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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) created a post

Apr 30, 2022  
April Reads

So this month I’ve read 17 and DNFd 3 I’ve read some Dec books but found this month a struggle I’m not sure why!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5
⭐️⭐️ 1
DNF 3

Only 1 5⭐️ this month and that was Cage of Bones by Tania Carver I love this series!
The rest were good to ok the other book that stood out was Faded Glory by David Essex it was from a box subscription and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it!

My DNF were high this month I just couldn’t get on with them I’ve never not finished that many in a month!

I’m half way through The Empire of the Vampires which is absolutely brilliant but that will be on Mays list!
      
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) created a post

Jun 30, 2022  
June Reads

So this month I’ve read 18 and DNFD 1 I’ve read some really good books this month!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5
⭐️⭐️ 1
DNF 1

I had a huge 7 5⭐️’s this month! My absolute favourite was House of Blood and Earth I cried buckets and got so invested in the book!
One of my 5⭐️’s was #fromabox The Silver road was just so good and I highly recommend it!

Jessie Keane and Peter McKeirnon are fast becoming two of my favourite authors and you couldn’t get two books further apart lol.

My DNF this month was an indie book and I just couldn’t get along with it!

I’m hoping to add a few more than 18 in July it’s been a busy month!
      
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Charlotte (210 KP) rated The Power in Books

Jan 6, 2018  
The Power
The Power
Naomi Alderman | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.9 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
an incredibly interesting concept with a fast paced plot (3 more)
very interesting structure of the book as a book within a book, etc.
a thought provoking commentary on gender, religion, power, war and the future of these things, even with hints towards the dangerous future of chemical/atomic/nuclear weaponry
i am sure that this will be made into a movie (it really is of grand proportions) and i can only hope they do it justice
truly disturbing at times (0 more)
THANK YOU FOR THIS NOVEL NAOMI ALDERMAN
i cannot encourage anyone to read this book enough. what a concept for a novel!! especially biting from the perspective of a female reader, it reads as a disturbing and compelling gender political satire that sometimes hits a little too close to home. i implore you to read it and reconsider the gender political landscape of our modern society
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Beyond A Doubt (The Carol Childs Mysteries, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
BA
Beyond A Doubt (The Carol Childs Mysteries, #2)
Nancy Cole Silverman | 2015
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Reporter Carol Childs is on the scene when the police pull up the body of a young woman from a Los Angeles canyon. The victim is Monica Channing, who went missing two weeks ago. While the rest of the media begin to focus on the murder, Carol sees a pattern with other missing young women. What might she have stumbled on?

This book is a fast paced read from the very beginning. It’s definitely not the light reads I often go for, but the story never gets as dark as it could either. Watching Carol try to prove what she thinks is going on is fun, and the climax was very satisfying. Carol leads a strong cast of characters, and I’m looking forward to her next adventure.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/09/book-review-beyond-doubt-by-nancy-cole.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal in Books

Feb 18, 2018  
A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal
A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal
Ben Macintyre | 2015 | Biography, History & Politics
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
If you're looking for a non-fiction book that reads like fiction, this is definitely a must-read.
Kim Philby is infamous, he was responsible for compromising countless agents/missions from the 1930s to the 1960s. He's the inspiration behind a lot of spy fiction, one of the biggest ones being Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The book has a few main sources, Philby himself in his strange memoir written after he fled to Moscow, Nicholas Elliot, a friend and co-worker from MI-6, and James Angleton, also a friend from the CIA. Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but there were so many signs of treachery, it's hard to believe that it took 30 years to finally get a confession from him.
And, I mean, come on, the dude decided on giving himself the nickname of Kim, like the character in Rudyard Kipling's novel.
  
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HyruleBalverine (16 KP) rated Journey to the Centre of the Earth in Books

Feb 19, 2018  
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne, Bill Homewood | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
It's an interesting concept (0 more)
It's written very much like a text book (0 more)
A classic tale that's written from a scientist's point of view
Contains spoilers, click to show
I'm not sure if it's the writing style of Jules Verne, how the book was translated, or just how the book was written (since the main character / narrator is supposed to be a scientist), but this story reads much like a text book to me. I don't mind so much that the story is slow (not much really happens until the half way point or later, and what does happen is fairly tame), but this writing style make it difficult for me to get into. The main characters don't really get to anything of real interest until nearly the end of the story, which they run away from rather than investigating, and then get an "ex machina" return to the surface.