I have just finished reading a book called ' Falling Awake'. Falling awake was written by Vivien French. This book hads a crime related story and was set in a dark alleyway.
Falling Awake had text that was easy to read and understand. The story was really good, you could never be sure if the main character in the story was evergoing tomake it through all the trouble that they had got themselves into.
The book was about a young lad called Danny. Danny becomes friends with a young lad called Spike. Spike and Danny became friends with another young lad called Bullet Brown. Bullet Brown came up with a easy money making scheme - not something that i would call easy, he was in fact talking about drug dealing. Bullet Brown was a big time drug dealer that gets caught out in the end.
This book deserves a star rating of four as it was well written. Keep up the good work
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Someone Like Me
I have just read a book called 'Someone Like Me'. This was a book that was part of the quick read collection and was written by Tom Holt. This book was all about a hunter's adventure and was set in a tunnel deep underground.
This book had text that was easy to read and understand. The language was also very easy to understand. I really enjoyed the story but i was a little disapionted with the ending, it never actually explained what it was that the hunter was actually looking for.
This story was all about a who was sent to find the creature that had attacked andkilled three humans for food. After these two creatures had attacked their prey, they ran off in different directions, each leaving a trail of blood stained footprints behind them. The hunter followed the footprints and soon came face to face with the first creature, he managed to kill the creature safely without to much injury to himself, but the second saw the hunter having more of a physical challenging resulting in himalmost losing his arm and nearly his life.
This book was fantastic it had me hooked right from the first page. I was a little bit disapionted with the ending, i would have loved to have known what the creatureactually was. The book deserves a rating of three, the ending could have been better.
This book had text that was easy to read and understand. The language was also very easy to understand. I really enjoyed the story but i was a little disapionted with the ending, it never actually explained what it was that the hunter was actually looking for.
This story was all about a who was sent to find the creature that had attacked andkilled three humans for food. After these two creatures had attacked their prey, they ran off in different directions, each leaving a trail of blood stained footprints behind them. The hunter followed the footprints and soon came face to face with the first creature, he managed to kill the creature safely without to much injury to himself, but the second saw the hunter having more of a physical challenging resulting in himalmost losing his arm and nearly his life.
This book was fantastic it had me hooked right from the first page. I was a little bit disapionted with the ending, i would have loved to have known what the creatureactually was. The book deserves a rating of three, the ending could have been better.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Handbags and Gladrags
I have recently read a book called Handbags and Gladrags. The book was written by Maggie Alderton. This was a romance book that had and adventure side to it. This story was set in many parts of the world, following around models and writing story after story for a fashion magazine.
The story was all about a young fashion stylist called Emily Pointer. Emily travels all around the world for her line of work , meaning she has to spend a lot of time away from home and her husband Ollie. While Emily was away working one summer she made a terrible mistake and a had a night of passionate sex with a hunky Australian photographer after an after show party. Emily felt terribly guilty about what she had allowed to happen that night. Emily managed for a short time to keep what had happened that night from her husband, at least in the beginning anyway. As the story goes on you are enthralled by the love triangle. When you think that it wont get any better, it does. I am not going to sat anymore as i do not want to spoil the story for anyone who may wish to read it.
This was a fantastic story and i feel that anyone that enjoys a good old romance novel would love thius story. I would give this story a star rating of four out of five as the ending was just a little to predictable, apart from this it was a real great story.
The story was all about a young fashion stylist called Emily Pointer. Emily travels all around the world for her line of work , meaning she has to spend a lot of time away from home and her husband Ollie. While Emily was away working one summer she made a terrible mistake and a had a night of passionate sex with a hunky Australian photographer after an after show party. Emily felt terribly guilty about what she had allowed to happen that night. Emily managed for a short time to keep what had happened that night from her husband, at least in the beginning anyway. As the story goes on you are enthralled by the love triangle. When you think that it wont get any better, it does. I am not going to sat anymore as i do not want to spoil the story for anyone who may wish to read it.
This was a fantastic story and i feel that anyone that enjoys a good old romance novel would love thius story. I would give this story a star rating of four out of five as the ending was just a little to predictable, apart from this it was a real great story.
KNOTS AND CROSSES
I have just finished reading a fantastic book called 'Knots and Crosses'. The book was written by Ian Rankin. This was a crime story and was set in and around Scotland's capital city. (Edinburgh).
The story wasabout an investigation into the kidnap and murder of three young people. One police officer who was the only one who had any clues to the investigation was about to be put through total physical and emotional torture. It all started after a police officer started to recieving hand delivered messages that each contained a different short hand written message, pieces of knotted string and crosses made from matchsticks. This was apuzzle that only one person knew the answer to. As the story went on all the pieces of the investigation started to become clear and soon the police would solve the case. With the police so near to solving the investigation, noone expecting what happened next, another murder this time the son of qa police detective and another kidnap this time it was the daughter of a policeman. Was there a happy ending to this story? Read the book and find out i would highly recommend it.
This was a fantastic story, being from the Edinburgh area myself i could place myself in everyplace that was mentioned in this book. I would recommend this book to anyone but especially those of you who like all the crime related stories. I would give this book a star rating of five, top marks that are well desereved.
The story wasabout an investigation into the kidnap and murder of three young people. One police officer who was the only one who had any clues to the investigation was about to be put through total physical and emotional torture. It all started after a police officer started to recieving hand delivered messages that each contained a different short hand written message, pieces of knotted string and crosses made from matchsticks. This was apuzzle that only one person knew the answer to. As the story went on all the pieces of the investigation started to become clear and soon the police would solve the case. With the police so near to solving the investigation, noone expecting what happened next, another murder this time the son of qa police detective and another kidnap this time it was the daughter of a policeman. Was there a happy ending to this story? Read the book and find out i would highly recommend it.
This was a fantastic story, being from the Edinburgh area myself i could place myself in everyplace that was mentioned in this book. I would recommend this book to anyone but especially those of you who like all the crime related stories. I would give this book a star rating of five, top marks that are well desereved.
The Perfect Storm
I have just read a book called ' The Perfect Storm'. The book was written by Sebastian Junger. It was an adventure story that was set on a sailing ship in the middle of the ocean.
The writing in this book was small and really hard to read. The language was hard to understand, they did however explain ,ay of the words that i found difficult to understand at the end of the book. All through the book they talk about wind travelling at 100 knots, the word knots i thought was describing the knot in a piece of string,after reading the meaning to the word at the back of the book i found out they were actually talking about the speed of the wind.
The book was all about a crew of fishermen on board a sailing ship out on a fishing trip. The crew were to expierence many problems while out on this trip, they had a broken ice machine that meant they could not catch any fish as they had nowhere to store them onboard the ship. This was to be the least of there worries as there was a freak storm on the way and it was heading straight for them. Did the crew survive? Please read the book you may just be surprised.
Despite this being a book that i was not really fond of i would still give it a rating of four.
The writing in this book was small and really hard to read. The language was hard to understand, they did however explain ,ay of the words that i found difficult to understand at the end of the book. All through the book they talk about wind travelling at 100 knots, the word knots i thought was describing the knot in a piece of string,after reading the meaning to the word at the back of the book i found out they were actually talking about the speed of the wind.
The book was all about a crew of fishermen on board a sailing ship out on a fishing trip. The crew were to expierence many problems while out on this trip, they had a broken ice machine that meant they could not catch any fish as they had nowhere to store them onboard the ship. This was to be the least of there worries as there was a freak storm on the way and it was heading straight for them. Did the crew survive? Please read the book you may just be surprised.
Despite this being a book that i was not really fond of i would still give it a rating of four.
Reaching For The Stars
I have just read a book called ' Reaching For The Stars'. The book was written by Lola Jaye. The book followed a young lass in her bid to become a writer.
The book had text that was easy to read and understand. I really enjoyed this stroy and i would recommend it to anyone.
The story was all about a young lass who had a dream that one day she would become a writer. While working everyday tokeep herself, Lola Jaye managed to have the energy to write every evening and all through the weekend. Lola finished writing and sent off many manuscripts to many different editors. Lola was starting to lose intrest in writing due to all the rejection letters that she was recieving. After many years her life was about to change, but how? Did she get the publishing contract that she desperately wanted? You must read the book and find out, i would highly recommend it.
I would give this book a star a rating of four, it was very well written and contained many twists and turns but they always worked themselves out in the end.
The book had text that was easy to read and understand. I really enjoyed this stroy and i would recommend it to anyone.
The story was all about a young lass who had a dream that one day she would become a writer. While working everyday tokeep herself, Lola Jaye managed to have the energy to write every evening and all through the weekend. Lola finished writing and sent off many manuscripts to many different editors. Lola was starting to lose intrest in writing due to all the rejection letters that she was recieving. After many years her life was about to change, but how? Did she get the publishing contract that she desperately wanted? You must read the book and find out, i would highly recommend it.
I would give this book a star a rating of four, it was very well written and contained many twists and turns but they always worked themselves out in the end.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Win copies of the new Quick Reads
Quick Reads are doing a survey of people's favourite reads. Click the link below to do the survey.
http://www.niace.org.uk/quickreads/user/poll.php
You will be asked what your favourite book is and why. Anyone who completes the survey will have a chance to win all 10 new Quick Read books.
Good Luck!
http://www.niace.org.uk/quickreads/user/poll.php
You will be asked what your favourite book is and why. Anyone who completes the survey will have a chance to win all 10 new Quick Read books.
Good Luck!
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