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The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel Pages: 288 Publisher: Crown ISBN: 9781101906668   Genre: Thriller Buy on Bookdepository | Buy on Amazon   After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran fast and far away. Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one sh...

The Corpse Bridge by Stephen Booth Pages: 480 Publisher: Sphere ISBN: 9780751551754 Genres: Crime, Mystery Buy on Bookdepository | Buy on Amazon   The old Corpse Bridge is the route taken for centuries by mourners from villages on the western fringes of Derbyshire to a burial ground across the River Dove, now absorbed into the landscaped parkland of a stately home. When Earl Manby, the landowner, announces plans to deconsecrate the burial ground to turn it into a car park for his holiday cottages, bodies begin to appear once again on the road to the Corpse Bridge. Is there a connection with the Earl's plans? Or worse, is there a terrifying serial killer at work? Back in his job after the traumatic events of previous months, Detective Sergeant Ben Cooper knows that he must unravel the mystery of the Corpse Bridge if he's going to be able to move on with his life. As the pressure builds, Ben doesn't know who he can ...

Each reader has moments when a book leaves them speechless. In my opinion this feeling is amazing but at the same time it's very thought-provoking. After reading an incredible book I start questioning myself how author wrote it, how came up with all those ideas, what inspired writer to create that particular story. Now more and more often I search for this kind of information about books and over some time I've learned that most of the answers hide in biographies of the authors. Some of the greatest stories are inspired from the real life events. Very often authors in the books hide their job experience, love life, or even an opinion on political situation. Of course they don't express their opinion directly, they hide it between the lines. So naturally every book becomes even more fascinating if you know under what circumstances it was written.  Therefore recently I purchased two biography books. Papa Hemingway by A. E. Hotchner  Ernest Hemingway is as eas...

I live in Lithuania, so as you can probably imagine, majority of books here are in Lithuanian. English books I can only find in bookstores in bigger cities or I can buy online. But I prefer buying books in bookshops, so because I live near small town, the only place to find English books here are thrift stores. Honestly, I prefer used books. I know, the way new books look, feel is amazing and scent of it is absolutely incredible. However, used book has a history. When you buy this kind of book, you buy not only story, but piece of someone's life as well. I don't mean it in any creepy way, all I want to say is that someone spent time reading that book. It means that this book made that person think, or feel something. And the idea of having the same story in my hands, fascinates me so much! I decided to start blog post series about my thrift store purchases and I want to show that good book doesn't always have to be brand new. The Surgeon by Tess G...

World is full of all kind of books: big, small, old, new, paperback or hardback. Even though we all know the saying ''don't judge a book by its cover'' , we still very often buy book because of its look, size or recommendations. Of course we all have different preferences. However, I can't understand when people say that the bigger the book, the better it's going to be. I've learned over some time that often the most extraordinary story can hide in a tiny or old and poorly looking book . This exactly describes the books in which I found some of my favourite stories. So I want to share with you my thoughts on one of my most recent but already beloved discovery. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) In 1940 when England entered World War II  William Golding joined Royal Navy. This fact is very important because Golding's experience in WWII had effect on the way he saw the world. His service and all the events that happend o...

   My mom taught me to love reading since I was just a little girl. She gave me my first book when I was 6 months old and I literally chewed it. Our home was full of books and I always used to ask my mom to read something to me. When I finally learned to read myself I was 5 years old and since that day my passion for books grew together with me. My journey started from reading fairytales, later I moved on classic books for kids, but when I turned 11 I realised that I want something more, I no longer wanted to read books that kids my age were reading. That's then I finally felt brave enough to take a book from a huge stack of  books. Those books always felt so mysterious to me, all purple, all had different numbers written on them , and also two words  which said STEPHEN KING . B ack then I was a lready interested in horror so his books helped me to form my personality even more. Some of you might thing that 11 year old girl can't like horror or read King's...