Books I Never Stopped Thinking About

Sometimes, I finish a book but find myself still thinking about it weeks, months, even years afterwards.  They aren't always the best stories, or the most well-written, but they always have something about them - maybe a character, a plot twist or even just a few words - which stay with me,

Roy Grace Books

Over the Christmas period us teachers are lucky enough to have two weeks away from the classroom, and although I have quite a bit of work to do, I've been spending lots of time catching up with friends and family, eating too much and relaxing.  For as long as I can remember, I've been a bit of a bookworm.  Even since I was small, I've loved getting lost in a fictional world.  Over the last year or so, I've been a sucker for crime/thriller video, and recently I think I've found my favourite series yet.

Recently Read #2

This post has the mini-reviews of the second half of the books shown in the image - I posted about the first lot last week!

Recently Read #1

I've been terrible at keeping up with reviewing the books I've read lately, so I'm doing this a bit differently - I'll go through a few of my recent reads all in one post letting you know what I thought.  I'm planning on splitting this post into two parts - the first half of the books shown in the picture will be in this post, and the rest will come this time next week.

Elizabeth Haynes - Under a Silent Moon

After falling in love with Elizabeth Haynes' Into the Darkest Corner, I had to try another of her books.  After a quick scroll through Amazon, I ended up with Under a Silent Moon on my kindle.

Mary Kubica: The Good Girl

This book popped up on my Amazon recommendations, and for less than £2 I thought it was worth a shot.  The product description said it was one of the top ten General Fiction books of 2014 and compared it to Gone Girl which I love, so I was sold.

Lucy Christopher: Stolen

Lately I can't get enough of a good thriller, and although this story was unlike anything I'd ever read, the endless 5-star reviews were enough to tempt me.

Jodi Picoult: Leaving Time

Since reading Nineteen Minutes I've been looking to read another book by Jodi Picoult, and I also loved My Sister's Keeper, so I had pretty high hopes.  It took me a while to find one that took my fancy while flicking through the Amazon Kindle store, but I'm a sucker for a good thriller so a missing Mum sounded good to me!

Elizabeth Haynes: Into the Darkest Corner

This is without a doubt the best book I have read in a long, long time.  I began and finished it all in one day, because I just couldn't put it down!

Linwood Barclay: No Time for Goodbye

Admittedly, the first half of this book didn't have me hooked, but for some reason I needed to find out what would happen at the end, the more I read the more I was drawn in, until I couldn't put it down without wondering about the outcome.

Jo Nesbo: The Son

I am loving a crime/thriller read lately, and this one is no exception.  I'm embarrassed to admit I was sucked in by the "No. 1 Bestseller" label, but I'm glad I did - this story is a good one.

SJ Watson: Before I Go To Sleep

I had Before I go to Sleep sitting on my Kindle waiting to be read and I'd kind of forgotten it was there - I tend to buy a few books at a time then work my way through them one at a time.  One night Rob and I were looking for a film to watch, and ended up putting the film of this book on - I loved it.  As soon and I finished what I was reading at the time, I dived straight into this thriller.

Annabel Pitcher: Ketchup Clouds

I enjoyed all of the John Green books, I read a few by Rainbow Rowell and then this popped up in my recommended reads.  Although it was different to my usual choices, it wasn't expensive so I gave it a shot.  Ketchup Clouds definitely wasn't what I expected, but I had to read to the end.

Robert Galbraith: The Silkworm

The Silkworm is the second novel in the Cormoran Strike series written by J K Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.  It's a crime novel packed full of twists and turns that had me hooked!

Veronica Roth: Divergent Trilogy

By chance one evening, Rob and I watched the Divergent film and we loved it.  As soon as it was finished I headed to Amazon and made a quick purchase of the first book.  Immediately after finishing it, I began the second.  And then the third.  Although I'm a thriller-lover and usually stay away from this sort of story, I couldn't help being sucked into their world.  Safe to say I'm a big fan.

Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl was a huge hit and was turned into a seriously popular film, but was her first book as impressive?