Current Queue

Current Queue 

Thought I’d update you all on my current reading queue.

• The Child by Fiona Barton (Currently Reading) 
• The Devils Claw by Lara Dearman 
• Women of State by Simon Berthon
•  When I Cast Your Shadow by Sarah Porter
• Fix Me by Lisa M Cronkhite 
• Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore

The titles above are all books from NetGalley, the following books are ones I have chosen through personal choice. 

• Split Second by David Baldacci 
• The Stolen Girls by Patrica Gibney 
• A Shore Thing by Scotty T 

So there you have my current queue for the moment. 

Reader’s Input

Your Thoughts!!

Hey guys, Thought I’d get some input from all my lovely loyal readers. 

Is there anything you would love to see on my blog? 

Any books you’d like me to read and review for you?

Anything I can do to make my blog more interesting for you?

Any suggestions no matter how small or big are welcome.

Anything at all down to content, layout even the theme of the blog. 

All comments welcome. 

Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts and as always happy reading. 

Lu-Ellen x

Exciting News

Exciting News!!

Exciting news…My reviews for Seven Suspects by Renee James and Being a Witch and Other Things I Didn’t Ask For by Sara Pascoe have been chosen as featured reviews to help advertise these books. If I have one more of my reviews selected then I will get the label and badge of Top Reviewer =D

The Writing Desk

The Writing Desk by Rachel Hauck

Title: The Writing Desk

Author: Rachel Hauck

First Published: Aug 2017

Publisher: Zondervan

Pages: 352

Price on Amazon: Paperback £12.40 Kindle: £6.99

ISBN: 0310341590

One desk, two people, worlds apart.

Tenley Roth is an author, following in her father footsteps. Her novel was a huge success with the pressure mounting for her second novel and the deadline drawing closer things are getting tough for Tenley. Then when she receives a phone call from her mother who she is not close with asking her to nurse her through her chemo, Tenley takes off to Florida, where she meets a handsome furniture designer and all of a sudden she has everything she needs for her second novel. 

In another world, Birdie born during the Gilded age into old money dreams of being a writer, however, her controlling mother has other plans for Birdies future. Right down to who Birdie will marry. Can Birdie escape her mother’s clutches and live her own life or will she be destined to live the life her mother chose?

 I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, well, unfortunately, I just could not get into this book, no matter how hard I tried. It was just not grabbing my attention. I wasn’t enjoying how it flicked from Tenley to Birdie and back again, normally I don’t have a problem with books like this but I couldn’t seem to get on with this one. 

So I am unable to give a complete review as I did not finish the book. I have chosen to give this book a single star as I didn’t finish it and I would not recommend it to anybody. 

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Good Me Bad Me

    Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

Title: Good Me Bad Me

Author: Ali Land

Published: 2017

Publisher: Penguin 

Pages: 368

Price on Amazon: Paperback £5.19 Kindle: £4.99

ISBN: 1405923911

Good me Bad me follows the life of Milly who’s mother is a serial Killer, Milly’s mother has killed several children who have been entrusted into her care. One day Milly has had enough and goes to the police and tells them everything her mother has done. Following this her mother is then sent to jail pending trial and Milly is sent to live with a foster family where she is prepared to give evidence at the trial. This book follows Milly in the lead up to her mother trial with her Foster family helping and preparing her to give evidence, however, Milly and the daughter of the foster family Phoebe are anything but friends. The trial comes and Milly gives her evidence, a verdict is given and Milly has to face life after trial but is all as it seems? With major plot twists, you don’t see coming. 

Review:

From the moment I picked this book up, I couldn’t put it down again, a real psychological thriller with some amazing plot twists I did not see coming. This book really puts you through your emotions. A great plot, great characters and just overall a great read. I gave this book a five-star review. I will most defiantly reread this book and will be suggesting it to my book club as well. Most certainly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great psychological thriller with great plot twists. The Plot is well written and easy to follow. The characters are fantastic and really add strength to the plot and the overall greatness of this book. This is the second time I have read this book now and I loved it even more than I did the first time. This is certainly one of those books that I shall reread over and over again and has quickly become one of my favourite books and has made its way into my favourite category on my Kindle. 

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The Betrayals

The Betrayals by Fiona Neill 

Title: The Betrayals

Author: Fiona Neill

Published: Aug 2017

Publisher: Penguin UK

Pages: 400

Price on Amazon: Paperback £3.85 Kindle: £3.99

ISBN: 9781405923453

Two Families, Secrets, Lies and Betrayals.

Rosie and Lisa are best friends and their families have been inseparable, every year the holiday together on the Norfolk coast. But this year is a year nobody is going to forget. Rosie’s husband Nick and Lisa have an affair and Nick ends up walking out on his family to be with Lisa. Nick and Rosie’s daughter Daisy fragile hold on reality slips further and further away and their son Max is blaming himself for everything that happened that summer. As the years go by the family learn to cope then one day out of the blue Rosie receives a letter from Lisa asking for her help, Nick and Lisa announce their engagement, Daily begins to lose her grip on reality again. What does Lisa want after all these years? After destroying two families? Can anyone notice Daily is losing control before it’s too late?

I got this book as an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I read this book in one day and night. It was a little slow to start with but I stuck with it and I’m glad I did as I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed how the book changed from person to person, so we got to hear the story from four different angles, I found this helped to move the story along and help it flow. I found each character in the book fitted really well into the story. My favourite character was Daisy, I have slight OCD myself so I can relate to what she’s feeling. I found I really didn’t like Ava and was really upset for Daisy when Ava and her friends were nasty to her and thought it was karma when Daisy got her own back. I thought Rosie was an incredibly strong woman for so many reasons I don’t want to give away any spoiler but when you read the book you will see what I mean. 

I really enjoyed this book, however, I found the ending to be a little disappointing, I thought it finished quite abruptly and could have done with maybe another chapter to iron out some of the loose ends. Therefore I am giving this book four out of five stars. I would most certainly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good lighthearted read. 

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Welcome to Lu’s Reviews

Welcome to Lu’s Reviews. This blog is an extension of my other blog
http://www.readingbeyondobsession.co.uk/ my other blog is doing so well I have decided to expand onto WordPress. So to get us started I shall post the last four reviews I posted on my other blog and we shall go from there.

As I always say, If anyone has any book recommendations for me, or any books they would like me to read and review for them, this includes Authors too then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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