The Faithless By Martina Cole.

Product Details:
Publisher: Headline 2011.
 Hardback. 453 Pages.
Source: Bought For Me.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb:  Gabby looked at the woman she had hated nearly all her life. Then she sat down on the ladder-backed chair, put her face into her bloodied hands and cried. To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor is a woman to envy; she has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two gorgeous children. But Cynthia is deeply unhappy with her lot; she has always craved the best things in life, and is determined to see that she gets them. Cynthia will let nothing stand in her way, even if it means devastation and tragedy for those nearest to her. And the casualties are many: her husband Jimmy, weak and unable to fight the wife he can never please; her sister Celeste, from whom Cynthia steals her most precious possession; and her parents, Mary and Jack, who pick up the pieces. But the victims who suffer the most are Cynthia's children. For James Junior and Gabby, the pain she causes will stay with them for ever...
I was recommended by a few family and friends to try this author and when my partner found this book for me at a car boot sale and bought it for me I thought I had nothing to loose. It was written the way I like with the murder first and then how it got to that during the book. I love how books like these are written as I really get into the book to find out who it is. This was written in 3rd person , which I found was a bit strange as I think the book would of worked better if it was written in 1st person from Gabby's point of view. I found this book very long winded and it took me ages to enjoy this book and if I'm honest I will not be reading it again. I will try some of Martina Cole's books as I don't want to judge this author's writing style on one book, but I will choose wisely next time.
See you soon.
Laura xx
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Just to let you know.....

Hey Guys,
This is just a quick post to let you know i am in the process of moving house. i will still be reviewing books for you but you may find the format a little different. i dont have internet at my new home yet so i can write blogs on my phones but they will be without links and pictures. I do have some i have already written saved as drafts but i just thought i would let you know why my blogs might be changing.
I might not be reading as much for the next couple of weels but im sure i will be back to normal soon.
I hope you understand
Laura xx

The Blue Skies of Autumn By Elizabeth Turner.

Product Details:
Publisher: Simon & Schuster 2011
Paperback, 215 Pages.
Source: Bought By Myself.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: On September 11th 2001, 32-year-old Elizabeth Turner was working at Channel 4 when news broke of the attacks on the World Trade Centre. Surrounded by TV screens, like her colleagues, she watched as the horror unfolded. But for Elizabeth, the atrocities were all the more painful - her husband Simon was at a meeting in the restaurant at the top of the towers as the planes crashed into them. Elizabeth was seven months pregnant with their first child. As the destruction unfolded, and Simon did not call, Elizabeth's world crumbled, and she spiralled into an abyss of grief more painful than most of us can imagine.
I was looking forward to reading this book as 9/11 being my birthday I find the horrors that happened that day very interesting. I have read websites and other books on 9/11 but never read a book from someone's point of view that was affected so much by this event. I would say this is not really a story but as what happens in this book are all facts but it is definitely a self help book. I have never been through anything so global so I will never understand how you truly feel when something like this happens but I can say if it were to happen to myself with the help of Elizabeth's book I think I would have the tools to get through it all. This book is only small and you really get to know Elizabeth as a person. I would like to say I didn't know who this lady was and I had never even heard her name in the press or websites, but now I feel as if I know her so well. I don't know this lady and yet I feel so proud of her for getting through to the other side and becoming a stronger person than she was before. This is a very heart warming book and makes you realise what you have in life. I wouldn't say I would read it again for just a story, but I haven't threw it away as in times of need I may find myself wanting a little self help time.
Elizabeth Turner has her own web page here and I found just her website was very inspirational. Find some time to check it out.
Hope you enjoyed this post. See you soon
Laura xx

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Relentless By Simon Kernick.

Product Details:
Publisher: Corgi 2006.
 Paperback. 461 Pages.
Source: Bought For Me.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: Saturday afternoon: you're with the kids in the garden when the phone rings. It's your best friend from school. Someone you haven't seen for a few years. It should be a friendly call catching up on old times. But it's not. This call is different. Your friend is panting with fear, his breaths coming in tortured, ragged gasps. Someone is inflicting terrible pain on him. He cries out and then he utters six words that will change your life forever...the first two lines of your address
Tom (main character) starts of being a very happy married guy to the most wanted man over night, his world is turned upside down over the space of a weekend. He meets many people in his book and you learn a lot about each one. This book is very fast paced and is a great page turner but leaves you wanting more. I couldn't put this book down and did read this within two days. This was written in 1st person for the main character Tom and 3rd person for all the other characters. There are many twists and turns in this book and the ending it a brilliant ending. This book was quite long anyways being nearly 500 pages long, but I would have loved to be able to read more of this book and that is what stopped me giving it 5 out of 5. I will reading more of Simon Kernick's books and will be reviewing them for you in the future.
See you soon.
Laura xx
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Book sites.

Hey Guys,
Todays post is a bit different from the usual book review as I would like to mention a few book sites I use. I tend to use these few sites for reviews to see if a book I have just purchased it any good or I like to check to keep up to date with new books that come out all the time.
First site: https://www.goodreads.com/ I found this site by accident as I was writing a blog and had thrown my copy of a book away, which meant I didn't have the back cover to copy the synopsis/blurb down, so I typed in the book title and author and this site came up. It's pretty easy to sign up and all you do it rate out of 5 stars books you have read and click the books you would like to read or ones you are not interested in. It gives you recommendations which I think is really good.
Second Site: http://www.blognation.com/ I signed up to this site myself right after I created this blog as I wanted to find and read other blogs. This puts a little badge on you blog which links them together and helps you create a better blog.
Third Site: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/ This is my favourite site out of the lot as it's an online book store. It tells you new books, which are the best sellers, which are coming to stores soon and also events. The events tells you when authors are coming to book stores near you to do book signings and also lets you find certain authors.
I hope this links helped you out a little bit, if you have any links you would like to recommend just comment below and I will try them out.
Laura xx