The House | 
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️ I finally finished an audiobook! Looking forward to continuing listening to books during my commute as I begin my new job next week. The alternating viewpoints in this one helped to keep my interest although the story wasn‘t quite what I was looking for based on the description
I was not convinced with the next book on my to read list, needed a break from sci-fi and Fantasy. No thriller by a female writer, what I was feeling like, so Mr suggested that book he finished not so long ago. So far so good. And the Japanese take away food was really good.
pickThis was a good read, a straightforward story well-told with two alternating viewpoints. I love a good twist but it's hard to pull off & I think writers go to extremes in the current marketplace to capture reader's attention with ludicrous twists. In this story you might suspect what is going on early on, but the tension & intrigue are maintained by virtue of having believable characters. Human nature is its own mystery & provides enough chills.
Just started this and a few chapters in am finding it‘s a nice quick easy read. I love relaxing with a book. Oh and a box of Jaffa Cakes! Happy times!
pickBeen trying to get Sansa to let me take a pic with her and a book since @Cathythoughts tagged me in a pet pic challenge! As you can see she‘s not best impressed.
Anyway - good quick read - psychological thriller - kept you thinking most of the book!
#BookMail No2 from Goldsboro is December‘s Book Of The Month, The House by Simon Lelic. I haven‘t heard much about this one but Tana French has blurbed it, plus it‘s so pretty! January‘s book looks interesting too, but I‘m really stoked for February! It‘s a signed first edition of The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, which I‘ve had my eye on for awhile.
My Goldsboro BOTM was waiting for me when I returned home 🎉🎉
pickFinished this last night. A great psychological thriller ❤️📚
Started this one this morning and already 3/4 of the way through 📚❤️
Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it.
So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. That was a mistake.
Because someone has just been murdered. Right outside their back door.
And now the police are watching them...
so-soSimon Lelic's psychological thriller has a gimmicky twin narrative device (with Syd and Jack essentially writing their stories for each other) but despite a creepy set-up in the first quarter the twists were too easy to guess and the revelation of secrets meant that I rapidly lost sympathy for one of the main characters while the antagonist's plan relies on contrivance and people behaving in unbelievable ways to work.
