Searching for that rush...

Hey guys, I've had this book a while, I had started reading it ages ago and must have set it down and forgot about it. Yeah, I know that sounds bad but I have a special kind of memory. I really enjoyed this book, like the characters are so interesting. Win and Myrons' bromance, if you will, is fascinating, one's softer, emotionally and romantic and the other is hard, potentially a sociopath and strong. Yet both are fiercely loyal to one another, very physically tough and have interesting careers. Myron is an celebrity agent and Win is an investment banker/hitman. Yep you read that right. Anyway the story follows Myron and how is life is changed when an old flame, Terese, springs into his life again after many years and asks him to come to Paris.  Once there, Myron is searched and followed by french police. Once he meets Terese he finds out part of the reason why he's there. He thinks he's searching for her missing ex husband however, they quickly discover ...

Hello everyone,  hope you all are well. This is a book that I got for Christmas, by Cecelia Ahern. Love her novels, have read and reviewed one or two of hers and well consider me a fan. However, I did have to wrap my head around this book. I really wasn't sure where it was going to go at the start but I kept with it and I enjoyed it.  The story follows Sabrina Boggs and her search to find out the truth behind her father, Fergus. Her father, now in a nursing home with very little memory of the man he was and who the people are around him.  Sabrina had a very difficult relationship with her dad, believing him to have been a serial adulterer and a hard man to get along with. He didn't speak to his own family and had difficulty communicating who he really was/is.  The facade begins to crumble when a box of her fathers things is left for Sabrina to store until he get better. In the box she finds marbles, a whole load of marbles. Some incredibl...

Hello there,  getting good at this regular posting malarkey however, I'm running out of books, well new books, to write about. I might just have to start re-reading some of my old favs. Not that I'm complaining, any excuse eh? This one was a bit of a slow starter for me, took me a while to get into it. Ironic as one of the central characters Gil, is having trouble getting into his book.  I stayed up reading until 1 am last night because I really couldn't put it down.  There's a lot that was familiar about this story for me, as a journalist (like Gil) I understand the research part, the frustration of not getting answers and the itch to know more about the villages  mysterious new tenant is.  The mysterious new tenant is Helen or Helene, a war photographer prone to migraines, and having flashbacks to a fire she can't really remember where she vaguely remembers seeing a body on the floor.  The story follows Helen as she tries to piece the ...

Hey there, went on a buying binge a couple of weeks ago in Tesco and picked up this book among others. Future posts to come :) I was drawn to this book because I was reading a lot of crime novels there for a while and wanted something a bit lighter. Although this book in particular is full of twists and turns, spies, love, and war. Right up my street at the minute. This book particularly called out to me because the central characters are journalists and I worked as a journalist for two years there and would love to continue it in the future. #SomeoneEmployMe This is two tales of love and betrayal twisted into one story. The past clashes with the present when Abby Gordon discovers an old photograph in a collection she's putting together for the Royal Cartography Institute. The photograph is of Rosamund Bailey and Dominic Blake, when Abby discovers that Dominic went missing two weeks after the photo was taken and that Rosamund is still alive, she invites her to the Great Briti...

Hello friends, hope you are all OK! Recently I have been obsessed with World War stories, whether it's TV programs, books or films, I can't get enough of them! So this is a post about a book I've read based on events from WW2. There is a lot packed into this book so I'm going to skim over the details and just point out some key points of interest.  The story essentially follows Pixie Saunders, who works in the local armaments factory, near Portsmouth and looks at what life looks like for the people at home. Pixie's mother could be described as 'flighty' at best, she's run off with a man leaving her 19 year old daughter to fend for herself.  Pixie is now faced with paying rent, bills and essentially looking after herself. In the beginning she copes quite well, until she realises the extent of the debt her mother has left her in. Now facing eviction, Pixie along with her friend Rita decide they need a night out. Heading to their local pub, they meet A...