Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King My rating: 3 of 5 stars Book synopsis: Recently retired detective Hodges has left the force with a few open cases and has been living deep in depression, daily contemplating suicide, for months. When one of his old, unsolved cases, Mr Mercedes who ran over people standing in line at…
Month: June 2017
Book Review: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book synopsis: Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he is a lucky bastard. He has miraculously escaped an ambush leaving him bruised and battered, but still, he found his favourite pot! He is still alive, and with a plan. The spirits say…
Book Haul (June 2017)
The book haul that follows consists of eight titles, a small number compared to some other book hauls I’ve done. The reason this has happened is because I bought so many books in June that I decided to not buy any books in July. I also decided to send the rest of the books I…
The Power by Naomi Alderman (Book Review)
The Power by Naomi Alderman My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Book synopsis: Roxy is born in London’s criminal underworld and when her mother is killed by two gangland members she is determined to use the power to avenge her mother’s death. Allie Montgomery-Taylor runs away after electrocuting her abusive stepfather to death with a…
The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley (Book Review)
The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you haven’t read the first book of the trilogy, you can read my spoiler free review of The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley (Book Review) instead. You can also click here for my review of the second book of the trilogy…
June reads
Looking back on my reading progress over 2017 so far I came to realise that May has been one of the more productive months of the year. First of all, I decided on a Master thesis topic and have started working on it: Animal Assisted Interventions for Parkinson’s Disease. I even started jogging with my…
My Bookshelf Dialogues 