Bet you didn’t know this about me

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Book ChickLeave a comment

I’m one of those weird people who does not read when sick. It is actually a really good indicator that I’m sick if you do not see me with a book in my hand. And when I start reading again, it just shows that i’m starting to get better. I have always hated that. I mean, when you are sick and legally home from school or work, it is the best possible time to get some reading in. Because, when you are sick, there is no expectation that you should be able to do all the normal things and you can just lay there and read. Well, than there is me who do not read while sick and just lay there in bed, watching tv, sleeping and feeling sorry for my self. O and believe you me, i HAVE tried to read. Makes no difference. My head just cant focus.

So well, you probably understand by now that I am sick. Yepp! Oh lucky me. And i’m not even that sick. Just laying there in the middle where i’m sick enough to not be able to read but not sick enough to be home from work to sleep the bug away. Yepp. That’s my luck alright.

So there will probably be some time before I get to read out Ready Player One, which is the book I’m reading right now. But dont worry. If it will take to long, I will write an publish some of my old reviews for you.

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Monthly summary

October Summary

November 1, 2017November 30, 2017 Book ChickLeave a comment

October is over. November is here and my two most busiest months of the year is starting. Not only will I have a lot going on at work but private there is already a full list to be completed. And off course there is some books on that list. But first, lets talk about October.

Better reading month then what I had foreseen. Got 10 books in and one DNF book. Quite happy to finally be done with the third book of voyager and even if it was great, the favorite book of the month is The Redbreat by Jo Nesbø. Did not like the two first books but the third one, OH MY!
The least favorite book this month is, believe it or not, from Jessica Gadziala. The eight book in the Henchman Series, Pagan, is at the bottom this month.

Looking forward to November and the books I will be reading. Got some great books on the way that I have ordered and my Kindle is full of books just waiting to be read. It will be great.

Favorite book this month: The Redbreast – Jo Nesbø
Least favorite book this month: Pagan – Jessica Gadziala
Total read pages: About 4400 pages.

Murder List – Julie Garwood
Settings: Chicago, Illinois (USA). Pages: 425. Published: 2004.
Genres: Thriller, romance, suspense.
My rating: 4/5 stars.
Five words: Warm, great written, little slow.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 4 in Buchanan-Renard series.

14 Weeks – Jessica Gadziala
Settings: Navesink Bank (fictional), New Jersey, (USA) Pages: 213.
Published: 2017.
Genres: Romance, contemporary, suspense.
My rating: 2/5.
Five words: Unexciting, ranting, no connection, okay.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 2 in Investigators.

Wolf Trouble – Page Tyler
Settings: Dallas, Texas, (USA). Pages: 352. Published: 2015.
Genres: Fantasy, paranormal, romance, shapeshifters.
My rating: 4/5.
Five words: Sexy, exciting, werewolf, “realistic”, more.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 2 in S.W.A.T. Special wolf alpha team.

The Good Daughter – Karin Slaughter
Settings: Georgia, (USA) Pages: 528. Published: 2017.
Genre: Mystery, thriller, fiction, suspense.
My rating: 4/5
Five words: Dark, terrible, great written, wordy.
Links: Review | Goodreads

Run to ground – Katie Ruggle
Settings: Colorado (USA). Pages: 416. Published: 2017.
Genres: Romance, contemporary, suspense.
My rating: 3/5
Five words: Sweet, somewhat repeatable, dogs, secrets.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 1 in Rocky Mountain K9 unit.

Pagan – Jessica Gadziala
Settings: Navesink Bank (fictional), New Jersey, (USA). Pages: 344.
Published: 2017.
Genres: Contemporary, Romance.
My rating: 2/5.
Five words: No connection, superficial, slow, over.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 8 in The Henchmen series.

Sacred Sins – Nora Roberts
Settings: Washington D C, USA. Pages: 344. Published: 1987. Genres: Contemporary, romance, suspense.
My rating: 4/5
Five words: Great characters, warm, feel good.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 1 in DC detective series.

The Redbreast – Jo Nesbø
Settings: Oslo, Norway. Pages: 519. Published: 2000. Genres: Mystery, crime, fiction, thriller
My rating: 5/5.
Five words: So good, exciting, great suspense.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 3 in Harry Hole series.

Tyrant – T. M Frazier
Pages: 277. Published: 2015.
Genres: Romance, Adult erotica, fiction, suspense
My rating: 3/5
Five words: Mostly boring, Twists, Good end
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 2 in King series.

Voyager – Diana Gabaldon
Settings: England, Scotland, France, and more. Pages: 870.
Published: 1993. Genres: Historical, Romance, Fiction, Fantasy.
My rating: 4/5
Five words: Little to long, but great.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 3 in Outlander series.

DNF

6049585 Abandon – Blake Crouch
Pages: 292. Published: 2010.
Genres: Horror, thriller, mystery, fiction, suspense.
Links: Review | Goodreads

I could not even get myself longer than 20% in the book. This because the writing is so, so bad. It is seriously terrible.

Everyday things

7 More Books. :O

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 Book ChickLeave a comment

Oh Man! I did it again. I was just gonna order the three books but then I finished the third book about Harry Hole and just needed to order the two next in the series. You know that need you get in your heart and you just have to? Well! Since I ordered from a online store that have a limit to reach before you get free shipment and it was not that much left to reach it I looked at some more books. And Suddenly I am ordering 6 books from that store. And and, I also ordered one more book from Book Depository so in total 7 more books. My god, now I have to stop and no more book shopping for a while.

So beside Nemesis and The Devil’s star by Jo Nesbø, I also ordered To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This is just one of those books I have never read but always thought that I should read. So now I finally bought it.

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny. It is the forth book in the series I follow about Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. A really nice fiction crime series that takes place in Canada.

The Treatment by Mo Hayder. The second book about Jack Caffery. A series I absolutely had forgotten about and wanted to continue after I read the first book.

Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell. The first book to an series that I keep running into in different places. I know that years ago I read one of the books in the series but I cant remember which on and it was before the time of Goodreads. I remembered that I liked it so thought that I should give the series a chance with starting with the first book.

The Black Ice by Micheal Connelly. This is also a second book to the series about Harry Bosch that I had forgotten about. I generally like this types of “old” (it is from 93) crime thriller books so before I forget it again I ordered the next book in the series.

So with these 7 books + my three books I ordered earlier, and the 50+ books I have on my kindle, I wont be needing to buy an book for a loong time. But as we all know, need and want is two completly different things.

Everyday things

My First Order From Book Depository

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Book Chick1 Comment

Capture You all probably already know about bookdepository.com. The online store that have like every book you could think off and also have free shipping world wide. Yeah i know. Sounds to good to be true really, but my friend in Portugal praise them to the sky’s. Me, I have never made an order there. Until now. Before I didn’t because I could find the books cheaper in my own country or as an e-book from like Amazon. But there was one book I wanted in a physical form that I could not find anywhere. And since I already was at the store, I checked some other books and in the end I ordered three new books. And I´m really on a no buy plan right now. O well.

Do not know how long the shipping will take and according to my friend in Portugal, I will probably receive them in three different shipments. But that doesn’t really matter for me as long as I get the books.

The first book you probably already have seen circulating around on the internet since it´s movie have premiere in 2018. I have not been able to decide if I want to read it or not but finally decided that i should. It sounds like a sweet story.

The second book is the third book about Helen Grace. I have read the first two books and wish to continue the series. This is the one I could not find anywhere else.

The last book by Dean Koontz, I read as an kid an actually wrote about it in my post about my top 5 horror books. I really want to read it again so just had to order it to.

Have you read any of this three books?

Monthly summary

September Summary

October 3, 2017November 30, 2017 Book ChickLeave a comment

So September is over and it is time to see an short summary over what I have been reading this month. I read and listening on 11 books this month. I also have one book that i did not finish and will not finish in the future. I´m trying to be better at not wasting my time on books that are bad or not giving me anything. There is to many great books out there to wast my time on the bad ones.

Favorite book this month: Hard to choose this month because both The Chemist and Wonder was great books that i loved.

The Chemist – Stephenie Meyer
Settings: Washington DC / Texas, (USA). Pages: 522. Published: 2016. Genres: Thriller, fiction, mystery, romance, suspense, adult.
My rating: 5/5 stars.
Five words: Page turner, thrilling, action, witty.
Links: Review | Goodreads

Kid – Marie James
Settings: New Mexico (USA). Pages: 230. Published: 2016.
Genres: Romance, New adult.
My rating: 1/5.
Five words: Terrible, Immature, Drama, NO, Excessive.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 2 in Cerberus series.

The dollmaker – Mary Burton
Settings: Virginia, (USA). Pages: 352. Published: 2016.
Genres: Romantic, Mystery, Crime, Thriller and suspense.
My rating: 2/5.
Five words: exciting, average, blaha, gross, predictable.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 2 in Forgotten files series.

Exposed – Suzanne Ferrell
Settings: Columbus, Ohio, USA Pages: 424. Published: 2016.
Genre: Romance and Suspense
My rating: 4/5
Five words: Great characters, story, exciting, unfinished.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 5 in Edgars family series.

Thomas – Liliana Hart
Settings: Surrender, Montana (USA). Pages: 61. Published: 2011. Genres: Romance, Adult fiction, erotica, contemporary, Shortstory.
My rating: 3/5
Five words: Okay, To short, Sexy, More.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 2 in the MacKenzie family series.

IT – Stephen King
Settings: Derry, Maine, USA. Pages: 1392. Published: 1986.
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller
My rating: 4/5.
Five words: Long, clowns, children, horror, exciting.
Links: Review | Goodreads

Mackenzie’s Mountain – Linda Howard
Settings: Wyoming, USA. Pages: 256. Published: 1989. Genres: Contemporary, romance, suspense.
My rating: 2/5
Five words: Slow, predictable, cliche, repeatable,
Links: Review | Goodreads

Wonder – P.J Palacio
Settings: Upper Manhattan, New York, USA. Pages: 316. Published: 2012. Genres: Young adult, fiction, children, contemporary
My rating: 5/5.
Five words: Sweet, lovable, warm, strong, tough.
Links: Review | Goodreads

Dead Woman Walking – Sharon Bolton
Settings: Northumberland, England. Pages: 368. Published: 2017. Genres: Mystery, thriller, crime, fiction and suspense.
My rating: 4/5
Five words: Thrilling, slow, unexpected, half done.
Links: Review | Goodreads

Twisted – Mandi Beck
Settings: Manhattan, USA. Pages: 97. Published: 2017.
Genres: Romance.
My rating: 5/5
Five words: Lovly, funny, sweet, to short.
Links: Review | Goodreads

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The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy – Douglas Adams
Settings: Space. Pages: 193. Published: 1979
Genres: Science fiction, humor, fantasy
My rating: 3/5
Five words: Not great, but okay, funny.
Links: Review | Goodreads

DNF

Renegade – Catherine Mann
Pages: 292. Published: 2010:
Genres: Romantic suspense, war, military, romance, contemporary, suspense.
Links: Review | Goodreads
Book 3 in the Dark Ops family series.