decision making, Solomon may be the only one who can save humankind. I just have to share a quote from Solomon that really resonated with me and made me sit up and take notice:
"But if there's one thing I have learned about humankind, it's how bad you are at living in the now. People seem to live in both the past and in the future, two big overlapping circles, but rarely focus on the intersection and enjoy the moments given to them right now."
Vote Solomon!
It was interesting that while I was reading Artificial Wisdom, I heard about an AI version of Tom Hanks being used in an advert without the actor's permission. I was initially thinking that Artificial Wisdom was futuristic but AI is here now and it gives me goose bumps now that I have read this fantastic book.
Intelligent, imaginative and scarily realistic, Artificial Wisdom had me so hooked that when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and I was so completely immersed in the story that I even dreamt about it. Completely unmissable and very highly recommended.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion....more
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