SynopsisAn insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them.For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free—free to track down and destroy the man who had put him …
Review: Foe by Iain Reid @reid_iain @ScribnerUK
Synopsis: We don’t get visitors. Not out here. We never have. Junior and Hen are a quiet married couple. They live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with surprising news: Junior has been randomly …
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Review: Guess Who by Chris McGeorge
Synopsis: The rules are simple. But the game is not. At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as …
Review: The Collector by John Fowles
Synopsis: Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Review: I first heard about this book back when …
2019 Reading Stats, 2020 Reading Goals & Life and Blog Update
Here is a recap of my reading in 2019, plus a look at my 2020 reading goals! Also included is a little update about me and some changes to my blog...
Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair …
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July 2019 wrap-up
Books I've read this month July has been an absolutely awful month for reading! Books read: 1 Pages read: 204 Audiobook: 0 Female authors: 0 Male authors: 1 ⭐⭐⭐ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ~ Favourite book of the month Well, considering I only read one book... ~ Books bought or received …
Review: Break Her by B. G. Harlen
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: "The moment she woke up, her nightmare began..." What would you do if you awakened to find a dangerous stranger in your house? In your bed, next to you? Now your home has become your prison, and your body, a battlefield. How would you hold onto your sanity, your self-esteem, your very soul …
Goodreads TBR Declutter
I'm back with another TBR Declutter post! I really enjoyed doing this last time and it was fun to see my Goodreads shelf drop by so many books. Very satisfying! If I already own them, I'm going to add them to a new shelf called 'own' and if I don't own them, I'll add them to …
June 2019 wrap-up
Books I've read this monthComing off the high of 6 books last month, I only managed 3 for June! Books read: 3 Pages read: 739 Audiobook: 0 Female authors: 1 Male authors: 2 ⭐⭐ Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza ⭐⭐⭐ The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Break Her by B. G. Harlen …
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