#trainreading
Day out in Manchester with daughter!

Loved spending some time in the Arthurian tales. Author dealt well with the legend of the shift from loyal sister to Morgan the witch. Morgan is a great character in this series. Can‘t wait to read the next one.

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Survivor‘s Guilt was a great one in this series with a huge twist!
All Fours- not for me
Every Move You Make- entertaining read
Currently reading Le Fay and loving being in the Arthurian world.

I didn‘t visit the tagged library- but an indie bookshop in West Kirby. Today‘s #bookhaul
3 for me, 2 for daughter!

Stalker theme. Many twists. Good afternoon‘s entertaining read.

Life‘s too short to be voluntarily annoyed and hate read this any longer.
I loathe this MC.
There should be a sub genre of ‘menopause‘ books- insufferable privileged women spending money to find solutions to their life.
Definitely a lot to discuss here.
#campylitsy24

Woah!!! What a plot twist, did not see that coming at all. Things never actually get any easier for Matilda and her team….

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Forget me Not 👍🏻 Helen had a lot to deal with in this one
Lula Dean‘s ❤️ lovely read
Any Human Power- v interesting read
Just started Survivor‘s Guilt

So there‘s a dream walking/life after death thread and there‘s a how we fix the world/change democratic systems and plan for the future thread.
Both are interesting - but the alternative visions for the future and the tense general election (written before last week‘s in U.K.) narrative were great.
Digital oversight of our every move and thought is scary shit.

Truth.

How‘s that for a quote!

Every type of bigotry addressed in this book- in a light hearted but serious way. Some brilliant characters and a lot of positive messages, about communities, good people and, of course, books. A lovely read.

Helen‘s team is toxic and falling apart! And there‘s kidnapped teenagers to find. Usual full on action plot for Helen Grace.

Finished All the Colours and loved it.
Finished James and we‘re discussing later!
Reading Forget Me Not, the new Helen Grace 😁

Oh this book. There is everything in it- I don‘t want to say much more because there are so many layers and twists that I don‘t want to spoil anything.
The characters are wonderful and will have your heart aching. A great read.

Reading is very slow!
Loved This is Why We Lied- new Will Trent
Under a Rock was a bit disappointing
Reading All the Colours now and loving it even though it‘s very sad!

It‘s a pick because I finished it. I wanted to love it but didn‘t really. Felt the same about Debbie Harry‘s - too cool for school comes across. It‘s a very quick run through the band, every other famous person around at the time and drug taking.
There‘s a sad prologue- which I felt was the first time we saw Chris the man, not the rock group member.

More Will, Sara, Faith and Amanda!
A twisty, dark thriller with some horrible themes, murders and people. Expect the usual and then even darker.
Loved it.

#bookhaul
Fabulous bookshop crawl in York today with Helen, Emma & Katie.
One of the above arrived whilst out today - so I‘m including in my haul 😁

#trainreading
New Will Trent!
On way to York for a bookshop crawl with Helen and Emma and maybe joined by Katie 🤞🏻
Book purchases ahoy!!

Seriously- we do not get to elect the royal family….

#quicklunchtimeread
It‘s been too long! Can‘t remember last lunchtime when I got 20 mins to read.

This is a very dark, roller coaster of a thriller.
It started off very slowly and I didn‘t think I would like it. Probably is my favourite of the series now….if you‘re reading this series you‘ll enjoy this.
A major turning point at the end though.

Hotel breakfast, quick read before the rest of my colleagues appear….

I liked this when I read the original 10 years ago- as a debut and a very young author. Said author has now re-drafted for this 10th anniversary version and it‘s brilliant. Love this series.
The MC Paige is one of my favourite fantasy characters.

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Guilty Mothers ✔️
Time is Running Out 😳 roller coaster ride
Sandwich ♥️ real life problems and challenges
The Bone Season- started the new authors preferred versions in preparation for number 5 early next year - love this series.

This book is absolute mayhem! A wild roller coaster ride. So much happens and you just can‘t look away. Best in the series so far for relentless action.

I loved this, very relatable. Menopause- family relationships- mid life wobbles, grown up kids leaving home, elderly parents. Some laugh out loud moments and some very poignant moments.
Matched Sandwich and Paddington purposely 😁

Book 20 and still a great series. Love kick ass Kim and her great team- 2 murder stories ongoing here.

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How to say you had a couple of days off work…
King new short stories 👍🏻
Clear for #camplitsy24
Trust in Me- entertaining thriller that I‘ve mostly forgotten!
Live Wire- continuing the Myron series
Guilty Mothers- new Kim - current read.

#trainreading
Off to conference in Exeter. 5 hour train journey. Hopefully some reading.

An entertaining thriller with a lot of twists in the last third!

#camplitsy24
First one finished. Look forward to discussing.
Another moody, sea cover I‘m in love with.

Short stories are never my favourite, but somehow King‘s are different. A great collection, some excellent, some ok, some creepy.
I would have loved an 800 page novel but these will do for now 😁

#bookhaul
Double points at Waterstones! Top two are my daughters others are mine.
Not read a word most of this week with work stuff, but more books of course!

Really enjoyed this. Very nuanced, every-time one of the characters made a crappy decision we were given a bit more info. Very current and explored many modern dilemmas.
Many morally dubious men in this.

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Enjoyed The Coast Road
Was highly entertained by The Passengers
Currently reading The List- interesting read so far.

Enjoyed this twisty, driverless ride! I told my daughter what the plot line was and she said sounds like an episode of Black Mirror- which it definitely did.
An entertaining read.

I can‘t call it a lovely quiet read as actually it‘s a bit of a sad story about lost people! Set against the backdrop of the divorce vote in Ireland. It‘s not that long ago and there‘s a lot of lost, lonely women in this.
A good read and a great cover.

#coverlove
There‘s a sub genre at the moment- small, quiet novels set in coastal Irish towns with amazing covers.
Reading on a quiet Sunday morning.

Loved it ❤️ one of my fave series. Combining thriller and horror themes and generally set in creepy old Maine. Full of characters that you‘ve come to love over the last 20 books.

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‘Enjoyed‘ In Defence
Ordinary Human Failings was very sad
Stolen Children was the usual action packed detective outing
Reading The Instruments of Darkness at the moment and loving it. Definitely one of my fave series.

Jeez, what a sad roll call this book is. Not sure what I was expecting really. It‘s grim and sad and full of mistakes people make in life. And poverty and hopelessness.
Small glimmer of a light at the end.

6th in the series. A lot happening in the personal lives and in the plot! I did guess the killer at about 50% because there was so much pointing to someone else. But still enjoyed the story.
Look forward to the next one.

A well very written book. A very difficult subject. I would find this hard to recommend. If suicide has touched your life you probably won‘t want to read. It was hard.

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24 Hours was an all action thriller
Virgin Widow was to satisfy my R3 obsession this week
Whale Fall was a beautifully written quiet read
Just started In Defence this morning

Beautifully written, with a haunting MC and nasty posh, educated side characters.
Though there some very sad themes in the book I just didn‘t feel I connected emotionally with it and I wanted to love it.
I will try the authors future books though!

#quicklunchtimeread
First for a long time!

After a day out to Bosworth last week, just a bit of a R3 story. Enjoyable, if a bit romanticised.

#sundayfunday
Book you have the most copies of ❤️
Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb is next with 5.
And I have 4 of The Bell Jar.