Blogger Bookclub - What Alice Forgot By Liane Moriarty

Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She's newly engaged to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby.

There's just one problem. All of that was ten years ago . . .

Do you ever wonder where you will be in 10years time? What if you were made to relive the last 10 years of your life, but you don't remember any of it? That's what happens when Alice hits her head at the gym, she wakes up thinking she is 29. The story follows Alice as she struggles to remember what has happened during those last 10 years, why she is divorcing her husband, how she is meant to look after her children (none of which she remembers) and discovers who she is now.

I liked the concept of the story but I feel there is too much going on around the story and not enough of the actual story. It jumps between Alice's story, Elisabeth's (Alice's Sisters) diary about her struggles with trying to have children and Frannie's (Alice's Granny) blog - it felt like these parts were put in to fill up the story.

It's not a book I would normally have reached for, I enjoyed it but it took ages to get into and when I finished a chapter, it didn't make me want to read the next chapter in a hurry - I had a few days off this book and it didn't bother me so I know it's not one that I would rush to recommend.

You can read what Leanne & Lorna thought of the book by heading over to their blogs.

Let me know if you read this!

Sarah xx

Blogger Bookclub - The Book of You by Claire Kendal

Another month and another book. This month's book was The Book of You by Claire Kendal. I'm not normally a thriller book fan, I wouldn't choose the book off the shelf unless someone recommends one to me so I was a little concerned I wouldn't enjoy the book.

The story follows Clarissa who becomes the focus of her colleague's, Rafe, affections. The book flits between 1st and 3rd person, some of the chapters focus on Clarissa and what Rafe is putting her through as she builds evidence to take to the police, while others are the story around her as she sits on the jury in a horrible trial, learning from this the sorts of evidence she needs before her story will be taken seriously.

Once I got my head around the change in person I really got stuck in and couldn't put it down, the more erratic Rafe's behaviour became, the more I could feel myself getting angry and frustrated, I  really grew to hate that character. 

I really enjoyed The Book of You when I didn't expect to! 

Check out the other girls in the book club to see what they thought!

Lorna - Leanne - Lizzie - Alyssia - Chloe

Blogger Bookclub - Techbitch by Lucy Skyes & Jo Piazza

I feel like I haven't actually sat down and read a whole book in forever, so when the opportunity came along to join a book club, I grabbed it with both hands!

This month’s book was the interestingly named Techbitch by Lucy Skyes & Jo Piazza.

Techbitch (Noun) someone who is a complete bitch in the technological world – Techbitch follows Imogen Tate, Glossy Magazine’s Editor, as she returns to work only to discover that her old assistant, Eve, has moved in and is transforming the magazine into an online version. As Imogen struggles to get to grips with the technology of her new world she has only one choice, to adapt or become extinct.

For my first book, it was so nice to sit down with some good old 'Chick-Lit', an easy read that I could just lose myself in. I felt that I could fully relate to having a person in my life who changes the goal posts, takes a lot of the credit for work I have completed and is just so incredibly two-faced! I grew to hate Eve's character and adore Imogen and I wanted to keep reading to find out how Eve would reach her demise!

Would I class it as a book that is well written? No, but then you don't pick up Heat magazine and expect it to be high-brow literature. If you're looking for something light and fluffy then this is a book for you.

Check out the other lovely ladies in the book club to find out their thoughts:

Lorna - Leanne - Lizzie - Alyssia - Chloe

Next month's book is  'The Book of You’by Claire Kendal.

Let me know what you think

xx

The No Name Book Club- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Morning lovelies, finally sitting down to write some posts, actually on my phone on my way into London but I will try and get this uploaded as soon as I get Internet signal again!


A few weeks back now I posted about setting up a blogging book club with a few people and we decided that our first book would be Me before You by Jojo Moyes.

Me Before You follows the life of Lou Clark who is suddenly made jobless i and takes on becoming a carer for a man who has become paralysed after an accident. He can see no way of living with his new life, so Lou is against the clock to try and change his mind. But she ends up taking on more then she thought.


This is the sort of book that If I had more time, I would easily finish in a couple of days, it sucks you in and gets you involved in the events. You start to feel for the characters, putting yourself in Lou's shoes an considering what you would do.


It will make you both smile and cry, as Moyes creates a connection with the reader, constantly building on what you already know but never enough do you have to keep reading.


I loved this book, would happily recommend it to others ( already have!) I learnt a lot about living with someone who is disabled, with nothing seeming made up or untrue.


I would read this again! 10/10!!


My next book will be The Great Escape by Fiona Gibson.




So what did you think? If you read the book then I would love to hear your thoughts in a comment!