Well we are back, and what a fab way to come back. So many positive feedback about the voting and it was so much fun to look at what you were all voting for and thank you for voting there were 40 votes last count! First and Second place were clear winners, however third place was so tight, it kept changing and I could not see how you were going to vote!!
I would love to say that my TBR list is going down but it really isn’t it….so this list could go on and on and on and on.
In order of what you voted for…….
What offerings do we have this week then! Don’t forget to vote at the bottom! Remember you are voting for which books should stay! You can vote as many times as you like, and it will be the top 3 that stay.
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Published by Penguin, Penguin Razorbill
The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter Island, “Startlingly original.” The Washington Post raves, “Brilliantly conceived and executed.” A masterwork of suspense and surprise from the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island carries the reader into a nightmare world of madness, mind control, and CIA Cold War paranoia and is unlike anything you’ve ever read before.
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
In the fall of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths.
Now, twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for a funeral. Neither has lived the life they imagined . . . and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers soon realize that everything they thought they knew-about themselves and the dreams they held dear-was not as it seemed. And in the course of a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the living, and the dead: Can love truly rewrite the past?
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Ebba Segerberg
Let the Right One In Takes Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival!
It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenage boy is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last---revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day.
But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door---a girl who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her, though, something odd. And she only comes out at night.
Sweeping top honors at film festivals all over the globe, director Tomas Alfredsson's film of Let the Right One In has received the same kind of spectacular raves that have been lavished on the book. American readers of vampire fiction will be thrilled!
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Also by this author: UR, In the Tall Grass
A different kind of bedtime story from Stephen King, as a game of seduction between a husband and wife ends in death. But the nightmare has only just begun...
On a warm weekday in October, in the lovely summer home of Gerald and Jessie Burlingame, a game is about to begin. It's a game to be played between husband and wife, and a game that has Jessie being innocently handcuffed to the bedposts. Then, in one horrible, violent act, Gerald is dead and Jessie---well, she's alone and still chained to the bed.
But Jessie's about to have company that goes beyond all of her worst nightmares.
Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
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The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Published by Penguin on August 29, 2013
Pages: 416
Goodreads
Mother of three and wife of Jean-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband's hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death.
Curious, she opens it - and time stops.
Jean-Paul's letter confesses to an act of madness from before he knew Cecilia which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others.
Cecilia - betrayed, angry and distraught - wants to do the right thing, but right for who? If she protects her family by staying silent, the truth will worm through her heart. But if she reveals her husband's secret, she will hurt those she loves most . . .
Virals by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Published by Penguin Razorbill on November 2, 2010
Pages: 454
Goodreads
Tory Brennan, niece of acclaimed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (of the Bones novels and hit TV show), is the leader of a ragtag band of teenage "sci-philes" who live on a secluded island off the coast of South Carolina. When the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing on a nearby island, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever.
As the friends discover their heightened senses and animal-quick reflexes, they must combine their scientific curiosity with their newfound physical gifts to solve a cold-case murder that has suddenly become very hot if they can stay alive long enough to catch the killer's scent.
Fortunately, they are now more than friends. They're a pack. They are Virals.
Well, what do you think of this bunch of books? Remember to vote below! But please do comment below so we can still chat about them!
Until next time xxx
likeherdingcatsblog says
I haven’t read any except Gerald’s Game but my vote is for Shitter Island as the film is superb.
Zoé says
Yeah I loved Shutter island too not read the book yet. Did you vote? X
likeherdingcatsblog says
I think so. I tried
Zoé says
Lol ? I’m sure you did it fine xx
likeherdingcatsblog says
It’s hard to tell these days ?
Kelly says
Well this is a conundrum ? I’ve read 2 and didn’t really like the one (Shutter Island – one case in which the film was better) and I didn’t really love the other (the Moriarty), it was fine but not really a must-read. You did make me want to add Virals to my own TBR ?
Zoé says
?? ooh so what you going vote for if any?! X
Kelly says
I voted for Virals ?
noveldeelights says
Don’t.
Kelly says
Because you’ve read it and it sucks or because you’re feeling judgemental? ??
noveldeelights says
I thought it was one of the worst books she’s ever written. But I might have been too judgemental ?
Kelly says
Hmmm ? Might have to refrain from adding it to Goodreads then…
Zoé says
Looks like I will be taking it off…the voting is interesting ?
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
Loving that poll again xx
Zoé says
Yay! Hope you voted ? xx
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
Sure did ?xx
Kelly says
Because you’ve read it and it sucks or because you feeling judgmental? ??
Kelly says
Whoops! Wrong place, Imma try that again ??