Chris Simms is an author I can definitely like and read lots of. This book though I only marked as okay since it was a short story and flew by. The idea behind the story is interesting and I would like to see it expanded into a novel!
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Monday, May 18, 2015
Shifting Skin - Chris Simms (DI Jon Spicer #2)
An Amazon Top 100 Free
I liked this book, I wasn't aware that it was part of a series until I finished it and now I'm interested in reading the others. This is a British detective story and Jon Spicer, the main detective, is full of faults that make you love and hate him while he works on solving the case of a serial killer that is removing the skin expertly from his victims bodies. I liked the various relationships that were in this story, between the main detective and his significant other, co-workers, and the people he meets along the way. I am happy I downloaded this book (I don't usually download random books in series as I like to read them in order) and would recommend that you give it a try too!
I liked this book, I wasn't aware that it was part of a series until I finished it and now I'm interested in reading the others. This is a British detective story and Jon Spicer, the main detective, is full of faults that make you love and hate him while he works on solving the case of a serial killer that is removing the skin expertly from his victims bodies. I liked the various relationships that were in this story, between the main detective and his significant other, co-workers, and the people he meets along the way. I am happy I downloaded this book (I don't usually download random books in series as I like to read them in order) and would recommend that you give it a try too!
The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries #1)
I always find books to be better then the movies, but that may just be me. I like that books have the ability to dive into the emotions and thoughts of characters a bit deeper. There really is no page limit on a book where there is a time limit on a movie. I also think that some things are just harder to convey in a movie versus a book (emotions and thoughts behind actions being the main things).
This book was cute and the movie followed it pretty well. I was given the series by a friend and will be reading it sporadically in between all my other books that have been piling up for months. Yeah for maternity leave and having time (hahahaha, yeah we will see how much time with an 18 month old and a newborn plus three furkids...) for reading.
This book was cute and the movie followed it pretty well. I was given the series by a friend and will be reading it sporadically in between all my other books that have been piling up for months. Yeah for maternity leave and having time (hahahaha, yeah we will see how much time with an 18 month old and a newborn plus three furkids...) for reading.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell
Goodreads FirstRead
This book was hard for me to get into. My hubby and I tried to watch the movie Cloud Atlas and I marked it as one of the worst movies we watched that year. I then received this book in my mailbox from GoodReads FirstRead and thought I would give it a shot, books do tend to be better then movies.
Overall, the book was not enjoyable and I marked that it was okay. Took me months to get through it (even with the cheating/skimming through chunks). The only saving point was Holly.
The first section of the book was hard to get into, felt like the story was all over the place and I completed several other books before I even got to the second section. Second section had me skimming the pages. Reading a paragraph here and there (I am not proud of this :( I really love to read and pride myself on giving every book a chance). As the character Holly Sykes developed in later parts of the book though I became interested in her character. Cut out all the rest of the book and I would have marked this book much higher.
The story line bounced from one crazed idea to another and most made no sense to me. Maybe reading other books by David Mitchell would provide greater insight into his writing style but with a bad movie and book under my belt I think I will pass on his work for now.
This book was hard for me to get into. My hubby and I tried to watch the movie Cloud Atlas and I marked it as one of the worst movies we watched that year. I then received this book in my mailbox from GoodReads FirstRead and thought I would give it a shot, books do tend to be better then movies.
Overall, the book was not enjoyable and I marked that it was okay. Took me months to get through it (even with the cheating/skimming through chunks). The only saving point was Holly.
The first section of the book was hard to get into, felt like the story was all over the place and I completed several other books before I even got to the second section. Second section had me skimming the pages. Reading a paragraph here and there (I am not proud of this :( I really love to read and pride myself on giving every book a chance). As the character Holly Sykes developed in later parts of the book though I became interested in her character. Cut out all the rest of the book and I would have marked this book much higher.
The story line bounced from one crazed idea to another and most made no sense to me. Maybe reading other books by David Mitchell would provide greater insight into his writing style but with a bad movie and book under my belt I think I will pass on his work for now.
Loose Ends - DD VanDyke
Top 100 Amazon Free
Marked it as just okay. It is about a female PI who is searching for a missing girl. IT crosses over a couple states and overall was a good mystery but I just could not fall in love with the characters or plot enough. It was a good quick read.
Marked it as just okay. It is about a female PI who is searching for a missing girl. IT crosses over a couple states and overall was a good mystery but I just could not fall in love with the characters or plot enough. It was a good quick read.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Murder in the Family (Hannah Kline Mysteries #3) - Paula Bernstein
Another Amazon top 100 free read.
A murder mystery I found to be okay. The intro to the book eluded to the fact that this was based of a true story and over time was edited to be more fictional. If the murder was true, grisly. Hannah lost her husband to cancer before their child was born and then her sister-in-law is murdered brutally right after a lunch they share. She is understandably falling apart. The mystery in who her sister-in-law was is fascinating and how her secrets led to her death was done well. Then there was of course the love connection that was thrown in, which I did not think really added to the story and why I only thought it was okay overall. Wounded copy meets wounded single mom and BAM a love affair (as I mentioned in my last review, I might be burnt out on romance!).
A murder mystery I found to be okay. The intro to the book eluded to the fact that this was based of a true story and over time was edited to be more fictional. If the murder was true, grisly. Hannah lost her husband to cancer before their child was born and then her sister-in-law is murdered brutally right after a lunch they share. She is understandably falling apart. The mystery in who her sister-in-law was is fascinating and how her secrets led to her death was done well. Then there was of course the love connection that was thrown in, which I did not think really added to the story and why I only thought it was okay overall. Wounded copy meets wounded single mom and BAM a love affair (as I mentioned in my last review, I might be burnt out on romance!).
Love Handles (Oakland Hills #1) - Gretchen Galway
This was a cute book, another free read from Amazon top 100 free.
It was easy to relate to the main characters in a way. Beverly is misunderstood by her entire family and the opportunity to own Fite provided by her grandfather's death comes at an opportune time. Liam is without a lovable farther figure and hoping to gain an inheritance through his hard work and determination to succeed in Fite. The two characters meet and sparks fly.
Coming from a family that holds a lot of drama it was easy to relate to the family issues that are speckled throughout the book. There was also mystery involved in the book which kept it interesting in the end when it turned more romance then plot (I might be getting a little burnt out on romances!).
It was easy to relate to the main characters in a way. Beverly is misunderstood by her entire family and the opportunity to own Fite provided by her grandfather's death comes at an opportune time. Liam is without a lovable farther figure and hoping to gain an inheritance through his hard work and determination to succeed in Fite. The two characters meet and sparks fly.
Coming from a family that holds a lot of drama it was easy to relate to the family issues that are speckled throughout the book. There was also mystery involved in the book which kept it interesting in the end when it turned more romance then plot (I might be getting a little burnt out on romances!).
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