Mine To Avenge By Kerry Letheby

 

Mine To Avenge by Kerry Letheby

 

 

 

This was an awesome read!!! Never have I read a book about a vendetta that was so detailed and lasted through generations and decades of one family.
 A friendship that was once close would in one day change forever after the horrific death of the main characters sister.It was stunning reading how one mans grief ,hatred and anger devastated so many lives for such a long time,even his own family suffered !
The book is rich in detail and flicks back and forth in time from the 1940's to present day giving you insights into what was happening in each family as this feud was continuing..The work that went into this book I would imagine was extensive, but it was worth it. A masterpiece !!

http://www.amazon.com/Mine-Avenge-Kerry-Letheby/dp/0646579142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356050940&sr=8-1&keywords=mine+to+avenge

Top Ten Cozy Book Covers Tag

                                                        Top Ten Cozy Book Covers Tag



One of my most favourite things about cozy mysteries is their covers. There is something oddly comforting in a nice cover on a cozy murder mystery book ,we know that there is going to be a murder,there may even be more then one,heck half the town could be splattered,knifed,bludgeoned ,poisoned etc but we all know that by the end the killer is going to be found and he will get his comeuppance!!! So on with the books!!.....
This coming year I am going to be paying special attention to new cozies coming out..they will get a mention and I will be reviewing them on here.

Here are a mere few of the wonderful cozy books I have come across.. Some others that I have on my kindle will be mentioned in another blog this month but for now here are the actual paperback copies I have.

 

 

 

Kate Carlisle books above. 

 Lorna Barrett above.

 

 

 

Please feel free to tag yourself in this  as I would love to see any cozy mysteries you have come across.

Favourites of 2012 Book Tag

                                                      

                                                         Favourites of 2012 Book Tag
This tag is in reply to Sabrina over at :http://www.abouthappybooks.com/2012/12/favorites-of-2012-book-tag.html#more

The Questions

1= Name the three favourite books you read in 2012.
2=Who is your favourite female character from a book you read in  2012
3=Who is your favourite male character from a book you read in 2012
4=What is your favourite love story/romance from a book you read in 2012
5=What is your favourite series from 2012(started in 2012 or started before and still carrying on)
6=What is your favourite bookish surprise from 2012
7=What was your favourite cover that you discovered from 2012
8=Whom do you tag?


My Answers

1= 14 by Peter Clines, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte,V for Vengeance by Sue Grafton.
2= Kinsey Milhone from Alphabet series by Sue Grafton
3=Nate from the book 14 by Peter Clines.
4=It was between Lou Clarke and Will Traynor in the book Me Before You by Jojo Moyes..Broke my heart!! There were tears!!
5=This was a hard one ,I really struggled to pick one so I went with the one I have been collecting and reading since the beginning and that is the mystery series by Sue Grafton-The Alphabet Series.
6=My favourite bookish surprise was Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.. I never expected to enjoy such a sad story about disability and someone deciding to take their own life medically through a clinic despite their families wishes, the story just got harder as it went on. The story is a real heart breaker .

7=It was Anna Dressed In Blood.

 

8=I tag all my followers and anyone else who wishes to do this fun tag.                                                 

 

 

Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley

                                                       Twelve Days Of Christmas

*****Contains Spoilers*****
I loved this book! I was looking for something nice and festive to get me in the mood for Christmas and I had got this last year but had not got around to starting it.Big Mistake!!! I should have ,it was fabulous! The story is about Holly Brown, she is a widow and  a house sitter she lost her husband around Christmas time so as you can imagine is not her favourite time of year and she normally spends it on her own looking after other people's houses and she prefers it that way.
Her job for this year is to go to a very large house in the middle of nowhere .The house often gets cut off during bad weather but this does not bother Holly too much ,isolation is just what she enjoys best this time of year. Little does she know how much this job is going to change her life. The owner of the house is called Jude and Holly and him do not get off to a very good start when he is constantly ringing her trying to find out what is happening at his house and trying to make sure she is not fleecing him or abandoning his relatives and pets. Nothing about this job was as she was expecting .There are people turning up from all over the place and being only the house sitter she feels she cannot turn them away....Her idea of a quiet Christmas is now out the window as it looks like she will have a house full of people that she is going to have to look after and cook for while taking care of animals, then if things were not bad enough Jude comes back and well things just get even more interesting after that!!!!

The story is told from Holly's perspective but at the beginning of each new chapter we get a look at her grandmother's journal, that is another story in itself but the two stories are linked and it is a lovely extra to the story. I really enjoyed this and cannot recommend it highly enough.Holly is a strong character but she is still mourning the loss of her husband.Christmas alone had been her time to herself to grieve for him but this Christmas some love and joy enter back into her life. A lovely story ,written very well , and with a great ending.A perfect holiday Read.

December Book Haul Part 3

                                                       December Book Haul Part 3

 

Let's start from the Bottom up!

Under A Blood Red Sky by Kate Furnivall is about a young woman in a labour camp in 1933 in Siberia.The only thing keeping this young girl going is the wonderful stories her friend Anna tells her but now Anna gets ill and Sofia promises her that she will escape and find Anna's love Vasily. This sounds like a real heartbreaking story of love and friendship.

 

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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney is book 3 in the series. This is a fun series for boys or girls (or adults who want a giggle) .Great little comic type pictures inside that really add a little something extra to the story. Great fun!

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You Can Get There From Here by Shirley MacLaine is part 2 of her autobiography. The first book is called Don't Fall Off The Mountain.Fascinating glimpse of a wonderful actress.

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch -Ben there done that by Joseph Locke

In this book Aunt Hilda gets the hiccups and with every one of them something magical happens.. A fun read that follows the TV series of the same name.

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Charity by Lesley Pearse is about a young girl who loses her parents in a fire.She is sent to work in a boy's boarding school where she falls in love .Just as things look like they are getting better she gets pregnant . Charity decides to change her life while trying to be reunited with her siblings who she lost touch with.

The Railway Children by E.Nesbit is about 3 children who have a wonderful life with all that they could want or need but when their father has to leave home they have to move to the country where they meet new Friends and have adventures.A sweet story!
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Mary Lou At The Chalet School by Elinor M.Brent-Dyer is an adventure story for girls.

Knife by B.J Anderson is the story about a faery called Knife who has been trapped by humans .

Who Could That Be At This Hour by Lemony Snicket .This is a must read for any fan of Lemony's . If you enjoyed A Series Of Unfortunate Events then def check this book out. Like all Mr. Snicket's books they are as beautiful to look at as they are to read.

Festive Reads December 2012

Are you in the mood for some festive reading material. If you are but you are not sure what to read then check out my selection below. Any of these are bound to get you in the mood for Christmas .....well I hope so anyway!!.. If you do not celebrate Christmas they make great reading all the same .. Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December Book Haul Part 2

Two Weeks Notice by Rachel Caine. This is the second book in the Revivalist series.(have just noticed it should have been the first book in the series I was to put up)(I'm having a ditsy day today I'm afraid) ( I knew that book looked very familiar)

The Betrayal Of Trust by Susan Hill is the story about a shallow grave on the moors that after bad rain reveals a skeleton.

Bittersweet by Danielle Steel is about a woman called India Taylor. India had a wonderful life and marriage and she never regretted giving up her career until she meets Paul ward.Is she willing to risk her marriage and her family for Paul...who knows! ! I sure am looking forward to finding out though.

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine is book 1 in the Morganville vampire series.

My career Goes Bung by Miles  Franklin is the sequel to My Brilliant Career . Published by Virago.

The Poison Garden by Sarah Singleton is the story about  a boy called Thomas who inherits a box from his deceased grandmother.Through the box he can enter a mysterious garden where his grandmother's ghost can warn him that she was poisoned. This sounds fab!!!!

Nectar by Lily Prior is about Ramona Drottoveo, an albino chambermaid in a Italian  country estate. The women hate her there and the men adore her.. .. sounds like it's going to be a very interesting read!!

The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman is about three sisters who live on long island with their mother.Two of the sisters have an encounter with a man that will forever change them.Family and secrets are the main topics in this book that I am sure will be a real page turner.

Cape Storm by Rachel Caine is book 8 in the weather warden series by this author. In this book a honeymoon could be doomed as there is a hurricane headed right at them.


The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is the story about a young girl who has lost her parents and has to go and live at her gloomy uncle's house . Things begin to look up when she finds a secret garden.

The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth hyde is the story about a 19 year old student called Megan. When she is told that her mother has been found dead floating in their swimming pool many questions need answering....

An Expert In Murder by Nicola Upson is the first book in a cozy mystery series. Josephine is travelling to London to see a play but when she arrives it coincides with a murder,With the help of Detective Archie Penrose they begin to search for the killer before he kills again

 A Carol for the dead by Patrick Dunne .Dec 16th, an Archaeologist is called out to view a bizarre scene of death in New grange.If you fancy a festive murder mystery then check out this awesome one.

 

A Necessary Evil by Alex kava  Is about a female FBI profiler who is brought in to investigate a killing spree.The Victims -Catholic Priests.

 

Hide by Lisa Gardner is about a young woman on the run who opens the paper to see herself declared dead..well that's not good!!!!!!!! so the young woman has to go and help detective Bobby Dodge(great name) to find out whats going on and could there be  a killer on the hunt for her. This one sounds excellent!!

 

Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs is about Tempe Brennan who is a forensic anthropologist ,she gets a call when a plane crashes in the mountains of North Carolina.When Tempe gets to the site things are not adding up ..

 

Blind To The Bones by Stephen Booth is about sinister happenings on the moors in  England's Peak District.. This book sounds like a real nail biter.

Mystery by Peter Straub is about Tom Pasmore,grandson of a powerful establishment figure who gets a nose for detective work. One particularly intrigues him,that of Jeannine Thielman in 1925. As soon as he starts to investigate her  murder he begins to think someone is afraid of him finding out the truth behind her murder.

 

Are You Next by Katia Lief is a story about Detective karin Schaeffer who was on the hunt for a serial killer called The Domino. He kills her husband and child then says he is coming for her .The police say he has escaped  prison and is now on his way to find her.....she is waiting!!!

 

The Shape Of Shadows by Minette Walters is about a November night in 1978, a woman dies and  another woman who finds her believes it was murder.

 

Hide and Seek by katia Lief is about Detective Karin  Schaeffer finding out some truths about her husband.The Schaeffer family are being watched . Who ever is watching them wants revenge!!!!