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Oct 09, 2017 08:16AM
I finished an outstanding read over the weekend
The Surrogate by Louise Jensen. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to do so. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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There are so many really good books out there right now. Here's another one to add to your pile. ...
If You Only Knew by Cynthia Clark https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Thanks to all of you who either link or write out the title of the book as well as link the cover so I know what you've reviewed. When I'm on an app, I can't hover over the book cover to see what it is, so I really appreciate the help.
I expect Rizzoli and Isles fans will enjoy Tess Gerritsen's latest I Know a Secret, which is still available on NetGalley.
3.5★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Firstly, thank you to Net Galley, the publishers and Maria Sharapova, for an advanced copy for an honest review...
I believe I can give a honest review, as a former tennis coach for fifteen years, a player for thirty years, and a fan of men's and ladies tennis, who watches tennis all the time... and on the ATP and WTA website everyday !!
Firstly let me say that Maria Sharapova is an intelligent lady, and her honesty and forthright comments I am sure will shock some fans and also some players...
This book demonstrates the brutal, often tough battles to become a top tennis player, her hard work from the age of 4, yes 4 years old.
Life must of been tough coming to a country where you did not understand a word, young and innocent, but inside already a determined girl, with very high concentration levels...
As a fan, do I enjoy watching her style of tennis, not always, too noisy, and no different levels to her game...
As a person I admire her strength, brutal honesty, concentration, determination to win, her battles with injury, her fight back from all of these...
Her battles fighting a ban that I believe should not have happened, read the story and then you can see why. As a fitness fanatic, tennis coach and qualified nutritionist but also a diabetic !
You easily and quickly read through this very interesting book.
One thing I would have loved if one of her coaches had taught and worked on her weakness's more from a young age, movement from side to side, and to volley, slice, drop shot... a variation in her game..
One thing that stands out to me.... I hope Serena Williams does not read this book!!
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman is going to forever be a favorite of mine. My review https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Her Last Secret by Barbara Copperthwaite was a DNF for me 😕 My review https://wordpress.com/post/sandysbook...
I've read a bunch of Netgalley-books during my vacation. All Read Now-books. The Spinster Wife - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars, mostly drama and a bit of suspense.
The Visitors - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars, creepy (not in a horror-way), but the characters are very fucked-up.
Salty Beaches - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 stars, steamy sex, but no depth and annoying characters.
Mean Little People - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars, very disturbing, following the maincharacter from child to adult, growing up in an environment filled with drugs, abuse, crime and love.
Kiss Me in New York - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 stars, YA, cute romance in NY during Christmas.
Have My Baby - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars, one of those fast and sexy reads again!
City Affairs: My Quest For Love - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1 star, did not finish.. so so bad!
Hit the Ground Running - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 stars, roadtrip with a brother and sister. Author could have done more with the story. Too short imo.
Read this on holiday earlier this year, just now catching up with reviews.
The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick.It was a really good read https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
Weycombe by G.M. Malliet yesterday. Not at all what I was expecting, but it turned out to be a really good read. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie Author Michael Sala has written about his (now) hometown of Newcastle, NSW, in The Restorer, where short-fused Roy is trying to restore a house and his family.
3.5★ Link to my review
I enjoyed
The Lost Child by Patricia Gibney 4.5★, the third book in this series. Looking forward to the next one.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
Little Secrets by Anna Snoekstra. Although it has received a lot of good reviews/ratings, I was not enamored. My review https://wordpress.com/post/sandysbook...
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I enjoyed
Murder Game by Caroline Mitchell, although it didn't totally grab me. Perhaps I've overdosed on thrillers this year!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was one of top "gets'. This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a gripping psychological thriller that was just published this week
Silent Lies by Kathryn Croft. Felt like I'd been hit by a piece of 4 x 2 when I finished. Never saw that ending coming! My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently finished
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak. Read my review at https://wordpress.com/post/sandysbook...Or https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another good psychological thriller, The Mistake from K.L. Slater https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Recently finished Darkness at the Edge of Town by Jennifer Harlow My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Girl Who Lived by Christopher Greyson. Outstanding!http://bookreviewsbymonnie.blogspot.c...
Finished
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... or
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Finished 3 reads over the past few days. ...
The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
or https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Other readers may enjoy this more than I did.3★ for A Lesson in Violence aka She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Vanishing Season
by Joanna Schaffhausen
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a 💓☆☆☆☆☆💞 read
Broken Bones by Angela Marsons my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., or
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
This one has been on my NG shelf for over a year (it was a read now already past publication date) so it's good to have finally read and reviewed it!
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg 3.5★ for a quick, light read (as you would expect from these authors).https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Almost a 5★ The Lullaby Girl
(Angie Pallorino, #2) by Loreth Anne White https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I agree with you there Sheyla. I rated it 4.5★ but upped it to 5★
The Lullaby Girl by Loreth Anne Whitehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished
, Promise Not to Tell, a 4* for me, very enjoyable read. Here's my review :
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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