My last books of 2018

  A few books to add to the Reading Challenge I set for 2018.  I aimed to read 104 books during the year but only managed 75.  It is still a few more books than the previous year.  I am not sure what my Reading Challenge will be for 2019.  I will need to get…

Books bought as a present to me from me.

Three Things about Elsie by Joanna Cannon. I am not sure where I read a review of this book but it was encouragement enough for me to buy it.  I am so glad I did. “There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she is my best friend. The…

Which one was my favourite?

A while since I last posted about the books I have been reading.  As you can see there are a few but I am still a long way from my Reading Challenge goal. The Lost Man by Jane Harper ,the author of The Dry and Force of Nature, this is her recently released novel.  It…

What a golden book this was.

This is a must read book. “With their father, there’s always a catch . . . Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts – toys, bikes, all that glitters most – and makes them the envy of…

Borrow Box and another great read.

I have posted previously about using BorrowBox from your local library but this is just a short reminder of how great a facility this is. This book, which I read as an ebook using BorrowBox from our local library, was one that I read in two sittings.  A great read. “It’s been twenty years since…

The Dry

After reading Force of Nature I was encouraged by my reading group to read Jane Harper’s first novel The Dry.  My sister also encouraged me to read it as she had thoroughly enjoyed it. Luke Hadler turns a gun on his wife and child, then himself. The farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and…