The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
My partner read this first and said it was really good so I read it too. I really loved it. The characters are so rich and the book is well written seeing it is Weeks first book.

I had trouble putting the book down and several times was reading to 5am in the morning. I am looking foward to reading the other two books.


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Synopsis.

The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.

Half Way There!

I am now halfway through War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

Only another 1700 pages to go! lol

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was my first Jodi Picoult book and I have to say I enjoyed it tremendously. I had trouble putting it down. I thought that the characters were very strong and very believable.

The book revolves around a young teenage girl who is raped. And it does get you thinking how you would react if you were that childs parent.


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Author Synopsis

When Daniel Stone was a child, he was the only white boy in a native Eskimo village where his mother taught, and he was teased mercilessly because he was different. He fought back, the baddest of the bad kids: stealing, drinking, robbing and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush – where he honed his artistic talent, fell in love with a girl and got her pregnant. To become part of a family, he reinvented himself – jettisoning all that anger to become a docile, devoted husband and father. Fifteen years later, when we meet Daniel again, he is a comic book artist. His wife teaches Dante’s Inferno at a local college; his daughter, Trixie, is the light of his life – and a girl who only knows her father as the even-tempered, mild-mannered man he has been her whole life. Until, that is, she is date raped…and Daniel finds himself struggling, again, with a powerlessness and a rage that may not just swallow him whole, but destroy his family and his future.

Map of Bones by James Rollins

Map of Bones by James Rollins

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
I did enjoy this book although it was not my favourite one of his.

It's a good old fashioned thriller/adventure book, with a good plot and lots of twist and turns. Pure escapism!


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Amazon review From Publishers Weekly A mysterious biblical object, nefarious Vatican spies and a deadly centuries-old religious cabal—sound familiar? Sacramento veterinarian Rollins offers more Da Vinci Code–style thrills for the seriously addicted. In this seventh outing, hooded men invade midnight mass at the Cologne Cathedral and slaughter almost everyone present, then break open a gold sarcophagus and steal... the bones of the Three Wise Men. Grayson Pierce, top agent in the Department of Defense's covert Sigma Force, takes a team to Rome, joins up with love-interest Rachel Verona, a carabinieri corps lieutenant, and her Vatican official uncle, Vigot. It seems that the Dragon Court, a medieval alchemical cult-cell that still operates within the Catholic Church, is to blame, and it also seems that the bones of the Magi aren't really bones, but the highly reactive Monatomic gold that the group plans to use to accomplish its ultimate goal—Armegeddon. Rollins has few peers in the research department, which makes the historical material fascinating, and he keeps the dialogue believably colloquial and the incidental elements motivated—and plausible for at least short stretches. Clumsy romance is mostly overcome by lots of action. Dan Brown-ers looking for methadone will add to Rollins's usual solid numbers.

At My Mother's Knee by Paul O'Grady

At My Mother's Knee by Paul O'Grady

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
I love Paul O'grady as an entertainer and off course, his portrayal of Lily Savage. I found his autobiography to be very endearing, honest, and Paul to be witty and full of warmth especially towards his long suffering family, mainly his parents. An essential read if you like this man!

Synopsis via Amazon.co.uk

At My Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints is an entertaining autobiography from someone who really does have a life that is worth writing about. Gossipy, sharp and colourful, the cast of characters in Paul O'Grady's life includes rogues and rascals galore, all of whom are evoked here with great comic skill. O'Grady was variously a boxer, a civil servant, a conman and even a cat burglar - all of these failed careers are on display here, as is a surprisingly pungent picture of the Liverpool nightclub scene. When so many showbiz autobiographies these days are written by people who have a barely had a life outside of their fame, it's refreshing to encounter one by somebody whose story would be interesting even if he were not a major TV star. --Barry Forshaw

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The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski

The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed reading this and it's the second Kuzneski book I have read. It's kind of along the line of The Da Vinci Code and I found it a nicely paced book. I loved the characters and I find his style of writing very enjoyable. All in all a great novel to indulge yourself in.

Synopsis

Hewn into the towering cliffs of central Greece, the Metéora monasteries are all but inacessible. The Holy Trinity is the most isolated, its sacred brotherhood the guardians of a long-forgotten secret. In the dead of night, the sanctity of the holy retreat is shattered by an elite group of warriors, carrying ancient weapons. One by one, they hurl the silent monks from the cliff-top - the holy men taking their secret to their rocky graves. Halfway across Europe, a terrified academic fears for his life. Richard Byrd has nearly uncovered the location of one of the Seven Ancient Wonders - the statue of Zeus and his mighty throne. But Byrd's search has also uncovered a forbidden conspiracy, and there are those who would do anything to conceal its dark agenda...

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The twins meet Carrie King.

This is the twins with Carrie King. She is the author of The Life in the Wood with Joni Pip. We popped into Waterstones and didn't know there was a book signing. Carrie has been dubbed 'the new JK Rowlings'. Carrie is such a lovely lady. She had so much time for the boys and she even gave them a poster that all the other kids didnt get and signed it too. I must say, I am looking forward to reading the book too.........it's fantasy based with time travel and has really good reviews.

Sorry about the picture being blurred, him indoors took it on my mobile.