Yay and we are back for another week with another instalment of chuck everything and healthy debate! Love it! Last week was great and I think has meant that 4 books stayed this week – whoopsie!
Ok, shall we see if we can trim this week down?!
Cell by Stephen King
Also by this author: UR, In the Tall Grass
The event known as The Pulse left every major city stinking to the high heavens. Within ten hours most people would be dead or insane. A young artist, Clayton Riddell, realises what is happening and is desperate to reach his son before he switches on his mobile.
It is King and I am beginning to realise how many I have not read of his now – embarrassed much!
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy; of sacrifice and forgiveness -- a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined -- until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort -- and in one weekend set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
Did You Know?---The main characters' names were Christmas presents to Nicholas's in-laws (Paul and Adrienne)?This was Nicholas's first book to debut at #1?
Another Sparks book and another one where I have not watched the film yet so I have no comment. But Richard Gere is in it?!?
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust -- an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate -- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.
Film was epic and it is Grisham…no brainer?
Shelter (Mickey Bolitar, #1) by Harlan Coben
Also by this author: Dont Let Go
Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools.
A new school comes with new friends and new enemies, and lucky for Mickey, it also comes with a great new girlfriend, Ashley. For a while, it seems like Mickey's train-wreck of a life is finally improving - until Ashley vanishes without a trace. Unwilling to let another person walk out of his life, Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that this seemingly sweet, shy girl isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon, Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it makes high school drama seem like a luxury - and leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.
First introduced to readers in Harlan Coben's latest adult novel, Live Wire, Mickey Bolitar is as quick-witted and clever as his uncle Myron, and eager to go to any length to save the people he cares about. With this new series, Coben introduces an entirely new generation of fans to the masterful plotting and wry humor that have made him an award-winning, internationally bestselling, and beloved author.
I am probably going to be keeping this one, I started the series year ago and remember loving it!
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.
But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.
A Sparks’ film I have watched and actually enjoyed so I am thinking maybe read the book to compare?
The Stand by Stephen King
Also by this author: UR, In the Tall Grass
When a man escapes from a biological testing facility, he sets in motion a deadly domino effect, spreading a mutated strain of the flu that will wipe out 99 percent of humanity within a few weeks. The survivors who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge: Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious "Dark Man," who delights in chaos and violence.
TV show was epic! I loved it! The book is beyond epic but I can do it – what do we think?
So who stays and who goes
You decide
Until next time xxx
Kelly says
Keep The Stand obvs! Cell starts out great but I wasn’t very impressed by how the story plays out… Keep Coben if you must but chuck the Sparks’s, nothing good can come of them ?
Zoé says
?? wow there is no love for Sparks!
Kelly says
None whatsoever from absolutely no one ?
Zoé says
???? brutal…I love it!
noveldeelights says
Keep Grisham, Coben and The Stand. Chuck the rest. Especially Sparks. ??
Zoé says
?? on it!
noveldeelights says
PS : Coben doesn’t write Bosch ?
Zoé says
Changed it! I got confused in my tired state ?
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
Definitely get rid of the Sparks but keep the Corben and Grisham. As usual I’m not keen about the King, although Tge Stand is highly rated.
Zoé says
Done deal! ?
nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog says
Yay!!
Davida Chazan says
Do you REALLY want to read Sparks? I’ve never been tempted, to tell the truth. My husband adores Corben, but thinks Grisham is just okay. Neither of us ever read any King.
Zoé says
I think only the ones where I’ve watched the film maybe ?
nsfordwriter says
I’m going to echo the others and say bin the Sparks books 😉
Zoé says
Done it ?
Janel (Keeper of Pages) says
Always keep King! I loved The Stand. Haven’t read Cell yet but it’s King so I’m saying keep ?
Zoé says
It has been saved! lol x