Thursday, February 4, 2021
Six Weeks To Live - Book Review
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The Push by Ashley Audrain - A Book Review
I love to read historical novels and spy thrillers, murder mysteries and some autobiographies if the person is someone I admire. In 2020, I made myself a promise that I would expand my reading genres.
So far I think I have accomplished that task and will continue to expand into other genres just for my own interests.
The Push by Ashley Audrain was a book that I really wasn't sure I would like. It was made available to me through #Netgalley, as a pre-published book. The only requirement to being able to access this book, was that I provide a review when I was finished reading it.
Personally, I'm a very sensitive person, and I don't like things that upset my sense of balance. Psychological Thrillers are among the types of books that tend to really upset my life, but I was willing to give this one a try. Suffice it to say that it turned me upside down and inside out, yet I could not put the book down.
My husband would chuckle when I would be getting ready to sleep for the night and be repeating the mantra "It's only a Story!" , over and over again.
This book is a must read for those who like this genre of deeply disturbing mentally challenging type of books. It is haunting but at the same time very understandable and possible. This book has been read and acclaimed by many authors and found it's way to the New York Times Best New Books List. It already has over 1500 reviews and is highly recommended by many different authors.
Author Claudia Dey puts her thoughts on this book as follows:
“A meteoric debut. Ashley Audrain’s The Push is a force of nature, an unforgettable arrival that will linger in your heart—shimmer, darken and then haunt you. Every sentence is just so achingly alive. Audrain descends with near pointillistic precision into the gore of motherhood and love. Perhaps if Stephen King had experienced motherhood—the singular exaltation and morbid terror of that state—he might have been able to dream up this book. Wise, monstrous, and tender, The Push operates at a different frequency. It seemed to pulse in my hands. I could not put it down. I could not look away.”
—Claudia Dey, author of Heartbreaker and Stunt
That is the draw of this book, even if you don't like mentally jarring books, you cannot put this one down.
This book has just been published and it is #6 on Amazon Best Sellers this week. It is a book that book clubs and mothers will be talking about for a long time.
All of the thoughts on motherhood, marriage, child raising and everything we think we know is in question. Haunting is a great adjective for this book.
I haven't really told you any of the story and I don't think I will. It is one of those books that you just have to get a copy of and read it for yourself. Trust me, you won't be able to put it down.
Should you decide to get this book, I'd love to know how you reacted and what you thought.
**I am a member of NetGalley and as such have access to many books that have not yet been published. These books are given to members electronically, and the only requirement from members is an honest review!
Friday, January 29, 2021
Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook Review
The "Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook" is an absolute must for anyone seeking recipes for their Instant Pot.
A few years ago, my parents gave me an Instant Pot. I really wanted the Instant Pot and was most grateful for the gift. However, it has taken time for me to find and perfect recipes cooked in the Instant Pot. There is a talent for cooking in the Instant Pot that must be developed through experience. Or, I guess some just cook by faith. Unlike the stove top or oven, you can't see what is happening. Therefore, you are cooking "blind" and trusting the pot to get it right for you.
I love to cook, but I don't like wasting my time and food on a recipe that my family cannot eat. When testing a new recipe, I am careful to choose the timing. I want to make sure there are dinner alternatives available for us should the recipe end in disaster.
I also love cookbooks! Some might even say I enjoy collecting cookbooks. Let's face it, not all recipes in any cookbook are wonderfully perfect for every family. If I see a few recipes in a cookbook that I want to try, I'll buy it. Therefore, I do have a very nice collection of cookbooks.
One of my most recent cookbook acquisitions was another gift from my parents. They gave me two new cookbooks for Christmas this year. One of them was the "Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook". My son also gave me two new cookbooks. Christmas night I was sitting on the couch with my mom pouring over my new cookbooks and getting really excited about testing new recipes. I have tiny post-its poking out in all of them that mark recipes I want to try, but I started with a recipe from my Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook .
Recipes in the Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook
Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook:
Over 100 Recipes Made Easy in the Instant PotCheck PriceThe first meal I cooked was a Cranberry-Mustard Pork Loin. It was delicious! We will be having that meal again. It took less than an hour to prepare and cook the pork loin. The sauce was quite unique and one I would expect a professional chef to devise.
The second recipe I tried was a little more risky in my opinion. I've never been keen on mushrooms and the recipe for the Beef Tips called for Portobello mushrooms. After reading the ingredients and instructions several times, I decided to try it. After all, I could shove all of mushrooms onto my husband's plate since they are cut into slices. It just sounded too delicious to pass up. The Beef Tip recipe is the best new recipe I have cooked in decades!
The savory beef tips are served over, or alongside, mashed potatoes with the thickened sauce they cooked in. This meal is so easy to prepare, and again, in an hour.
Both of these meals taste like you spent hours cooking and years to perfect. They were both fabulous on the first try. No wasted time or food. And no need for multiple tests and trials before I got them right. They were excellent prepared exactly the way the cookbook recipe instructed.
The only concern or challenge I have had with this cookbook is choosing what to cook next!
Beef Tips Instant Pot RecipeCreamy & Delicious Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Using the Taste of Home Instant Pot Cookbook
The inside cover of this cookbook has "flaps" that can be used as bookmarks. I find them extremely helpful, especially when cooking a specific recipe and referring back to the page for more directions.
This cookbook, like all of the Instant Pot cookbooks I have, uses generic terms like "select manual setting". I don't have a manual on my Instant Pot, but I have learned that means "PressureCook" on my cooker's settings. I can only assume this varies by brand, model, or age of manufacturing.
I recommend reading through the recipe completely before you begin cooking so you know what to expect.
I also recommend pre-measuring ingredients and setting them around your pot. It would be easy to overlook an ingredient in a recipe, but if you have it already sitting out, you will notice it before you close and lock your lid. Keep in mind, Instant Pot cooking is not like simmering a pot of stew all day. You can't add a forgotten ingredient an hour into cooking and it not matter.
For additional Instant Pot tips, click here
and read the section entitled "Instant Pot Use Tips".
For the Beef Tips Recipe and Preparation Tips mentioned above, click here.
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Review of Folly-A Folly Beach Mystery Book
My Photo of the Morris Island Lighthouse |
I just read a book that has all the elements that I find fascinating. First let me tell you I am a photographer whose favorite subject is lighthouses. I also enjoy mysteries. This book has all of those things along with a cast of quirky characters that make the book a real page turner.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Jeffrey Siger's The Mykonos Mob (Island of Secrets) Reviewed
My accidental introduction to Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis via Jeffrey Siger’s tenth book, The Mykonos Mob, came about because of the pandemic. Limiting trips to public places means that my husband has become the designated library picker upper. Most of our library books are requested in advance online and then picked up when they are available but on this particular day I felt like reading something different and my husband left home with instructions to find me something different to read. Maybe something that was recent. Maybe a mystery or a thriller.
He came home with a number of options including this one, The Mykonos Mob, which follows Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis who leaves Athens for the Greek island of Mykonos. To those not very familiar with Greece, like myself, Mykonos is a Greek island with a thriving tourist industry and a reputation. That is, a reputation for a busy beach scene and lots of nightlife. It is considered an international playground and may not necessarily be the kind of vacation I would be looking for but is interesting as a destination nevertheless.
In this book, Kaldis works to solve the murder of a corrupt former police officer who now runs a protection racket on Mykonos. We meet the main players who include Kaldis, his Special Crimes unit, his wife and an interesting American woman who has transplanted herself to Mykonos and who plays piano in a bar at night and solves local crimes during the day.
As an armchair traveler, I don’t think any of my ‘trips’ have included Greece. This book offered a look at the seedy underbelly of the island but also at some Greek culture. It is not a travel guide nor a travel book per se and some parts of the life reflected in this book might have you thinking you do not want to visit Mykonos but it was interesting to learn about some of the issues of life in Greece and in particular on Mykonos. The author, Jeffrey Siger, left a career as a Wall Street lawyer in New York to live on the Aegean Greek island that is Mykonos and to write books like this one. It is intentional that they share a fast moving story and some real life Greece.
RECOMMENDED?
I enjoyed The Mykonos Mob and yes, I do recommend it. I enjoyed the look into life in Greece, a place that I would like to visit one day, and I liked the main characters. I will be reading the rest of this series. I think this book would suit any man or woman who enjoys a good murder mystery as well as someone with an interest in life in modern-day Greece.
BOOK LIST
Here’s the order you should read the books. Note that this book, The Mykonos Mob, is number ten in the series. Starting with number ten is not my usual style and I doubt it is yours. Another important note is that the book name was changed to Island of Secrets when it was released in paperback.
Murder in Mykonos
Assassins of Athens
Prey on Patmos
Target
Mykonos After Midnight
Sons of Sparta
Devil of Delphi
Santorini Caesars
An Aegean April
The Mykonos Mob (Island of Secrets in paperback)
A Deadly Twist
Find your Jeffrey Siger book on Amazon in hardcover, paperback or Kindle by clicking right here.
Do you like a good murder mystery? Have you read any good fiction books set Greece that you would recommend, mystery or otherwise?
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Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
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Buy The Mykonos Mob (or any of Jeffrey Siger’s books) here on Amazon.
Jeffrey Archer’s False Impressions Reviewed.
The Coffee House Mysteries reviewed.
Death Takes A Spin: An Upcycling Mystery reviewed.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner – A Book Review
Lisa Gardner has two popular series in her list of suspense novels, the FBI Profiler Series and the Detective D.D. Warren Series. Right Behind You is the seventh (and latest) book in the Pierce Quincy/Rainie Conner FBI Profiler series
After writing the first six books in her FBI series between 1998 and 2008, Gardner went on to write 11 books in the D.D. Warren series, along with six non-series books. Now she finally returns with another Quincy and Rainie story at the insistence of her long-time fans. THIS fan is delighted, as these characters are my favorite of all her books.
Introduction
Pierce Quincy is now a retired FBI profiler and Lorraine (Rainie) Conner is a retired police detective. They are married and also partners in a Cold Case or weird murders consulting business, helping small local police departments who lack the personnel and equipment to handle a major violent crime. In Right Behind You they have also been foster parents for the past three years to Sharlah, a 13-year-old orphan girl they are soon to adopt. Suddenly they are involved in a case that hits far too close to home.
Synosis
Available on Amazon |
Now 17, Telly is suddenly being blamed for the recent murders. A massive hunt for Telly is launched and Quincy and Rainie must answer two critical questions: Why after eight years has this young man started killing again? And what does this mean for Sharlah?
Sharlah has her own questions. Is her brother who once saved her life a hero or a killer? And how much will it cost her new family before they learn the final shattering truth.
Summary
Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner, published in 2017, is available in hardback, in paperback, as an audio book and on Kindle.
*Editor's Pick in Best Mystery, Thriller and Suspense.
*Interesting Note: Titles cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Therefore, two or more books can have the same title.
Another book by the same title of Right Behind You is by Rachel Abbot and is reviewed here on ReviewThisReviews by Louanne Cox (Lou16).
Quick Links:
- Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner reviewed by Wednesday Elf
- Right Behind You by Rachel Abbot reviewed by Lou16
- Catch Me (A DD Warren novel) by Lisa Gardner reviewed by Wednesday Elf
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Her Silent Knight (Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair Book 1) Reviewed
Did you know that it is recorded that the Thames River has frozen over 24 times? Seven of those times, the ice was solid enough that they held a Frost Fair in London.
The celebrated Frost Fair of 1683-84 featured multiple activities including horse races, football, bowling, ice skating, sledding and more. Vendor booths were set up to sell souvenirs, food and refreshments. Londoner's clearly knew how to quickly make a rare occurrence into a fun festival for all.
In 1814 (the last Frost Fair), an elephant was led across the ice. Reminiscent of previous frost fairs, there was dancing, ice skating and of course, vendors. It lasted only 4 days before the ice broke up and several people drowned.
The very real historical Frost Fair of 1814 is the setting of the entire "Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair" series. This series provides a wonderful look back into history, as well as some really awesome romantic stories.
First in the series is "Her Silent Knight". It was such a captivating book, that I read it in one night. Yes, it was nearly 4 am before I went to sleep, but it was worth it! I thoroughly enjoyed the sweet story.
Her Silent Knight Synopsis
Her Silent Knight: A Christmas Regency Romance (Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair Book 1)Check PriceSelina Ellis becomes secretly engaged to Noah Skinner, a solicitor who is below her social status. Mr. Skinner would never be considered an acceptable suitor for Selina, especially by her own mother. But, Selina doesn't care! She believes she is in love with Mr. Skinner and when he proposes marriage at the Frost Fair, Selina agrees to marry him, even if it means they would be required to elope.
The couples embrace is witnessed by a childhood friend that Selina hasn't seen in years. When Sir Edmund Sharp recognizes the two people hugging each other, he knows he must find a way to save Selina from the man with a scandalous reputation. She is young, naive, and clearly unaware of Mr. Skinner's "manipulations". What Sir Edmund cannot immediately figure out is why Mr. Skinner would pursue a lady with no inheritance. Upon her father's death, their home and money was entailed to a distant relative since Mr. Ellis has no sons. That left Selina and her mother living on a meager stipend.
Sir Edmund agrees to keep Selina's secret if she will make sure he is invited to spend the Christmastide (the 12 days of Christmas) in her home. The request makes sense because his grandmother recently died and he has no other family in London. Selina's mother had always adored Edmund, plus she saw him as the perfect suitor for Selina. Therefore, securing an invitation for Christmastide was not difficult at all.
Now, Sir Edmund only has to figure out how to separate Selina from Mr. Skinner. That won't be as easy as Sir Edmund had originally thought since Mr. Skinner has possession of Edmund's grandmothers will. Skinner is willing to do whatever is necessary to keep Sir Edmund from interfering in his relationship with Selina.
"Her Silent Knight" is a sweet story of love, chivalry, and childhood loyalties embedded in an enchanting historical fiction, set in the fantastic short-lived Frost Fair on the Thames River in London. It is the first book in the Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair series shown below.
All but one of these authors are new to me. I love that when it happens in a co-op series!
Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair (5 Book Series)Check Price
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Heart of a Runaway Girl - A Book Review
Heart of a Runaway Girl is a novel that keeps you turning pages!
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Devoted by Dean Koontz – A Book Review
Long-time fans of Dean Koontz know he is a dog-lover and, in particular, of Golden Retrievers. He has written 3 books from the point of view of Trixie, the first Golden that he and wife, Gerda, owned, plus a memoir about Trixie after her death. Today they live with their Golden Retriever Elsa and the enduring spirits of Goldens Anna and Trixie.
All of us Koontz fans have read Watchers, which featured a very smart Golden Retriever. All together, Dean Koontz has written four novels where one of the main characters is a dog. Now, with Devoted, he again features a very special Golden Retriever around whom the story revolves.
Cast of Characters:
Woody Bookman – an 11-year-old boy who has never spoken a word. Woody has been diagnosed with a rare form of autism, although he is also a high-functioning autodidact with a high IQ. He taught himself to read at age 4 and was reading at the college level by age 7. He is also an accomplished computer hacker.
Megan Bookman – Woody's mother, who loves him with all her heart. Widowed at age 30, she is an artist whose paintings are quickly gaining a following. She doesn't really care whether critical acclaim waxes or wans; she's just grateful to have discovered that there was life after life after her first life ended with the death of her husband, Jason. Now her art and her child are enough for her. Keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters.
Kipp – a uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his breed. Kipp is devoted beyond reason to people. When he hears the boy who communicates like he does, without speaking, Kipp knows he needs to find him before it's too late.
Lee Shacker – The villain protagonist.
The Plot
A Mother, A Boy, and a Dog Against the Night
Woody believes his father's death was not an accident. He believes a tremendous evil was behind it and now threatens him and his mother. As Woody gathers information through his computer skills and his suspicions take shape, an evil man sets a depraved plan into motion. And he's coming after Woody and his mother. Only a force greater than evil can stop what is coming next.
One boy with the power to save the world. One man with the will to destroy it. ~Google Books
Other Dean Koontz Books Featuring Dogs
Watchers, Fear Nothing, and its sequel Seize the Night, and The Darkest Evening of the Year.
Summary
Devoted by Dean Koontz |
Devoted was published in March, 2020. If you love mysteries or thrillers with dogs and children and great writing, you will love this book. I found it fascinating and impossible to put down.
Dean Koontz writing has the ability to show the extremes of good and evil, and the overwhelming power of love.
Book Facts:
Originally published: March 31, 2020
Author: Dean Koontz
Genres: Suspense, Thriller, Horror fiction
*Available in hardcover, paperback, audio book and on Kindle Unlimited on Amazon.
Book Review of Devoted written by (c) Wednesday Elf.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Book Review of What It's Like to Be a Bird
Robin in my Backyard |
Are you ever curious about the habits of birds? Did you realize that a bird's senses of vision, hearing, touch and smell many times surpass the same senses in humans? Did you know that if you "ate like a bird" you might eat more than twenty-five pizzas each day? These are just a few of the many things you'll learn about birds in the book What It's Like to Be a Bird.
First Section: Introduction
Female Downy Woodpecker |
- The introduction section of the book is 32 pages full of information on birds in general. This section talks about the feathers on birds, the senses of birds and how they relate to human senses. There are sections on
- Food
- Survival
- Social Behavior
- Movement
- Physiology
- Migration
- There are 11 thousand species of birds today and 800 are regularly found in North America.
- Birds visual ability varies greatly between species. Owls have great night vision and Eagles see five times more details than humans and 16 times the colors.
- Some birds spend their entire winter in the air, even sleeping while they fly.
Second Section: Main Body of Book
One good example is the section on Finches. The first page shows a beautiful illustration of a male and female House Finch building a nest. The information says that these finches are aptly named because they have adapted to living around houses and often make their nests on items around the houses such as hanging plants and window ledges. On the page with Goldfinches we are told that they travel in flocks almost all year and it is believed that some birds stay together in small groups for months or even years.
Third Section: Listing of Birds in this Book
Here is some of the information included on the Northern Cardinal. It tells that the bird is named for its bright red color which is like the cardinals in the Roman Catholic church. The paragraph goes on to say that the Northern Cardinal is one of the most widely recognized birds in North America. It adds a couple of interesting facts such as that it is common for male cardinals to feed the adult females. In this way they are signaling their ability to find food.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Jeffrey Archer's False Impression Book Review
Anyway, it turns out that the difficult year of 2020 has had a very real impact on my reading choices. I seem to want well-crafted page turners, which give me a break from the simple, everyday routine of a life that is home bound. I work online, run essential errands, take plenty of walks and, like so many that are privileged to be able to stay home to stay safe, I do not do much else or see family or friends. A book to escape with has proven essential and Jeffrey Archer has fit the bill.
I spent a large part of the spring and summer with his mammoth seven book series the Clifton Chronicles so this is the eighth Archer book I have read this year. When recently I could not settle in with any of my own book choices, my husband magically produced Jeffrey Archer's False Impression. I expect my husband was remembering how much I enjoyed the previous Archer books and that he picked this one because it includes a good look into the art world, which I do enjoy learning about.
THE STORY
The story? Well, start with a woman murdered in England the night before 9/11. Add in a brilliant art expert currently working for a crooked banker who is obsessed with owning various masterpieces at any price with his current choice being Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. Finally, add the banker's unlikely secretary, an honors graduate, and a handsome FBI agent.
The trip follows these characters around numerous bends that takes us on a trip that includes the cities of New York, London, Bucharest and Tokyo until the Van Gogh painting finally has a new owner.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
I could not put False Impression down. I read it for hours in the middle of night. I read it when I woke up in the morning. I gave my husband a good laugh when hours later I was still reading. Not surprising really given how much I enjoyed the previous Archer books but definitely surprising given that I am usually up bright and early every morning preparing eBay parcels and working online
Yes, this book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by me. It does a good job of sharing a bit about the twin towers, art history, English aristocracy and it includes a nasty villain, a female assassin and the FBI. The story keeps you wanting to know what happens next and it does so until the end of the book. I particularly enjoyed the armchair travel, the art and art history and the occasional humor, which mainly arose between the two main characters.
MORE REVIEWS
Well, this is when normally I say "but don't take my word for it" and give you a few stellar quotes from other online reviews but it turns out that this book received mixed reviews from the professionals so I cannot do that. However, Artis-Ann of The Yorkshire Times did like the book saying "she realizes and admits that you can enjoy the most erudite (knowledge filled) compositions alongside a jolly good yarn which doesn’t require very much concentration. After all, each to his own and the world would be a poorer place if we all liked the same thing." She also said that "she enjoys the temporary escapism that books offer and their variety and that this is another example." I think she summed it up nicely.
Amazon readers liked False Impression with 88 percent of them giving the book a 4 or 5 star rating and Goodreads readers gave it a score of 3.81.
If you're looking for an easy to read in the form of an entertaining book with art, art history and travel, you should add False Impression to your list. You can see all of the versions available on Amazon by clicking right here.
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at the book store!
Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
Quick Links:
Buy False Impression on Amazon.
Saturday, January 9, 2021
How Did I Become a Bookworm?
I haven't written many book reviews when you consider how many books I've read in my life. The reason why is because I don't want to inadvertently ruin the book for someone by mentioning a twist or alluding to something I saw in the book that they interpreted differently until much later.
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Hi, my names Louanne and I'm a bookworm, I've been a bookworm for as long as I can remember certainly before I started school. My parents always read to us before going to bed (until we wanted to read by ourselves) and my mum told me a few years ago about dad trying to skip a few pages and make up the story in order to get me asleep quicker and I would get quite pretentious in telling him - that's not what it says and making him start again!
My daughter went into daycare from about 14 months old and I was told by the staff what a large vocabulary she had. Like my parents before me, I had always read to her because, in my opinion, teaching a child to read a book is like ensuring they will always be able to choose their own adventures.
There are books on every topic and if your child loves space they only have to find a quiet space and the right book and they can transport themselves onto a new planet or a spaceship and have an absolute ball. If they want to become dragon slayers, fairies, or pirates - there are books available for all of them.
I have always read a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction and I credit this habit of reading for allowing me the ability to think outside of the box and also for doing well at trivia quizzes!
When I was younger I used to read at least one book a day and I collected Bookworm Certificates at school so often the teacher couldn't believe how much I read, she actually told my parents, "Louanne doesn't read books, she inhales them." I've always remembered that because I was going to put it on my author bio when I published all of my literary works. Well writing a book hasn't happened (I'd much rather read!), but a couple of my friends (and reviewers on this site) have done so.
Beverley Owens has written some great cozy mysteries, check out her Amazon page here.
Barbara Tremblay Cipak - has written riddle books which are so much fun (although sometimes frustrating!), check out her Amazon page here.
What Kind of Bookworm Are You?
Throughout my life people have always asked me one of two questions - who's your favorite author? or what genre of books do you like to read?
I really can't pick a favorite author, there are just so many. When I was younger I remember loving
Enid Blyton books |
I also found a fondness for Agatha Christie as a teen as she was one of my nan's favourite authors, my nan also introduced me to these cheap little paperback mystery books (the name of the series escapes me now) that were written to be consumed quickly and by a range of different authors. They were written in much the same style as cozy mysteries which I think is probably why I love settling down with them.
I also discovered Ruth Rendall as a teen and after reading A Murder of Crows was thoroughly hooked. At the same time as I was reading these, my best friend was delving into the books of Jean Plaidy. Of course, I had to see what she was reading and so I started 'inhaling' historical fiction as well.
What' genre of books do I like to read is also too hard to answer as I'm sure you can tell from the above paragraph!
When I had finished all the Ruth Rendall & Jean Plaidy books in our local library I decided to pivot and started to read biographies. I just grabbed the biographies without worrying who they were about - some people I had never heard of before! I read every biography in the library, some were boring but the majority were so interesting and now and then they'll be a trivia question and I'll say the answer without thinking and I have no idea how I knew it. Reading - it's great for building knowledge!
When I was 18 &19 I lived with my Gran for nine months and her favorite author was Catherine Cookson so I found myself devouring all of those. She also enjoyed Danielle Steele.
After that, I tended to alternate between whodunnits and family sagas. I had moved to a smaller town when I was 19 so I would start reading an author and then read every book the library had by that author before trying a new one. It was a great way of getting to know new authors, it was where I first came across Penny Vincenzi and I would put her new book title on my Christmas list for several years afterward.
I have the Kindle Paperwhite |
I am now in my 50s and finally have a kindle which doesn't stop me from reading actual books, by the
way, it just seems to mean I read even more! I have started to add personal development books into the mix.
Let's have a look at a few of the books I have reviewed here on Review This, let me know which one's you've read as I wouldn't dream of asking you for a favorite author or genre!
Reviewing Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane by Lou16
Reviewing Right Behine You by Rachel Abbott by Lou16
Reviewing The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson by Lou16
Reviewing The Forgotten Village by Lorna Cook by Lou16
Her Fearful Symmetry - A Book Review by Lou16
The Coffeehouse Mysteries - A Series Review by Lou16
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