Category Archives: Thrillers
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Addition: Paperback, borrowed from friend Genre: Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: A misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. But his new friends have a horrific secret. When blackmail and violence threaten to blow their [...]
Share on FacebookLook Back at 2011
I haven’t blogged or read as much this year because in September 2010 I started a full time job so I haven’t had as much time to read and spend on the blog. In 2010 I read 126 books and in 2009 I read 145. A list of my past reading can be found here. [...]
Share on FacebookRoom by Emma Donoghue
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Addition: Hardback library book Genre: Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he [...]
Share on FacebookInterview with Dr Laurence B. Brown
Dr Laurence B. Brown has released a book based around the Dead Sea Scrolls – a book that has been compared to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code for its excellency and get story-telling. Synopsis: Stirring the flames of age-old controversies, The Eighth Scroll by Laurence B. Brown draws on the three Abrahamic faiths of [...]
Share on FacebookThe Woods by Harlan Coben
Addition: Paperback Genre: Mystery and suspense Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For [...]
Share on FacebookTherapy by Sebastian Fitzek
Addition: Borrowed, paperback Genre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: No witnesses, no evidence, no body: Star psychologist Viktor Larenz’s twelve-year-old daughter, Josy, who had suffered from an inexplicable illness, has vanished under mysterious circumstances during a visit to her doctor, and the investigation into her disappearance has brought no results. Four years later, Viktor remains a [...]
Share on FacebookThe Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Addition: Review e-book Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over.That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that [...]
Share on FacebookThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Synopsis: High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. [...]
Share on FacebookIn My Mailbox (2)
This is a meme hosted by The Story Siren. So here is what entered my home this week: From The Library Kate Harrison: Old School Ties – chick-lit Alison Weir: Innocent Traitor – historical fiction Cora Harrison – Michaelmas Tribute – historical crime Tracy Chevalier: Remarkable Creatures – historical fiction Lynsay Sands: Bites – vampire [...]
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