Hi everyone
I got two new books!
Last July I read the first book in Joe Abercrombie's The Age of Madness series; A Little Hatred. I really enjoyed it so I decided to get the second and third book in the series as well. I ordered them from Bol.com the day before yesterday and I received them today.
- Joe Abercrombie: The Trouble with Peace
- Joe Abercrombie: The Wisdom of Crowds
What books would you recommend buying or loaning?
Happy reading
Helena
Hi everyone
Last month, October 2024 I read and finished 6 books.
Here's a list in chronological order with a link to the review I wrote about each book:
- Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures
- Gretchen Rubin: Better Than Before
- Alice Hoffman: The Museum of Extraordinary Things
- Travis Baldree: Bookshops & Bonedust
- Devin Madson: We Ride the Storm
- Christian White: The Wife and the Widow
And sadly there's one book I could not finish:
What did you read this month? Anything you want to recommend?
Happy reading!
Helena
Hi everyone
This is my review of The Wife and the Widow by Christian White. It's his second book but the first one I read. I read it on my e-reader.
"Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she’s forced to confront the evidence of her husband’s guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the whole story about the men in their lives."
I really enjoyed this.
The writing is easy and it has a nice flow. The story is not too slow nor too fast to follow. I really wanted to find out how it all happened. Once you realize the whole story there's quite a bit of the book left and that was a bummer. But the twist was great and I didn't see it coming. A few plotholes and questions about the efficinecy of the police.
All in all a quick, enjoyable murder mystery that sucked me in but don't think too hard about the plot.
Happy reading.
Helena
