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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 June 2014

The Husbands Secret - Liane Moriraty Review

The Husbands Secret
Published: 2013
416 Pages


Description: 
My Darling Cecilia 
If you're reading this, then I've dead...

Imagine your husband wrote, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret - something so terrible it would destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others too. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive.

Cecilia Fitzpatrick achieved it all - she's an incredibly successful business woman, a pillar of her small community and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her; Rachel and Tess barely know Cecilia - or each other - but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband's devastating secret.

Review
I actually picked this book up from my local library so was unsure what to expect as well as not having read anything by this author before, but I'm glad i checked it out.

I loved this book. It was engaging from the very beginning. The story itself jumps from different characters 3 people tell their story leading up the the big revelation. The story is easy to follow there is no getting lost or confused as to what is going on. You had no idea what the secret was or who the killer was. i liked how all three people was connected in different ways and they don't know it. What I thought was a good touch which doesn't happen often is how Janie (who was murdered) tells us what happened including the events that lead up to her death. I truly was unable to put the book down. I started out wondering how they were all going to be connected as I couldn't for the life of me figure it out but the author managed to reveal it without it being rubbish and rushed.

Rating: 5/5
Recommend: yes

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Till next time

Debbie
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FTC: Description is from Goodreads & image is from google. All my opinions are my own and 100% honest.

Sunday, 27 April 2014

The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks

The Longest Ride
Published: 2012


Description: Ira Levinson is in trouble, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain conscious until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. She urges him to hang on till help arrives.

Sophia meets a young cowboy named Luke. Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward --even life and death. As she and Like fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans - a future that Luke has the power to rewrite....if the secrets he's keeping doesn't destroy it first.

Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy.

Review:  This is quite possibly my favourite book by NS. Even though it is not based on a true story the book has a way of leaving you wishing you could experience the love that both couples have. It's a love that everyone should have the chance to experience.

Ira & Ruth 

Two people that stayed together after everything that life threw at them. Ira's life hangs in the balance after he is involved in a car crash. While in and out of sleep he is visited by his dead wife Ruth who helps him to stay alive by talking through the memories that they made together. I like that he flashbacks to his life with Ruth and everything leading up to how he ended up in the car crash including when he gets rescued.

Luke & Sophia

Two people that fall in love in the unlikeliest of places. Luke and Sophia meet after Luke saves her from her ex-boyfriend who is a douche. They embark on a relationship where neither of them know what life will throw at them. Or where the relationship will take them. A love that is fresh and nice to see it growing up to the point where there lives change forever.

They are two different couples that are both entwined with each other without even knowing it. Ira & Ruth are the original couple while Luke and Sophia are the younger version.

I love the concept of this story and all the characters. It's a love story of all love stories. I love how it ended, it was the perfect ending which I think will please everyone.

My Rating: 5/5
Would I recommend?: Yes of course.

Till next time

XOXO
Debbie

FTC: I brought this book with my own money. My opinion is my own & 100% honest.

The Last Echo - Kimberly Derting Review

The Last Echo (The Body Finder, #3)
Published: 2012
Pages: 358


Description:
Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer.

Although she's relieved to finally be honest about what she can do, her instant connection with her mysterious partner, Rafe, is both confusing and unsettling and their unique bond creates tension with her boyfriend, Jay. When she discovers the body of a college student murdered by "the collector", Violet refuses to give up on the case. With her own relationship on the line, Violet doesn't realise that the serial killer is looking to add to his collection and that she may have caught his eye.

Review
Storyline - The theme is the same, there is a murderer on the lose and Violet is asked to help catch the killer, only this time the killer is after her. It was a good story but with these books I felt it was just being recycled.

Characters - Most of the characters in this book have appeared in the previous books with the exception of a few new people like Rafe & Gemma to name a few. They are both like Violet with special abilities. Rafe is quite likeable but has feelings for Violet which could threat Jay and Violets relationship. Gemma on the other hand isn't so likeable she is stuck up and gets on everyone's nerves.

Ending: The ending was a good one and left me in suspense over how it would end, it's not looking good for one character and will change their life forever and not in a good way. I can't wait for the till book.

Overall: When I read the first book a long time ago, I was very quickly hooked and then time quickly past by & I totally forgot about this series until I stumbled upon it again on Goodreads and am gutted it's taken me so long to continue with this series. 

My Rating: 5/5
Would I recommend?: Yes. YA's would very much enjoy them. Including people that enjoyed 'The Harper Connelly Series' by Charlaine Harris.

FTC: I purchased this book with my own money. My opinion is my own and 100% honest. Description is from Goodreads & Image is from Google.

Sunday, 23 February 2014

The Best Of Me - Nicholas Sparks Review

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Today I bring you a review from the talented Nicholas Sparks, he also features on my current Reading List.



The Best Of Me

Published: 2012
292 Pages


                                  

Description: The Best Of Me is the heart-rending story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they've taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined...and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made, and ask whether love can truly rewrite the past.

Review: As with every Nicholas Sparks book you find yourself drawn into the story, before you know it your bawling your eyes out. I really enjoyed this story. Of course it's another love story but a unique one all the same, it leaves you wishing you could experienced a love like that.

I felt connected with the two main characters, Nicholas sparks sure knows how to transport you into their world. It touches your heart and shows you what true love is like. Even though it does get sad and you end up screaming "NO" at the book, everything turns out like it should. And some how Nicholas captures all this in a mere 292 pages. Genius!

My rating: 5/5
Would I recommend?: Yes, there hasn't been a Nicholas Sparks novel I haven't liked.

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Are you a fan of Nicholas Sparks, if so let me know what your favourite book is.

Happy Reading

XOXO
Debbie

FTC: I purchased this book with my own money. All opinions are my own & 100% honest. Description is from Goodreads & Image is from Google.


Sunday, 9 February 2014

Sunday Books: Valentines Edition # 2

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With Valentines Day being next week, I here by bring you the last Valentines themed Sunday Books. Enjoy.


When You Walked Back Into My Life
Hilary Boyd

Published: 2013
424 Pages


Description: For eight years Flora's love affair with Fin was a whirlwind of fun and spontaneity - but when Flora wanted to settle down and have children, Fin vanished.

Life moved on and Flora's world filled with other people, other cares. There were benefits to being single - no socks under the bed, no mess in the bathroom - even if the memory of Fin could never be completely erased.

But then suddenly, shockingly, Fun reappears. He's a changed man, he says, and he wants her back. Is this a chance to put right the wrongs? Or a massive mistake?


Here's Looking At You
Published: 2013


Description: Anna Alessi - history expert, possessor of a lot of hair and an occasionally filthy mouth - seeks nice man for intelligent coversations and Mills and Boon moments.

Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn't be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves, life has turned out better than she dared dream. However, things weren't always this way, and her years spent as the 'Italian Galleon' of an East London comprehensive are ones she's rather forget.

So when James Fraser - the architect of Anna's final humiliation at school - walks back into her life, her world is turned upside down. But James seems a changed man. Polite. Mature. Funny, even. People can change, right? So why does Anna feel like she's a fool to trust him?

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I wish you all a happy Valentines Day even if you aren't doing anything special.

Till next time

XOXO
Debbie

FTC: All descriptions are from Goodreads & Images are from Google.

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Beautiful Disaster Series

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This book is on my current list and as I noticed there was more in the series I decided to read them, then do a post on them all so here it is :)

Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful Disaster #1)
Published: 2011
319 Pages


Description: Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn't drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in Tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants - and - needs - to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby's resistance to his appeal, Tracis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis's apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

Review: Oh. My. God. This book is awesome. Like seriously you need to stop what you are doing and read this book. 

The storyline is gripping and has you hooked before you even realised it and you're left wondering how it suddenly become 3'oclock in the morning (which totally happened to me) this book is in Abby's POV which I liked the idea of.

The characters are so well thought out including the relationships they have with one another. This book is more than a love story between two damaged people. The friendship between Abby & Meredith is one that everyone wants, they totally have each other's back. And don't get me started on Travis, apart from the whole loses his temper at the drop of a hat, I reckon he is every woman's dream man (including mine) and he is devoted to Abby and there is nothing he wouldn't do to keep her happy.

Walking Disaster (Beautiful Disaster #2)
Published: 2013
433 Pages



Description: This book is the same exact book as Beautiful Disaster but in Travis's POV.

Review: I loved that I could read the same story again but from a different point of view, that doesn't happen very often so it was refreshing to know everything from both characters that the story is about. 

Also reading this book you learn things that you didn't know about from Abby's POV including what happens after beautiful disaster finishes which I loved as it was sort of like closure rather then it being left on a cliff hanger as that's what beautiful disaster does and probably would never be able to sleep again if I didn't know what became of them too. A little dramatic perhaps but the truth none the less.

Beautiful Wedding (Beautiful Disaster #2.5)
Published: 2013
160 Pages




Description: You know that Abby Abernathy unexpectedly became Mrs. Maddox. But what do you really know?

Why did Abby pop the question?
What secrets were shared before the ceremony?
Where did they spend their wedding night?
Who else knew about it....and didn't tell?

Everything about Abby and Travis's elopement was top-secret....until now. Fans of Beautiful Disaster and Walkihg Disaster will get all of their questions answered in this whirlwind tale of the wedding day (and night) - and as with all good stories, this one will definitely have been worth the wait.

Review: If you've read the other two books then you will know that it ended with them being married and if you didn't know that then.....SURPRISE. So this story is pretty much the story of everything that happened with the wedding. 

I'm glad I got to read this book as I got to see how they got married, what they wore etc. It was a nice ending to a brilliant series. It isn't an essential read, you won't really miss anything should you decide to not read this. But you should because if you're as hooked as I was this will totally give you the fix you need!

Overall - if you can't tell already then I love these books, they are different from any other books I have read before, I couldn't even compare them to anything because they are just that unique. I guarantee that by the end of the first chapter you will be hooked. Give them a go because you won't be sorry. 

My Overall Rating?: 5/5
Would I recommend?: Yes a thousand times yes. It's a brilliant series and I'm so glad I gave them a go.

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Have you read this series before? If so let me know as I'd be interested to know what you thought.

Till next time

XOXO
Debbie

FTC: I brought all these books with my own money. All opinions are 100% honest and my own. Descriptions are from goodreads and images are from google.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

Sunday books #1: Valentines Edition

Hey guys,

Seeing how Valentines Day is coming up its only natural the next couple if Sunday books are love themed. Enjoy


The Unpredictable Consequences of Love
Published: 2014
352 Pages


Description: When Josh Strachan, newly returned to his home in North Cornwall from sunny California, first meets Sophie Wells, he's immediately smitten. Sophie's pretty, she's funny, she has lots of friends and she clearly loves her job as a photographer, despite the sometimes tricky clients. There's just one problem: Sophie has very firmly turned her back on love. It's nothing person, she tells Josh, but she just doesn't do dates. And no one - even Sophie's scatty best friend Tula - will tell him why. Josh is sure Sophie likes him, though, and he's just got to find out what's put her off romance. And then put things right...

Take Me Home
Published: 2013
256 Pages



Description: Inary Monteiths life is at a crossroads. After a stolen night with her close friend Alex, she's just broken his heart by telling him it was all a terrible mistake. Then she has to rush home from London to the Scottish Highlabdffs when her little sisters illness suddenly worsens - and in returning she must confront the painful memories she has been trying so hard to escape.

Back home, things become more complicated than she ever could have imagined. There's her sisters illness, her hostile brother, a smug ex she never wants to see again and her conflicted feelings about Alex in Lobdon and a handsome American she meets in Glen Avich. On top of that, she mysterious loses her voice but regains a strange gift from her childhood - a sixth sense that runs in her family. And when a voice from the past keeps repeating, 'Take me home', she discovers a mystery that she knows she must unlock to set herself free.

Love Out Of Season
Published: 2007
302 Pages

Description: Amy Miller has fallen in love with a married man. A famous married man. And they've been caught. With the tabloid press in pursuit. Amy's gone into hiding, holing up in the North Devon Riviera Hotel where she's sure no one will ever find her. Waiting for her lover to call, Amy begins to question their affair, wondering if it's really what she wanted, wondering even if there is a point to love...But as the hotel prepares for its Valentines ball and the tabloids circle ever close, Amy and the other guests are going to discover that love - whether it's young, old, shared or unrequited, a nights love of a lifetimes love - does indeed make the world go round.

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I hope you enjoyed these recommendations.

Happy Sunday

XOXO
Debbie

FTC: All descriptions are from Goodreads & all images are from google.

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Sunday Books #18

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Something different today. For today's post I'm gonna do my current reading list as I haven't done one in a while, you can check out my last reading list HERE! Let's begin.

Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful Disaster #1)
Published: 2011
319 Pages



Description: Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn't drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in Tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants - and - needs - to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby's resistance to his appeal, Tracis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis's apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.


The Last Echo (The Body Finder #3)
Published: 2012
358 Pages


Description: Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and boyfriend Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violets talent and invited her to use her gift to track down murderers. Now, as she works with an eclectic group of individuals - including mysterious and dangerously attractive Rafe - it's Violets job to help those who have been murdered by bringing their killers to justice.

When Violet discovers the body of a college girl killed by "the girlfriend collector" she is determind to solve the case. But now the serial killer is on the lookout for a new "relationship" and Violet may have caught his eye...

The Best Of Me
Published: 2011
292 Pages


Description: The Best Of Me is the heart-rending story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they've taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined...and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made, and ask whether love can truly rewrite the past.

The Butterfly Sister
Published: 2013
320 Pages


Description: Eight months after dropping out of Tarble, twenty-two-year-old Ruby Rousseau is still haunted by the memories of her senior year-a year marred by an affair with her English professor and a deep depression that not only caused her to question her own sanity but promoted a failed suicide attempt.

And then a mysterious suitcase arrives, bearing Ruby's name and address on the tag. When Ruby tries to return the luggage to its rightful owner, Beth Richards, her dorm mate at Tarble, she learns that Beth disappeared two days earlier, and the suitcase is the only tangible evidence to her whereabouts.

Consumed by the mystery of the missing girl and the contents of the luggage-a-tattered copy of Virginia Woolfs A Room of Ones Own, the book on which Ruby based her senior thesis, and which she believes instigated her madness-she sets out to uncover the truth, not only about Beth Richards's past but also her own.

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I hope you enjoyed this post. As normal I will post reviews when I've read them, so keep an eye out for those. 

What are you currently reading?

Happy reading

XOXO
Debbie

FTC: All descriptions are from Goodreads & images are from google.