Adventures With Books

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Category: Reviews

Thrillers by Anni Taylor

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On August 9, 2021

In Books, Reviews

A while ago I found a book called Stranger in the woods: A Tense Psychological Thriller on Amazon Kindle using the Kindle Unlimited subscription and thought I would give it a try based off the description. I read this book because I wanted a change in what I had been reading after finishing the Harbinger Series by Jeff Wheeler, which I discuss the first one here and the others are on here as well, but I would rather not bog you down with a bunch of links.

Stranger in the Woods is about the photographer Isla Wilson who takes a month long job in Scottland to photograph the family and property architect Alban McGregor and wife Jessica. Deep in the woods on their property is a chilling playhouse, which Isla learns that two years prior the McGregor’s daughter, Elodie, died after being kidnapped and taken there. Alban does not want to get rid of the playhouse and even has a picture of it on his wall. Being in contact with the family daily Isla gets the sensation that both Alban and Jessica have some awful secrets. The closer Isla comes to finding out answers about Elodie, the greater danger she encounters. When a dense cover of snow blankets the town Isla finds her chances of escaping the dangers limited.

This book was amazing and it kept me on the edge of my seat through the whole book. Throughout the book some of the information starts to lead you in the direction of certain people being responsible for the happenings of the young girl. You get to read the story from the point of view of the main character Isla Wilson as well as get glimpses as to the point of view of the young girl Elodie McGregor two years before Isla came to photograph the family. I felt as though every time you have a suspicion against someone, they end up doing something that makes you second guess your assumption.

This book I feel was amazingly written and I would definitely recommend it to many people. A really good thriller that keeps you guessing at what is going to happen next. I for one did not expect it to have the outcome it has towards the end. Anni Taylor did an excellent job of suspense and conclusion.

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Iron Garland by Jeff Wheeler Harbinger Book 3

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On April 23, 2021

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Recently I got an offer from Goodreads.com for two months free of Amazon Kindle Unlimited, which allows you to read and or listen to certain books for no additional price. Normally it is $9.99 a month for access to over one million books, of which you can have ten different books at one time. I figured that since I have the opportunity to use it for free, I might as well read the rest of the Harbinger series.

While with the first two books I used the same service to listen to the books instead of reading it myself, which took about a month each time, I decided to read the third one. Now with the first one it took a while for the book to catch my attention fully. Since that point, the other two I have read did not have that issue. I think this may be the way that the characters were introduced and the amount of time that it took to get to the more interesting happenings in the book.

As I stated this third book, I had no problem with the amount of time it took to get into the book. It was so interesting that I read the whole book in four days.

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Mirror Gate by Jeff Wheeler Harbinger Book 2

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On August 30, 2019

In Books, Reviews

So it took me a while to be able to listen to this book, but I did enjoy it a little more than the first one. I had an easier time listening to this one than the first one. That may have been because I had an interest in finding out what happens to the two main characters than I did in the first book. Again the only place I could find to listen to this book is through the Amazon Kindle app.

While the first book in this series shows the differences between the two girl’s lives and the way they go about doing the things they do, this book explores some of the things they learn to do for each other once they find a way to meet. It shows the differences of their upbringings as well as how they work to overcome their differences and include one another in life.

This book shows how even though you have a plan to make changes to things in the world and want to follow the path you are trying to make, other people may not understand what you are trying to do or even accept it. In this book, you also see how the whole world is affected by the actions of just a few people sometimes and even when we are trying to change things for the better there are people out there trying to keep us from doing so.

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14 By Peter Clines

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On April 5, 2019

In Books, Reviews

Last month my husband and I took a road trip to Las Vegas to celebrate our nephew’s Twenty-first birthday with him. For our trip, we decided to listen to a book through his Audible subscription. My husband ended up choosing 14 by Peter Clines and I would have to say he chose an excellent book.

This book was an exciting book to listen to. It was an extremely suspenseful book while keeping your interest in what is happening to and between the characters.

The story follows a guy named Nate as he moves into his new apartment and he is amazed at the prices of the rent. Upon moving into this low rent apartment he starts to notice some odd things around the place, like mutant cockroaches and strange light fixtures among other things.

You follow along as Nate meets the different tenants of his new home and starts along a path of discovery. This all starts as he meets each new neighbor and he finds small differences between all their apartments.

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Up and Down By Oliver Jeffers

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On December 10, 2018

In Books, Children Book Review, Reviews

Every week  I try to get new books when I take my three younger children to the library for story time. This is a set time that we go each week as long as we are feeling well and in town. I feel it is good for them to be able to learn to sit and listen to books read by other people and it exposes them to other children as well.

This last week we picked up some books as usual and in them I had found a book with a boy and a penguin on the cover that kind of reminded me of a video that the children had watched a few times about a boy who returns a penguin down to Antarctica, so I picked it up. It happens that this book was written by the author of the other story and it is called Lost and Found. As I do not recall reading the actual book I hope that the video is word for word from the book and I would recommend it. I will have to look this week for the book and take a look at it myself.

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Storm Glass By Jeff Wheeler Harbinger Book 1

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On December 5, 2018

In Books, Reviews

I recently listened to this book through Amazon Kindle. While I a lot of the time have a hard time listening to someone read me a book that I am not able to read along with, because I find that my mind will start to wander more often than if I was following the reader, I did still enjoy listening to the book. There were quite a few times that I found my mind wandering, but luckily when that happens you can just have the book rewind to about where you stopped paying attention. I do enjoy being able to read a book myself, but when I am unable to for various reasons, having the opportunity to listen to it is a great way to get into books.

Books are always good to have on hand for when you feel the need for a good adventure without having to go anywhere.

As for this book, it was well written. I would have to say that the beginning of the book was a little hard for me to get into, but as I went along in it the story became more enjoyable.  I enjoyed the story and the fact that it went between the lives of two main characters Cettie Pratt and Sera Fitzempress, the different things that they were going through in their lives and the way they both lived. While everyone has a hard time in life this story shows the way that even those from different social circles and stages of life have to overcome their hardships, which can sometimes even be the same. It shows what someone usually goes through when their circumstances change, as well as the way that people view and treat them when this happens.

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The 5 Love Languages of Children By Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell, MD

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On December 4, 2018

In Books, Reviews

In my lifetime I have read a lot, mostly of fiction variety, except for school books and a few books about writing stories. The reason I have read mostly fiction is because a lot of the non-fiction just does not keep my interest as much as a fictional work does. Now you may be expecting me to say that The 5 Love Languages of Children is an exception to this, but that was not the case at all.

While I did enjoy reading this book and feel that it has a lot of good information, but between it being a non-fiction work and being a mother of four children under the age of six it took me about four months to get through the whole thing. For myself that is a very long time, but I wanted to read this book to make sure I am showing my children love in all the ways that they need as well as make sure they can do the same throughout their lives.

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