Fiction Friday: Books I've Read This Month

Last week I headed down to Devon with my family for a lovely week of R&R. Whilst I was away I managed to get through a few books and thought I'd share them with.

Before We Met - Now I had started reading this book before I went away, and to be honest I just couldn't get into it. I found it quite slow to take off and the story line quite easy to guess (I guessed it at least.) The story follows the life of a woman called Hannah and her marriage to a man named Mark. I would say it probably falls under the thriller category, but it just didn't hook me like others.

Anna and the French Kiss - For this book I went back to the good old young adult classic. It was a really easy read and I devoured it in one afternoon. Anna is sent to boarding school in Paris and the story follows her life whilst she's living there. Expect love and friendships and a nice feel good book. 

Sleep Tight - This book was definitely my favourite of the lot I read. Again I raced through it in an afternoon as I had to know what happened. It had the same kind of suspense of 'Before I Go To Sleep'. It follows the story of a woman called Olivia alongside many other characters, who I'm lead to believe also carry on in other books. Now this book left me gasping and excited from all the twists and turns and I definitely did not guess what had happened. A very good read.

What have you read this month?

Laura

Fiction Friday: Before I Go To Sleep

You may remember a previous Fiction Friday post where I informed you that I was beginning to indulge into the thriller side of fiction, and boy has the continued. When I gave my aunt back her books she lent me a couple more, and amongst them was S J Watson's Before I Go To Sleep. 

This book has been one of those that I've found myself racing home from work and staying up past my bed time to read. It just had me hooked so I knew I had to share it again.

Just like with the other books, it wasn't a scary thriller, but one that left you on edge wanting to know what happened. It's hard to find a character you can trust, and sometimes you find yourself even doubting the protagnoist too; which is what makes it such a page turner. I just found myself desperate to know what happens next.

Unlike with Gone Girl, which did have quite a few dramatic twists, the twists in this book are constant and actually 'gasp' worthy. It really shocks you at so many different points.

A little about the plot, without spoilers. It's based around a woman called Christine who has amenisa after an accident, and each morning she wakes up either thinking she's a child or in her early twenties with no current memories. She then has to be reminded each day who she is and who she lives with etc. As the book goes on you see how she tries to remember past events and comes to terms with things that have happened in her life since the accident.

Really interesting, really gripping and I highly recommend it.

Have you read this? What do you think?

Laura

Fiction Friday: Getting into Thrillers

When it comes to fiction I'm pretty much rom com central. Any story where a girl meets a guy and they fall in love and end up happily ever after pretty much makes me happy. That and a bit of teen fiction such as the Hunger games and (dare I say it) Twilight. However I'd heard such a buzz about Gone Girl that summer, two years ago, I downloaded the preview onto my Kindle to give it a go, but I just couldn't get into it.

Of course over those two years more and more people started reading it, so when I spotted it on my aunt's shelf a couple of weeks ago I asked if I could borrow it and decided to see what all the fuss was about; and now I get it!

For me, it starts off a bit slow, and whilst it is meant to be a thriller, the writing style (especially of Amy's diary) is pretty much the style I'm used to. Then you get to the middle and shit gets cray! For me, the only let down of the book was the end.

When I asked to borrow Gone Girl my aunt suggested I also read Into The Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes, as she said it's better than Gone Girl.

Again when I read the description at the back I did wonder if it was going to be my cup of tea (Green Tea with mint, if you were wondering!) but I devoured the whole book in one sitting on a lazy Saturday. For me, it was slightly more gripping from the offset than Gone Girl and whilst there is no major twist like in the previous book, the ending was much better in my opinion, although it could've been a little longer.

Into The Darkest Corner focuses on just one character and flicks between present day and the past. It's really interesting seeing how things can change in time and the effects different relationships can have on you. I definitely felt more 'tense' reading this one than Gone Girl. Whereas Gone Girl was more of a 'who done it' book, ITDC  was more of a 'when's it going to happen next'.

So now I think I quite like thrillers. Well I say thrillers, these are the psychologically scaring books that I feared they would be, and both contained a bit of the chick lit that I know and love.

So now I'm onto Fractured which was mentioned on Nouvelle Daily, and my aunt has kindly lent me a couple more too, so we know where my fiction is heading.

What do you think of these books? Have you read them? Do you like book reviews? What's your favourite

(So many questions!)

Laura xoxo