It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.
So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:
What I Read Last Week:
Title: The Life We Bury (Joe Talbert, Max Rupert #1)
Authors: Allen Eskens
Immediate Thoughts: Creepy, intelligent, and twisty!
Rating: 8.5/10
Publication Date: October 14, 2014
Title: An Unwanted Guest
Authors: Shari Lapena
Immediate Thoughts: Dark, tense, and twisty!
Rating: 8/10
Publication Date: August 7, 2018
Title: The Woman Left Behind (GO-Team #2)
Authors: Linda Howard
Immediate Thoughts: Dramatic, passionate, and suspenseful!
Rating: 8/10
Publication Date: March 6, 2018
Title: Gentlemen Prefer Curves (Perfect Fit #3)
Authors: Sugar Jamison
Immediate Thoughts: Cute, lighthearted, and enjoyable!
Rating: 7.5/10
Publication Date: September 30, 2014
What I’m Currently Reading:
On Christmas Eve in 1988, seven-year-old Alfie Marsden vanished in the Wentshire Forest Pass, when a burst tyre forced his father, Sorrel, to stop the car. Leaving the car to summon the emergency services, Sorrel returned to find his son gone. No trace of the child, nor his remains, have ever been found. Alfie Marsden was declared officially dead in 1995.
Elusive online journalist, Scott King, whose ‘Six Stories’ podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the disappearance, interviewing six witnesses, including Sorrel, his son and his ex-partner, to try to find out what really happened that fateful night. He takes a journey through the trees of the Wentshire Forest – a place synonymous with strange sightings, and tales of hidden folk who dwell there. He talks to a company that tried and failed to build a development in the forest, and a psychic who claims to know where Alfie is…
Intensely dark, deeply chilling and searingly thought provoking, Changeling is an up-to-the-minute, startling thriller, taking you to places you will never, ever forget.
What I’m Reading Next:
In this “thrilling, seductive, and utterly absorbing” (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author) historical suspense novel in the tradition of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile and Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10, pre-war tension and forbidden romance abound, and not everyone will survive the journey…
The ship has been like a world within itself, a vast floating city outside of normal rules. But the longer the journey continues, the more confined it is starting to feel, deck upon deck, passenger upon passenger, all of them churning around each other without anywhere to go…
1939: Europe is on the brink of war when young Lily Shepherd boards an ocean liner in England, bound for Australia. She is ready to start anew, leaving behind the shadows of her past. The passage proves magical, complete with live music, cocktails, and fancy-dress balls. With stops at exotic locations along the way—Naples, Cairo, Ceylon—the voyage shows Lily places she’s only ever dreamed of and enables her to make friends with those above her social station, people who would not ordinarily mingle with her. She even allows herself to hope that a man she couldn’t possibly have a future with outside the cocoon of the ship might return her feelings.
But Lily soon realizes that she’s not the only one hiding secrets. Her newfound friends—the toxic wealthy couple Eliza and Max; Cambridge graduate Edward; Jewish refugee Maria; fascist George—are also running away from their pasts. As the glamour of the voyage fades, the stage is set for something sinister to occur. By the time the ship docks, two passengers are dead, war has been declared, and Lily’s life is irrevocably changed.
Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?
I just finished reading Jessica Norrie´s The Magic Carpet which I really liked. Here is my review.
https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Carpet-Jessica-Norrie-ebook/dp/B07TXZP2S2/
I really enjoyed this book about a diverse neighborhood brought together through a school project. The author does a great job of depicting each family from different cultural backgrounds without being stereotypical. The difference between the children and adults is well portrayed as well. The story is told from multiple points of view, much of it through internal dialogue, which is not easy to do. The story centers around a class project of retelling a classic fairy tale by putting a cultural twist to it. The families have to work together on this project as well as other classmates assist each other. I love how the project brings people together and how misunderstandings are dealt with. This contemporary story portrays very real families that are far from perfect. But in the end, love wins as everyone wants what’s best for their children and grandchildren. I highly recommend this great read which gives food for thought.
I loved A Dangerous Crossing – very different to the stuff she writes as Tammy Cohen! Hope you enjoy it too. 😀