Rambles #7

It’s been a funny old week. For starters it has flown by. I got back from Skiing late on Saturday (11th), after a delayed takeoff and a taxi driver who seemed intent on doing 50 in a 30mph windy country place. I got very car sick. On Sunday, I cooked with my Dad for the…

#3 All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared without trace. Then a letter from her father arrives – ‘I need to talk to you. That girl. I saw that girl.’ Has her father’s dementia worsened, or has he really seen Corinne? Returning home, Nicolette must finally face…

♯1. The One by John Marrs

One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people meet their Match….

Weekend Catch Up

I have not done a weekend catch up in forever! Mostly just because I haven’t been doing much on the weekend that warrants attention, but, I thought it would be good to catch up a little on what I’ve been doing and what I’ve been reading. I have, since Thursday 17th October, been suffering from…

122. The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can…

119. Scarlet and Ivy: The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly

Synopsis (as taken from the back of the book) is as follows: A creepy boarding school. A sudden disappearance. A secret diary waiting to be found. This is the story of how I became my twin sister… When troublemaker Scarlet goes missing from Rookwood School her twin sister, Ivy, is invited to ‘take her place’…

Crime Obsession Part 2

A continuation of my crime obsession ramble, it has come to my realization – and honestly, I don’t know how I didn’t notice before – that I have an abundance of crime novels in both my paperback and kindle library and now gravitate towards them when I am out shopping for books. I don’t necessarily…

117. Max Kowalski Didn’t Mean It by Susie Day

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: The problem with Wales, he thought, was that it was too far away.But that was the point. To leave Southend behind. To get so far that no one would think to look for them there. Max wants to be just like his dad – fun, loud and…