tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721895252171912822024-03-05T04:53:41.257+00:00Bakey's Book BlogBakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-39411399141613195922018-09-28T08:05:00.000+01:002018-09-28T08:05:28.205+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool<h4 style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the </span><span style="color: blue;">idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: blue;">My book beginning is Film Starts Don't Die in Liverpool. I saw the film a few weeks ago and enjoyed it so wanted to read the non-fiction book it was based on as soon as I could get hold of a copy from the library.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"> 'The girl who can't say "No" says "Yes" to Illinois'; or 'The girl who can't say "No" says "Yes" to East Hampton.' This time it was Lancaster, England.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span id="freeText12796618346503992386">On 29 September 1981,
Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His
former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a
Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He had no choice but
to take her into his chaotic and often eccentric family's home in
Liverpool. <br /><br />Liverpool born and bred, Turner had first set eyes on
Grahame when he was a young actor, living in London. Best known for her
portrayal of irresistible femme fatales in films such as <i>The Big Heat</i>, <i>Oklahoma</i> and<i> The Bad and the Beautiful</i>,
for which she won an Oscar, Grahame electrified audiences with her
steely expressions and heavy lidded eyes and the heroines she bought to
life were often dark and dangerous. Turner and Grahame became firm
friends and remained so ever after their love affair had ended. And it
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-61142420570424824122018-02-08T12:17:00.001+00:002018-02-08T12:17:11.979+00:00From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan<h4 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">From a low and Quiet Sea tells us the stories of three men. Farouk is an immigrant who has risked everything and suffered a lot to escape from Syria and make a life for himself in Ireland. Lampy is a heartbroken young man still living at home with his mother and grandfather and finally we meet John. He was greatly affected by the death of his brother when he was still a child but has gone on the be very successful, we are also told about an affair he had. They are given a section of the novel each rather than their stories being interwoven throughout. However in the fourth and final part of the novel we learn what links them together. </span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-46076133604269368662017-12-01T11:58:00.000+00:002017-12-01T11:58:27.664+00:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - The Christmas Train<h4 style="text-align: left;">
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journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to LA in time for
Christmas. Forced to take the train across the country because of a
slight 'misunderstanding' at airport security, he begins a journey of
self-discovery and rude awakenings, mysterious goings-on and thrilling
adventures, screwball escapades and holiday magic.<br /><br />He has no idea
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-40588999611213059642017-11-24T06:00:00.000+00:002017-11-24T06:00:10.373+00:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - A Christmas Party <h4 style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;">
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for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-69379641898081850252017-07-07T12:04:00.000+01:002017-07-07T12:04:15.466+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - Fever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-30118060017314252622017-06-11T11:41:00.001+01:002017-06-11T11:41:52.196+01:00Into the Water by Paula Hawkins<h3>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-11463475043997537832017-02-17T06:00:00.000+00:002017-02-17T06:00:36.586+00:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - The Doll Funeral<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">My thirteenth birthday and I became a hunter for souls.</span></span></h3>
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live with Barbara and Mick. They're not my real parents, but they tell
me what to do, and what to say. I'm supposed to say that the bruises on
my arms and the black eye came from falling down the stairs.<br /><br />But
there are things I won't say. I won't tell them I'm going to hunt for my
real parents. I don't say a word about Shadow, who sits on the stairs,
or the Wasp Lady I saw on the way to bed.<br /><br />I did tell Mick that I
saw the woman in the buttercup dress, hanging upside down from her seat
belt deep in the forest at the back of our house. I told him I saw death
crawl out of her. He said he'd give me a medal for lying.<br /><br />I wasn't lying. I'm a hunter for lost souls and I'm going to be with my real family. And I'm not going to let Mick stop me.</i></span></span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-68618599642108320022017-01-27T11:38:00.001+00:002017-01-27T11:38:52.698+00:00This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="freeText15395148112399426315">Rosie and Penn always
wanted a daughter. Four sons later, they decide to try one last time -
and their beautiful little boy Claude is born. Life continues happily
for this big, loving family until the day when Claude says that, when he
grows up, he wants to be a girl.</span></h3>
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concerned, bright, funny and wonderful Claude can be whoever he or she
wants. But as problems begin at school and in the community, the family
faces a seemingly impossible dilemma: should Claude change, or should
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-7322269709352512642017-01-06T11:04:00.000+00:002017-01-06T11:12:08.610+00:00Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">Ingrid went missing from a Dorset beach twelve years ago and is presumed to have drowned. She left behind her husband Gil, who is an author with one famous novel to his name, and their daughters Nan and Flora. Flora was only ten years old when her mother disappeared and has always believed that she's alive.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Gil thinks he sees Ingrid but then has an accident causing both daughters to return to the family home to look after him, his possible sighting is put down to old age and ill health.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">The story is beautifully told, both in the present day and the past. The latter in the form of letters that Ingrid wrote to her husband and left hidden in the many books inside their house by the sea. Truths, infidelities and tragedies are gradually revealed and I was gripped. This was a clever way of letting us learn about the characters and their marriage and it worked extremely well.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">I enjoyed the author's first novel, Our Endless Numbered Days and Swimming Lessons is even better.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Publication date: 26th January 2017<i> </i> </span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-9898045750741493292017-01-02T08:00:00.000+00:002017-01-06T11:11:07.173+00:00The Dry by Jane Harper<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">The Dry is set in the small country Australian town of Kiewarra. It hasn't rained there for two years, the severe drought leaving tensions high for the community. This has been made worse by the murders of the Hadler family, thought by local police to have been carried out by the husband/father of the victims who then committed suicide.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">The two story threads and secrets from the present and past made this novel a compelling read. It grabbed my interest from the off and held it all the way through to the very end. The Dry is well written and heartbreaking in parts, if you enjoy crime fiction you won't be disappointed. </span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Thanks to Little Brown and Netgalley for a copy in return for an honest review.</i> </span></h4>
Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-40739028764402988472016-12-11T20:16:00.000+00:002016-12-11T20:16:16.974+00:00Update<h3>
After what seems like ages I've finally got the reading bug again. For the last six weeks or so the only thing I've managed to read is a couple of short stories, this has happened before but never for this long. There's no point me starting a book when I'm in this mood as it will feel like a chore and I'll be unable to finish it.<br />This afternoon I suddenly missed not having a book on the go so I downloaded Mystery in White by J Jefferson Farjeon to my Kindle. It has been on my wishlist for a while and I'm already a quarter of the way into it.<br />Does anyone else ever struggle to read? If so is there anything you do to help or do you just wait until your reading mojo returns? </h3>
Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-51015357936921860902016-10-14T06:00:00.000+01:002016-10-20T09:54:45.194+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - The Dry<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Amid
the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn't rained in
small country town Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in the community
become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are brutally
murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after
slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Policeman
Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his
childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation.
As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is
forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier.
Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death
threatens to unearth. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings,
secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he
questions the truth of his friend's crime.</span></div>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-86911312794788175502016-09-14T12:11:00.000+01:002016-09-14T12:11:23.585+01:00All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="http://bakeysbookblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-spinning-heart-by-donal-ryan-i-was.html" target="_blank">The Spinning Heart</a> </b></span></b></span></h4>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="http://bakeysbookblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-thing-about-december-by-donal-ryan.html" target="_blank">The Thing About December</a></b></span></b></span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-19842743810004204502016-07-01T13:57:00.000+01:002016-07-01T13:57:17.000+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - I'm Travelling Alone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">This week my book is one that I only got in the post just over one hour ago and started reading straight way. I'm Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjork was published in 2013 in Norway and will be published in the UK in December 2016 in paperback, for those that can't wait until then it is available in hardback or eBook formats now.</span></span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-63367546220320913452016-06-17T10:50:00.002+01:002016-06-17T10:50:42.194+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - #ReadWithoutPrejudice<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The miracle happened on West Seventy-fourth Street, in the home where Mama worked. It was a big brownstone encircled by a wrought iron fence, and overlooking either side of the ornate door were gargoyles, their granite faces carved from my nightmares.</span></span></span></h3>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-17717150678450182012016-05-30T06:00:00.000+01:002016-05-30T06:00:09.900+01:00Mailbox Monday<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books
that came in their mailbox during the last week. It was created by
Marcia @ A Girl and Her Books but now has a permanent home <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a></span></h3>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">I got two kindle eBooks this week and both were only £0.99 each.</span></span></h3>
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<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386186855l/19184251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Railwayman's Wife" border="0" height="320" id="coverImage" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386186855l/19184251.jpg" width="206" /></a><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span id="freeText6524832987487259650">In a small town on the
land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a
doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story.<br /><br />In
Thirroul, in 1948, people chase their dreams through the books in the
railway's library. Anikka Lachlan searches for solace after her life is
destroyed by a single random act. Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the
mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. Frank McKinnon is trapped
by the guilt of those his treatment and care failed on their first day
of freedom. All three struggle with the same question: how now to be
alive.<br /><br />Written in clear, shining prose and with an eloquent
understanding of the human heart, The Railwayman's Wife explores the
power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can be sometimes to
tell them apart. It's a story of life, loss and what comes after; of
connection and separation, longing and acceptance. Most of all, it
celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that
loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.<br /><br />A story that will break your heart with hope.</span> </span></span></h4>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-1188864016900961152016-05-20T06:00:00.000+01:002016-05-20T06:00:22.592+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - The Fireman<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">My book beginning this week is The Fireman. At the time of writing this post I'm almost a third of a way into the book, I love apocalyptic fiction and I'm thoroughly enjoying the latest Joe Hill novel. My copy is an ARC from Netgalley and Orion Publishing and it's published in the UK on 7th June.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Harper Grayson had seen lots of people burn on TV, everyone had, but the first person she saw burn for real was in the playground behind the school.</span> </span></span></h3>
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said sources indicated it might've been created by engineers at
Halliburton and stolen by culty Christian types fixated on the Book of
Revelation.<br />CNN reported both sides.<br />While every TV station debated the cause, the world burnt.<br />
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school nurse, HARPER GRAYSON, had seen lots of people burn on TV, but
the first person she saw burn for real was in the playground behind the
school.<br />With the epic scope of THE PASSAGE and the emotional impact
of THE ROAD, this is one woman's story of survival at the end of the
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-66191026365941356502016-05-13T06:00:00.000+01:002016-05-13T06:00:04.871+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - The Secret To Not Drowning<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">This week my book beginning is The Secret To Not Drowning by Colette Snowden. I only heard about this book on Twitter the other day and have borrowed an ebook from Suffolk libraries, it's one of the books included in Brave New Reads and you can read about them all <a href="http://suffolklibraries.co.uk/book-lists/brave-new-reads-2016" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></h3>
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dreamed of being a Charlie's Angel become such a cowed and submissive
woman? When a chance meeting at her once a week trip to the swimming
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-46661817501707452322016-05-12T12:41:00.000+01:002016-05-12T12:41:32.246+01:00Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">At the beginning it was amusing to see how people dealt with her, she was hidden from outsiders by being disguised or covered up so the secret wouldn't get out. The story was far from light-hearted though and it was creepy when the witch (Katherine) was first introduced. The idea that she can suddenly appear in the corner of a room while you're doing normal, everyday things or by your bed while you're sleeping is
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-1389430400385505902016-05-06T11:54:00.001+01:002016-05-06T11:54:40.172+01:00The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware<h3>
<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1456303243l/29292832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The Woman in Cabin 10" border="0" height="320" id="coverImage" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1456303243l/29292832.jpg" width="212" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Laura (Lo) Blacklock is a travel journalist given a chance to go on the maiden voyage of a luxury cruise ship. She's hoping the trip will do her good and help her recover from a break in at her flat where she came face to face with the burglar. </span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">The story started well and when the characters on the ship were introduced I was immediately trying to work out who could and couldn't be trusted. This has been compared in other reviews to Agatha Christie and I can see why. Unfortunately I began to lose interest towards the last part of the story, it felt rushed, as though the author had run out of ideas and wasn't sure how to finish and tie everything up. Lo was also making some annoying and at times perplexing decisions. You need to suspend belief for most crime thrillers to work but this went too far and I'm also not entirely sure what the very end was supposed to mean. Plenty will enjoy this quick and easy read though.</span></h3>
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<br />Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-54585198464661295562016-05-06T11:24:00.000+01:002016-05-06T11:24:56.877+01:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - Hex<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Steve Grant rounded the corner of the parking lot behind Black Spring Market & Deli just in time to see Katherine van Wyler get run over by an antique Dutch barrel organ. For a minute he thought it was an optical illusion, because instead of being thrown back onto the street the woman melted into the wooden curlicues, feathered angel wings, and chrome-coloured organ pipes.</span> </span></span></h3>
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to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted
by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose eyes and
mouth are sewn shut. Blind and silenced, she walks the streets and
enters homes at will. She stands next to children's beds for nights on
end. So accustomed to her have the townsfolk become that they often
forget she's there. Or what a threat she poses. Because if the stitches
are ever cut open, the story goes, the whole town will die.<br /><br />The
curse must not be allowed to spread. The elders of Black Spring have
used high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with
being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the strict
regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send
the town spiraling into a dark nightmare.</span> </span> </span></h4>
Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-55464716439643062562016-04-18T06:00:00.000+01:002016-04-18T06:00:10.731+01:00Mailbox Monday<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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Marcia @ A Girl and Her Books but now has a permanent home <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a></span></h3>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">This week I received a copy of Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt from Hodder & Stoughton. I requested it through Bookbridgr quite a while ago and presumed I'd missed out, I was delighted when it arrived on Thursday as it is described as being reminiscent of vintage Stephen King. Those of you who like the sound of it won't have to wait too long either as the publication date is 28th April.</span></span></h3>
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to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted
by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose eyes and
mouth are sewn shut. Blind and silenced, she walks the streets and
enters homes at will. She stands next to children's beds for nights on
end. So accustomed to her have the townsfolk become that they often
forget she's there. Or what a threat she poses. Because if the stitches
are ever cut open, the story goes, the whole town will die.<br /><br />The
curse must not be allowed to spread. The elders of Black Spring have
used high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with
being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the strict
regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send
the town spiraling into a dark nightmare.</span></span> </span></span></h3>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-17601454452368295902016-03-31T16:36:00.004+01:002016-04-08T04:46:22.673+01:00When She Was Bad by Tammy Cohen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">This psychological thriller kept me guessing until the end. The story has two threads; one is in America and about a particularly horrific case child psychologist Anne Cater dealt with years ago. The other is in England, set in an office at a recruitment agency where manager Gill has been let go. Much to the rest of the staff's dismay she's been replaced by the much stricter Rachel Masters. Gone is the friendly office atmosphere and everyone is on edge, wondering if they will be the next one shown the door and suddenly becoming suspicious of each other. Anyone who has worked in a similar environment will recognise the office politics involved and the team bonding weekend away was my idea of hell.</span></h3>
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Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-89171806997920467112016-03-19T11:31:00.001+00:002016-03-19T11:31:49.518+00:00The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena<h3>
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<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1456882399l/28248380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Couple Next Door" border="0" height="320" id="coverImage" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1456882399l/28248380.jpg" width="208" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview1571304356">If you enjoy thrillers with lots of twists and turns then you must read this book. <br />It was a slow starter for me, but once I'd got into it I found it almost impossible to put down. </span></span></span></h3>
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and Anne are out one evening for their neighbours birthday, let down by
the babysitter they've left their six month old daughter alone. After
all they are only next door and are going home to check on her every
half hour so what could go wrong? The unthinkable happens and when they
return in the early hours she's gone and there's no sign of where she is
or what has happened. The story concentrates on Marco and Anne along
with her wealthy parents and neighbours Cynthia and Graham, it's up to
detective Rasbach to get to the bottom of the mystery and get baby Cora
home safely. There are lots of secrets in the family and The Couple Next
Door is a book that will keep you guessing until the very end. <br /><br />Thanks to Netgalley and Transworld Publishers for a copy in return for an honest review. </span></span></span></h3>
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<i><span style="color: blue;">Publication date: July 14th 2016 </span></i></h3>
Bakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127822597890591750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1872189525217191282.post-23673803618615597652016-03-18T09:01:00.000+00:002016-03-18T09:01:22.190+00:00Book Beginnings on Fridays - The Couple Next Door<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s1600/BB.Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlpBQIkv65iUOQbexwEzjfDDr0yMaJ5wZiB487PQuh2YBUgBKEldAiJpAbuV0EhPsXs-hE__Qr97zy70Ekp5IfRdq4jQ-X9gE6B2L6Xxf5ju48gVLdN2pJCqbmzNFFIrsp3wCLCG4BvHU/s200/BB.Button.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></a><span style="color: blue;">Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by <a href="http://www.rosecityreader.com/" target="_blank">Rose City Reader</a> and as she says the idea of this </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">meme is
for you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book
you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the
sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the
opener inspires. Please remember to include the title
of the book and the author's name. There's a linky list on
the website and you can use #BookBeginnings on Twitter.</span></h4>
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husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door.
You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back
every half hour.<br /><br />Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on
her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet
house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone.<br /><br />You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there.<br /><br />What would <em>you </em>be capable of, when pushed past your limit?</span> </span></span> </h4>
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