Manuela Cardiga's Blog, page 43
April 4, 2015
NEW 5 STAR REVIEW! "For the reader who desires to spend a few hours in fits of laughter."
NEW REVIEW FOR "DESIRE'S DETECTIVE!"
5.0 out of 5 stars
A most hilarious, playful read
April 4, 2015
By Erika
Format:Kindle Edition
Desiree’s Detective is a quick, fun, sexy read. The setting is eighteenth century Paris. Desiree is a young somewhat naïve girl who attempts to solve the palace mystery, murdered court jesters, in place of her cousin Noelle. Noelle is a self-absorbed young woman who’s about her beauty and station in life. She’s hired as the palace detective but becomes easily side-tracked with a young man.
Manuela Cardiga and Desireé Cronson designed characters and situations that kept me laughing as I turned each page. Their sexual escapades are masterfully crafted and hilarious. The short is loaded with subplots such as the philandering king and queen who love sex but not with each other. They both want a child – an heir to the throne and attempt a comical solution. Desiree’s a virgin whose sexual naiveté gets her into precarious situations.
For the reader who desires to spend a few hours in fits of laughter.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A most hilarious, playful read
April 4, 2015
By Erika
Format:Kindle Edition
Desiree’s Detective is a quick, fun, sexy read. The setting is eighteenth century Paris. Desiree is a young somewhat naïve girl who attempts to solve the palace mystery, murdered court jesters, in place of her cousin Noelle. Noelle is a self-absorbed young woman who’s about her beauty and station in life. She’s hired as the palace detective but becomes easily side-tracked with a young man.
Manuela Cardiga and Desireé Cronson designed characters and situations that kept me laughing as I turned each page. Their sexual escapades are masterfully crafted and hilarious. The short is loaded with subplots such as the philandering king and queen who love sex but not with each other. They both want a child – an heir to the throne and attempt a comical solution. Desiree’s a virgin whose sexual naiveté gets her into precarious situations.
For the reader who desires to spend a few hours in fits of laughter.
CLICK HERE!
April 3, 2015
REVIEW FOR "Sweet Sorrow" By Wairimu Mwangi "I recom...
REVIEW FOR "Sweet Sorrow" By Wairimu Mwangi "I recommend this book, in hopes that it will reach others"By Emily Walsh
Format:Kindle Edition
...A book is about its ending. It’s the breaking point, or it’s the light in the darkness.
When I mean ending, I mean the very last paragraph. In the last few words I felt something, a flicker of what the title is, and it was perfect. It shocked me, because I wasn’t expecting it. Bravo!
Though I did not enjoy this read as much as I wanted, please don't be deterred from reading it. You may find out that you like it, and think me a fool for not. So I recommend this book, in hopes that it will reach others, even if it's only in thoes last words.
Happy reading
-Emily
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Format:Kindle Edition
...A book is about its ending. It’s the breaking point, or it’s the light in the darkness.
When I mean ending, I mean the very last paragraph. In the last few words I felt something, a flicker of what the title is, and it was perfect. It shocked me, because I wasn’t expecting it. Bravo!
Though I did not enjoy this read as much as I wanted, please don't be deterred from reading it. You may find out that you like it, and think me a fool for not. So I recommend this book, in hopes that it will reach others, even if it's only in thoes last words.
Happy reading
-Emily
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LOVELY REVIEW! "Valentine in Love!" By Ami C. Samuel - YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS ONE!
Captivating, Sweet and Funny treat4 Stars By Charelene on March 18, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
This Novella is such a Satisfying Read, Ami C. Samuel has created a captivating, sweet and funny treat. I honestly wished this was a full length novel. I loved the vivid and smart characters she created. Valentine is the kind of fantastic heroine that needs to be written more often in romance stories. Wanting to change the world, helping and making a positive impact in people's lives and Joshua, Sexy Joshua ... I loved how sweet he was with her through every little thing that unfolded.
I thoroughly enjoyed this feel-good love story.
You can't go wrong with this one.
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Format: Kindle Edition
This Novella is such a Satisfying Read, Ami C. Samuel has created a captivating, sweet and funny treat. I honestly wished this was a full length novel. I loved the vivid and smart characters she created. Valentine is the kind of fantastic heroine that needs to be written more often in romance stories. Wanting to change the world, helping and making a positive impact in people's lives and Joshua, Sexy Joshua ... I loved how sweet he was with her through every little thing that unfolded.
I thoroughly enjoyed this feel-good love story.
You can't go wrong with this one.
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April 2, 2015
Brilliant FIVE-STAR REVIEW for "MANscapes Journey into Light" by Manuela Cardiga!
"Manscapes is a powerful, riveting story that kept me on the edge of my seat and my emotions bobbing like a dime store bouncy ball."Review by ErikaLK5 Stars
Outlet: Barnes&Noble
Manscapes is a dynamic story of one woman, Clara’s, struggles with love and romance. As a young woman she is raped and becomes pregnant by the rapist. She is then forced by her family to marry him. She grows to love and adore the child, a daughter, but her loathing for him becomes unbearable and she leaves. She is an artist, a painter, is forced to leave her schooling upon marrying her rapist. Once freed, she dives back into her painting and begins painting men, she nicknames her art appropriately as Manscapes. Upon leaving, she learns to love herself as well as falling in love.
This story touched me as a woman. Manuela Cardiga brings to life the fear, loathing, and incredible emotions that go with spending nearly a lifetime with that man who raped her. I felt sadness and loneliness, then happiness for Clara as the story passed. I will not disclose as you will have to read for yourself, but Manscapes is a powerful, riveting story that kept me on the edge of my seat and my emotions bobbing like a dime store bouncy ball.
A compelling novel that is far more than a romance.
Review by ErikaLK
Barnes&Noble
MANSCAPES AT B&N!
MANSCAPES AT AMAZON!
Outlet: Barnes&Noble
Manscapes is a dynamic story of one woman, Clara’s, struggles with love and romance. As a young woman she is raped and becomes pregnant by the rapist. She is then forced by her family to marry him. She grows to love and adore the child, a daughter, but her loathing for him becomes unbearable and she leaves. She is an artist, a painter, is forced to leave her schooling upon marrying her rapist. Once freed, she dives back into her painting and begins painting men, she nicknames her art appropriately as Manscapes. Upon leaving, she learns to love herself as well as falling in love.
This story touched me as a woman. Manuela Cardiga brings to life the fear, loathing, and incredible emotions that go with spending nearly a lifetime with that man who raped her. I felt sadness and loneliness, then happiness for Clara as the story passed. I will not disclose as you will have to read for yourself, but Manscapes is a powerful, riveting story that kept me on the edge of my seat and my emotions bobbing like a dime store bouncy ball.
A compelling novel that is far more than a romance.
Review by ErikaLK
Barnes&Noble
MANSCAPES AT B&N!
MANSCAPES AT AMAZON!
March 31, 2015
WICKED WITCH CAST A SPELL ON THE ONLY BATHROOM STALL AT T...
WICKED WITCH CAST A SPELL
ON THE ONLY BATHROOM STALL
AT THE SALEM MALL
gosh golly gee
it must be me
cause the whole
darn world is frantic
dying for a pee
that must be cause
URINATE
doth rhyme with
PROCRASTINATE
which basically means
that after a while
YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT
oh it does
me heart good
to see the crowd
that howled
for me blood
forget all about it
and scream
for a standing spot
or a cracked pot
in which to pee...
(tis wicked i knowfor me to gloatand get such pleasurefrom communalbladder bloat)
Manuela Cardiga
ON THE ONLY BATHROOM STALL
AT THE SALEM MALL
gosh golly gee
it must be me
cause the whole
darn world is frantic
dying for a pee
that must be cause
URINATE
doth rhyme with
PROCRASTINATE
which basically means
that after a while
YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT
oh it does
me heart good
to see the crowd
that howled
for me blood
forget all about it
and scream
for a standing spot
or a cracked pot
in which to pee...
(tis wicked i knowfor me to gloatand get such pleasurefrom communalbladder bloat)
Manuela Cardiga
March 30, 2015
BRILLIANT REVIEW for "LONESOME ME" by Oyez Olatunde Rex! Highly Recommended!
* * * *
Raw and elemental life - growing up the hard way
By Ian Mathieon March 22, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
Being written in African vernacular English gives Lonesome Me a charm of its own and makes it an interesting read once you get tuned in to the author's voice.
Rea's description of his dysfunctional family and his resultant straying into incipient criminality is as amusing as it is alarming, and the reader feels almost obliged to share his bereavement when his aberrant parents some to a sticky end and he is left all alone in the world. It was interesting to see that, like teenagers the world over, he rebelled against against the kindly influences which set out to help him conform and find a place in the world, until recognition of their value finally came from an unexpected source, and he began to grow up. Other parents might so easily have given up on him, but the saintly Sister Monica, having committed herself to his future, never failed despite numerous disappointments, and offers an interesting counterpoint to his erratic behaviour.
A literary masterpice this isn't, but it is a good read, as the author is a consummate story teller. He weaves an intricate net of detail and emotions into his tale, which brings it vibrantly to life and shows life in a Nigerian city environment in its most raw and honest state. I shall look forward to seeing how this writer develops in future years, and expect good things from him.
LONESOME ME
Raw and elemental life - growing up the hard way
By Ian Mathieon March 22, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
Being written in African vernacular English gives Lonesome Me a charm of its own and makes it an interesting read once you get tuned in to the author's voice.
Rea's description of his dysfunctional family and his resultant straying into incipient criminality is as amusing as it is alarming, and the reader feels almost obliged to share his bereavement when his aberrant parents some to a sticky end and he is left all alone in the world. It was interesting to see that, like teenagers the world over, he rebelled against against the kindly influences which set out to help him conform and find a place in the world, until recognition of their value finally came from an unexpected source, and he began to grow up. Other parents might so easily have given up on him, but the saintly Sister Monica, having committed herself to his future, never failed despite numerous disappointments, and offers an interesting counterpoint to his erratic behaviour.
A literary masterpice this isn't, but it is a good read, as the author is a consummate story teller. He weaves an intricate net of detail and emotions into his tale, which brings it vibrantly to life and shows life in a Nigerian city environment in its most raw and honest state. I shall look forward to seeing how this writer develops in future years, and expect good things from him.
LONESOME ME
STEAK AU POIVREI'm a card-carrying CarnivoreBut that don'...
STEAK AU POIVRE
I'm a card-carrying
Carnivore
But that don't mean
I likes my meat raw;
I likes it well done,
Kinda like charcoal,
Cause if you gets bored
With the company
You always can draw
On the wall.
Manuela Cardiga
I'm a card-carrying
Carnivore
But that don't mean
I likes my meat raw;
I likes it well done,
Kinda like charcoal,
Cause if you gets bored
With the company
You always can draw
On the wall.
Manuela Cardiga
JANET(DADDY'S GIRLSBEG FOR ENCORE)Oh my dearthat astonish...
JANET
(DADDY'S GIRLS
BEG FOR ENCORE)
Oh my dear
that astonished pain
(surprising because expected)
will fade; what replaces it
is the constant
of an emptiness;
a silence louder
than any blessing.
Amputees know this;
the tickling humming
drain from the brain
that demands
they scratch
at the invisible
presence.
Or like an inadequate poet
left dangling wordless
at the end
of a sentence.
Manuela Cardiga
(DADDY'S GIRLS
BEG FOR ENCORE)
Oh my dear
that astonished pain
(surprising because expected)
will fade; what replaces it
is the constant
of an emptiness;
a silence louder
than any blessing.
Amputees know this;
the tickling humming
drain from the brain
that demands
they scratch
at the invisible
presence.
Or like an inadequate poet
left dangling wordless
at the end
of a sentence.
Manuela Cardiga
March 28, 2015
VICTORIAN LACE CUFFSWork, girl, Work, girlSays the manWit...
VICTORIAN LACE CUFFS
Work, girl,
Work, girl
Says the man
With the whip,
Work harder
Don't give me no lip
So I work,
I work
I work on that tip;
I carry the coal sack,
Ladle the shit,
Soak them ashes
In the urine pit.
Later the Lady
With the ivory skin
Will pull back her skirts
Wrinkle her nostrils
And squirm:
"Really! How can
The poor expect
To get a-head
If they cannot
Keep clean?"
MC
Work, girl,
Work, girl
Says the man
With the whip,
Work harder
Don't give me no lip
So I work,
I work
I work on that tip;
I carry the coal sack,
Ladle the shit,
Soak them ashes
In the urine pit.
Later the Lady
With the ivory skin
Will pull back her skirts
Wrinkle her nostrils
And squirm:
"Really! How can
The poor expect
To get a-head
If they cannot
Keep clean?"
MC
DESIRE'S DETECTIVE CLIMBS THE CHARTS!
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In the gloom of the armory the blades flashed like lightning: again and again the Master moved to strike and parry, and found his every move blocked.
The metallic striking and screeching of the blades against each other, the hoarse gasps and sharply indrawn breaths as the two adversaries sparred were the only sounds in the huge empty space.
Astounded, Noelle, watched as a swordsman in a mesh-metal face-guard fought D’Artagnan; the great D’Artagnan III to a standstill. With a laugh and a lunge, the mysterious man struck the Master’s foil from his hand.
“Darling!” D’Artagnan affected tones belied the steel glint in his eyes and the tell-tale warrior’s spring in his step, “You RUINED my favorite lace cuffs!”
The swordsman laughed and tossed his mask aside gracefully. “You let me win, you bloody pansy.” Noelle gasped! It was Jean d’Orleans. The King’s brother!
At the sound both men turned and looked at her. Noelle stepped forward and curtseyed gravely.
“Gentlemen.”
“Why! It is the beauteous Noelle!” D’Artagnan smiled with genuine affection.
“My dear Noelle, alone?” Jean d’Orleans peeked around her hopefully, “Where is that pretty little nun?”
“Not well, Sire! Someone struck her unconscious in Francois the Jester’s rooms, which,” she turned to D’Artagnan, “is why I’m here! I need help, it is getting too dangerous, and now my little ward, Desireé, is involved.”
“Tres bien,” D’Artagnan twirled his thin elegant moustache and smirked, “From my friend Jean’s preoccupation, I surmise your ward is not so “little”…”
“…which is why I am asking for your help.”
“Cher! I’m so sorry! I leave today for Calais! But perhaps..?” He turned to Jean, “My friend here can help you?”
Jean grinned. Ha! The ripe peach would fall from the tree straight into his hand.
“It would be a pleasure to help such lovely Ladies.”
Horrified Noelle realized she could not refuse the King’s brother’s help.
She’d just offered up her lamb to the big bad wolf...
***
Will be Desireé's convent-bred purity be proof against the vaunted skill of France's best "swordsman"?
Will she insist on maintaining her eccentric virginal state in the most debauched Court in the entire world?
Or will she in fact convert the sensuous Rake into a serious man for her love's sake?
Oh-lá-lá...
The plot thickens!
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PLEASE HELP US GET INTO THE TOP 30.000!
CLICK HERE PLEASE!EXCERPT:
In the gloom of the armory the blades flashed like lightning: again and again the Master moved to strike and parry, and found his every move blocked.
The metallic striking and screeching of the blades against each other, the hoarse gasps and sharply indrawn breaths as the two adversaries sparred were the only sounds in the huge empty space.
Astounded, Noelle, watched as a swordsman in a mesh-metal face-guard fought D’Artagnan; the great D’Artagnan III to a standstill. With a laugh and a lunge, the mysterious man struck the Master’s foil from his hand.
“Darling!” D’Artagnan affected tones belied the steel glint in his eyes and the tell-tale warrior’s spring in his step, “You RUINED my favorite lace cuffs!”
The swordsman laughed and tossed his mask aside gracefully. “You let me win, you bloody pansy.” Noelle gasped! It was Jean d’Orleans. The King’s brother!
At the sound both men turned and looked at her. Noelle stepped forward and curtseyed gravely.
“Gentlemen.”
“Why! It is the beauteous Noelle!” D’Artagnan smiled with genuine affection.
“My dear Noelle, alone?” Jean d’Orleans peeked around her hopefully, “Where is that pretty little nun?”
“Not well, Sire! Someone struck her unconscious in Francois the Jester’s rooms, which,” she turned to D’Artagnan, “is why I’m here! I need help, it is getting too dangerous, and now my little ward, Desireé, is involved.”
“Tres bien,” D’Artagnan twirled his thin elegant moustache and smirked, “From my friend Jean’s preoccupation, I surmise your ward is not so “little”…”
“…which is why I am asking for your help.”
“Cher! I’m so sorry! I leave today for Calais! But perhaps..?” He turned to Jean, “My friend here can help you?”
Jean grinned. Ha! The ripe peach would fall from the tree straight into his hand.
“It would be a pleasure to help such lovely Ladies.”
Horrified Noelle realized she could not refuse the King’s brother’s help.
She’d just offered up her lamb to the big bad wolf...
***
Will be Desireé's convent-bred purity be proof against the vaunted skill of France's best "swordsman"?
Will she insist on maintaining her eccentric virginal state in the most debauched Court in the entire world?
Or will she in fact convert the sensuous Rake into a serious man for her love's sake?
Oh-lá-lá...
The plot thickens!
