Hospital

Hi guys ! I am back. I have been away for nearly a week in hospital and am now on the road to recovery so I will try my best to get a few blog posts up this weekend even though I am still a bit under the weather but I will try and get back into a routine.

Have you all been having a good week? I hope so. Lots of love x x x x

Here is a pic of me about to go have something horrid done in my lovely backless blue paper dress .

Polka dot pink slippers and Christmas Penguin Pajamas ! Oh yes folks I was def mixing it up that day! 

The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes.

Marian Keyes new book "The Woman Who Stole My Life " has now been published!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!! 

I love Marian and this book was truly brilliant! Below please a link to this book on the Lovereading.co.uk website where you can find my review along with some other fantastic ones . You can also read a free excerpt from the book which is awesome!

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/12915/The-Woman-Who-Stole-My-Life-by-Marian-Keyes.html

NaNoWriMo

Hi guys! It is another novel writing month already. Each November people take to their pen and paper or various electronic devices and bang out their word count every day hoping that the muses will shine on them and inspirational will come from here , there and everywhere. This is my third year entering and I was not going to do it this year as I just was not feeling inspired but when the day beckoned I could not resist and I found myself signing up for 2014.

The one thing I enjoy about it is the sense of satisfaction from doing it. Completing daily word count targets, reaching the 5k 10k mark..these all fill my heart with joy and put a spring in my step .

When I sit down and create characters and plots,places and crimes I forget about the rest of the world for a while and these people who I create become real to me , I look up after an hour amazed and smiling contentedly .

Do you have a novel in you? Why not join the fun over at NaNoWriMo . It's inspiring and awesome and who knows just how much fun you could have.

Mission To Murder by Lynn Cahoon. Review

Mission to Murder is book 2 in the Tourist Trap Mystery series set in the California coastal town of South Cove. I love a nice setting for a series and I really loved the description of this quaint town with really great characters and my favourite was the main character and shop owner Jill Gardner. Jill owns the Coffee Books And More shop and is dating the town detective and that comes in very handy when she is regarded as a suspect for a murder that no one sees coming...

The area Jill lives in is a historical area and she comes up against some opposition when she tries to get her place on the historical map by a distasteful character called Craig Thomas who would like to have the most popular place in the area.

There are some very enjoyable characters here like Jill's aunt who is sarcastic and feisty and very likeable. Jill is a smart lady who I immediately warmed to , I wish I had gone back and read book 1 in the series first but it is not essential. I will be doing that this week. 

If you are looking for a mystery with a nice easy going pace, strong characters, good plot , nice setting that you will enjoy this an awful lot. I will be continuing this series without a doubt! 

Red Eye Books Mini Kindle Haul

I recently reviewed Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell which is part of a new series of books called Red Eye.I loved it SO much that I had to go and get the other three books that are available in the series on my kindle. These are creepy books that are guaranteed to make sure you don't sleep a wink and are being published by Stripes Publishing . At the moment they are not available on paperback from what I can see but you can get them on kindle and I do recommend them for those teens who like horror stories and for adults too. If you previously loved books similar to Point Horror and Goosebumps, if you liked the television show Eerie Indiana then you will likely enjoy these a lot.

Sleepless by Lou Morgan

Flesh and Blood by Simon Cheshire

Bad Bones by Graham Marks. 

Below please find a link to Stripes website where you can find more about these books .

http://www.littletiger.co.uk/red-eye

Currently Reading

It's grey and dismal out there so when all else fails and the night seem to be so dark and gloomy it's time to pick out some great books to curl up with .

Below are some good books I am reading and listening to right now. Some are my own some are library books. 

Amy Poehler's book Yes Please is a delightful book that has me glued to my Audible App at every chance I get. Amy is funny and cheerful and a joy to listen to... A real ray of sunshine. I am looking forward to reviewing this !

The next book I am reading is When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson. This is my first book by this author and I am not too far into this yet but I am enjoying the writing style and the introduction to the characters so far.

Death Among The Roses by Anna Drake is a cozy mystery that I am loving. The book starts with a murder... That is certainly the way to get my attention in a cozy mystery. No messing about here. Love it!

The Life I Left Behind By Colette McBeth. Review

This was a very enjoyable psychological thriller from the author of Precious Thing. From the very beginning I knew the story was going to keep me up to the early hours of the morning trying to figure out who the killer in this book was going to be. 

The main characters of the story are Eve, Melody and Detective Inspector Victoria Rutter. From the beginning we know that Eve Is dead , she was murdered but she is lingering here unable to go on to where ever dead people are supposed to go as she has unfinished business.Her death is important not just for the reason that she was murdered but because there is a lot of familiarities between it and a previous case of Melody's from years back. Melody was viciously attacked years before , could it be the same attacker or someone new , that's why I had to stay up all night to find out. The story has moments that will make your eyes tear up, terrify you ,and leave you with a sense of unease , Eve and Meolody are good narrators but I was not sure how reliable Meoldy was as she was very damaged by her own attack.

If you want a book to keep you up until the early hours flicking pages and eager to know how it will end then look no further then this book. Truly great.

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading.co.uk

This book is due for publication in January 2015 and will be available to buy from Lovereading.co.uk and all other good book stores then. 

If you would like to find out more about this book then please follow the link below. 

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/13159/The-Life-I-Left-Behind-by-Colette-McBeth.html