Three book reviews and an upcoming giveaway! | 10.03.2024
To say thank you for all of the support on social media, I'll have a giveaway coming up on my channels soon. I've also written three book reviews this week!
👋 Hello
Hello all! I hope you’re all doing well this week and bought a shit load of books on World Book Day. Today is Mother’s Day in the UK, so I hope you’ve all treated your mothers.
Recently I reached over 1,000 followers on TikTok, over 150 Subscribers on YouTube and over 8,000 followers on Twitter too, so over the coming couple of weeks I’m going to be doing a couple of giveaways to say thank you to all of you. So make sure you follow me on Twitter, have subscribed to my YouTube channel and follow me on TikTok to be kept up to date when they release!
Other than that, I’ve been desperately trying to catch up with my reviews of books, so this week I have three more book reviews for you to read including one from a book tour and two fantastic thrillers!
Keep scrolling for those three reviews, an update on what I’m reading and some more great book deals out there on the interwebs.
✍️ What I’ve posted this week
THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED BY CLAIRE DOUGLAS BOOK REVIEW
“The Girls Who Disappeared really impressed me. An interesting setting, some likeable characters and a plot that kept me deeply interested resulted in a thriller I’ll definitely go around recommending to people. I usually start my thriller reviews by stating that I’m not the biggest thriller fan but I’ve read a great selection recently and The Girls Who Disappeared is another in the genre that’s genuinely impressed me. I’m always looking for new authors who are “must buys” and after I enjoyed The Couple at No. 9 by her too, I feel Claire Douglas may be added to this list.”
THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET BY FREIDA MCFADDEN BOOK REVIEW
“Slow Horses is a big name in the crime genre at the moment and so I felt I had to read it. It started off a little slow but once I realised there was a comedic element and gre accustomed to Mick Herron’s writing style, I started to really enjoy it. The story wasn’t too deep and therefore easy to follow but there were some interesting twists and some questions left unanswered that the next book will hopefully answer. I’ve not read a vast amount of crime books but I think I’ll definitely be picking up the sequel to Slow Horses.”
THE DJINN’S APPLE BY DJAMILA MORANI BOOK REVIEW
“When Your Family Says No is a fascinating look into the orthodox Jewish community and how it affected one woman’s life and how when she grew older and had to leave her family, it really shone a spotlight on the religion and its limitations. Laya is an incredibly brave person for what she did and reading about her strict upbringing, her limitations as a woman in the religion and then the reaction from her family and friends of the religion when she chose to leave is a real eye opener and a genuinely insightful look into a world completely different from so many of those of us reading it.”
📖 What I’ve been reading this week
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
I started and finished the audiobook of my very first Agatha Christie book in the week, Then There Were None and it was brilliant. One of her most famous books, Then There Were None tells the story of a group of people who are invited to an island and then who all end up dying (not a spoiler as it’s literally the title, lol) and it’s all about who duys next and how they die.
It’s a masterclass in suspension and subtle hints that when you get to the end, find out who did it and then if you choose to read it back, you’d see all of the wonderful hints. I’ll have my full review of it up this week!
Sea State by J.M. Simpson
Sea State is my follower choice book for March. I’m not 100% sure what our story is about yet. So far we’ve had a couple of interesting scenes based around a life boat rescue team and a woman who has joined them. The head of the rescue team and the woman who’s joined are the two main stories we’re following.
They’re both struggling with personal issues - Jesse, our female lead, was attacked and is recovering from that and Doug, our male lead was part of an accident at work and is recovering from that whilst also dealing with a wife who doesn’t seem that interested in him anymore.
I’m enjoying it a lot so far but I feel like it does need some guidance and a central plot point we’re focusing on.
The Maid by Nita Prose
I started and finished the audiobook of my vry first Agatha Christie book in the week, Then There Were None and it was brilliant. One of her most famous books, Then There Were None tells the story of a group of people who are invited to an island and then who all end up dying (not a spoiler as it’s literally the title, lol) and it’s all about who duys next and how they die.
It’s a masterclass in suspension and subtle hints that when you get to the end, find out who did it and then if you choose to read it back, you’d see all of the wonderful hints. I’ll have my full review of it up this week!
📚 Book deal - books for £3 or less
Amazon is always putting out some absolutely banging book deals and the fact you can pick up physical paperbacks which are brand new for not much more money than you’d get them second-hand at a charity shop.
I’ve had a look at some absolutely huge names you can get for cheap and found the following books, all brand new, all for less than £3!
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