You guys are just epic! Thank you! When you read this today, I am either looking at a house….or sitting at Wembley hoping that Watford might win some silverwear…well we can live in hope can’t we!
So what was voted as a keeper last week – again so ruthless last week, I love reading your comments!! So many conflicts with what should go!! So I have made the following decisions….
So the master was saved…everyone bye bye!
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
Also by this author: UR, In the Tall Grass
It was as if his eyes were awake, and the rest of him still slept
Meet Johnny Smith. A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash. Followed by blackness. A long, long time in cold limbo.
When he wakes up life has been turned upside down. His fiancee has met someone else. And Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men's souls. He's had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child. Now he has an ability to see into the future. An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and dangerous man...
"Read this stunning novel and you will feel the hairs on the nape of your neck rise" - Time Out
Going to admit I do like the book cover for this one. It does have an interesting premise to!!
One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
Internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern delivers her biggest and most compelling book yet—a tale of secrets, second chances, and the hidden connections that unite our lives
Scandal has derailed journalist Kitty Logan's career, a setback that is soon compounded by an even more devastating loss. Constance, the woman who taught Kitty everything she knew, is dying. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her, "What is the one story you always wanted to write?"
The answer lies in a single sheet of paper buried in Constance's office—a list of one hundred names—with no notes or explanation. But before Kitty can ask her friend, it is too late.
Determined to unlock the mystery and rebuild her own shaky confidence, Kitty throws herself into the investigation, tracking down each of the names on the list and uncovering their connection. Meeting these ordinary people and learning their stories, Kitty begins to piece together an unexpected portrait of Constance's life... and starts to understand her own.
Something softer now, and I quite like the sound of this one. It sounds cute, bit of a door stop too!
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance #1) by John Grisham
The multi-million copy bestselling thriller that introduced Jake Brigance to Clanton.
This is the book that launched the giant Grisham, that became the film, and then inspired a sequel, Sycamore Row.
When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal.
But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.
Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.
I loved the movie of this! When that line is delivered…bam! It hits home, I think the book will be just as epic and there is a sequel to!
The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne #1) by Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum's most famous character comes to life in the first in a series of books
He has no past.And he may have no future.His memory is blank.He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the flesh of his hip. Evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face. Strange things that he says in his delirium -- maybe code words. Initial: "J.B." And a number on the film negative that leads to a Swiss bank account, a fortune of four million dollars, and, at last, a name: Jason Bourne.
But now he is marked for death, caught in a maddening puzzle, racing for survival through the deep layers of his buried past into a bizarre world of murderous conspirators -- led by Carlos, the world's most dangerous assassin.
And no one can help Jason Bourne but the woman who once wanted to escape him.
It is Bourne, enough said. The boy has even been reading these and he does not read!!
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Also by this author: UR, In the Tall Grass
"Everything I did, I did for love..."
For thirty years, folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day Dolores Claiborne's husband died --- the day of the total eclipse. Now, the police want to know what happened yesterday when her rich, bedridden employer died suddenly in her care. With no choice but to talk, Dolores gives her compelling confession ... of the strange and terrible links forged by hidden intimacies ... of the fierceness of a mother's love and its dreadful consequences ... of the silent rage that can turn a woman's heart to hate. When Dolores Claiborne is accused of murder, it's only the beginning of the bad news. For what comes after that is something only Stephen King could imagine ... as he rips open the darkest secrets and the most damning sins of men and women in an ingrown. Maine town and takes you on a trip below its straitlaced surface.
The film was sinister, and I have been told this is a good book and by a legend so it should be given a chance ah!
If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
From the bestselling author of P.S. I Love You and Love, Rosie, Cecelia Ahern, comes an enchanting novel that leads you to wonder if Not Seeing is believing!
Readers and critics alike adore Cecelia Ahern for her lighthearted yet insightful stories about modern women and their often unusual situations. In If You Could See Me Now, she takes that theme a step further, offering us a heroine who is entirely believable, and the new man in her life who is, well, slightly less so.
Elizabeth Egan's life runs on order: Both her home and her emotions are arranged just so, with little room for spontaneity. It's how she counteracts the chaos of her family--an alcoholic mother who left when she was young, an emotionally distant father, and a free-spirited sister, who seems to be following in their mother's footsteps, leaving her own six-yearold son, Luke, in Elizabeth's care. When Ivan, Luke's mysterious new grown-up friend, enters the picture, Elizabeth doesnt know quite what to make of him. With his penchant for adventure and colorful take on things large and small, Ivan opens Elizabeth's eyes to a whole new way of living. But is it for real? Is Ivan for real?
If You Could See Me Now is a love story with heart--and just a touch of magic.
Back again with another Cecelia book! What do we think of this one? Been promised lots of tears!
So over to you! Who Stays and Who goes?
Until next time xxx
likeherdingcatsblog says
Keep Time to Kill. I loved it ❤
Zoé says
I loved the film and I do like Grisham! Thanks love x
likeherdingcatsblog says
This is my favourite Grisham.
Rae Reads says
Ooh I’m going to say keep two this week – Dolores Claiborne, I really enjoyed it although I read it years ago and A Time To Kill as the film was brilliant! Xx
Zoé says
It was such a powerful film wasn’t it. Just that one line blew it away for me
Kelly says
I am strangely unopionated this week ? Maybe lose Ahern, I’m still angry at her for Lyrebird ?
Zoé says
??? I don’t want to anger you so I will get rid of her lol
noveldeelights says
A Time To Kill is still my favourite Grisham novel so that’s most definitely a keeper. Don’t care about any of the other ones.
Zoé says
It’s staying don’t you worry ?
Hayley at RatherTooFondofBooks says
I love Cecelia Ahern’s writing but I have to say that One Hundred Names is not her best so I’m inclined to tell you to skip that one. I did enjoy If You Could See Me Now but I read it years ago and can’t remember a huge amount about it so maybe skip this one too. I do agree with everyone else in that you should definitely keep A Time to Kill – I read it a long time ago and still remember it. It’s such a good book.
Zoé says
A time to kill is a clear winner, I remember the film being so powerful.
Davida Chazan says
Okay, so… I read “If You Could See Me Now,” and well… the magical bit was… a bit too far fetched for me. But, if that doesn’t bother you, Ahern is mostly okay. I mean, she writes very nicely, but… I don’t know… Sorry, but there’s nothing here in any of my preferred genres, (as you already know, I think), so…
Zoé says
Lol love it! I have only read Ps I love you by Ahern. And that was good. Will have to double check if you could see me now
nsfordwriter says
Probably keep Dolores? I think I liked it although was a long time ago.
Zoé says
My friend read it years ago and loved it! I have never got round to it
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
Keep the Grisham and the Bourne but dump the rest lol
Zoé says
? not even Mr King?!
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
No! lol
Jenchaos says
You should read The Tommyknockers by Stephen King. That’s a different story altogether.
Zoé says
I remember reading it when I was a kid and I think I enjoyed it. Will be keeping it ?
bertyboy123 says
You know I like Mr King. But keep John Grisham !!
Zoé says
Defo to Grisham this week