Another month done and dusted, is it just me or is time flying this year? As we approach our winter and the colder weather starts to set in I have an even better excuse than normal to snuggle up with a good book. May has been a busy reading month and June promises to be even busier. There are so many good books being released I am battling to hold myself back.
Here is a wrap up of the books I was snuggled up to this month.
The Crazy Season by Jim Ody
The Crazy Season is a mystery with a difference. The book focuses on the need for the truth, it looks at lonely people and the lengths they would go to in their search for attention and a few minutes of fame. How easy modern technology has made that, while old fashioned superstition and folklore still manage to play a part in the modern world.
Wicker Village Nightmare in Aston by Michael J Moore
Although this book is not really my ideal genre I was pleasantly surprised with this book.
The book follows Juanito an eleven-year-old boy. He moves with his parents and younger sister to Wicker Village, a trailer park from Seattle. He soon starts experiencing some supernatural things like a swarm of bees and a weird man in his phone. He soon starts making friends and the same things seem to happen to them.
Don’t Ask by Paul Carroll
Don’t Ask allows you to escape into the glittery, glam world of sex, drugs and rock n roll during the 70s as you explore the bad choices of youth and the long-term consequences those choices have. Filled with music quotes, you are reminded of a different time and enjoying resurfacing memories of your own while almost hearing the music that caused them
The Lost Girls by Heather Young
Family, love and loyalty run deeps throughout this book. How much are we affected by our upbringing and our parents? How do our childhood experiences affect the path our adult lives follow? These are questions you will ask yourself once you have read this book. The Lost Girls is a heart-warming story that will bring a tear to your eye. By the end of the book, I was reminded how much I can be thankful for.
The Robert B Parker Showcase
Mystery, Crime and Thriller enthusiasts who haven’t spent some time with Robert B Parker’s characters are missing out. I enjoyed the time I spent reading these books. They are light, easy reading guaranteed to provide an escape and keep you entertained.
Hit and Run by Maria Frankland
Hit and Run is a brilliantly crafted work of fiction that looks at just how well you know the people closest to you and what the consequences could be if those people are not who you thought they were. The book touches on alcohol abuse and the need for strong family ties.
Shooting Season by David J. Gatward
I have unfortunately not read any of the other books in the Harry Grimm series, but this did not stop me from enjoying this one. The author takes his time describing scenery that leaves you wishing you could travel to this beautiful part of the world. I loved the views he described and found myself closing my eye imagining every detail.
The Perfect Stepmother by Karin King
The Perfect Stepmother looks at how we are defined by our past, how choices made in youth can haunt you for the rest of your life, define who you are and how you end up living your life. This story was not what I initially expected. It holds the promise of an exciting thriller, but it is also a moving, serious story that leaves you with a tear or two.
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Nearest Thing to Crazy by Elizabeth Forbes
I have so much to say about this book, but I do not want to spoil it with any spoilers. This is one of those stories that you will want to discuss, so I suggest you get a couple of friends to read this with you. Believe me, this one will need to be discussed once you are done. I cannot wait to sit down and have a heart to heart with a girlfriend about this book.
Comatose by Jane Badrock
Comatose, is a crime mystery that is full of twists and turns. Be sure to have time when you start this book, there are a lot of characters and so many twists and turns you will have to stay focused if you want to keep up.
Prodigal by Michael Waterhouse
You turn on the TV and you see news stories about soldiers that have disappeared, soldiers who are believed to have been taken hostage. These stories move you and leave you with anger, or sadness for the soldier – but how often do you think what this news does to the soldier’s family. Prodigal does just that – the author transports you into the lives of a family who has just heard their son has been taken hostage in Afghanistan and allows you to feel their anxiety and desperate need for news, leaving you waiting anxiously for the phone to ring with news as if you are a member of the family. This book tells a moving tale, that will keep you turning the pages as you wait for news about Stephen.
Legal Crime by Samiksha Bhattacharjee
Legal crime, a book about Fiona, a girl who runs away and tries her best to survive in the real world.
This book is told from various point of views. I liked this, you got to see what everyone was feeling and what they were all going through. I liked that I could sympathise with most of the characters. Except for Benjamin, he is just a terrible person.
When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham
I have been focusing on blog tours this year, so I have had little time to reach for books by any of my favourite authors this year so far. When I saw this title on NetGalley I could not resist. I am a huge Michael Robotham fan and always enjoy his work. When You Are Mine did not disappoint.
The author has a knack for creating very realistic damaged women. In When You Are Mine he looks at domestic abuse, and a woman with psychological problems that make her obsessive.
Vanished by James Delargy
This book provides an exciting reading experience that leaves the reader transported to the Great Victoria Desert. The story draws you into the lives of the Kane family, their struggles in an abandoned town and their lack of trust in one another.
Echoes of Home by M.L. Rayner
Looking at past injustices and the cruelty man can inflict on each other this book explores how history can haunt the present day. Echoes of Home is an old-fashioned ghost story that will leave the hairs on the back of your neck standing on ends.
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01 June – Crooked Shadow by Andy Maslen
03 June – Her Sister’s Baby by Emma Bennet
05 June – Glass Coffin by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
07 June – Everything Happens for a Reason by Katie Allen
10 June – The Reckoning by Marisa Noelle
12 June – Fragile by Sarah Hilary
14 June – The Shadow Man (awaiting more details)
16 June – Falling by TJ Newman
17 June – The Memories We Bury by HA Leuschel
22 June – The Momentous Expiration of Tremmy Sinclair by Michael F Stewart
23 June – This is How We Are Human by Louise Beech
24 June – Preacher Boy by Gwyn GB
25 June – The Cuts That Cure bu Arthhur Herbert
28 June – Guilty by Sadie Ryan
I think fifteen reviews in a month is my record so far. Most of the time I look at my monthly wrap up and I have no idea where I found the time to read all these books. I do enjoy escaping into a good book and obviously, I am doing a lot more of it lately.
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