Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

 

Oh my god, this book is a mindfuck.  Excuse the term.  I was reading away, thinking I didn't like Nick very much and something seemed really off about him...but it seems too easy for him to be the murderer...and I'm reading, and it's good but not great, and then in the middle BAM!  Mindfuck.  I can't tell you what happens, obviously, it will give it away.  But it is written so well, and so thought out.  It's fantastic!  Left me in awe.

So the basic storyline is there is this couple and one day (actually the day of their five year anniversary) Nick comes home to find that his wife (Amy) has been kidnapped.  Or that is what it looks like.  So the cops get involved and the whole thing just throws you for a loop.  Now, we only get to hear about Amy from her diary entries.  So you want to know what the hell is going on, something isn't quite right....and I just advise you to read the book.

A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison

 

Wow, this book was fantastic.  I'd recommend it; at the very least read the summary of what it's all about here.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Boy did it take me forever to get through this book.  It just seemed to go on and on and I never really wanted to pick it up.  I'm glad I've finally finished it, there is a sequel but I don't plan on reading it.  I didn't like the book very much.  I think it was too long for what happened in the story. 

Sounding Line by Anne DeGrace

This was picked for book club at work.  Anne's brother works at our office and mentioned his sister was a writer.  I liked the book but it was hard to get into.  Another one of those books that leaves no desire to be picked up at home.  I did learn that it was based on an incident that actually happened in Nova Scotia. 

See her other books here.

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

I read this book because a member of my book club has been raving how funny this series is since our book club started.  A few months ago while I was looking through a list of movies, I’d noticed this book had been produced with Katherine Heigl acting as the main character.  Since I’d already been thinking of reading this book, that sold me.

I didn’t find it laugh out loud funny as I’d been anticipating due to the hype from my fellow book club member; however there were parts that were pretty funny.  Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter.  She has no money and needs cash fast, so she sets her sights on this guy that has a $10,000 pay off if she brings him in.  She has a few unsuccessful encounters with him, and decides she needs to try an easier catch for cash.  The story involves a murder, a psycho boxer, an ex cop, and Stephanie.  The tale is interesting, not too farfetched and should make a fantastic film.

Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James

Finished the trilogy on the weekend.  This book was like one and two combined.  The first half started out with a lot of sex and the second half had substance with a good storyline.  Action and finding out the pieces of Christian's past.  Everything gets tied together nicely, however it is left open for more books to be written.  I wasn't as involved in this book, didn't care to pick it up.  After the first two it was just more of the same, but I wanted to know what happened.  Now I shall wait for them to be made into movies.  I'm interested in the casting.  

Children in the Morning by Anne Emery

This is the second book I've read by Anne.  The first was "The Sign of the Cross" which was also a mystery.  This book actually had the same main characters in it.  And it's also set in Halifax.  It even mentions Blockhouse!  It's neat to read books that talk about an area I can picture.  So anyway, this woman dies, and her husband looks guilty and it goes to trial.  He's found not guilty and then we find out about his childhood, and other events that happened a few years ago.  After that you may like him, you may not.