Every so often I enjoy a good bookish type scare... no I dont mean the times when I realise I have gone out sans book.I mean when you are reading a book.. perhaps at night time and just as it is getting good you realise you are entering goosebump territory... Yes folks meet "The Horrors".
When life is feeling a little blahhh then these are perhaps the books you want to put into your basket at the local bookshop when you need to give yourself a good jump start.
When I say jumpstart I do in fact mean a ruddy great fright!!!!!!
Now we all have different tastes when it comes to books so lets go through our options.
1= We have Vampires/ Zombies/ Trolls/ Imps/Fairies(the bad ones)( No pink glittery fairy dust here)
2=Psycho Killer Books... These are most unpleasant..generally likely to keep you up all night wondering what nut job may be trying to break into your house and kill you with a big axe.
3= Supernatural thriller/horror ... Well just about anything can and will likely happen in these books.You may as well just read these from behind the biggest fluffiest pink pillow you can lay your hands on ..
4= Hitchhiker books.. Now this may seem innocent enough but think about any film about hitchhikers you have ever seen and now rethink this choice.. there is always some mad killer who for no apparant reason wants to remove your innards... well. perhaps he missed his favourite tv show or the local store was out of his favourite beer.. who knows....a whole host of peeps are likely to die in these books....
5= Haunted house books.. Now only if you have been living under a rock your entire life will you not know about these ones.. Haunted house books are exactly that.. if you are expecting anything less then you may want to move on my loves..There will likely be one or more idiot people who decide to go into said house .. most likely at night time/ halloween . They will wander around all floors( normally cellar,1st floor, 2nd floor , attic) with a pathetic or overly confident friend (this is most likely the person that came up with the bright idea to come in here in the first place) then with a wonky flashlight that is likely to die at some point they will walk around house as the mad ass killer trails them around as he has a little giggle to himself .... No amount of strange noises deter these soon to be victims until the last noise they hear which is likely to be a blunt object to the head.
6- Witches.. I am barely including these here as quite frankly witch books are not as scary as they used to be. When they started wearing high heels and make-up and carrying handbags well they loose some of their ability to scare the bejayyus out of me.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
The Great Outdoors With Perfect Holiday Books
It is a sunny day here today...makes a change.....
I am tempted to grab an armful of books,sunglasses, and a chair and go outside where I rarely wander with my books due to a whole host of reasons.
1-flies
2-violent gusts of wind even on sunny days
3-Distractions....ohhh pretty butterflies....wonder who's tractor that is..... oohh aeroplane...
4-Blasted flies again
5- Dead flies squatting in my drink..... the buggers.....
So there I am book in hand as I swat flies with the other hand and try to remember the plot I am following in my book... ahhh the great outdoors.. nothing quite like it is there? We don't get enough sunshine over here so when we do get a nice sunny day we go into panic mode and out comes the flip- flops,sunscreen , shorts , and every other sunshine accessory you can imagine.
Summer days always get me in the mood for summer books.. You know the type.....
I want to read about villa's in exotic localtions.
Sailing on Lake Garda in Italy as I sit on a wobbly sun- chair in Ireland .
I want to read about sandy beaches and and the fictional lives of those in Italy,France, and then wondering over to America to Nantucket, Maine and places like that.
Some of my favourite reading for this time of year have been the following books.:
Any Book by Adriana Trigiani(here is a few)
Then the first two books in The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants series.
Then some of these....The wonderful kate McCabe writes great holiday books.
Then try some of these
Now if all these don't get you into the holiday spirit try these...
I have read all these books except The Villa Girls and The House By The Sea. These two I am planning to read this week. Do you a favourite book that you like to read in the summertime ???
If so leave it in the comments below and hope you have a lovely sunny book reading day where you are xxxxxxxxx
I am tempted to grab an armful of books,sunglasses, and a chair and go outside where I rarely wander with my books due to a whole host of reasons.
1-flies
2-violent gusts of wind even on sunny days
3-Distractions....ohhh pretty butterflies....wonder who's tractor that is..... oohh aeroplane...
4-Blasted flies again
5- Dead flies squatting in my drink..... the buggers.....
So there I am book in hand as I swat flies with the other hand and try to remember the plot I am following in my book... ahhh the great outdoors.. nothing quite like it is there? We don't get enough sunshine over here so when we do get a nice sunny day we go into panic mode and out comes the flip- flops,sunscreen , shorts , and every other sunshine accessory you can imagine.
Summer days always get me in the mood for summer books.. You know the type.....
I want to read about villa's in exotic localtions.
Sailing on Lake Garda in Italy as I sit on a wobbly sun- chair in Ireland .
I want to read about sandy beaches and and the fictional lives of those in Italy,France, and then wondering over to America to Nantucket, Maine and places like that.
Some of my favourite reading for this time of year have been the following books.:
Any Book by Adriana Trigiani(here is a few)
If so leave it in the comments below and hope you have a lovely sunny book reading day where you are xxxxxxxxx
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Local Bookshops And Some Funny Kids.
Recently I went into a local bookshop. It was packed with tourists !! Great to see local buisness's doing so well in our present climate but not great when you are five foot nothing and coming up waist high on a few middle aged 6 foot somethings stomachs.
I persevered none the less.. I thought I would lose some of these peeps if I went to the Ya section until the new release section quietened down.... but no.... darn my good taste the divils followed me....
So there I am, regretting carrying my big handbag ( it's the only one big enough for ,make-up, phone, book, perfume and all the rest of the junk I fill in it)...it becomes apparant that carrying a large handbag during a longgggg browsing session is a bad idea.. After the first half hour I do believe I may have gone a little lopsided... I added some books to my free hand and that evened things up a bit but things were jam packed in here!!
I took a wander around the kids section.. They have just about the best illustrated books there and of course it was quiet as usual. When I was there kneeling on the floor looking for a hard back edition of some Enid Blyton book I was joined by two kids ,a brother and sister as far as I could tell. There Father looking at the baby books as the siblings began debating on good and bad books. As I flicked the pages of the book I was holding the little guy next to me recommended a nice book about a dead skeleton detective to his sister while explaining all the gross details of the previous book of this authurs that he had read,. The sister had her eye on a nice Jacqueline Wilson book full of friendship and wholesome goodness.. Well this guy was sooooo good at giving a good recommendation that his little sister put her book back on the shelf and picked up the book he had been waving at her while singing it's praises. Their father shouts over that they are only allowed one book each and they had to hurry as they were leaving .. The little boy grabs a book of the shelf by the same authur as his sister and as he was walking off I heard him ask his sister for her book after she was finished. Apparently this little lad was collecting the entire series of books and was two way from the entire collection.With the help of his sister he now had them all.
I had to laugh ...He played his hand well. ...It is great seeing a love for reading in young people!!!!!
I persevered none the less.. I thought I would lose some of these peeps if I went to the Ya section until the new release section quietened down.... but no.... darn my good taste the divils followed me....
So there I am, regretting carrying my big handbag ( it's the only one big enough for ,make-up, phone, book, perfume and all the rest of the junk I fill in it)...it becomes apparant that carrying a large handbag during a longgggg browsing session is a bad idea.. After the first half hour I do believe I may have gone a little lopsided... I added some books to my free hand and that evened things up a bit but things were jam packed in here!!
I took a wander around the kids section.. They have just about the best illustrated books there and of course it was quiet as usual. When I was there kneeling on the floor looking for a hard back edition of some Enid Blyton book I was joined by two kids ,a brother and sister as far as I could tell. There Father looking at the baby books as the siblings began debating on good and bad books. As I flicked the pages of the book I was holding the little guy next to me recommended a nice book about a dead skeleton detective to his sister while explaining all the gross details of the previous book of this authurs that he had read,. The sister had her eye on a nice Jacqueline Wilson book full of friendship and wholesome goodness.. Well this guy was sooooo good at giving a good recommendation that his little sister put her book back on the shelf and picked up the book he had been waving at her while singing it's praises. Their father shouts over that they are only allowed one book each and they had to hurry as they were leaving .. The little boy grabs a book of the shelf by the same authur as his sister and as he was walking off I heard him ask his sister for her book after she was finished. Apparently this little lad was collecting the entire series of books and was two way from the entire collection.With the help of his sister he now had them all.
I had to laugh ...He played his hand well. ...It is great seeing a love for reading in young people!!!!!
In My Mailbox This Week
Well hello my reading buddies. I hope your week has been good to you.
My book week has been spent waiting on books to arrive and well only a third have shown up.
But enough about that lets get on with the books.
This week arrived...
The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants ( Book one and two) by Ann Brashares
Last Chance by Sarah Dessen
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson
A Season To Remember by Sheila O'Flanagan
The Weed That Strings The Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
My book week has been spent waiting on books to arrive and well only a third have shown up.
But enough about that lets get on with the books.
This week arrived...
The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants ( Book one and two) by Ann Brashares
Last Chance by Sarah Dessen
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson
A Season To Remember by Sheila O'Flanagan
The Weed That Strings The Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Sunday, July 8, 2012
The Bookshop
When the world is looking grey outside and your feeling a little down in the mouth, it may be time to visit this store.
When I walk in there is soft music playing in the background .Nobody speaks above a high whisper and you are left alone to wander to your hearts content.
The store is long rather then wide.
On the left as you walk in the door there is pretty cards,wrapping paper, bookmarks and various other bits and bobs. On the right hand side there is the new releases. Here I linger quite a while. It can be a blessing being 5"2 here as the taller people still can see above my head while we politely shuffle from side to side so everyone gets a view of the lower shelfs.
All the right hand side of the store is books, every genre and mixed hardbacks and paperbacks.
After checking out the new releases I check out the books on sale then wander down to the fiction section. This is where I have found some real gems in the past.
At this point I normally have a few books stacked up in my arms and there is always someone that comes over and offers to take them to the till for me... phewww.. arms free for more browsing.
Towards the back of the store I save the ya/childrens section for last as it the area that impresses me most.. It is almost like a den here. You will find the most beautiful illustrated books here alongside classic childrens books.I can only imagine what it is like to be a child coming down here and being allowed to pick a book. The choice between wizards and bad guys, zombies and yellow brick roads, is so mind boggling that it would have taken me forever as a child to pick just one.
So after I pay for my purchases and leave the haven that is one of my very favourite book stores with my arms pulled down with the weight of my bags I go to my favourite restaurant/tea shop with who ever decided to share my shopping spree, and over icy cold drinks we discuss all the books as we wait for our food to arrive......
When I walk in there is soft music playing in the background .Nobody speaks above a high whisper and you are left alone to wander to your hearts content.
The store is long rather then wide.
On the left as you walk in the door there is pretty cards,wrapping paper, bookmarks and various other bits and bobs. On the right hand side there is the new releases. Here I linger quite a while. It can be a blessing being 5"2 here as the taller people still can see above my head while we politely shuffle from side to side so everyone gets a view of the lower shelfs.
All the right hand side of the store is books, every genre and mixed hardbacks and paperbacks.
After checking out the new releases I check out the books on sale then wander down to the fiction section. This is where I have found some real gems in the past.
At this point I normally have a few books stacked up in my arms and there is always someone that comes over and offers to take them to the till for me... phewww.. arms free for more browsing.
Towards the back of the store I save the ya/childrens section for last as it the area that impresses me most.. It is almost like a den here. You will find the most beautiful illustrated books here alongside classic childrens books.I can only imagine what it is like to be a child coming down here and being allowed to pick a book. The choice between wizards and bad guys, zombies and yellow brick roads, is so mind boggling that it would have taken me forever as a child to pick just one.
So after I pay for my purchases and leave the haven that is one of my very favourite book stores with my arms pulled down with the weight of my bags I go to my favourite restaurant/tea shop with who ever decided to share my shopping spree, and over icy cold drinks we discuss all the books as we wait for our food to arrive......
Saturday, July 7, 2012
This Week I am Reading ........
This week the books on my TBR list are as follows...
Divergent by Veronica Roth.. I am probably one of the last book bloggers reading this but what can I say...Anyways.. this is a dystopian book that sounds similar to The Hunger Games trilogy.. Cannot wait to read this one !!!
The next book was .....The book about the Gilmore Girls tv show. Jess arrives in this book. He is notorious nephew of Luke from Luke's Diner. Rory's mum joins the Puffs.. It looks like it will be a fun read.
If I manage to finish reading those two then I am rereading......
Letter From New York by Helene Hanff. A wonderful non fiction book by my favourite authur.
I am also listening to Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. This is a great book That I have previosly read so it makes a nice change to hear the story being read. Meggie is the main character in this book about a book called inkheart . When Meggie's father reads the book it comes alive with alarming results.. It is a great book about books..It is book one in a three book series.
The Lollipop shoes by Joanne Harris the follow on book from Chocolat.. This is the second book in the Chocolat series.
So that is my reading for this week. Are you reading anything good/ Would you like to recommend a boo?. Feel free to comment below and thanks for stopping by xxxxx
Divergent by Veronica Roth.. I am probably one of the last book bloggers reading this but what can I say...Anyways.. this is a dystopian book that sounds similar to The Hunger Games trilogy.. Cannot wait to read this one !!!
If I manage to finish reading those two then I am rereading......
Letter From New York by Helene Hanff. A wonderful non fiction book by my favourite authur.
So that is my reading for this week. Are you reading anything good/ Would you like to recommend a boo?. Feel free to comment below and thanks for stopping by xxxxx
In My Mailbox
Who's Afraid Of Mr Wolfe? by Hazel Osmond
Our main character Ellie gets a new boss (who happens to be very heathcliffishhh).
He wants Ellie to smarten herself up a bit so while being both peeved and attracted to this guy
she begins to get to know him.Is this a good thing, who knows but it looks like it will be a fun read.
I do Don't I? Based on the Gilmore Girls tv show..I was a fan of the tv show and the books are a nice addition to have for any Gilmore fans.
The books are almost exactly the same as the tv show so you are not going to learn a whole lot extra from them but they are still enjoyable. In this book Lorelai is engaged to Max Medina who happens to be Rory's teacher.
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Like Mother Like Daughter. Another book based on the Gilmore Girls tv show. In this book Rory begins Chilton and leaves her old school in Stars Hollow. This book like the tv series and the other books are filled with witty one liners and references to famous people alive and dead.
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