Greetings, fellow book lovers! As I threw myself into the heart of August, I was thrilled to introduce a brand new reading challenge that added an extra dash of excitement to our literary journeys. In the month of August, I embarked on a captivating adventure through a carefully curated selection of books that promised to whisk me away to distant lands, introducing me to unforgettable characters, and ignited my imagination. So, grab your favourite reading nook, a steaming cup of your preferred beverage, and join me in unravelling the stories that await. Let's turn the pages and make this August a truly unforgettable chapter in all of our reading chronicles!
August Adventures: Embrace the Reading Challenge
A Science Fiction Book
Title: Chemistry
Author: Robert Hodgson Genre: Humour Date Published: 2012 Book Length: 330 Format: Kindle I purchased myself Star Rating: 4**** I liked it a lot and recommend
About Book: Francis is clever, successful and really rather nice, but he has a problem. He has no idea how women think. He doesn't know when they love him or why they sometimes hate him. So he turns to science for the answer and develops his own theory of how men and women react with each other. His theory guides him through tortured adolescence and into perplexing manhood but fails to predict the outcome of his intense, passionate but mostly hapless relationships. His quest to find the ultimate "oxygen" woman combines small triumphs with an unending litany of catastrophes until he is finally faced with the awful truth. It’s a story about how men try to make sense of women, and mostly fail. Francis's story brings together the belief systems of all the people in his life and compels him to choose between them. It forces him to confront the question of whether his own theory is based on scientific rigor or is no better than the superstitions that he so despises. It offers an alternative view of the concept of manhood in the 21st century and examines the conflicting patterns of life’s seeming predictability and spontaneity in a funny, thoughtful and at times, cringingly embarrassing story. Oh…and it’s a comedy.
A book with a direction in the title
Title: Murder in the South of France
Author: Roy Lewis
Genre: Mystery
Series: 1-24 The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series
Date Published: 2014
Book Length: 336
Format: Kindle I purchased myself
Star Rating: 4**** I liked it a lot, and recommend
About Book: Something horrific washes up on the banks of the Tyne. The headless torso of a small boy. His identity is a mystery that has the police baffled, and he won’t be the only victim to die this way. Other torsos turn up in Finland, the Netherlands — and now the scenic green hills of southern France? Arnold arrives in the ancient city of Carcassonne on the trail of Roman treasure. He hopes the trip will bring him closer to his sultry, unattainable boss. Instead, he finds himself in world of danger. A briefcase falls into Arnold’s possession, filled with a mine of explosive evidence just waiting to ignite. Could it all lead back to the Northumberland child killer? Arnold came to France in search of an ancient burial site. But he may be about to uncover a grave that contains rather more recent remains.
Book by an Author that has written a series
Title: 19th Christmas
Author: James Patterson
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Series: 19-23 Women’s Murder Club Thriller
Date Published: 2019
Book Length: 360
Format: Kindle I purchased myself
Star Rating: 5***** I loved it, and highly recommend
About Book: Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything changes. The architect of the ambitious attack unleashes chaos across the city, laying traps and false alarms to distract Lindsay and the SFPD from his ultimate goal. As time runs out, will Lindsay be able to save the people of San Francisco from a Christmas they'd never forget?
Book 32. Book you wanted to re-read
Title: House of Echoes
Author: Barbara Erskine Genre: Romance, Suspense, Ghost Publisher: Harper Collins Date Published: 2009 Book Length: 448 Format: Paperback I purchased myself Star Rating: 5***** I loved it and highly recommend.
About Book: When Joss, an adopted child, discovers that her real mother has left the beautiful family home, Belheddon Hall, to her, she is thrilled, until she discovers that the Hall is haunted by a presence which will not tolerate husbands or sons living in the house.Joss Grant is eager to begin a new life when she inherits Belheddon Hall. She brings her husband, Luke, and their small son, Tom, to the dilapidated house, and sets about discovering her family roots.But not long after they move in, Tom wakes screaming at night. Joss hears echoing voices and senses an invisible presence watching her from the shadows. Are they spirits from the past? As she learns, with mounting horror, of Belheddon’s tragic history, she realises that both her family and her own sanity are at the mercy of a violent and powerful energy that seems beyond anyone’s control.
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