Archive | September 2018

I Invited Her In by Adele Parks

Sep20

Best Served Cold

I Invited Her In by Adele Parks is a gripping contemporary read about mind games and revenge – a dish best served cold.

Mind games occur with both the reader and the characters. Just when I thought I’d figured out what was going on… the action veered off in another direction! Absolutely gripping and entertaining.

Some things just consume us. Ideas get fixated in our brain and we cannot see the wood for the trees. Our actions are motivated by our passions and obsessions.

Motherhood is a job like no other. How far would you go to protect your child?

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The Classroom by A.L. Bird

Sep18

Mesmerising

The Classroom by A.L. Bird – oh my goodness, what a gripping psychological thriller. I could not put it down and read it in just one sitting. The action twisted this way and that – I knew who the manipulator was – or did I? I suspected just about everyone before the jaw dropping reveal.

Truth, lies, manipulation, real, imagined – all themes within the novel showing the deviousness of people. The main thing seems to be to get your own way, no matter who gets hurt along the way.

Children are a gift. What do you do if you suspect neglect?

To what lengths will you go to achieve your dream? How many people will you tread on?

Are you sure you know your enemy?

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War Babies by Annie Murray

Sep17

Social Change And Community

War Babies by Annie Murray is a marvelous epic novel set in Birmingham during the 1930’s and the war years. It is a novel of a community – people “did not have much money, but they knew how to make a home.” A home is not about money, a home is about love. At times there can be more love found in a slum than a mansion.

There is a surprising amount of snobbery to found among some of the poor. It is character and the state of the heart that is the measure of a person not the size of their bank account.

Women and children are the main focus of the novel. The women had it tough. World War I had robbed some of them of husbands and fathers. A flu epidemic then stole their loved ones. World War II pinched the able bodied for war. The women bandied together, supported each other and survived.

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