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12. Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian

Shift by Hugh Howey

Synopsis:

In the future people are living in silos in order to preserve human life ready for when the earth is safe again, this book follows the stories of silo 1, silo 12 and silo 17 and how each deal with the questions of what lies outside?

Review:

This is the next in the Wool Omnibus edition. Whilst it is second in the series the books actually is a prequel to wool. The reader gets to find out a bit more about why the silos exist and how they came to be. Very Stephen Hawkins man will be the end of us! We also find out more about Solo a character from wool whom Juliette meets in silo 17. Again this book is really hard to review without retelling the story, however Shift is more complex than Wool and jumps from time period to time period and character to character, it tells the story of lots of different people and it's very hard to get lost. I still enjoyed the book and am more into the story however it wasn't quite as good as Wool!!

Moles out of 10😎: 7

11. Shift by Hugh Howey

The Supreme's at Earls All You Can Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore Synopsis: This is a story about three friends Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean, known as the Supreme's, who have lived through the civil rights movement and are now past middle aged. Odette is stubborn with a loyal husband but a terminal illness, oh and talks to ghosts. Clarice has a rat of a husband who everyone knows sleeps with half the town, and Barbara Jean is the daughter of a stripper who is surrounded by grief and secretly in love with the White guy they all grew up with. Review: This story starts off well. I would compare it to Maya Angelou but fictional version. However the story soon gets a bit boring there's only so long you can string the above issues out for. I've spent a lot of time thinking about why this book didn't do it for me, I think I just can't relate. I'm not a middle aged menopausal woman, I don't believe in ghosts and certainly don't think they can talk to you, my partner isn't a love rat, if he wasn't I wouldn't just accept it because I'm a woman, and I don't believe that friendship cures cancer either. By the end of the book I was just racing through it hoping for it to finish. Oh and it has nothing to do with the actual Supreme's. Moles out of 10 😎: 4.5

10. The Supreme's at Earls All You Can Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore.

9.Wool by Hugh Howey Synopsis: This book is the first of a trilogy set in a post apocalyptic future where after the end of the world (or at least as we know it) a few survivors are living in a silo underground. Many just go about their existence as if this way of life is normal; because asking questions can get you sent outside. Juliette a worker from the mechanical lower levels is unexpectedly promoted to sheriff, but it turns out even the law can't ask certain questions. Review: This book has been billed as "the next hunger games". Really it isn't anything like the hunger games, which is a relief. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the hunger games but some things don't need to be retold over and over again. This doesn't have many comparisons to the hunger games apart from the post apocalyptic setting. You could also compare it to the game of thrones in the sense that every character you get to know will die. But it's not like the game of thrones either, So this book also has a graphic novel version to it, it is part of a trilogy (although I have a sneaky suspicion that actually it is or will become more of a series). Wool is a collection of 5 novellas. I've read some reviews stating that they don't even link and are irrelevant. I don't understand that as they clearly do link but are on a time line. Other than a few metaphors and one of the main characters knitting I'm still not sure where the name came from though. There are a host of end of the world survival stories out there ranging from War or the World to World War Z with the Hunger Games and The Wool Trilogy in the middle. The concept however is an original twist and the main character Julliette is someone you just want to route for (or maybe that's just the lawless side to me). I guess this is just one of those books you can't explain it without retelling it so I recommend you read it 😏. I bought the £9.99 omnibus edition so the other two are waiting in my to read list !! Moles of of 10 😎: 7.5

9. Wool by Hugh Howey.

Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer Synopsis: A young autistic boy tragically looses his father in a hit and run. Being unable to understand the grief around him and taking his therapists explanation of your dad has gone through the door into another world quite literally this shapes Patrick's life as he goes to university to uncover the burning question of what door and what is death. Along the way he struggles with the complexities of human relationships and his lack of understanding about what is right and wrong and sometimes just illegal. Review: There seems to be a string of books relating to main characters that suffer from autism or Aspergers, I guess for me it started with the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. The tag line on the cover says this is just as good as that book. I disagree. I think it is better. This and The Universe vs Alex Woods stand there above the rest. I really enjoyed this book, I read it in a day whilst enjoying the sun in the garden. It was a quick and easy read made a lot easier by the anticipation of needing to know what happens next. The story is written well and it takes you a while to get where Patrick is coming from but this is great as it adds to the fact that no one understands Patrick. And at the end there is a twist that you really won't have been expecting. In places this book is so sad, in places it is gory and shocking but overall it's heartwarming. I would definitely pick it up again and more by Belinda Bauer Moles of of 10 😎: 8.5

8. Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer

The One That Got Away by Simon Wood Synopsis: On a cross country trip to Las Vegas Zoe and Holliday fall victim to a serial killer the 'Tally Man'. However it's not quite the 'Tally Man's' night when Zoe escapes from his clutches and gets to start over again. However Zoe struggles with the guilt of leaving her best mate to die. But when Zoe hears of a murder with the same m.o. as her previous captor she steps up to the plate to offer police the information they need in their investigation. Only the problem with being in the public eye is the killer can see exactly where the one that got away is hiding. Review: This book was only released at the beginning of March. Amazon has started a new scheme that kindle customers can have one prerelease of four selected titles for 99p. Essentially they tell you four books that are coming out on the first of the month and you can pick one to have the week before, I couldn't choose so my fiancé chose for me!! Glad he did :). So this is something I probably would have picked up as you can probably see I love crime fiction and thrillers. I doubt I would have got to this for years though without the help of Amazon and my fiancé Peenuts. After reading so many poor / boring books really this was really refreshing. The book is really a page turner, I got through it in under a week and I think only work slowed me down on that. It isn't a who done it because you know straight away who done it, it's a why did he do and an OMG run girl kind of book!! A lot of books now day are from the detectives point of view, so you've got the Bosch series, the DCI Banks series etc etc, this is refreshingly different as its from the perspective of the victim and the killer. The why is also a bit of a shock and you don't really see that one coming. Also without being a spoiler I can definitely see us hearing more about Zoe in future books. Sure hope so 😆!! Moles out of 10 😎: 7.5

7. The One that got Away by Simon Wood

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

Synopsis: Detective Harry Bosch works homicide in Hollywood. A maverick cop he’s been placed in the worst division and is closely watched waiting for him to slip up. Bosch and his partner Edgar catch a body in a pipe at the reservoir but it seems more than a coincidence it’s someone that Bosch fought alongside in nam. Bosch has a feeling this isn’t just an accidental overdose and starts digging in places people don’t want him to.

Review : I found this book really hard to read. The synopsis sounds like a really exciting who done it murder book. However the story just didn’t really get going for me, chapters are long and there’s no depth of character.

To be honest I was glad when it finished. Although it's a good way of getting to sleep at night. Won’t be picking up number 2 in a hurry.

Moles out of 10😎: 3

6. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

The Magpies by Mark Edwards Synopsis: Jamie and Kirsty move into their dream house, get married and are expecting to start a family however all is not at it seems as dreams quickly turn into their worst nightmares. But what do you do when you are being endlessly harassed and your life made a living hell? Review: The book is short but far from sweet. It starts off well but unfortunately as with other Mark Edwards books I've read becomes all too predictable. The main characters are just annoying and you want to scream at them. I spent most of my times trying to figure out what the title was about again a massive anti climax. In fact although I don't want to just rubbish something I'm thinking really hard of anything good to say about the book but I just plain didn't like it, I didn't like the amount of sex scenes, didn't like the boringness of the story and the lack of mystery and the ending is just an end. I suppose though it wasn't bad enough for me to stop reading. There is another book about one of the villains Lucy that Mark Edwards has written, not sure it'll be top on my to read list though Moles out of 10😎: 2

5. The Magpies by Mark Edwards

Life of Pi by Yann Martel Synopsis: Pi Patel is the son of a zoo owner. His life takes a dramatic turn when he ends up stranded on a life boat in the middle of the ocean, the rest is a tale of survival. Review: I really enjoyed this tale but even after a week of thinking what to write its left me with not a lot to say. I had never seen the film and never really fancied the book as I didn't really see how much story could be made out of a boy in a lifeboat with a tiger. I was wrong though the story reads nicely and didn't really seem to drag. I found myself picking up the book whenever I could and didn't really get bored or anything. The books talks mainly about two things, religion and animals. The later is one of my favourite things so I really enjoyed the references to animals, religion is not so much my thing; however it's feature in the book isn't overbearing. Actually my only criticism of the book is the ending, it seemed to just end and then the narrative at the end is the author trying to stretch the story out for 100 chapters. So I guess in all the book was ok. I wouldn't ever read it again and nor would I rush and watch the film. I'd recommend anyone to read it once though. Moles out of 10 😎: 6

4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

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