kt �'s bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 26 May 2025 10:26:43 -0700 60 kt �'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Underground by S. L. Grey (2015-07-16)]]> 168525668
But when the door locks and someone dies, they realize the greatest threat to their survival may not be above ground - it may already be inside . . .]]> 0 S.L. Grey kt � 0 currently-reading 3.59 2015 Underground by S. L. Grey (2015-07-16)
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]]> The Silent Patient 40097951
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]> 336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 kt � 0 currently-reading 4.17 2019 The Silent Patient
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]]> The Gathering 186872450 A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caughtÌýup in the dark secrets andÌýsuperstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man

Deadhart, Alaska. 873. Living.

In a small Alaska town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven’t seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know who’s responsible: a member of the Colony, an ostracized community of vampyrs living in an old mine settlement deep in the woods.

Detective Barbara Atkins, a specialist in vampyr killings, is called in to officially determine if this is a Colony killing—and authorize a cull. Old suspicions die hard in a town like Deadhart, but Barbara isn’t so sure. Determined to find the truth, she enlists the help of a former Deadhart sheriff, Jenson Tucker, whose investigation into the previous murder almost cost him his life. Since then, Tucker has become a recluse. But he knows the Colony better than almost anyone.

As the pair delve into the town’s history, they uncover secrets darker than they could have imagined. And then another body is found. While the snow thickens and the nights grow longer, a killer stalks Deadhart, and two disparate communities circle each other for blood. Time is running out for Atkins and Tucker to find the truth: Are they hunting a bloodthirsty monster . . . or a twisted psychopath? And which is more dangerous?]]> 336 C.J. Tudor 0593356594 kt � 2
Upon reading the blurb I thought this was be a really interesting, creepy read.

Unfortunately it was not.

Having read one of the author’s other books I thought this would have a good plot twist near the end of the book which to be fair it kind of did, but at the same time I feel like I saw the twist coming.

There were WAY TOO MANY characters in this book and the constant change between multiple POVs made it very difficult to follow what was going on in each character’s story. Multiple POV stories aren’t really something I’m a fan of for that exact reason.

None of the characters were really fleshed out either, I felt nothing for any of them. I lost count of the amount of times our protagonist ‘sighed� too.

Don’t get me wrong this book wasn’t a total flop in my eyes; there were some good parts. Unfortunately though that seemed to come at the end. The book was over 400 pages long and for a good portion of that (300+) it felt like nothing was really happening.]]> 3.85 2024 The Gathering
author: C.J. Tudor
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average rating: 3.85
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rating: 2
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Okay so this book took me exactly 3 MONTHS to finish.

Upon reading the blurb I thought this was be a really interesting, creepy read.

Unfortunately it was not.

Having read one of the author’s other books I thought this would have a good plot twist near the end of the book which to be fair it kind of did, but at the same time I feel like I saw the twist coming.

There were WAY TOO MANY characters in this book and the constant change between multiple POVs made it very difficult to follow what was going on in each character’s story. Multiple POV stories aren’t really something I’m a fan of for that exact reason.

None of the characters were really fleshed out either, I felt nothing for any of them. I lost count of the amount of times our protagonist ‘sighed� too.

Don’t get me wrong this book wasn’t a total flop in my eyes; there were some good parts. Unfortunately though that seemed to come at the end. The book was over 400 pages long and for a good portion of that (300+) it felt like nothing was really happening.
]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of the Governor: Part One (The Walking Dead: Novels, #3)]]> 17286685 The third book in Robert Kirkman's New York Times bestselling series: The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor � Part One!

The Walking Dead original novel series, set in the universe of Robert Kirkman's iconic comic book, continues with The Fall of the Governor � Part One. From co-authors Kirkman, creator of the Eisner Award-winning comic as well as executive producer of AMC's blockbuster TV series, and Jay Bonansinga, Stoker Award-finalist and internationally acclaimed author, comes the gripping third novel in this richly woven, page-turning literary saga, which began with The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.

In Rise of the Governor, uber-villain Philip Blake journeyed from his humble beginnings directly into the dark heart of the zombie apocalypse, and became the self-proclaimed leader of a small town called Woodbury. In The Road to Woodbury, an innocent traveler named Lilly Caul wound up in the terrifying thrall of Phillip Blake’s twisted, violent dictatorship within Woodbury’s ever tightening barricades.

And now, in The Fall of the Governor � Part One, the Governor’s descent into madness finally erupts in a tour de force of action and horror. Beloved characters from the comic book, including Rick, Michonne and Glenn, finally make their entrance onto this nightmarish stage, and fans of The Walking Dead will see these characters in a whole new light. Simmering grudges boil over into unthinkable confrontations, battle lines are drawn, and unexpected twists seal the fates of the innocent and guilty alike.]]> 256 Robert Kirkman 0312548176 kt � 0 to-read 3.72 The Fall of the Governor: Part One (The Walking Dead: Novels, #3)
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]]> Yellowface 62047984
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X kt � 0 currently-reading 3.69 2023 Yellowface
author: R.F. Kuang
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)]]> 51335759
With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.

But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the sixth-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh.

The police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time everyone is listening. But will she find him before it's too late?]]> 413 Holly Jackson 1405297751 kt � 0 to-read 4.26 2020 Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
author: Holly Jackson
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]]> <![CDATA[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)]]> 40916679
Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.

But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?

Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.]]> 433 Holly Jackson 1405293187 kt � 5
I kept seeing this book all over the internet and saw it had recently been made into a TV series and it was one of those books I bought a while back but it's been sitting on my shelf unread. So I decided to pick it up and see what the hype was and why it scored so highly on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

This book had me hooked from start to finish and kept me guessing right until the very end with twists, turns and red herrings throughout.

I don't even care if this is classed as YA and I'm 30 years old. I LOVED this book and I will be straight onto the sequel.]]> 4.29 2019 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
author: Holly Jackson
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average rating: 4.29
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rating: 5
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Wow. It's not very often at all I give books 5 stars but this book deserves every one of them.

I kept seeing this book all over the internet and saw it had recently been made into a TV series and it was one of those books I bought a while back but it's been sitting on my shelf unread. So I decided to pick it up and see what the hype was and why it scored so highly on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.

This book had me hooked from start to finish and kept me guessing right until the very end with twists, turns and red herrings throughout.

I don't even care if this is classed as YA and I'm 30 years old. I LOVED this book and I will be straight onto the sequel.
]]> Belladonna (Belladonna, #1) 59227936
Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each one more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family’s waning reputation, and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. But when their mother’s restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer.
Ìý
However, Signa’s best chance of uncovering the murderer is an alliance with Death himself, a fascinating, dangerous shadow who has never been far from her side. Though he’s made her life a living hell, Death shows Signa that their growing connection may be more powerful—and more irresistible—than she ever dared imagine.]]> 409 Adalyn Grace 0316158232 kt � 3
So I would actually rate this book 3.5 stars out of five purely for the following reasons:

1) the main character Signa appears to be blind as a fruit bat as to the clues that are right in front of her. There were times where I was guessing what was going to happen and I turned out to be correct. Maybe I should be detective?

2) I know the author tried so hard to write a plot twist at the end of this book but to be honest I guessed it about halfway through. I don’t know whether it was a good twist or not. It just seemed a little bit� Obvious. (The twist I am referring to is in relation to Sylas).

3) I actually quite liked Death as a character. Not sure how I feel about him knowing Signa since she was just a little baby though; it gives off groomer vibes.

4) I actually didn’t care much for Blythe at all and found myself not interested as to whether she lived or died.

5) I loved the setting of this book; very Gothic-esque.

Overall it was a fairly interesting read & I did find myself thinking about this book quite a bit when I wasn’t reading it and whilst there were many points throughout this book that I was rolling my eyes, I finished it quite quickly. Whether I will read the sequel or not, I haven’t yet decided. ]]> 3.96 2022 Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)
author: Adalyn Grace
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average rating: 3.96
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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Okay, let me start off by saying that this isn’t normally the sort of genre that I would usually read, however I was in the Works and I was lulled by the cover of this book.

So I would actually rate this book 3.5 stars out of five purely for the following reasons:

1) the main character Signa appears to be blind as a fruit bat as to the clues that are right in front of her. There were times where I was guessing what was going to happen and I turned out to be correct. Maybe I should be detective?

2) I know the author tried so hard to write a plot twist at the end of this book but to be honest I guessed it about halfway through. I don’t know whether it was a good twist or not. It just seemed a little bit� Obvious. (The twist I am referring to is in relation to Sylas).

3) I actually quite liked Death as a character. Not sure how I feel about him knowing Signa since she was just a little baby though; it gives off groomer vibes.

4) I actually didn’t care much for Blythe at all and found myself not interested as to whether she lived or died.

5) I loved the setting of this book; very Gothic-esque.

Overall it was a fairly interesting read & I did find myself thinking about this book quite a bit when I wasn’t reading it and whilst there were many points throughout this book that I was rolling my eyes, I finished it quite quickly. Whether I will read the sequel or not, I haven’t yet decided.
]]> The Troop 17571466 358 Nick Cutter 1476717710 kt � 4
I was expecting, after seeing Stephen King’s glowing recommendation amongst others on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, that this book was going to be absolutely terrifying. However, unless I’ve got a particularly high terror-threshold, I didn’t really find this book very scary at all.

I found the animal abuse scenes horrendous however. I didn’t like how detailed these parts were, they were the only part I did struggle with.

A very, very interesting concept with regard to what the “virus� was and quite gruesome with how quickly it affects its victims. I appreciated how that could actually happen in the real world.

The characters all had their own individual personalities, some much worse than others, and this helped round them out and made me root for a select few.

Overall a good read but if you’re looking for spine tingling horror that makes your blood run cold unfortunately I don’t think that this is it. ]]> 3.83 2014 The Troop
author: Nick Cutter
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average rating: 3.83
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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Was this book scary? Mildly so.

I was expecting, after seeing Stephen King’s glowing recommendation amongst others on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, that this book was going to be absolutely terrifying. However, unless I’ve got a particularly high terror-threshold, I didn’t really find this book very scary at all.

I found the animal abuse scenes horrendous however. I didn’t like how detailed these parts were, they were the only part I did struggle with.

A very, very interesting concept with regard to what the “virus� was and quite gruesome with how quickly it affects its victims. I appreciated how that could actually happen in the real world.

The characters all had their own individual personalities, some much worse than others, and this helped round them out and made me root for a select few.

Overall a good read but if you’re looking for spine tingling horror that makes your blood run cold unfortunately I don’t think that this is it.
]]> The Stand 149267 For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are listening to The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.]]> 1152 Stephen King kt � 0 currently-reading 4.35 1978 The Stand
author: Stephen King
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]]> <![CDATA[Filthy Rich Vampire (Filthy Rich Vampires, #1)]]> 60710765
Julian Rousseaux has a problem. He’s single, and for the world’s wealthiest vampires, the social season is about to begin. Julian would rather stake himself than participate in the marriage market. But as the eldest eligible Rousseaux, he’s expected to find a wife before the season ends―whether he likes it or not.

When cellist Thea literally stumbles into his life at a gala, he knows she's the last person he could ever fall in love with. She's too innocent, too kind, and way too human. But now that she knows about his world, she's also a walking target. She needs protection. He needs a fake girlfriend to discourage overzealous vampire matchmaking.

So, Julian makes Thea an irresistible offer: pretend to be his lover and he’ll change her life. For one year, they’ll attend the season’s social events together in exchange for his protection and a way out of her mother’s crippling medical debt.

She can’t say no. But the vampire world is impossibly decadent and darker than Thea ever imagined, and Julian’s filthy rich vampire family wants her out of the way. But with each moment they share, new dangers emerge: a desire as forbidden as their stolen touches, an awakening of a long-dead heart, and secrets that could tear them both apart.

Sensual, dangerous, provocative � step into a daring new world of dark magic, primal attraction, and breathtaking romance.]]> 429 Geneva Lee kt � 0 currently-reading 3.80 2022 Filthy Rich Vampire (Filthy Rich Vampires, #1)
author: Geneva Lee
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> The Drift 60965424 Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man

Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. During a hasty escape from a secluded boarding school, her coach careened over a hillside road during one of the year's heaviest snowstorms, trapping her inside with a handful of survivors, a brewing virus, and no way to call for help. If she and the remaining few want to make it out alive, with their sanity--and secrets--intact, they'll need to work together or they'll be buried alive with the rest of the dead.

A former detective, Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She is in a cable car suspended far above a snowstorm and surrounded by strangers in the same uniform as her, with no memory of how they got there. They are heading to a mysterious place known to them only as "The Retreat," but when they discover a dead man among their ranks and Meg spies a familiar face, she realizes that there is something far more insidious going on.

Carter is gazing out the window of the abandoned ski chalet that he and his ragtag compatriots call home. Together, they manage a precarious survival, manufacturing vaccines against a deadly virus in exchange for life's essentials. But as their generator begins to waver, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger, and their fragile bonds will be tested when the power finally fails--for good.

The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg, and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater threat--one that threatens to consume all of humanity.]]> 340 C.J. Tudor 059335656X kt � 4
There were plenty of characters but not too many that it got confusing.

It wasn’t a very scary book to be honest I was hoping for a little more suspense.

However that end twist I didn’t see coming at all. That was 10/10 and fully redeemed the book.]]> 3.67 2023 The Drift
author: C.J. Tudor
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average rating: 3.67
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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Okay so this book took me a good 4 months to finish. I think part of that was because I lost interest with reading but I know another part of it was because this book dragged in some places.

There were plenty of characters but not too many that it got confusing.

It wasn’t a very scary book to be honest I was hoping for a little more suspense.

However that end twist I didn’t see coming at all. That was 10/10 and fully redeemed the book.
]]> Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1) 33229410 'The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea� ended up dead�

'I haven’t killed anyone for three years and I thought that when it happened again I’d feel bad. Like an alcoholic taking a sip of whisky. But no. Nothing. I had a blissful night’s sleep. Didn’t wake up at all. And for once, no bad dream either. This morning I feel balanced. Almost sane, for once.

Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog� but she’s got a killer secret.

Although her childhood was haunted by a famous crime, Rhiannon's life is normal now that her celebrity has dwindled. By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and unsatisfying. By evening she dutifully listens to her friend’s plans for marriage and babies whilst secretly making a list.

A kill list.

From the man on the Lidl checkout who always mishandles her apples, to the driver who cuts her off on her way to work, to the people who have got it coming, Rhiannon’s ready to get her revenge.

Because the girl everyone overlooks might be able to get away with murder…]]> 480 C.J. Skuse 0008216673 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.80 2017 Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
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]]> Elsewhere 359410 Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice.

Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?

This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.]]> 277 Gabrielle Zevin kt � 4
However, when I was able to commit myself to reading, I found I was able to plow through the pages. I didn’t actually know this was a YA book which is perhaps why I found it a little easier to read.

There doesn’t seem to be any massive plot line to this book but it is very thought provoking and bittersweet. I actually really enjoyed it.]]> 3.90 2005 Elsewhere
author: Gabrielle Zevin
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average rating: 3.90
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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This book took me FOREVER to read but that has no bearing on the book itself, just my own inability to sit down and commit myself to reading these days. TikTok has destroyed my attention span.

However, when I was able to commit myself to reading, I found I was able to plow through the pages. I didn’t actually know this was a YA book which is perhaps why I found it a little easier to read.

There doesn’t seem to be any massive plot line to this book but it is very thought provoking and bittersweet. I actually really enjoyed it.
]]> The Hunger 30285766
Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it was a curse from the beautiful Tamsen, the choice to follow a disastrous experimental route West, or just plain bad luck--the 90 men, women, and children of the Donner Party are at the brink of one of the deadliest and most disastrous western adventures in American history.

While the ill-fated group struggles to survive in the treacherous mountain conditions--searing heat that turns the sand into bubbling stew; snows that freeze the oxen where they stand--evil begins to grow around them, and within them. As members of the party begin to disappear, they must ask themselves "What if there is something waiting in the mountains? Something disturbing and diseased...and very hungry?"]]> 376 Alma Katsu 0735212511 kt � 0 to-read 3.57 2018 The Hunger
author: Alma Katsu
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average rating: 3.57
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]]> The Passage (The Passage, #1) 6690798 THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN.

First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear—of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse.

As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. Wolgast is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors, but for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey—spanning miles and decades—toward the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun.

With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterly prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction.]]> 784 Justin Cronin 0345504968 kt � 0 to-read 4.04 2010 The Passage (The Passage, #1)
author: Justin Cronin
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[Deeds of the Ariane: The First Three Novellas in One Volume]]> 15723799 out of print edition. 252 Barbara Cool Lee 0615658490 kt � 0 to-read 4.02 Deeds of the Ariane: The First Three Novellas in One Volume
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]]> A Crack in the World 94178352 281 James F. Mordechai kt � 0 to-read 4.26 A Crack in the World
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]]> Good Girls Die First 52146938
Blackmail lures sixteen-year-old Ava to the derelict carnival on Portgrave Pier. She is one of ten teenagers, all with secrets they intend to protect whatever the cost. When fog and magic swallow the pier, the group find themselves cut off from the real world and from their morals. As the teenagers turn on each other, Ava will have to face up to the secret that brought her to the pier and decide how far she's willing to go to survive.

For fans of Karen McManus' One of Us Is Lying, Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer.]]> 368 Kathryn Foxfield 0702302716 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.35 2020 Good Girls Die First
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]]> <![CDATA[A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime (Lancaster Prep, #2)]]> 60306208
Beautiful.
Smart.
Sweet.
Innocent.

At Lancaster Prep, the girls love her. They all want to be her friend. Only I see Wren for who she really is.

A repressed little virgin who keeps her feelings locked up so tight she’s probably close to bursting. She thinks she’s above us all.

Even me.

I shouldn’t be drawn to her. She’s not my type.

Until we’re forced to work together in class and realize we might have more things in common than we originally thought. Soon enough I find myself completely obsessed. I will do anything for this girl to make her fall in love with me.

Anything.]]> 552 Monica Murphy kt � 1
Wren Beaumont is one of the most insufferable main characters I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Her constant 'good girl' trope got weary very quickly and her constant self-doubt and shyness were insufferable. PLUS why does the girl moan everytime she eats something?!

Crew Lancaster is one walking red flag. Why the hell this girl ever thought he was romantic with his insane possessiveness, misogynistic behaviour and let's not forget the actual sexual assault that occurred... His constant claim over her 'You're mine now' gives me vibes of someone who would kill you if you ever dumped him, just so no one else would ever date you. And his absolute obsession with Wren bordering on stalker behaviour was a big problem.

Wren's dad gives me massive incest vibes. She is 'promised' to him and he has a big issue with her ever losing her virginity and basically wants her to be his for as long as she lives. He does not like her boyfriend and thinks that all men are out there to corrupt his precious daughter. But to give him credit, that was exactly Crew's intention and he says as much, about how he wants to corrupt Wren.

Plus OMG. Everytime Wren said something, she 'admitted' it. I lost count of the amount of times the author used the words 'I admit' whenever Wren spoke. GET A THESAURUS. SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO ADMIT EVERYTHING.

This book did NOT need to be 530 odd pages long. After Wren lost her virginity to Crew, the rest of the book was basically just sex scenes.

The other characters were so surface level I never connected with any of them.

The sex offender teacher not getting kicked out until Crew outs him is a massive issue for me as well. Don't these schools vet their teachers, considering how much their parents are probably paying to send their spoiled, self-entitled bratty teenagers there?

God there was so much wrong with this book but I will say it was inspiring because it inspired me never to read another book of Monica Murphy's ever again.

Do yourself a favour and don't bother reading this. Absolute crap from start to finish. There wasn't even any plot. It was just garbage.]]> 3.73 2022 A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime (Lancaster Prep, #2)
author: Monica Murphy
name: kt �
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2022
rating: 1
read at: 2023/12/02
date added: 2023/12/02
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This book was problematic from start to finish and quite frankly I am amazed I even managed to finish it.

Wren Beaumont is one of the most insufferable main characters I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Her constant 'good girl' trope got weary very quickly and her constant self-doubt and shyness were insufferable. PLUS why does the girl moan everytime she eats something?!

Crew Lancaster is one walking red flag. Why the hell this girl ever thought he was romantic with his insane possessiveness, misogynistic behaviour and let's not forget the actual sexual assault that occurred... His constant claim over her 'You're mine now' gives me vibes of someone who would kill you if you ever dumped him, just so no one else would ever date you. And his absolute obsession with Wren bordering on stalker behaviour was a big problem.

Wren's dad gives me massive incest vibes. She is 'promised' to him and he has a big issue with her ever losing her virginity and basically wants her to be his for as long as she lives. He does not like her boyfriend and thinks that all men are out there to corrupt his precious daughter. But to give him credit, that was exactly Crew's intention and he says as much, about how he wants to corrupt Wren.

Plus OMG. Everytime Wren said something, she 'admitted' it. I lost count of the amount of times the author used the words 'I admit' whenever Wren spoke. GET A THESAURUS. SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO ADMIT EVERYTHING.

This book did NOT need to be 530 odd pages long. After Wren lost her virginity to Crew, the rest of the book was basically just sex scenes.

The other characters were so surface level I never connected with any of them.

The sex offender teacher not getting kicked out until Crew outs him is a massive issue for me as well. Don't these schools vet their teachers, considering how much their parents are probably paying to send their spoiled, self-entitled bratty teenagers there?

God there was so much wrong with this book but I will say it was inspiring because it inspired me never to read another book of Monica Murphy's ever again.

Do yourself a favour and don't bother reading this. Absolute crap from start to finish. There wasn't even any plot. It was just garbage.
]]> Outback (DS Walker, #1) 61930362
DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, looking after his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers vanish from the area on their way to a ranch, he finds himself unofficially on the case. But why all the interest from the Federal Police, when they have probably just ditched the heat and dust of the outback for the coast?

As the number of days the couple are missing climbs, DS Walker is joined by the girl's sister. A detective herself from Berlin, she is desperate to find her before it's too late.

Walker remains convinced there is more at play. Working in the organised crime unit has opened his eyes to the growing drug trade in Australia's remote interior. Could this be connected?

As temperatures soar, the search intensifies to a thrilling crescendo against the unforgiving backdrop of the scorching Australian summer.]]> 292 Patricia Wolf kt � 0 to-read 4.16 2022 Outback (DS Walker, #1)
author: Patricia Wolf
name: kt �
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> Suddenly a Murder 66087070 Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it's all pretend--until one of them is murdered. One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this killer locked-room mystery.

Someone brought a knife to the party.

To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy Morales joins her ride-or-die Kassidy and five friends on a 1920s-themed getaway at the glamorous Ashwood Manor. There, Izzy and her friends party in vintage dresses and expensive diamonds--until Kassidy's boyfriend turns up dead.

Murdered, investigators declare when they arrive at the scene, and now every party guest is a suspect. There's the girlfriend, in love. The other girl, in despair. The old friend, forlorn. The new friend, distressed. The brooding enigma. And then, there's Izzy--the girl who brought the knife.

To find the killer, everyone must undergo a grueling interrogation, all while locked in an estate where, suddenly, the greatest luxury is innocence.]]> 308 Lauren Muñoz 0593617533 kt � 4
The writing flowed easily and was interesting enough to keep me hooked. I can’t stand when the narrator goes off on a tangent but that didn’t happen here; enough happened to keep me and my very short attention span interested throughout.

**SPOILER ALERT**

I kind of guessed that the main character wasn’t the killer even though she was narrating as if she was. However I didn’t see the twist at the end coming. Thumbs up for that.

An interesting read. Would recommend if you’re a fan of murder mysteries. Or even if you’re not!
]]> 3.64 2023 Suddenly a Murder
author: Lauren Muñoz
name: kt �
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/30
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I actually really liked this book and murder mysteries are not normally my thing.

The writing flowed easily and was interesting enough to keep me hooked. I can’t stand when the narrator goes off on a tangent but that didn’t happen here; enough happened to keep me and my very short attention span interested throughout.

**SPOILER ALERT**

I kind of guessed that the main character wasn’t the killer even though she was narrating as if she was. However I didn’t see the twist at the end coming. Thumbs up for that.

An interesting read. Would recommend if you’re a fan of murder mysteries. Or even if you’re not!

]]> <![CDATA[Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology]]> 75293507
Norris Black, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala, Phoenix Boudreau, Cherie Dimaline, Carson Faust, Kelli Jo Ford, Kate Hart, Shane Hawk, Brandon Hobson, Darcie Little Badger, Conley Lyons, Nick Medina, Tiffany Morris, Tommy Orange, Mona Susan Power, Marcie R. Rendon, Waubgeshig Rice, Rebecca Roanhorse, Andrea L. Rogers, Morgan Talty, D.H. Trujillo, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Richard Van Camp, David Heska, Wanbli Weiden, Royce Young, Wolf Mathilda Zeller.

Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home.

These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce listeners to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples� survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.]]> 400 Shane Hawk 0593468465 kt � 0 to-read 3.89 2023 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
author: Shane Hawk
name: kt �
average rating: 3.89
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]]> The Satsuma Complex 61401116 'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice.'

Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers.

And so begins Gary’s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life�

A page-turning story with a cast of unforgettable characters, The Satsuma Complex is the brilliantly funny first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer.]]> 301 Bob Mortimer 1398521213 kt � 5 3.70 2022 The Satsuma Complex
author: Bob Mortimer
name: kt �
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)]]> 56935099 You won't want to leave...until you can't.

Half hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge--there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous. And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her. With the storm closing off all access to the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.

Elin is under pressure to find Laure, but no one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. And she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they are all in...]]> 390 Sarah Pearse 0593296672 kt � 3 3.33 2021 The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)
author: Sarah Pearse
name: kt �
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/10/09
date added: 2023/10/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Wranglestone (Wranglestone, #1)]]> 50049417
In a post-apocalyptic America, a community survives in a national park, surrounded by water that keeps the Dead at bay. But when winter comes, there's nothing to stop them from crossing the ice.

Then homebody Peter puts the camp in danger by naively allowing a stranger to come ashore and he's forced to leave the community of Wranglestone. Now he must help rancher Cooper, the boy he's always watched from afar, herd the Dead from their shores before the lake freezes over.

But as love blossoms, a dark discovery reveals the sanctuary's secret past. One that forces the pair to question everything they've ever known.

An action-packed and thought-provoking debut, for fans of Patrick Ness, Marcus Sedgwick, DREAD NATION and The Walking Dead.]]> 384 Darren Charlton kt � 3 3.50 2020 Wranglestone (Wranglestone, #1)
author: Darren Charlton
name: kt �
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/07
date added: 2023/09/09
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]]> How to Kill Your Family 50224049
When I think about what I actually did, I feel somewhat sad that nobody will ever know about the complex operation that I undertook. Getting away with it is highly preferable, of course, but perhaps when I’m long gone, someone will open an old safe and find this confession. The public would reel. After all, almost nobody else in the world can possibly understand how someone, by the tender age of 28, can have calmly killed six members of her family. And then happily got on with the rest of her life, never to regret a thing.

When Grace Bernard discovers her absentee millionaire father has rejected her dying mother’s pleas for help, she vows revenge, and sets about to kill every member of his family. Readers have a front row seat as Grace picks off the family one by one � and the result is as and gruesome as it is entertaining in this wickedly dark romp about class, family, love� and murder.

But then Grace is imprisoned for a murder she didn’t commit.

Outrageously funny, compulsive and subversive, perfect for fans of Killing Eve and My Sister, the Serial Killer.]]> 355 Bella Mackie kt � 2
Grace takes it upon herself to wipe out the Mortimer family, to avenge her mothers death and rejection from the lifestyle Grace felt she was entitled to.

One by one, she picks off the Mortimers in various ways that are akin to their hobbies and lifestyle, to make the murders look like accidents.

MY GOD. This book took me nearly 3 months to finish. It started off with promise and when I read the blurb I thought this might have been a really good book to delve into. However, there are 365 pages within this book, and I feel like half of that could’ve been wiped out due to unnecessary ramblings and the protagonist going off on a tangent every five minutes. As a result this book was far longer than it needed to be, and I found myself getting frustrated with it.

The main character is very unlikable and despises anyone she thinks is beneath her which turn out to be everyone.

The timeframe within this book was a little confusing as well as it went from present day to past day, and then to another point in Grace’s life, in the past pre-murder. This made it very confusing to keep up with where we were were, and the timelines etc.

This book could’ve been so good, but the writing was just not my style. ]]> 3.49 2021 How to Kill Your Family
author: Bella Mackie
name: kt �
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2023/09/09
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Grace is the illegitimate daughter of Simon Mortimer, an arrogant and extremely wealthy man with a lavish lifestyle.

Grace takes it upon herself to wipe out the Mortimer family, to avenge her mothers death and rejection from the lifestyle Grace felt she was entitled to.

One by one, she picks off the Mortimers in various ways that are akin to their hobbies and lifestyle, to make the murders look like accidents.

MY GOD. This book took me nearly 3 months to finish. It started off with promise and when I read the blurb I thought this might have been a really good book to delve into. However, there are 365 pages within this book, and I feel like half of that could’ve been wiped out due to unnecessary ramblings and the protagonist going off on a tangent every five minutes. As a result this book was far longer than it needed to be, and I found myself getting frustrated with it.

The main character is very unlikable and despises anyone she thinks is beneath her which turn out to be everyone.

The timeframe within this book was a little confusing as well as it went from present day to past day, and then to another point in Grace’s life, in the past pre-murder. This made it very confusing to keep up with where we were were, and the timelines etc.

This book could’ve been so good, but the writing was just not my style.
]]> Nod 16044493 206 Adrian Barnes 0956687687 kt � 0 to-read 3.39 2012 Nod
author: Adrian Barnes
name: kt �
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Serial Killer’s Wife (The Serial Killer's Family, #1)]]> 54697845 They’re saying he’s a monster. And they’re saying she knew.

Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood � they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family.

When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by now � what if he’s crashed his car? She fears the worst.

But the worst is beyond imagining.

As the interrogation begins, Beth will find herself questioning everything she believed about her husband.

They’re husband and wife � till death do them part�]]> 384 Alice Hunter 0008414076 kt � 0 3.79 2021 The Serial Killer’s Wife (The Serial Killer's Family, #1)
author: Alice Hunter
name: kt �
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)]]> 23492589 Wake up, genius.

The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.

Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years.

Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Finders Keepers is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life—for good, for bad, forever.]]> 434 Stephen King 1501100076 kt � 0 currently-reading 4.07 2015 Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
author: Stephen King
name: kt �
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Hater (Hater, #1) 6739080 281 David Moody 031260808X kt � 4
He has a wife and three kids who I get the impression he doesn’t seem to like very much. He is stuck in a dead end job with a miserable boss (aren’t we all?) and lives in a dilapidated part of town unable to afford to move anywhere nicer.

During the course of the next week or so, more and more reports emerge of random and violent attacks, where people are killing one another. There is no pattern for these killings, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a stranger or someone you love; it could happen to anyone. Eventually it happens to our protagonist and we follow his perspective as a “Hater�.

When I read the reviews for this book, I didn’t hold out much hope, however, I was pleasantly surprised. I love apocalyptic novels anyway, particularly ones where we follow every day citizens as they experience the end of the world and so this book fit right into this category.

The pacing was a little slow in places, but it made up for it at the very end, and I found myself flying through the last few chapters, desperate to see how it ended.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes apocalyptic fiction and a bit of an easy read.

Off to go read the sequel now .]]> 3.68 2006 Hater (Hater, #1)
author: David Moody
name: kt �
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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We follow the story of Danny McCoyne, who is an average Joe with an average life.

He has a wife and three kids who I get the impression he doesn’t seem to like very much. He is stuck in a dead end job with a miserable boss (aren’t we all?) and lives in a dilapidated part of town unable to afford to move anywhere nicer.

During the course of the next week or so, more and more reports emerge of random and violent attacks, where people are killing one another. There is no pattern for these killings, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a stranger or someone you love; it could happen to anyone. Eventually it happens to our protagonist and we follow his perspective as a “Hater�.

When I read the reviews for this book, I didn’t hold out much hope, however, I was pleasantly surprised. I love apocalyptic novels anyway, particularly ones where we follow every day citizens as they experience the end of the world and so this book fit right into this category.

The pacing was a little slow in places, but it made up for it at the very end, and I found myself flying through the last few chapters, desperate to see how it ended.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes apocalyptic fiction and a bit of an easy read.

Off to go read the sequel now .
]]> Ash (David Ash, #3) 8713500
Who � or what � is the reclusive hooded figure that Ash has seen from the window walking across the courtyard in the dead of night?
What are the strange, animal-like sounds that come from the surrounding woods?
And why are the castle’s inhabitants so reluctant to talk about what they have seen?

. . . what Ash eventually discovers is truly shocking.]]> 693 James Herbert 0230706959 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.45 2012 Ash (David Ash, #3)
author: James Herbert
name: kt �
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2012
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]]> Later 54798175
Later is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King's classic novel It, Later is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.]]> 248 Stephen King kt � 4 3.99 2021 Later
author: Stephen King
name: kt �
average rating: 3.99
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rating: 4
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]]> The Dark 397861 439 James Herbert 0330376209 kt � 4 3.84 1980 The Dark
author: James Herbert
name: kt �
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1980
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ghost Virus (Patel & Pardoe, #1)]]> 38195824 A RASH OF MURDERS A young woman pours acid over her body. A loving husband kills his wife. A headteacher throws her pupils out of a window. Who or what has made ordinary Londoners commit such horrific acts?A DEADLY VIRUS DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel of Tooting police are at a loss. With no obvious connection between the killings, they fear a virus.THE INFECTION IS SPREADING Something evil is stirring in the city. A supernatural force that infects its victims with a lust to murder. And Jerry and Jamila are powerless to stop it...'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.' PETER JAMES]]> 400 Graham Masterton 178854501X kt � 4 3.50 2018 Ghost Virus (Patel & Pardoe, #1)
author: Graham Masterton
name: kt �
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> Fury Rising (Dark Inside #3) 29752764
It’s been nine months since the earthquakes destroyed most of the world and the Baggers awakened. Now Aries, Mason, Clementine and Michael must fight the final battle for their lives. Only this time, the sides aren’t quite so clear. And it looks like the only people who can help, are the very killers themselves.

There’s a new threat to survival. The Ferals. Baggers who have gone so completely insane, they will kill anything that crosses their paths, including their own kind.

Mason knows he can’t trust Leon, the Bagger leader. He knows exactly what kind of monster Leon is. But without the Baggers help, they can’t stop the Ferals from killing all the survivors, especially the ones still being held hostage at the Plaza of Nations. And it doesn’t help that Daniel is back, determined to save Aries from everyone, including himself.

With the Ferals closing in, the four friends must make tough decisions. Who can you trust in a world where everyone wants you dead?

Trust nothing.]]> 402 Jeyn Roberts 1530633311 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.95 2016 Fury Rising (Dark Inside #3)
author: Jeyn Roberts
name: kt �
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)]]> 43763
Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined.

Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power.
source: annerice.com]]> 346 Anne Rice 0345476875 kt � 0 currently-reading 4.04 1976 Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> Kill Someone 32795837 From the author of the international best-seller The Stone Man, shortlisted for Audible UK's Book of the Year Award 2015Here are the you can't use a gun. You can't use explosives. You can't use poison. It has to be up close and personal. You don't have to worry about leaving evidence; that will be taken care no one suicidal. No one over the age of 65. No one with a terminal illness.Choose your method. Choose your victim.Chris Summer was a 21 year old call centre worker and a drop out. A nobody, still living at home with his parents. Then one day the Man in White came to his family's house, offering a seemingly impossible kill a random stranger - one of Chris' choosing - within twelve days in order to save the lives of five kidnapped siblings. Refuse, and they die slowly and painfully. The clock is ticking, the Man in White is watching, and Chris has some very important choices to make.This is a tale of fear, indecision, confused masculinity and brutal violence; a story of a coddled young man thrust into a world of sharp metal and bone.Ask yourself if you could do it. Then ask yourself who you would choose.Praise for Luke Smitherd's "For me there is no greater joy than seeing an artist excel at his craft ...you'll be blown away by the abundance of ideas." - Ain't It Cool News.com]]> 295 Luke Smitherd kt � 4 Chris is not allowed to use a gun and his victim cannot have a terminal illness or be suicidal. It has to be a choice that Chris makes. Can he do it, and save the girls?

OKAY let me start off by saying this book had real potential. When I read the blurb I thought this book was right up my street. But unfortunately Chris is a very unlikeable protagonist. His constant whining and deliberations and 'what-ifs' really had me rolling my eyes. He had plenty of opportunities in the book to kill some real scumbags but he doesn't, because he can't go through with it for WHATEVER reason, despite the fact that the clock is running out and the girls are going to die. There is an interesting line in the book about how people say they could kill someone but it's different when you're actually in that position and watching the life drain out of their eyes. That put things into an interesting perspective. However, on more than one occasion Chris was fronted with some real unlikeable and nasty characters but STILL couldn't go through with it.

The person he does choose to kill I didn't see that coming. Do I think it was a bad choice? Yes, but that's only because the potential victims beforehand would have been much better suited. However, Chris' logic behind his chosen victim is actually pretty logical and sane. So it does make sense when you're in the moment.

Overall, this book had good potential. It was fast-paced, well written and the Man in White is creepy as hell. Plus there's a pretty interesting twist at the end which I didn't see coming.

4/5 stars in total.]]> 3.79 2016 Kill Someone
author: Luke Smitherd
name: kt �
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/12/28
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Chris is an ordinary 21 year old who makes the mistake of opening the door one day to find two strangers on his doorstep. The Man in White and his accomplice, who Chris names Klaus, tells Chris that he must kill someone within a certain length of time, or five girls will die painfully and slowly. For each time slot that Chris hasn't killed someone, one of the girls loses a limb which carries on until they remove the head of the girl. Then they move onto the next one.
Chris is not allowed to use a gun and his victim cannot have a terminal illness or be suicidal. It has to be a choice that Chris makes. Can he do it, and save the girls?

OKAY let me start off by saying this book had real potential. When I read the blurb I thought this book was right up my street. But unfortunately Chris is a very unlikeable protagonist. His constant whining and deliberations and 'what-ifs' really had me rolling my eyes. He had plenty of opportunities in the book to kill some real scumbags but he doesn't, because he can't go through with it for WHATEVER reason, despite the fact that the clock is running out and the girls are going to die. There is an interesting line in the book about how people say they could kill someone but it's different when you're actually in that position and watching the life drain out of their eyes. That put things into an interesting perspective. However, on more than one occasion Chris was fronted with some real unlikeable and nasty characters but STILL couldn't go through with it.

The person he does choose to kill I didn't see that coming. Do I think it was a bad choice? Yes, but that's only because the potential victims beforehand would have been much better suited. However, Chris' logic behind his chosen victim is actually pretty logical and sane. So it does make sense when you're in the moment.

Overall, this book had good potential. It was fast-paced, well written and the Man in White is creepy as hell. Plus there's a pretty interesting twist at the end which I didn't see coming.

4/5 stars in total.
]]> The Good Lie 56238004 Six teens murdered. A suspect behind bars. A desperate father. In a case this shadowy, the truth is easy to hide.

Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She’s spent a decade treating California’s most depraved predators and unlocking their motives—predators much like the notorious Bloody Heart serial killer, whose latest teenage victim escaped and then identified local high school teacher Randall Thompson as his captor. The case against Thompson as the Bloody Heart Killer is damning—and closed, as far as Gwen and the media are concerned. If not for one new development�

Defense attorney Robert Kavin is a still-traumatized father whose own son fell prey to the BH Killer. Convinced of Thompson’s innocence, he steps in to represent him. Now Robert wants Gwen to interview the accused, create a psych profile of the killer and his victims, and help clear his client’s name.

As Gwen and Robert grow closer and she dives deeper into the investigation, grave questions arise. So does Gwen’s suspicion that Robert is hiding something—and that he might not be the only one with a secret.

Six teenagers dead. Finally, the killer behind bars. But are the games just beginning?]]> 257 A.R. Torre 1542020174 kt � 0 to-read 4.11 2021 The Good Lie
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]]> Panic (Panic, #1) 17565845
Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.

Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game, he’s sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he’s not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for.

For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.]]> 408 Lauren Oliver 0062014552 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.56 2014 Panic (Panic, #1)
author: Lauren Oliver
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average rating: 3.56
book published: 2014
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]]> 13 Minutes 26842622
Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this—it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely, and Natasha turns to Becca, the best friend she dumped years before when she got popular, to help her figure out what happened.

Natasha's sure that her friends love her. But does that mean they didn't try to kill her?]]> 406 Sarah Pinborough 1473214033 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.78 2016 13 Minutes
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]]> <![CDATA[Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, #5)]]> 53287484 When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella’s side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward’s version in the long-awaited companion novel, Midnight Sun.

This unforgettable tale as told through Edward’s eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting beautiful, mysterious Bella is both the most intriguing and unnerving event he has experienced in his long life as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward’s past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he let himself fall in love with Bella when he knows that he is endangering her life?

In Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and, drawing on the classic myth of Hades and Persephone, brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.]]> 662 Stephenie Meyer 031670704X kt � 0 currently-reading 3.72 2020 Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, #5)
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]]> American Gods 30165203
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...]]> 635 Neil Gaiman kt � 0 currently-reading 4.11 2001 American Gods
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]]> ’Salem’s Lot 11590 Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0450031063

Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town.]]> 483 Stephen King 0450031063 kt � 0 currently-reading 4.06 1975 ’Salem’s Lot
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]]> My Sister, the Serial Killer 38819868
My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...]]> 226 Oyinkan Braithwaite 0385544235 kt � 3 3.64 2018 My Sister, the Serial Killer
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rating: 3
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]]> Misery 10614 #1, #2, #3, #4

Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.]]> 370 Stephen King 0450417395 kt � 5
There's a reason Misery is so popular. The crazy, deranged Annie Wilkes holding her favourite author captive, like a rat in a trap, forcing him to write her the best story of his life. Paul Sheldon is writing to save his life, faced with horrific consequences if he upsets his diabolical, sadistic captor.

Stephen King is such an expert storyteller; the detail, the suspense, the pacing, everything about this book was perfect. I literally cannot find one single fault, as much as I try.

I enjoyed the description of Annie; those moments when she would 'unplug' were just as terrifying as the moments when she would unleash her fury onto Paul. I found myself flying through this book, waiting for the epic conclusion and wondering how it would end for Paul.

As the reader, I was led to a high stake, fast-paced, climactic ending where I was right there besides Paul as he fought to free himself and finally pay Annie back after the months of torture she had subjected him to. What an ending.

10/10 read. ]]> 4.22 1987 Misery
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rating: 5
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This may just have been one of the best books I've ever read.

There's a reason Misery is so popular. The crazy, deranged Annie Wilkes holding her favourite author captive, like a rat in a trap, forcing him to write her the best story of his life. Paul Sheldon is writing to save his life, faced with horrific consequences if he upsets his diabolical, sadistic captor.

Stephen King is such an expert storyteller; the detail, the suspense, the pacing, everything about this book was perfect. I literally cannot find one single fault, as much as I try.

I enjoyed the description of Annie; those moments when she would 'unplug' were just as terrifying as the moments when she would unleash her fury onto Paul. I found myself flying through this book, waiting for the epic conclusion and wondering how it would end for Paul.

As the reader, I was led to a high stake, fast-paced, climactic ending where I was right there besides Paul as he fought to free himself and finally pay Annie back after the months of torture she had subjected him to. What an ending.

10/10 read.
]]> <![CDATA[Zombie Apocalypse! (Zombie Apocalypse, #1)]]> 8721183
'The Death' soon sweeps across London and the whole country descends into chaos. When a drastic attempt to eradicate the outbreak at source fails, the plague spreads quickly to mainland Europe and then across the rest of the world.

Told through a series of interconnected eyewitness narratives - text messages, e-mails, blogs, letters, diaries and transcripts - this is an epic story of a world plunged into chaos as the dead battle the living for total domination.]]> 478 Stephen Jones 1849013039 kt � 3
I thought, given everything going on at the minute, this should be a good read. It was interesting to see the mirroring of the panic from the public when a global pandemic takes hold.

For the most part, I enjoyed this. It was interesting and different. There were definitely parts of the book that dragged, such as the parts which consisted of in-depth medical notes filled to the brim with jargon that went straight over my head. I found that very unnecessary as I think a lot of readers would. With zombie apocalypse novels I'm not arsed how it started, the origin of it or how to find a cure. I like to read about the real people and their day to day lives and what it's like on the ground when the apocalypse starts. That's why for me I was frustrated at the snippets which went into great detail about the components of the virus itself and the efforts to find a cure and its compatibility. I don't care, give me the guts and the gore!!

It was interesting to see how the zombies were different than what is usually experienced; they seem to have thought and some of them have basic speech mastered as well. When reading a diary entry and seeing that the writer has developed a hunger after getting scratched and is able to convey this, I thought that was a nice twist.

It was a bit unrealistic however, with the Twitter feeds section how the person was being eaten alive and live-tweeting it...

Overall a decent book. Definitely not the best I've read but worth a read. ]]> 3.70 2010 Zombie Apocalypse! (Zombie Apocalypse, #1)
author: Stephen Jones
name: kt �
average rating: 3.70
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rating: 3
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Zombie Apocalypse is set out in the format of diary entries, news articles, police reports, emails, Twitter feeds and anything else which encapsulates the 21st-century methods of communication. Told from different people's perspectives from all around the world and all walks of life, it gives you a glimpse into how such a global catastrophe affects everyone in different ways.

I thought, given everything going on at the minute, this should be a good read. It was interesting to see the mirroring of the panic from the public when a global pandemic takes hold.

For the most part, I enjoyed this. It was interesting and different. There were definitely parts of the book that dragged, such as the parts which consisted of in-depth medical notes filled to the brim with jargon that went straight over my head. I found that very unnecessary as I think a lot of readers would. With zombie apocalypse novels I'm not arsed how it started, the origin of it or how to find a cure. I like to read about the real people and their day to day lives and what it's like on the ground when the apocalypse starts. That's why for me I was frustrated at the snippets which went into great detail about the components of the virus itself and the efforts to find a cure and its compatibility. I don't care, give me the guts and the gore!!

It was interesting to see how the zombies were different than what is usually experienced; they seem to have thought and some of them have basic speech mastered as well. When reading a diary entry and seeing that the writer has developed a hunger after getting scratched and is able to convey this, I thought that was a nice twist.

It was a bit unrealistic however, with the Twitter feeds section how the person was being eaten alive and live-tweeting it...

Overall a decent book. Definitely not the best I've read but worth a read.
]]> Lolita 7604 Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.]]> 368 Vladimir Nabokov 0679723161 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.87 1955 Lolita
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]]> Evil Beyond Belief 1522159 288 Wensley Clarkson 1904034462 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.57 2005 Evil Beyond Belief
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average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)]]> 16130549 The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless � mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep."

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.]]> 531 Stephen King 1476727651 kt � 0 currently-reading 4.11 2013 Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
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]]> Seven Days 44557072 A race against time to save her child�

In seven days, Maggie’s son, Max, turns three. But she’s not planning a party or buying presents or updating his baby book. She’s dreading it. Because in her world, third birthdays are the days on which the unthinkable happens� she loses her child.

For the last twelve years Maggie has been imprisoned in a basement. Abducted aged fifteen, she gave birth to two sons before Max, and on their third birthdays her captor came and took them from her.

She cannot let it happen again. But she has no idea how to stop it. And the clock is ticking…]]> 416 Alex Lake 0008272425 kt � 5
GOD DAMN this was a good book. I was hooked from page 1. I like multiple narrative novels and in addition to that, Alex Lake also took us back to the timeline Maggie was first kidnapped, what happened to her all those years ago and how it impacted her family.

I literally sped through the last 100 pages or so as the pace picked up and wasn't disappointed.

If I have one point to make I would have liked a little more closure, i.e. [spoilers removed] but to be honest that wasn't a big drawback for me at all.

I had fallen out of love with reading admittedly, due to a short attention span and not really being able to find the right book to tickle my pickle but this was a bloody good read and I am pleased to say it's my first read novel of 2020! ]]> 4.24 2019 Seven Days
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Maggie Cooper was abducted off the street when she was 15 years old, on her way to see her cousin. She wakes up in a small room underground, with nothing but time to occupy her and she finds herself the prisoner of a man she does not know, who claims to want to keep her for himself and away from the rest of the world to avoid 'corruption'. This will be her life for the next 12 years unless she manages to make it out and save not only herself but also her son who will be killed by the man within seven days...

GOD DAMN this was a good book. I was hooked from page 1. I like multiple narrative novels and in addition to that, Alex Lake also took us back to the timeline Maggie was first kidnapped, what happened to her all those years ago and how it impacted her family.

I literally sped through the last 100 pages or so as the pace picked up and wasn't disappointed.

If I have one point to make I would have liked a little more closure, i.e. [spoilers removed] but to be honest that wasn't a big drawback for me at all.

I had fallen out of love with reading admittedly, due to a short attention span and not really being able to find the right book to tickle my pickle but this was a bloody good read and I am pleased to say it's my first read novel of 2020!
]]> The Color Purple 11486
Then her husband's lover, a flamboyant blues singer, barreled into her world and gave Celie the courage to ask for more - to laugh, to play, and finally - to love.]]> 295 Alice Walker kt � 0 currently-reading 4.22 1982 The Color Purple
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]]> Asylum (Asylum, #1) 13597728 Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it's a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Featuring found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity.]]> 317 Madeleine Roux 0062220969 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.64 2013 Asylum (Asylum, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch]]> 12067
People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. This time though, the armies of Good and Evil really do appear to be massing. The four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both the angels and demons � well, one fast-living demon and a somewhat fussy angel � would quite like the Rapture not to happen.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist…]]> 491 Terry Pratchett kt � 0 currently-reading 4.27 1990 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> Cape Fear 434229
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 behind bars.

Murder was merciful compared to what Cady had in mind—and what Cady had in mind was Bowden's innocent and lovely teenaged daughter....

"A powerful and frightening story." �The New York Times]]> 224 John D. MacDonald kt � 0 currently-reading 4.08 1957 Cape Fear
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1)]]> 9423
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank –letters with large red sums she can't bear to read–and they're getting ever harder to ignore.

She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a little something....

Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life–and the lives of those around her–forever.]]> 320 Sophie Kinsella 0552998877 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.71 2000 The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1)
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average rating: 3.71
book published: 2000
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]]> She Was the Quiet One 36476218 From the author of It’s Always the Husband comes a riveting new suspense novel about privilege, power, and what happens when we let ambition take control.

For Rose Enright, enrolling in a prestigious New England boarding school is the opportunity of a lifetime. But for Rose’s vulnerable twin sister Bel, Odell Academy is a place of temptation and danger. When Bel falls in with a crowd of wild rich kids who pressure her into hazing Rose, the sisters� relationship is shattered. Rose turns to her dorm mother, Sarah Donovan, for advice. But Bel turns to Sarah’s husband Heath, a charismatic and ambitious teacher. Is Heath trying to help Bel or take advantage of her? In a world of privilege, seduction, and manipulation, only one sister will live to tell the truth.

In a novel full of twists, turns, and dark secrets, Michele Campbell once again proves her skill at crafting intricately spun and completely compelling plots.]]> 342 Michele Campbell 1250081831 kt � 4
N.B: This book took me a long time to read but it was nothing to do with the book itself, just my lack of interest in reading in general.

I did enjoy this but I wouldn't say it's my favourite as it's not the type of genre I usually read. I'm not into murder mysteries but the storyline and the characters were interesting enough that I persevered. However, I did find some of the characters absolutely infuriating, particularly Sarah Donovan. She does improve towards the end of the book and I'm sure her annoying traits are only because as the reader I could see plainly what had happened, where she either couldn't or could but didn't want to believe it.

Overall, this was a good read and I'd recommend to others who are fans of the murder mystery genre. ]]> 3.70 2018 She Was the Quiet One
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Rose and Bel Enright are twins who have enrolled at the prestigious Odell Academy. Rose, studious and eager to follow rules is unlike her unruly sister who often finds herself in trouble. Despite their differences and the trouble they cause for one another, they find each other their pillar of support during hard times, such as the passing of their mother and the prospect of joining a new school. However, Odell Academy tests their sibling bond and soon Rose and Bel find themselves getting into vicious fights with one another and causing trouble that boils over and ends in murder, where one twin is found as a key suspect.

N.B: This book took me a long time to read but it was nothing to do with the book itself, just my lack of interest in reading in general.

I did enjoy this but I wouldn't say it's my favourite as it's not the type of genre I usually read. I'm not into murder mysteries but the storyline and the characters were interesting enough that I persevered. However, I did find some of the characters absolutely infuriating, particularly Sarah Donovan. She does improve towards the end of the book and I'm sure her annoying traits are only because as the reader I could see plainly what had happened, where she either couldn't or could but didn't want to believe it.

Overall, this was a good read and I'd recommend to others who are fans of the murder mystery genre.
]]> <![CDATA[The Narrow Bed (Spilling CID, #10)]]> 27775303 Linzi Birrell and Rhian Douglas: murdered.
Angela McCabe and Josh Norbury: murdered.

A killer the police have dubbed Billy Dead Mates is killing pairs of best friends, one by one. Just before each murder, he sends his victim a small white book...

Three regional police forces are working together to identify and catch Billy. For five months, they've been failing. Then a fifth victim, scared by what she's seen and heard on the news, comes forward to seek help. Unlike Billy's first four victims, she isn't dead. Yet.

Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar white books. A stranger gave it to her after a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy? Now Kim's life depends on working out why she - a woman who has no close friends because she trusts no one - should attract the attention of the Best Friends Killer... And, if Billy has her in his sights, why has he waited so long to strike?

]]> 416 Sophie Hannah 1444776088 kt � 2
The story opens up with Kim Tribbeck, famous comedienne, waiting in a hospital room for an update on her grandmother who has terminal cancer and is in the final stages of her life.

We are then brought separately to an ongoing police investigation on the recent bout of murders carried out by a serial killer the police have nicknamed 'Billy Dead Mates' (due to the nature of his/her murders). Immediately we are introduced to about six or seven different policemen/women/investigators. Call me simple but for me this was too much too soon. Due to the author sometimes addressing the police as their first names, surnames and nicknames I found myself getting confused as to who was who.

I found myself disliking Kim for the good first half or so of the book. I didn't actually like a lot of the characters and particularly disliked Sondra Halliday who every time she opened her mouth was adding to my list of reasons to abandon the book without ever finishing it. Due to this I didn't really care what happened to any of them. Kim could have been murdered and I don't think I would have batted an eyelid, though to be fair I did start to warm up to her about halfway through.

This book did have some redeeming qualities. I thought the pacing was good and some of the clues made me say 'Oh' out loud a couple of times in surprise. The writing isn't terrible and the plot is easy to keep up with (though the ending got a bit muddy for me particularly the killer's M.O). Mostly though this book was a big chore for me (hence why it took me a month to read). I have no interest in reading any of the other instalments but at the same time I don't regret reading this book at all.

]]> 3.14 2016 The Narrow Bed (Spilling CID, #10)
author: Sophie Hannah
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average rating: 3.14
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I really don't know what to make of this book.

The story opens up with Kim Tribbeck, famous comedienne, waiting in a hospital room for an update on her grandmother who has terminal cancer and is in the final stages of her life.

We are then brought separately to an ongoing police investigation on the recent bout of murders carried out by a serial killer the police have nicknamed 'Billy Dead Mates' (due to the nature of his/her murders). Immediately we are introduced to about six or seven different policemen/women/investigators. Call me simple but for me this was too much too soon. Due to the author sometimes addressing the police as their first names, surnames and nicknames I found myself getting confused as to who was who.

I found myself disliking Kim for the good first half or so of the book. I didn't actually like a lot of the characters and particularly disliked Sondra Halliday who every time she opened her mouth was adding to my list of reasons to abandon the book without ever finishing it. Due to this I didn't really care what happened to any of them. Kim could have been murdered and I don't think I would have batted an eyelid, though to be fair I did start to warm up to her about halfway through.

This book did have some redeeming qualities. I thought the pacing was good and some of the clues made me say 'Oh' out loud a couple of times in surprise. The writing isn't terrible and the plot is easy to keep up with (though the ending got a bit muddy for me particularly the killer's M.O). Mostly though this book was a big chore for me (hence why it took me a month to read). I have no interest in reading any of the other instalments but at the same time I don't regret reading this book at all.


]]> <![CDATA[New Fears: New Horror Stories by Masters of the Genre]]> 35910449
The horror genre’s greatest living practitioners drag our darkest fears kicking and screaming into the light in this collection of nineteen brand-new stories. In The Boggle Hole by Alison Littlewood an ancient folk tale leads to irrevocable loss. In Josh Malerman’s The House of the Head a dollhouse becomes the focus for an incident both violent and inexplicable. And in Speaking Still Ramsey Campbell suggests that beyond death there may be far worse things waiting than we can ever imagine... Numinous, surreal and gut wrenching, New Fears is a vibrant collection showcasing the very best fiction modern horror has to offer.]]> 408 Mark Morris 1785655582 kt � 4
The Boggle Hole
A young boy spends time with his grandfather and gets to hear about 'The Boggle Hole'. I enjoyed this one, it was a good way to kick start the book. It was creepy and left me wanting more. 7/10

Shepherd's Business
Another fantastic story. Told from the point of view of a doctor in 1947, sent to work and live on a small island. Initially sceptical of him, the locals each have their own story. A deliciously dark ending to the story that I did not see coming. 8/10

No Good Deed
A young woman finds herself enacting revenge on a former lover. I enjoyed this one, probably not as much as the others, but I do feel inclined to go and read the prequel to it. 6/10

The Family Car
What used to be her family's vehicle follows a young woman around shortly after the death of her family. Enjoyable and sad story, nice twist at the end. 6/10

Four Abstracts
Not going to lie to you, I had no idea what was going on in this one and didn't really rate it much. 3/10

Sheltered in Place
Told from the point of view of a man stuck in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Brilliant story. Very short but a massive twist at the end that I loved. Left me wanting more. 9/10

The Fold in the Heart
A storm batters a local town and our three characters have to find shelter whilst escaping horrors of the past. This was enjoyable enough but it wasn't my favourite. 6/10

Departures
A young woman wakes up to find herself in a bar with moody inhabitants. I liked this one quite a bit. It was dark but had a bittersweet ending. 7/10

The Salter Collection
I started off really enjoying this story but I quickly lost interest and didn't really understand the ending too much. 4/10

Speaking Still
A man, having recently lost his wife, confides in his friend about hearing her voice. A poignant story of loss with a dark twist and a cliffhanger ending. 8/10

The Eyes Are White and Quiet
We're never really told what has gone on in this story but our main character, a young blind woman, is not all as she seems. This was one of the better stories within the book; I'd definitely go out and read the novel if there was ever one written. I found myself wanting to know more though. 6/10

The Embarrassment of Dead Grandmothers
Dark humour encapsulates this very short story. I didn't know whether to laugh or be shocked at the actions of our main character but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. 9/10

Eumenides (The Benevolent Ladies)
Our main character, what I assume is a middle-aged man, becomes almost obsessed with his female colleague. Once he plucks up the courage to ask her out, he comes to wish he hadn't. This could have been so good if I hadn't ended it with 'What the f*ck just happened?'. Another example of me apparently being too stupid to understand what had gone on. 5/10

Roundabout
A mystery creature inhabits the local roundabout in town and one man takes it upon himself to rid them of this creature once and for all. Wonderfully dark and tense, I definitely wanted to read more. 9/10

The House of the Head
A young girl is gifted a dollhouse that seems to have a mind of its own. I was really excited to read this one, having LOVED Josh Malerman's Bird Box and I was not disappointed. This had me hooked from start to finish. Creepy, spectacular and atmospheric I would rate this one the highest. 10/10

Succulents
Our main character, a middle aged English man on holiday with his wife and son, finds himself in the midst of a hellish nightmare. This was a really good story, I didn't see the ending coming at all. 9/10

Dollies
Told from the point of view of a woman who is reminiscing on her childhood, we are introduced to a traumatic life with horrific events that seems to mould her into someone you end up feeling quite shocked at her actions. This starts off relatively innocent enough but has a magnificently dark ending that I did not see coming. 8/10

The Abduction Door
A man was told as a young boy the story of how a small door in elevators, known as 'The Abduction Door' is home to a mystery creature that snatches people, mainly children, and takes them forever. Now grown up, he finds himself victim to it. What a c r e e p y story this was. I really rooted for the main character. A sad twist at the end left me wanting more. 8/10

The Swan Dive
Our main character, a something-aged male, intent to end his life is instead taken on a hellish nightmare that reaches a dramatic conclusion. This was my second favourite of the whole book. Graphic and brutal, I really enjoyed the concept of this one. 9/10


]]> 3.61 2017 New Fears: New Horror Stories by Masters of the Genre
author: Mark Morris
name: kt �
average rating: 3.61
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rating: 4
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New Fears, edited by Mark Morris, compiles some of the best short horror stories into one book. Some of them, for me, were a lot better than the others. I'll be honest, in some of the stories I had no idea what was going on. Please excuse the lousy reviews; it's been a while since I've left one.

The Boggle Hole
A young boy spends time with his grandfather and gets to hear about 'The Boggle Hole'. I enjoyed this one, it was a good way to kick start the book. It was creepy and left me wanting more. 7/10

Shepherd's Business
Another fantastic story. Told from the point of view of a doctor in 1947, sent to work and live on a small island. Initially sceptical of him, the locals each have their own story. A deliciously dark ending to the story that I did not see coming. 8/10

No Good Deed
A young woman finds herself enacting revenge on a former lover. I enjoyed this one, probably not as much as the others, but I do feel inclined to go and read the prequel to it. 6/10

The Family Car
What used to be her family's vehicle follows a young woman around shortly after the death of her family. Enjoyable and sad story, nice twist at the end. 6/10

Four Abstracts
Not going to lie to you, I had no idea what was going on in this one and didn't really rate it much. 3/10

Sheltered in Place
Told from the point of view of a man stuck in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Brilliant story. Very short but a massive twist at the end that I loved. Left me wanting more. 9/10

The Fold in the Heart
A storm batters a local town and our three characters have to find shelter whilst escaping horrors of the past. This was enjoyable enough but it wasn't my favourite. 6/10

Departures
A young woman wakes up to find herself in a bar with moody inhabitants. I liked this one quite a bit. It was dark but had a bittersweet ending. 7/10

The Salter Collection
I started off really enjoying this story but I quickly lost interest and didn't really understand the ending too much. 4/10

Speaking Still
A man, having recently lost his wife, confides in his friend about hearing her voice. A poignant story of loss with a dark twist and a cliffhanger ending. 8/10

The Eyes Are White and Quiet
We're never really told what has gone on in this story but our main character, a young blind woman, is not all as she seems. This was one of the better stories within the book; I'd definitely go out and read the novel if there was ever one written. I found myself wanting to know more though. 6/10

The Embarrassment of Dead Grandmothers
Dark humour encapsulates this very short story. I didn't know whether to laugh or be shocked at the actions of our main character but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. 9/10

Eumenides (The Benevolent Ladies)
Our main character, what I assume is a middle-aged man, becomes almost obsessed with his female colleague. Once he plucks up the courage to ask her out, he comes to wish he hadn't. This could have been so good if I hadn't ended it with 'What the f*ck just happened?'. Another example of me apparently being too stupid to understand what had gone on. 5/10

Roundabout
A mystery creature inhabits the local roundabout in town and one man takes it upon himself to rid them of this creature once and for all. Wonderfully dark and tense, I definitely wanted to read more. 9/10

The House of the Head
A young girl is gifted a dollhouse that seems to have a mind of its own. I was really excited to read this one, having LOVED Josh Malerman's Bird Box and I was not disappointed. This had me hooked from start to finish. Creepy, spectacular and atmospheric I would rate this one the highest. 10/10

Succulents
Our main character, a middle aged English man on holiday with his wife and son, finds himself in the midst of a hellish nightmare. This was a really good story, I didn't see the ending coming at all. 9/10

Dollies
Told from the point of view of a woman who is reminiscing on her childhood, we are introduced to a traumatic life with horrific events that seems to mould her into someone you end up feeling quite shocked at her actions. This starts off relatively innocent enough but has a magnificently dark ending that I did not see coming. 8/10

The Abduction Door
A man was told as a young boy the story of how a small door in elevators, known as 'The Abduction Door' is home to a mystery creature that snatches people, mainly children, and takes them forever. Now grown up, he finds himself victim to it. What a c r e e p y story this was. I really rooted for the main character. A sad twist at the end left me wanting more. 8/10

The Swan Dive
Our main character, a something-aged male, intent to end his life is instead taken on a hellish nightmare that reaches a dramatic conclusion. This was my second favourite of the whole book. Graphic and brutal, I really enjoyed the concept of this one. 9/10



]]> <![CDATA[Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories]]> 40782808
The killers' pursuit of horror and violence is described through the unique audiotape and videotape interviews which Berry-Dee conducted, deep inside the bowels of some of the world's toughest prisons.

Christopher Berry-Dee has collated these interviews into this astounding, disturbing book, which, since its first publication, has gone on to become a True Crime classic. Not only does he describe his meetings with some of the world's most evil men and women, he also reproduces, verbatim, their very words as they describe their crimes, allowing the reader a glimpse into the inner workings of the people who have committed the worst crime possible- to mercilessly take the life of another human being.]]> 352 Christopher Berry-Dee 1786069741 kt � 4 3.38 2001 Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories
author: Christopher Berry-Dee
name: kt �
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> You (You, #1) 20821614
There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance� meeting.

As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.

A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation.]]> 424 Caroline Kepnes 1476785597 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.86 2014 You (You, #1)
author: Caroline Kepnes
name: kt �
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Eight Rivers of Shadow (The Host)]]> 28814865 In a high-stakes sequel, reluctant necromancer Luke Manchett must call upon the most wicked and eerie ghosts of his dispelled Host to save two innocent souls.

It’s been a few months since Luke Manchett inherited a Host of eight hostile spirits from his dead father and made a deal with the devil to banish them. Luke’s doing his best to blend in to the background of high school, to ignore the haunting dreams spawned by his father’s Book of Eight, and to enjoy the one good thing to come from the whole mess: his girlfriend, Elza. And then it all begins again. Ash, a strange new girl with stark white hair, requests his help—and his Book of Eight—to save her twin sister, who was attacked by a demon. Ash knows a lot more about necromancy than Luke and seems to know what she’s doing, but can she be trusted? As Luke is drawn into a spiral of ever more dangerous favors, he finds himself not only summoning the deadliest members of his father’s Host, but returning to Deadside in a terrifying quest to save what he holds dearest—or die trying.]]> 368 Leo Hunt 0763689947 kt � 0 to-read 3.94 2016 Eight Rivers of Shadow (The Host)
author: Leo Hunt
name: kt �
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> The Carrow Haunt 39666962 Remy is a tour guide for Carrow House, a notoriously haunted building. When she's asked to host seven guests for a week-long stay to research Carrow's phenomena, she hopes to finally experience some of the sightings that made the house famous.

At first, it's everything they hoped for. Then a storm moves in, cutting off their contact with the outside world, and things quickly become twisted. Doors open on their own. Seances go disastrously wrong. Red liquid seeps from behind the wallpaper. Their spirit medium wanders through the house during the night, seemingly in a trance.

Then one of the guests dies under strange circumstances, and Remy is forced to consider the possibility that the ghost of the house's original owner, a twisted serial killer, still walks the halls.

But by then it's too late to escape.]]> 372 Darcy Coates kt � 0 to-read 4.08 2018 The Carrow Haunt
author: Darcy Coates
name: kt �
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> American Psycho 28676 American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.]]> 399 Bret Easton Ellis 0679735771 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.82 1991 American Psycho
author: Bret Easton Ellis
name: kt �
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1991
rating: 0
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]]> Cell 10567 Where were you on October 1st at 3:03 pm?

Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction.

And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone...]]> 449 Stephen King 1416524517 kt � 2
Clayton 'Clay' Riddell, an artist, soon teams up with a handful of survivors and begins his journey across the country, all the while fighting telepathic shells of former human beings, fighting to stay alive in a battle against time.

This book took me two long months to read. Don't get me wrong, I'm a massive fan of Stephen King and am hesitant to say he can do wrong but my god this book was a struggle. It started off really well, fast-paced and action-packed. However, this soon fell away and the pacing slowed down dramatically. I'll be honest, I had absolutely no idea what was going on half the time either.

I thought the theory that the pulse virus was acting like a computer virus, wiping the 'hard drives' of its victims was an interesting concept. However, it became a little bit far-fetched as the book went on. I believe that if you're going to create a world where these things can happen, there needs to be some semblance of plausibility in there.

I would probably give this book 1.5 stars if I could. Definitely not Stephen King's best work unfortunately. ]]> 3.67 2006 Cell
author: Stephen King
name: kt �
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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When an electromagnetic pulse sends out a message which effectively wipes the minds of its victims, those who use their mobile phone, turning them into mindless rage-fuelled robots, our protagonist knows that he has to battle the hordes to reach his son, before he too falls victim to this unknown virus.

Clayton 'Clay' Riddell, an artist, soon teams up with a handful of survivors and begins his journey across the country, all the while fighting telepathic shells of former human beings, fighting to stay alive in a battle against time.

This book took me two long months to read. Don't get me wrong, I'm a massive fan of Stephen King and am hesitant to say he can do wrong but my god this book was a struggle. It started off really well, fast-paced and action-packed. However, this soon fell away and the pacing slowed down dramatically. I'll be honest, I had absolutely no idea what was going on half the time either.

I thought the theory that the pulse virus was acting like a computer virus, wiping the 'hard drives' of its victims was an interesting concept. However, it became a little bit far-fetched as the book went on. I believe that if you're going to create a world where these things can happen, there needs to be some semblance of plausibility in there.

I would probably give this book 1.5 stars if I could. Definitely not Stephen King's best work unfortunately.
]]> Sleeping Beauties 34466922
If they are awakened, and the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place.

The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease.

Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied, or is she a demon who must be slain?]]> 702 Stephen King 150116340X kt � 4
I enjoyed this book a lot, despite how darn long it took me to get through. I will say we’re introduced to a sh*t ton of characters, so it gets a little hard to keep up with who’s who and the significance they have within the story. However, each character we’re introduced to has an in-depth background and a personality as different to the character that follows.

I love Stephen King books and so was excited to read his latest addition, written with his son, and I have to say this was certainly no exception.

]]> 3.71 2017 Sleeping Beauties
author: Stephen King
name: kt �
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/10/22
date added: 2018/10/22
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For reasons unknown, a mysterious plague starts to infects the women of Dooling, soon to spread throughout the world. As soon as the woman falls asleep, she is covered in a mysterious cocoon, which if disturbed or removed, triggers the woman to turn into a feral, vicious animal hell bent on mutilating and killing those closest to her. Men are left to their own devices and society soon begins to break down. Evie Black, an enigmatic supernatural being, may hold the key to it all. With the men desperate for their wives, daughters and loved ones to return to them, they begin to resort to desperate measures and soon, a war breaks out. Can Evie stay alive long enough to reverse it all?

I enjoyed this book a lot, despite how darn long it took me to get through. I will say we’re introduced to a sh*t ton of characters, so it gets a little hard to keep up with who’s who and the significance they have within the story. However, each character we’re introduced to has an in-depth background and a personality as different to the character that follows.

I love Stephen King books and so was excited to read his latest addition, written with his son, and I have to say this was certainly no exception.


]]> <![CDATA[Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)]]> 19547856
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.]]> 320 Becky Albertalli 0062348671 kt � 3 4.13 2015 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
author: Becky Albertalli
name: kt �
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Camino Island (Camino Island, #1)]]> 34121119 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER â€� “A delightfully lighthearted caper ... [a] fast-moving, entertaining tale.â€â€”Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars.

Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts.

Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer’s block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable’s circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets.

But eventually Mercer learns far too much, and there’s trouble in paradise as only John Grisham can deliver it.]]> 290 John Grisham 0385543026 kt � 3 3.69 2017 Camino Island (Camino Island, #1)
author: John Grisham
name: kt �
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> Holding Up the Universe 28686840 every possibility life has to offer. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything.Ìý

Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he's got swagger, but he's also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can't recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He's the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything, but he can't understand what's going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don't get too close to anyone.

Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.]]> 391 Jennifer Niven 0385755929 kt � 4 3.66 2016 Holding Up the Universe
author: Jennifer Niven
name: kt �
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]> 31434883 No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. If she does, she'll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship—and even love—after all.

Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .

the only way to survive is to open your heart.]]> 336 Gail Honeyman 0735220689 kt � 4 4.21 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
author: Gail Honeyman
name: kt �
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/08/26
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]]> The Fallen (The Enemy #5) 20617860 502 Charlie Higson 0141336153 kt � 0 currently-reading 4.37 2013 The Fallen (The Enemy #5)
author: Charlie Higson
name: kt �
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2013
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]]> The Krays: The Prison Years 34445162
Until they weren’t.

After an undercover operation, the Kray twins were found guilty of murder and were sentenced to life in prison. They were just 35 years old.

But once inside, the twins were determined to make their stay truly historic. The Twins began earning more money inside than they ever did on the streets. They sold branded t-shirts and memorabilia and they allowed books and films to be published about their lives. They didn't stop.

Whilst locked up, their mother died as did their brother Charlie, and their associates and friends all fell away. But while Britain changed as a nation, the brothers continued to operate as the gangsters they once were. Their violence ingrained so deep that they couldn’t leave it behind.

The The Prison Years explores the fascinating and largely untold story of the Kray twins following their imprisonment.]]> 360 David Meikle 1784757225 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.90 The Krays: The Prison Years
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name: kt �
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]]> <![CDATA[Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1)]]> 5776788
Life sucks and then you die. Or, if you’re James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.

Now Stark’s back, and ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you’d expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future.

Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse.

Darkly twisted, irreverent, and completely hilarious, Sandman Slim is the breakthrough novel by an acclaimed author.]]> 388 Richard Kadrey 0061714305 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.95 2009 Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1)
author: Richard Kadrey
name: kt �
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Highway to Hell (Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?)]]> 21412278 Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?, which the Florida-Times Union hailed, “may just be the best thing to happen to literary zombies since Max Brooksâ€â€”for fans of the blockbuster phenomenon The Walking Dead.

You’ve probably read your fair share of zombie stories. But this time it’s different. In a horrific and hilarious cross-country road trip (or rather, suicide mission), you must overcome obstacles of every kind to save zombified America from utter collapse.

You're inside your prison cell, waiting to be released. Your name is Jimmy El Camino, and you’re a badass—in fact, you’re a supreme badass. Rambo with style. Snake Plissken with a failing liver. You’ve killed more men than cancer. But more men than the zombie apocalypse? That’s questionable.

Your mission? Drive your heavily armed 1967 El Camino from New York City to San Francisco in order to save the world. Along the way, you’ll encounter Ring’s Most Wonderful Circus Show; you’ll battle zombies gladiator-style; you’ll be forced to deal with lunatics. And every step of the way, an army of drivers in armored vehicles is hot on your tail—because there is one man, the mayor of New York, who will stop at nothing to keep this apocalypse of the undead alive.]]> 416 Max Brallier 1476765677 kt � 0 3.62 2016 Highway to Hell (Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?)
author: Max Brallier
name: kt �
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2016
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]]> Thirteen Reasons Why 29844228 You can’t stop the future.
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.]]> 352 Jay Asher 1595147888 kt � 0 currently-reading 3.71 2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
author: Jay Asher
name: kt �
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> Contagion (Dark Matter, #1) 31298617
Her brother Kai is losing hope of ever seeing her again. Then he meets Shay, a girl who saw Callie the day she disappeared, and his hope is reignited.

Their search leads them to the heart of a terrifying epidemic that is raging through the country.

Can Kai and Shay escape death and find Callie?]]> 464 Teri Terry 1408341727 kt � 0 to-read 3.83 2017 Contagion (Dark Matter, #1)
author: Teri Terry
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> The Sacrifice (The Enemy #4) 18453187 The Sacrifice picks up after Small Sam and The Kid arrive at the Tower of London at the end of The Dead. Though Sam finds safety and friendship at the Tower with Jordan Hordern's crew, he can't settle down. The only thing he wants is to be reunited with his sister, Ella. Despite Ed's protests, Sam and the Kid strike out westward, through the no-go zone.


Meanwhile, Shadowman is tracking Saint George across north London, watching him build up his army. Shadowman knows that Saint George is an extremely dangerous threat, but no one will take his warnings seriously.


Some answers to the questions we've been wondering about--What is the Disease? Where did it come from? Is there a cure?--are addressed by an unexpected source: a diseased adult nicknamed Wormwood who has the ability to speak, though his ravings are difficult to decipher.


Unspeakable horror, edge-of-the-seat suspense, and stomach-churning plot twists continue in Book 4 of Charlie Higson's masterful Enemy saga.]]> 512 Charlie Higson 1423166353 kt � 4
I really enjoyed this installation in the series; it seemed better than the previous book. I love reading about the character development the kids are going through, particularly Ed and I enjoy reading about each character's strengths and how effective they can be when working together as a group. Unfortunately one of the pitfalls of being introduced to so many amazing characters is that I am gutted when they are killed off. Fortunately Small Sam, Ed, Kyle and The Kid made it through to the end of this book pretty much unscathed.

I'm so excited to read the next installation.]]> 4.37 2012 The Sacrifice (The Enemy #4)
author: Charlie Higson
name: kt �
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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Small Sam and The Kid made it through London to the Tower pretty much in one piece. Upon their arrival the rest of the kids are surprised to see that they made it this far and comments are whispered throughout the group on their striking resemblance to Mad Matt's ramblings of The Lamb and The Goat. Does this make them special or are they just normal kids looking to survive in a world gone mad? Ed, a respected member of the Tower group, believes that they are just normal kids and takes it upon himself to look after them. Therefore when Sam and The Kid leave the Tower in search of Sam's sister, Ed gathers a group of his best hunters and sets off to find them.

I really enjoyed this installation in the series; it seemed better than the previous book. I love reading about the character development the kids are going through, particularly Ed and I enjoy reading about each character's strengths and how effective they can be when working together as a group. Unfortunately one of the pitfalls of being introduced to so many amazing characters is that I am gutted when they are killed off. Fortunately Small Sam, Ed, Kyle and The Kid made it through to the end of this book pretty much unscathed.

I'm so excited to read the next installation.
]]> <![CDATA[The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)]]> 179780 385 William Peter Blatty kt � 0 to-read 4.20 1971 The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
author: William Peter Blatty
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> The Girls 26893819 355 Emma Cline 081299860X kt � 0 currently-reading 3.48 2016 The Girls
author: Emma Cline
name: kt �
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)]]> 7631105 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
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Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.
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There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.
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The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
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Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.
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There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers� destruction—and they’re determined to survive.]]> 362 James Dashner 0385738757 kt � 2
Okay I'm all done with the formalities, now time for my opinion.

I didn't hate this book but I can't rave about it either. For me, James Dashner doesn't leave anything to the imagination of the reader; he has to explain each emotion and action of the characters intentions and this is unnecessary. There were a few plot holes too. Plus what is it with Thomas falling asleep at the end of pretty much every chapter? He's also put into a situation where it's literally a matter of life and death for him and he still pontificates over his feelings for two girls. One, he is absolutely obsessed over (why?!) and the other he meets along the way but doesn't quite know whether he likes her or not (because god forbid he is friendly to another girl who isn't Teresa).
I could moan and moan for days on end about the actions of Thomas because let's face it; he's a bit of a wet sap. He definitely isn't my favourite protagonist but thankfully we are introduced to a number of other characters throughout.

Let's talk about Jorge, shall we? He has promising features; he is a strong leader, a good fighter and has a group of people who will fight for him. However, after he joins Thomas' group that's pretty much all we hear from him. There's a point towards the end of the story where we don't even know if he's still around or not because Thomas doesn't reference him for a couple of pages. Jorge has the potential to shine through but James Dashner doesn't seem to care too much about him in this book.

The end of the book left me highly confused. What was the point of [spoilers removed]. It just felt like James Dashner was writing action in for the sake of it, without it even making sense.

HOWEVER, despite all of the above, I will go on to read the rest of the series. I want to see how Newt, Minho, Brenda, Jorge and Frypan turn out. ]]> 3.90 2010 The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
author: James Dashner
name: kt �
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2010
rating: 2
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After escaping from the Maze, Thomas and the surviving Gladers believed they were finally safe. What they didn't anticipate was that WICKED had more trials planned for them which would dwindle their already reduced numbers even further, weeding out the weak and selecting the strongest and the best from the group. With so many variables in place, with killer weather and murderous Cranks, can they survive this next trial? Will they ever be safe?

Okay I'm all done with the formalities, now time for my opinion.

I didn't hate this book but I can't rave about it either. For me, James Dashner doesn't leave anything to the imagination of the reader; he has to explain each emotion and action of the characters intentions and this is unnecessary. There were a few plot holes too. Plus what is it with Thomas falling asleep at the end of pretty much every chapter? He's also put into a situation where it's literally a matter of life and death for him and he still pontificates over his feelings for two girls. One, he is absolutely obsessed over (why?!) and the other he meets along the way but doesn't quite know whether he likes her or not (because god forbid he is friendly to another girl who isn't Teresa).
I could moan and moan for days on end about the actions of Thomas because let's face it; he's a bit of a wet sap. He definitely isn't my favourite protagonist but thankfully we are introduced to a number of other characters throughout.

Let's talk about Jorge, shall we? He has promising features; he is a strong leader, a good fighter and has a group of people who will fight for him. However, after he joins Thomas' group that's pretty much all we hear from him. There's a point towards the end of the story where we don't even know if he's still around or not because Thomas doesn't reference him for a couple of pages. Jorge has the potential to shine through but James Dashner doesn't seem to care too much about him in this book.

The end of the book left me highly confused. What was the point of [spoilers removed]. It just felt like James Dashner was writing action in for the sake of it, without it even making sense.

HOWEVER, despite all of the above, I will go on to read the rest of the series. I want to see how Newt, Minho, Brenda, Jorge and Frypan turn out.
]]> <![CDATA[The Hatching (The Hatching #1)]]> 29445757 So begins "The Hatching," the hair-raising saga of a single week in which an ancient, frighteningly predatory species of spider re-emerges in force. When the unusual egg in Melanie Guyer's lab begins to vibrate and crack, she finds herself at the epicentre of this apocalyptic natural disaster. Working closely with her ex-husband and his very powerful boss, she has to find some way to stem the brutal tide of man-eating arachnids."]]> 368 Ezekiel Boone 1501125052 kt � 4
The book begins in Peru where a tourist party are hiking through the jungle. We are briefly introduced to the characters before [spoilers removed]. From there on we are introduced to several different characters in different parts of the world and we are shown how they react to the news that murderous spiders are invading their homes and towns.

This was a very good book and I read it fairly quickly. One downside for me personally was the fact we were introduced to a new character every chapter. At the start of the book, this got hard to keep pace with and remember who everyone was and what their role in the book was. However I will admit, I did like how we saw them all again at the end of the story and we found out how they had coped with this threat.

I enjoyed reading about most of the characters and I did enjoy hearing their backstories. There were times when the action was unfolding and then the author would go off on a tangent which was a little frustrating.

Overall though this was a fantastic book and I have just ordered the sequel from eBay!]]> 3.57 2016 The Hatching (The Hatching #1)
author: Ezekiel Boone
name: kt �
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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I have always been absolutely terrified of spiders, I actually have a legitimate phobia. Some people may think "Well if you're that scared of spiders why are you reading a horror about spiders who eat people?" Good question but I have zero regrets because this book was thoroughly enjoyable.

The book begins in Peru where a tourist party are hiking through the jungle. We are briefly introduced to the characters before [spoilers removed]. From there on we are introduced to several different characters in different parts of the world and we are shown how they react to the news that murderous spiders are invading their homes and towns.

This was a very good book and I read it fairly quickly. One downside for me personally was the fact we were introduced to a new character every chapter. At the start of the book, this got hard to keep pace with and remember who everyone was and what their role in the book was. However I will admit, I did like how we saw them all again at the end of the story and we found out how they had coped with this threat.

I enjoyed reading about most of the characters and I did enjoy hearing their backstories. There were times when the action was unfolding and then the author would go off on a tangent which was a little frustrating.

Overall though this was a fantastic book and I have just ordered the sequel from eBay!
]]> <![CDATA[The Plague of the Undead (Deadlands, #1)]]> 17290665 In the bestselling tradition of Max Brooks' World War Z comes a terrifying new zombie tale from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Joe McKinney.

For thirty years, they have avoided the outbreak of walking death that has consumed America’s heartland. They have secured a small compound near the ruins of Little Rock, Arkansas. Isolated from the world. Immune to the horror. Blissfully unaware of what lies outside in the region known as the Dead Lands. Until now...

Led by a military vet who’s seen better days, the inexperienced offspring of the original survivors form a small expedition to explore the wastelands around them. A biologist, an anthropologist, a cartographer, a salvage expert—all are hoping to build a new future from the rubble. Until all hell breaks loose...

The infected are still out there. Stalking. Feeding. Spreading like a virus. Wild animals roam the countryside, hunting prey. Small pockets of humanity hide in the shadows: some scared, some mad, all dangerous. This is the New World. If the explorers want it, they’ll have to take it. Dead or alive...]]> 384 Joe McKinney 0786033975 kt � 0 to-read 3.62 2014 The Plague of the Undead (Deadlands, #1)
author: Joe McKinney
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average rating: 3.62
book published: 2014
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]]> War and Peace 656
War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.


Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.]]> 1392 Leo Tolstoy 0192833987 kt � 0 to-read 4.14 1869 War and Peace
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> Us 21423525
The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway. Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage and might even help him bond with Albie.

Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger.]]> 400 David Nicholls 034089699X kt � 3
What follows next is quite literally a series of unfortunate events and soon Doug needs to make a choice based on how much he wants his family to stay together.

This was a good book. Despite me taking a month to read this I did enjoy it when I got into it but there were so many filler gaps and flashbacks that it took me a while to get into it after I put it down. The characters are interesting and diverse and I liked seeing the way Doug influenced Connie and vice versa.

However I did feel it was very drawn out for its content. The jumping back and forth from past to present was a little jarring but it made sense why the author did this as it directly related to something Doug was currently experiencing and how he'd handle the situation.

I felt like I learned quite a bit or certainly places to visit if I ever travelled Europe so maybe I am marginally smarter for having read this.
]]> 3.69 2014 Us
author: David Nicholls
name: kt �
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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Douglas Peterson, after nearly twenty five years of marriage to his beloved wife Connie, is told by her that she no longer wants to be with him. Their teenage son Albie is as any boy is at that age, moody and temperamental with a barely concealed dislike towards his father and so Doug, feeling his family slipping away from him, books what is supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime.

What follows next is quite literally a series of unfortunate events and soon Doug needs to make a choice based on how much he wants his family to stay together.

This was a good book. Despite me taking a month to read this I did enjoy it when I got into it but there were so many filler gaps and flashbacks that it took me a while to get into it after I put it down. The characters are interesting and diverse and I liked seeing the way Doug influenced Connie and vice versa.

However I did feel it was very drawn out for its content. The jumping back and forth from past to present was a little jarring but it made sense why the author did this as it directly related to something Doug was currently experiencing and how he'd handle the situation.

I felt like I learned quite a bit or certainly places to visit if I ever travelled Europe so maybe I am marginally smarter for having read this.

]]> The Silence 22748082
Deaf for many years, Ally knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family's only chance of survival. To leave their home, to shun others, to find a remote haven where they can sit out the plague. But will it ever end? And what kind of world will be left?]]> 363 Tim Lebbon 1781168814 kt � 4
This was a very good read and I largely enjoyed it. I'm a massive fan of apocalyptic novels and I think my favourites are those that take us to the start of any big event so that we can experience the main characters in their normal everyday setting and then see how they cope when plunged into a terrifying new world. This is exactly what The Silence did.

The characters were believable and relatable and showed some good development throughout the story. Huw clearly dotes on his daughter which he referenced to at several points (I must admit after hearing for the fifth time how much he loved and adored his daughter I had to fight back the urge to roll my eyes and groan out loud; don't get me wrong, father/daughter love is special but also pukeworthy if overdone). The family are a tight-knit unit so it was good to see them coming together and helping one another survive.

The only aspects I wasn't a fan of was the pacing. At times it felt a little slow and awkward; they spent a good majority of the book doing nothing except sitting and pontificating on memories past or the natures of the beasts. It also felt like they hadn't really achieved much and the story kind of ended without tying anything up but perhaps that means there could be a sequel on the horizon?

Overall it was a good read and I was impressed.]]> 3.78 2015 The Silence
author: Tim Lebbon
name: kt �
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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After a tragic accident renders Ally deaf, she is used to sign language and experiencing the world in a way vastly different to that of her friends and family. However, when a new threat plagues the Earth, Ally's disability proves an advantage in helping her and her family stay alive.

This was a very good read and I largely enjoyed it. I'm a massive fan of apocalyptic novels and I think my favourites are those that take us to the start of any big event so that we can experience the main characters in their normal everyday setting and then see how they cope when plunged into a terrifying new world. This is exactly what The Silence did.

The characters were believable and relatable and showed some good development throughout the story. Huw clearly dotes on his daughter which he referenced to at several points (I must admit after hearing for the fifth time how much he loved and adored his daughter I had to fight back the urge to roll my eyes and groan out loud; don't get me wrong, father/daughter love is special but also pukeworthy if overdone). The family are a tight-knit unit so it was good to see them coming together and helping one another survive.

The only aspects I wasn't a fan of was the pacing. At times it felt a little slow and awkward; they spent a good majority of the book doing nothing except sitting and pontificating on memories past or the natures of the beasts. It also felt like they hadn't really achieved much and the story kind of ended without tying anything up but perhaps that means there could be a sequel on the horizon?

Overall it was a good read and I was impressed.
]]> The Bees 18652002 The Handmaid's Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliantly imagined debut.

Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the Queen. Yet Flora has talents that are not typical of her kin. And while mutant bees are usually instantly destroyed, Flora is reassigned to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting pollen on the wing. Then she finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous. Enemies roam everywhere, from the fearsome fertility police to the high priestesses who jealously guard the Hive Mind. But Flora cannot help but break the most sacred law of all, and her instinct to serve is overshadowed by a desire, as overwhelming as it is forbidden...

Laline Paull's chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Thrilling and imaginative, The Bees is the story of a heroine who changes her destiny and her world.]]> 340 Laline Paull 0062331159 kt � 0 to-read 3.69 2014 The Bees
author: Laline Paull
name: kt �
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2014
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]]> After You (Me Before You, #2) 25041504
Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started.

Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .

For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.]]> 353 Jojo Moyes kt � 2
The story opens with Louisa, 18 months on from Will's death, stuck in rut; in a dead-end job, a flat that doesn't feel like home and a never-ending grief. She's also on bad terms with her family (due to the fact they blame her for the final events of the first book). So basically, she's not in a good place. One evening, after too much wine, Louisa Clark has an accident that sets in motion the events for the rest of the book.

To me, I didn't feel a strong connection to any of the characters. Louisa was a bit of a pain in this book and I found myself disliking her quite a bit. Lily was absolutely insufferable and it was hard to feel any sympathy for her, even after we are giving an insight into her life through her own point of view. Sam, Louisa's new love interest, was a semi-decent character but like many other readers (judging by other reviews) I didn't feel a strong chemistry between the two and it just seemed like JoJo Moyes had written Sam into the story to show Louisa attempting to move on with her life.

There were some quite heart-warming parts though I'll admit; the ending was nice and seemed to tie up any loose ends and the Moving On group had a nice contribution to the story. It was interesting to get a glimpse into other character's griefs.

The sequel definitely was no where near as good as the first book and if anything made me dislike Louisa a little more but in a strange way it was also nice to see her moving on with her life. ]]> 3.68 2015 After You (Me Before You, #2)
author: Jojo Moyes
name: kt �
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2015
rating: 2
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We've all heard the saying 'If it isn't broken, don't fix it'. The same can be said for sequels of books. Does the first book warrant a sequel or is it something to write to pass the time? To me after reading After You, it's clear that Me Before You didn't call for a sequel. Sure, it's relatively nice to see Louisa Clark moving on with her life but the whole book felt like a massive filler.

The story opens with Louisa, 18 months on from Will's death, stuck in rut; in a dead-end job, a flat that doesn't feel like home and a never-ending grief. She's also on bad terms with her family (due to the fact they blame her for the final events of the first book). So basically, she's not in a good place. One evening, after too much wine, Louisa Clark has an accident that sets in motion the events for the rest of the book.

To me, I didn't feel a strong connection to any of the characters. Louisa was a bit of a pain in this book and I found myself disliking her quite a bit. Lily was absolutely insufferable and it was hard to feel any sympathy for her, even after we are giving an insight into her life through her own point of view. Sam, Louisa's new love interest, was a semi-decent character but like many other readers (judging by other reviews) I didn't feel a strong chemistry between the two and it just seemed like JoJo Moyes had written Sam into the story to show Louisa attempting to move on with her life.

There were some quite heart-warming parts though I'll admit; the ending was nice and seemed to tie up any loose ends and the Moving On group had a nice contribution to the story. It was interesting to get a glimpse into other character's griefs.

The sequel definitely was no where near as good as the first book and if anything made me dislike Louisa a little more but in a strange way it was also nice to see her moving on with her life.
]]> The Fear (The Enemy, #3) 21888731 DogNut and the rest of his crew, in search of the friends they lost during the fire, set off on a deadly mission from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace and beyond, as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends and who is the enemy in this changed world?
]]> 496 Charlie Higson 1484721446 kt � 4
It took me a lot longer than usual to finish this book but this is nothing to do with the story itself. I feel a bit depressed though due to some of the character's death; I need to stop being surprised and stop getting attached to characters and then maybe I won't be so surprised and heartbroken when Charlie Higson kills them off!!

This was an interesting addition to the series as it filled in from the first and second book from different P.O.Vs. For instance at the end [spoilers removed].

I must say I have been interested to see what's happened to the survivors from the first book but I did like the characters introduced in The Fear. Courtney and DogNut were my favourite characters [spoilers removed]. This book felt a lot darker than the previous installations as well as I think it focused more on the dark side of the kids in addition to the brutality of the sickos. We find ourselves learning more about how a world like this affects the kids and their development into hardened survivalists.

I was very impressed with the way that Shadowman handled himself throughout the story and much like Small Sam in Book 1, found myself rooting for his survival.

Good book overall and I'm intrigued to see how it'll all come together.]]> 4.33 2011 The Fear (The Enemy, #3)
author: Charlie Higson
name: kt �
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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DogNut sets off with a small group of survivors across London to reunite with the friends he lost a year previously. The journey, as always, is perilous and for some of the survivors it will be the last journey they make.

It took me a lot longer than usual to finish this book but this is nothing to do with the story itself. I feel a bit depressed though due to some of the character's death; I need to stop being surprised and stop getting attached to characters and then maybe I won't be so surprised and heartbroken when Charlie Higson kills them off!!

This was an interesting addition to the series as it filled in from the first and second book from different P.O.Vs. For instance at the end [spoilers removed].

I must say I have been interested to see what's happened to the survivors from the first book but I did like the characters introduced in The Fear. Courtney and DogNut were my favourite characters [spoilers removed]. This book felt a lot darker than the previous installations as well as I think it focused more on the dark side of the kids in addition to the brutality of the sickos. We find ourselves learning more about how a world like this affects the kids and their development into hardened survivalists.

I was very impressed with the way that Shadowman handled himself throughout the story and much like Small Sam in Book 1, found myself rooting for his survival.

Good book overall and I'm intrigued to see how it'll all come together.
]]> The Bell Jar 6514 294 Sylvia Plath 0571268862 kt � 3
On the one hand the writing is captivating and descriptive. On the other hand the main character is very hard to like. After reading other reviews I understand that as she suffers from depression she is "supposed" to be a little self-centred and cynical of those around her. I think I didn't like her much before her descent though.

I'm not sure if I am being thick but there were times that I had no clue what was happening. The scenes seemed to change so jarringly with little or no reference to how it had passed. Perhaps this is an accurate reflection of Esther's mind though.

I'm glad I read this book but I can't find myself rating it overly highly.]]> 4.05 1963 The Bell Jar
author: Sylvia Plath
name: kt �
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1963
rating: 3
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I'm not sure what I make of this.

On the one hand the writing is captivating and descriptive. On the other hand the main character is very hard to like. After reading other reviews I understand that as she suffers from depression she is "supposed" to be a little self-centred and cynical of those around her. I think I didn't like her much before her descent though.

I'm not sure if I am being thick but there were times that I had no clue what was happening. The scenes seemed to change so jarringly with little or no reference to how it had passed. Perhaps this is an accurate reflection of Esther's mind though.

I'm glad I read this book but I can't find myself rating it overly highly.
]]> <![CDATA[End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)]]> 25526965
In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.

Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney—the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield’s head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill’s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.

In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King.]]> 432 Stephen King 1501129740 kt � 0 to-read 4.07 2016 End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
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]]> The Dead (The Enemy, #2) 21888732 The Dead is the second book in Charlie Higson's jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens.

Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe.

Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult, Greg, a butcher, who claims he's immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world.

But when fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive...]]> 485 Charlie Higson 1484721454 kt � 4 Soon the boys are forced out of the boarding school and meet bus driver Greg, an adult who surprisingly hasn't turned yet. However, all is not what it seems and the boys soon find themselves on a brutal path of survival.

Set a year before the events in The Enemy, we are introduced to the characters we get a glimpse of at the end of the first book. I found this really refreshing and loved how it all came together at the end. I think because I got so attached to the characters in The Enemy it took me a while to warm up to the characters in The Dead. However, one thing I mentioned in my review of the first book is that all the kids had different personalities and this remains consistent throughout the series so far. I found myself warming up to certain characters and wishing others would get killed off pretty soon.

Speaking of, Charlie Higson really does not hold back in killing his main characters off. [spoilers removed] He also does not hold back on the gore, damn. Some of the character deaths had me cringing and wincing.

I am so pleased I've found a series that I'm really enjoying. This is a fantastic book series that caters to those with a taste of the gory, apocalyptic genre. ]]> 4.30 2010 The Dead (The Enemy, #2)
author: Charlie Higson
name: kt �
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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The story begins in a boarding school for boys and immediately we are introduced to a group of young lads. Best friends Jack and Ed, couldn't be more different in terms of survival. Jack is strong and courageous and doesn't hesitate in killing the adults. Ed relies on his best friend and doesn't kill at all.
Soon the boys are forced out of the boarding school and meet bus driver Greg, an adult who surprisingly hasn't turned yet. However, all is not what it seems and the boys soon find themselves on a brutal path of survival.

Set a year before the events in The Enemy, we are introduced to the characters we get a glimpse of at the end of the first book. I found this really refreshing and loved how it all came together at the end. I think because I got so attached to the characters in The Enemy it took me a while to warm up to the characters in The Dead. However, one thing I mentioned in my review of the first book is that all the kids had different personalities and this remains consistent throughout the series so far. I found myself warming up to certain characters and wishing others would get killed off pretty soon.

Speaking of, Charlie Higson really does not hold back in killing his main characters off. [spoilers removed] He also does not hold back on the gore, damn. Some of the character deaths had me cringing and wincing.

I am so pleased I've found a series that I'm really enjoying. This is a fantastic book series that caters to those with a taste of the gory, apocalyptic genre.
]]> The Shining (The Shining, #1) 11588 497 Stephen King 0450040186 kt � 0 to-read 4.28 1977 The Shining (The Shining, #1)
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 4.28
book published: 1977
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]]> It 830502
It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ...

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.]]> 1184 Stephen King 0450411435 kt � 0 to-read 4.28 1986 It
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> The Enemy (The Enemy, #1) 8540357 The Enemy is the first in a jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive.

When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry.

Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive.

Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in wait.

But can they make it there - alive?

This edition contains the first chapter of the second book The Dead.]]> 407 Charlie Higson 0141325011 kt � 5
The characters we are introduced to at the start, whilst they play vital roles, they are not the sole main characters. As the story unfolds you meet more and more kids.

I am normally against having too many characters involved but each one had their own unique personality and something interesting to bring to the group. Charlie Higson does not bat an eyelid at killing his characters off in gruesome ways which I found really refreshing. Normally when a character is given a main role you end up thinking that they're safe but this is not the case for The Enemy. [spoilers removed]

My favourite characters were probably Achilleus and Blue with Maxie, Small Sam, The Kid, Whitney and Ollie close behind. I found myself rooting for Small Sam all throughout the book and willed him onwards particularly during the underground scene which gave me chills.

Overall a fantastic book - I've just ordered the next one and can't wait to get my teeth into it!]]> 4.16 2009 The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)
author: Charlie Higson
name: kt �
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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The story starts with a scavenging mission carried out by a group of kids. Immediately you're introduced to what we presume are the main five characters; Arran, the leader, Ollie, Achilleus, Freak and Deke. It has been a year or so since the disease struck and killed anyone over fourteen. A band of kids have survived together in their local Waitrose using their courage, intelligence and trust in one another.

The characters we are introduced to at the start, whilst they play vital roles, they are not the sole main characters. As the story unfolds you meet more and more kids.

I am normally against having too many characters involved but each one had their own unique personality and something interesting to bring to the group. Charlie Higson does not bat an eyelid at killing his characters off in gruesome ways which I found really refreshing. Normally when a character is given a main role you end up thinking that they're safe but this is not the case for The Enemy. [spoilers removed]

My favourite characters were probably Achilleus and Blue with Maxie, Small Sam, The Kid, Whitney and Ollie close behind. I found myself rooting for Small Sam all throughout the book and willed him onwards particularly during the underground scene which gave me chills.

Overall a fantastic book - I've just ordered the next one and can't wait to get my teeth into it!
]]> Conversion 18667792 Ìý
First it’s the school’s queen bee, Clara Rutherford, who suddenly falls into uncontrollable tics in the middle of class. Her mystery illness quickly spreads to her closest clique of friends, then more students and symptoms follow: seizures, hair loss, violent coughing fits. St. Joan’s buzzes with rumor; rumor blossoms into full-blown panic.
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Soon the media descends on Danvers, Massachusetts, as everyone scrambles to find something, or someone, to blame. Pollution? Stress? Or are the girls faking? Only Colleen—who’s been reading The Crucible for extra credit—comes to realize what nobody else has. Inspired by true events—from seventeenth-century colonial life to the halls of a modern-day high school, this is the mystery that raises the question, what’s really happening to the girls at St. Joan’s?]]> 402 Katherine Howe 0399167773 kt � 0 to-read 3.30 2014 Conversion
author: Katherine Howe
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]]> <![CDATA[The End of the World Running Club]]> 22617452
So when it does end in a catastrophic asteroid strike and Edgar and his family find refuge in an Edinburgh army barracks, it comes as something of a relief. His world becomes simpler, life becomes easier, things might just be looking up.

But nothing's ever that simple. Returning from a salvage run in the city, Edgar finds his family gone, taken to the south coast for evacuation by an international task force. ÌýSuddenly he finds himself facing a gruelling journey on foot across a devastated United Kingdom. Accompanied by a group of misfits that include a large, hairy tattoo artist and an old man who claims to have run around Australia, Edgar must race against time and overcome his own short-comings, not to mention 100 mile canyons and a very strange council estate, to find the people he loves before he loses them forever.

A vivid, gripping story of hope, long-distance running and how we break the limits of our own endurance.]]> 423 Adrian J. Walker kt � 3
This all changes however when out of nowhere something falling from the sky causes a series of massive earthquakes, raging fires and giant tsunamis. Soon, Ed finds him and his family taking safe refuge in the nearby barracks where every week or so him and a few others head into the ruins of the city to find supplies. When he returns after one trip however, he finds out his family have been taken to the other side of the country where they will be setting sail in just a few weeks.

So he runs.

Really not sure what to make of this book. I don't even know if what I have written above is accurate because I didn't pay too much attention to the details. You're introduced to five main characters; Ed, Bryce, Richard, Harvey and Grimes (or Laura). I can say I didn't care too much for the fate of the majority of these characters. My favourite was probably Harvey but unfortunately he wasn't the protagonist. [spoilers removed]

There were a lot of times when I found myself confused as to what was happening. I'm not sure if it was the descriptions that were given or that I found my mind wandering when it should have been taking in what was going on.

Don't get me wrong, there were some really great scenes and you are introduced to some decent characters. Largely though I found this book to be a bit of a drag, hence why it took me a month and a half to finish.

]]> 3.84 2014 The End of the World Running Club
author: Adrian J. Walker
name: kt �
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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Edgar, known as Ed to family and friends, may seem like he has a good life. He lives in a nice area with his wife and two kids, a good job and prospects of a long future ahead of him.

This all changes however when out of nowhere something falling from the sky causes a series of massive earthquakes, raging fires and giant tsunamis. Soon, Ed finds him and his family taking safe refuge in the nearby barracks where every week or so him and a few others head into the ruins of the city to find supplies. When he returns after one trip however, he finds out his family have been taken to the other side of the country where they will be setting sail in just a few weeks.

So he runs.

Really not sure what to make of this book. I don't even know if what I have written above is accurate because I didn't pay too much attention to the details. You're introduced to five main characters; Ed, Bryce, Richard, Harvey and Grimes (or Laura). I can say I didn't care too much for the fate of the majority of these characters. My favourite was probably Harvey but unfortunately he wasn't the protagonist. [spoilers removed]

There were a lot of times when I found myself confused as to what was happening. I'm not sure if it was the descriptions that were given or that I found my mind wandering when it should have been taking in what was going on.

Don't get me wrong, there were some really great scenes and you are introduced to some decent characters. Largely though I found this book to be a bit of a drag, hence why it took me a month and a half to finish.


]]> <![CDATA[All the Ugly and Wonderful Things]]> 26114135
As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.

By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you wont soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.]]> 432 Bryn Greenwood kt � 0 to-read 3.96 2016 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
author: Bryn Greenwood
name: kt �
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
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]]> Truly Madly Guilty 26247008
Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other.

Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having Tiffany and Vid’s larger than life personalities there will be a welcome respite.

Two months later, it won’t stop raining, and Clementine and Sam can’t stop asking themselves the question: What if we hadn’t gone?

In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty takes on the foundations of our lives: marriage, sex, parenthood, and friendship. She shows how guilt can expose the fault lines in the most seemingly strong relationships, how what we don’t say can be more powerful than what we do, and how sometimes it is the most innocent of moments that can do the greatest harm.]]> 432 Liane Moriarty 1250125561 kt � 0 to-read 3.49 2016 Truly Madly Guilty
author: Liane Moriarty
name: kt �
average rating: 3.49
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]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 kt � 0 to-read 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
author: Paula Hawkins
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average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Bleeding Hearts (Demimonde, #1)]]> 13491389
(This edition is out of print.)]]> 370 Ash Krafton 0982991363 kt � 0 to-read 3.80 2012 Bleeding Hearts (Demimonde, #1)
author: Ash Krafton
name: kt �
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2012
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