I managed to read four books this week, which I’m pretty pleased with. As from Monday I will be starting my new job which means back to good old shift work 😢 so it’s unlikely I will be reading more than two books a week. So I might not be posting as many blog posts in the weeks to come as obviously books read equal reviews to post, but time will tell.
Books read
Blink by K L Slater
The One by John Marrs
Backstabber by Kimberley Chambers
The Break Down by B A Paris
Book Post
I love the cover of this book it’s a real beauty, but from what I’ve read it’s anything BUT a beautiful read! I’m looking forward to reading this one soon.
Books I’ve bought this week
I bought five books this week all are by authors I haven’t read before, remember in my yearly wrap up I said I wanted to read more books by new authors well I thought I would start with these.
The Reaper by Steven Dunne
The Disciple by Steven Dunne
Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Lying In Wait by Liz Nugent
What Remains Of Me by A. L Gaylin
ARC’s
I’ve kept away from NetGalley as much as possible,but yet again Bookouture are my downfall 🙈 so I have Two ARC’s, in my defence one of them is for a blog tour so that doesn’t really count, or so I’m trying to convince myself 😂😂
Book description
When a woman’s body is discovered in a cathedral and hours later a young man is found hanging from a tree outside his home, Detective Lottie Parker is called in to lead the investigation. Both bodies have the same distinctive tattoo clumsily inscribed on their legs. It’s clear the pair are connected, but how?
The trail leads Lottie to St Angela’s, a former children’s home, with a dark connection to her own family history. Suddenly the case just got personal.
As Lottie begins to link the current victims to unsolved murders decades old, two teenage boys go missing. She must close in on the killer before they strike again, but in doing so is she putting her own children in terrifying danger?
Lottie is about to come face to face with a twisted soul who has a very warped idea of justice.
Book description
She got into bed but sleep didn’t come easily. Every creak in the house made her alert. She was waiting for him to come and get her.
The small city of Stockleigh is in shock as three women are brutally attacked within days of each other. Are they random acts of violence or is there a link between the victims? For Detective Eden Berrisford, it’s her most chilling case yet.
The investigation leads Eden to cross paths with Carla, a woman trying to rebuild her life after her marriage to a cruel and abusive man ended in unimaginable tragedy. Her husband Ryan was imprisoned for his crimes but, now he’s out and coming for her.
As Eden starts to close in on the attacker, she also puts herself in grave danger. Can she stop him before he strikes again? And can Carla, terrified for her life, save herself – before the past wreaks a terrible revenge?
Last week on the book review café
https://thebookreviewcafe.com/2017/01/11/the-girl-before-by-jp-delaney-bookreview/
Next Week on the book review café
**Blog Tour** Ledston Luck by Andrew Barrett – Author interview
**Guest Post** by J.M. Richardson author Of The Barataria Key
**Blog Tour** Guest post by CJ Carver Author Of Tell Me A Lie @C_J_Carver
#TopFiveThursday
and hopefully a couple of reviews
Congrats on the new job!
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Thank you Mike
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Good luck with your new job Lorraine. X
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Thanks Sandra 😘
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Good luck with the new job! I hope all goes well and you still manage to squeeze in plenty of reading time.
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Thanks Claire hopefully will still manage to read a couple of books a week 😘
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I’m really looking forward to reading The Breakdown.
Wow, your book post book is beautiful.
I really enjoyed The Reaper, by Steven Dunne. I’ve not read any others yet.
Oh, and good luck with the new job!
Jules xxx
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It really is a beautiful cover but from what I’ve heard the cover hides a very disturbing story, is it hype I wonder?
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There’s only one way to find out 😉
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Good Luck with the new job, Lorraine 🙂
I have never read any Steven Dunne books, although after several recommendations, I have added his name to my Goodreads ‘Want To Read’ list, so I ‘ll be interested to see what you think of his writing.
A couple of your other titles I have entered the Goodreads Giveaway competitions to win. I have actually been quite successful with my number of wins, so fingers crossed.
Great Post and enjoy the rest of your Sunday 🙂
Yvonne
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Thank you Yvonne I’ve heard good things about Steven Dunne’s books, so looking forward to reading them as soon as my TBR pile has diminished a bit x
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Good luck with the new job! Always love to read your reviews.
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Thank you Wendy and glad you like reading my reviews x
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Congratulations on getting a new job 🙂 I’m jealous of your reading speed. 4 in a week?? God gifted me with average speed, sadly 😭
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Good luck with the new job! I’m sure that you will soon fit into a new schedule! These books all look and sound really interesting!
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Thanks Lindsey the hard thing is going to be which book to read first 🙈
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Snap – I bought Lying in Wait this week too!
Congrats on the new job. I’m on placement at the moment so I working long shifts for the next 6 weeks and it’s so hard to find time to read (or do anything else lol), I can’t wait to go back to uni and resume normal reading haha
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Thanks Janel and hope your placement goes well and long shifts are a killer x
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Congratulations on your new job Lorraine! I hope all goes well. I keep seeing Lying in Wait everywhere, I may need to take a closer look at that one:)
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Thanks Renee I hope to get to Lying In Wait soon, but have a book to read for a blog tour first x
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Good luck with the new job Lorraine. I can’t believe you’ve never read Steven Dunne or Liz Nugent before, they are both fabulous and you are in for a real treat! xx
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Thank you, Ha, Ha Karen nor me! I’m not sure why I haven’t read these authors books yet, but I’m looking forward to changing that!
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I loved the Liz Nugent book so hope you do to. I can’t wait to read the Mel Sherratt. Have a good week. Hope your new job went well today.
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Thanks Emma very strange starting a new job after so many years x
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Good luck with the new job Lorraine! 🙂
I love the flowery cover! So good! I’ve raised my NetGalley ratio to be able to jump on Bookouture’s ARCs without feeling guilty, hahaha. We can’t resist them!
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