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Okay. If you like suspenseful and highly dramatic, this is a book for you. If you've read Flowers in the Attic, you need to read this. I'd love to know if you've read this and what you thought.

I’d argue that she never loves julian

Cathy has never done anything wrong in her life ever

I haven't read Rachel Hawkins and keep wanting to but I'm not confident I will love her stuff. I have a nostalgic fondness for VC Andrews. I grew up reading those (says a lot about what we had available lol). Listen for the Lie was a mess. Completely agree about the tone - and it felt like YA drama. I'm reading Then She Was Gone this month (or hope to!). First Lie Wins - same on my end! I hated it!! One Perfect Couple was fun, but definitely not Ruth Ware's strongest or even close.

The only one of these I have read is Then She Was Gone. That ending! I too have a ridiculous amount of series on the go - I am reading/rereading the Miss Marple series at the moment. That is the main one I'm focusing on. I couldn't hear the storm in the background.

I have been keeping my eyes open for "Gwendy's Button Box" only because I have most of Stephen's books. I did not know it was a trilogy, and based on your thoughts, I don't feel like I am missing out too much! I will still pick it up if I find it cheap, but otherwise I can pass. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!🙂

Another month of reading gone by. Hope your month was great. Let me know your thoughts on any of the books in this video. Also share your favourite September reads.

I started listening to this book and I like it so far . The second book is currently out. Have you read it yet ?

I must continue on in this series. I do really enjoy it, as a light read. The ones I've read so far have been good fun.

What’s the best murder mystery you’ve read? A real page turner! Thank you for your video

Agatha is at it again - this time in Cyprus! This remains one of my all-time favourite cosy mystery series. Let me know if you're an Agatha fan!

I love Thimble! My favorite character in Mortal Instruments is Alec.

I loved these books when I was a kid.

I'm definitely going to order this. Thanks for the review

Jeffery Deaver is one of my favourite authors, but is this one of his best?

I agree, a very good setting. Sounds like it could be fun. There are so many of this type of book out now. There needs to be something to elevate the book or it becomes very "samey".

No mention of the police. I would have thought the police would be involved in a case like this. If not, sounds a bit unbelievable to me.

A new cosy mystery series set in the Scottish Highlands. It's a fun read.

I enjoy this series! My favourite from this period would be Judith Potts, who I know you've mentioned before. I like the sound of the Robert Galbraith PI one. Do you think I'd like it? Is it too gritty for me or is it fine? I've obviously seen it about but I really like how you've described the characters.

I like the idea of a way of getting fiction that may otherwise not get so much attention, literary fiction, get them seen more widely. But its a little like the Oscars. They reward good movies, but very often they neglect the truly great movies of that year. I also think there may be biases in selection. Without wanting to be too political, the prize may pander to the worldview of the London literary world which is broadly speaking very liberal and has a kind of status seeking quality to it. Now I'm a liberal minded person myself but I remember reading a chairwoman of the Booker saying that the aim of literature should be semi didactic, about moral improvement and understanding and tolerance. All of those things are good things to aspire to. But then it becomes subjective as to how a novel does that. And why should a novel have to do that, or be subject to that expectation. Having said that, I do like all efforts to promote literary fiction and reward writers who challenge forms and who write about stuff that lies outside genre conventions

Very late in releasing this video, but I guess better late than never! 😀 Characters can sometimes make or break a book. In this video, I discuss some characters I adored from books read this year. Hope you enjoy it!

Interesting discussion! I think you make an interesting point about the judging panel being different each year. When i think of the booker prize, I do think of it as having a 'house style'. But it can't, really, if there's no consistency in the judging panel. The women's prize in the UK is an interesting comparison where the chair if the judging panel is always the same - Kate Moss, the prize's founder - but the other judges change. I will say, as a reader who likes literary and genre fiction, I do pay attention to the Booker lists, and it definitely does spur me to pick up books I might not have considered otherwise. I like having the prize, though sometimes the faff around it can feel elitist.

I don’t know if any awards are relevant. I do love literary fiction but it doesn’t necessarily change my reading. It does, on the other hand, expose me to litfic, which doesn’t exactly get the marketing dollars genre fiction does.

Interesting video. The Booker is highly regarded here in the UK. I quite enjoy seeing what makes the longlist then the shortlist. When it is analysed though, it does make me wonder how valid it all is with the criteria given. I believe the judges should all be experts in the industry. Books are so subjective anyway.

What is the submission process and is it fair? How are books longlisted and shortlisted? Is the Booker Prize still relevant today and should we care about it? Some of the things I talk about in this video. I think it's important to understand how book prizes go about their business. Hope you like this - and I'm hoping to produce similar videos on other book prizes.

Thanks, now i can make up my mind after watching your honest review. I definitively won't read this book. It seems to me that all this author's books are not horror books. Why does he keep trying to be funny in his stories? Furthermore, horror stories with dolls or toys are not up my alley. There are better underrated horror authors, for example, Felix Blackwell (Stolen Tongues) is one of them.

Thanks a lot, now I can make up my mind after watching your review, I definitively won't read this book. It seems to me that all this author"s books are not horror books. Why does he always keep trying to be funny in his stories? Furthermore, horror stories with dolls and comedy is not up my alley.

I read this awhile ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, but, your points are valid. Grady Hendrix is one of my favorite authors for sheer escape reading.

Kermit with a bad attitude 😂😂 LOL! Oh no and I have this book . I got it when it first came out . I haven’t read it yet though.

I really liked Hunting Party - I think I liked it more than Guest List, to be honest. The Infernal Devices books are my faves - I like anything in London.

I like haunted objects but sometimes too much comedy can detract from the horror.

I still haven't read any Hendrix. I'm not sure if I will like him but I should try reading his stuff at some point.

Grady Hendrix and his usual style of comedy horror. A haunted object horror, if that's your thing.

Not what you'd usually expect from Grady Hendrix, but it was a quick and fun read.

Spoilers / extremely long rant but i JUST finished this book so Ill shout this into the wind:😊 Wilder finding Harper and Nat in the woods, the realization that he broke the promise, it all felt so real. I could feel his pain and shame and it was the first whispers of how he was just "the other one that tagged along" in the group. But then he is made out to be the pivotal character and the main focus of the story, only to get killed off in so many different ways that when we finally found out how he really went I was speechlessly disappointed. I cant imagine the conniving, witty and sometimes wicked Harper being someone who would accidentally slit someones wrist. Theres no way I can imagine in my head that event happening the way it was described. Nor can I imagine Harper being able to convince the police that it was suicide. The main issue, the one I cant get over, is how the story blurred the lines of reality to the point of requiring you to go back and mark off half of the chapters you enjoyed as not even being real within the story. I know it is all fiction, but it cheapens it all so much to portray the moments that meant a lot to me in the book as a cheap made up fantasy of a horrible person. I love Catriona Wards writing style but this book just felt into a knotted pile of rope at the end. The way it finished felt like someone got tired of unknotting it and cut the rope to spare themselves the hassle of bringing it all together. I would have loved if Harper went mad trying to put Wilder and Nat into Pearls story to give them the lives she thinks they deserved. I would have loved if she just broke down in front of the magic after all her work and nothing happened. That would have humanized her, but no, we were left with a secondary cast of characters we dont know fighting and getting hysterical in a situation we were just tossed into, right after falling in love with characters thar just drifted away from us, never to be seen again. The ending we got felt like a cliffhanger from part 1 of a goosebumps story. I was going to go straight into the last house on needless street but now I feel like I want a break from her books. Would love some recommendations of atmospheric 80s horror you mentioned! Ps very good video, its hard to find someone doing book reviews that i can actually imagine myself enjoying the company of, looking forward to watching more from you

Just read this novel! You got your review exactly right. This novel got me through a nasty 3 day extreme heat event. I never heard of Cherie Priest but I will be reading more from this author! This story is imaginative and original and, as you pointed out, the characters are perfectly drawn at each age.I don't want to say too much about the ending because I don't want to give anything away . I will just say that this novel is a wild ride and a fun read!

August already seems like a distant memory. It is going ridiculously fast. A good month for you. I'm trying to make a real effort now to get some books read from my shelves and to buy less. Not easy. I enjoyed this video.

Are you enjoying the Simon Brett books?

Another month gone - the year is going too fast! I'm already thinking about the end of year best of videos. Maybe some books from August will make the cut. Who knows? Anyway, hope you all had a good reading month - don't forget to tell me your favourites for the month.

I apreciate your book review ! I've had my eye on this book for awhile now but have not read it yet but will definetly give it a read now because it is the very type of mysterious thriller I love to read. I like how your book review was very detailed and contained no spoilers.

I like Richard Laymon as an author. The idea of playing a dangerous game was intriguing. I just wish there was more written about MOG's character, why he chose Jane in particular, and what was the real reasoning behind the games and what he really wanted to gain as an end result ?!

This sounds fun. A good idea to incorporate puzzles into a cosy as I know a lot of people who love cosies are very into jigsaw puzzles.

Steve king is too involved with fighting with politics and elon musk, he's not focused and uses chatgpt to help him write now. sad ending to his career

A new cosy mystery series. Always something to be excitement about. Does this appeal to you?

This is nice cover - simple but effective!

I just finished reading this book and looked up your review. It took me awhile to "get it" because I just picked it up and started reading without any idea what the book was about. Once I figured out this was campy and fun, I loved it. There are some good messages and I give it 5 stars.

I'm really interested in this series now, I've placed a hold at the library for the first book and this one. Thanks for another good review

Another cosy mystery. And this has two mysteries - one that felt more like a treasure hunt to me.