February reads

While I mainly blog about my sewing progress, I thought I'd share a few of my reads this year 

- it's all about fun, variety & distraction!

Here's my reading roundup for February

"A Slow Fire Burning" by Paula Hawkins {some might remember "The Girl On The Train} twists & turns just as a thriller should. 

"A young man, Daniel Sutherland, has been found deceased on a houseboat. Leaving the scene of the crime is Laura, a young woman known to police. Fortunately for Daniel, there is a noisy neighbor Miriam who takes detailed records of all of the comings and goings. However, Daniel's mother, Angela, died just a few weeks before Daniel in an accident. Are these deaths connected? Was it Laura? What do we really know?"

While I found it somewhat slow going, the writing was superb. It was the pacing and the large cast of unlikable and unreliable characters that bogged me down a bit.

My fav this month was 'Before the Fall' by Noah Hawley which I read while away on a holiday. A plane crash, eleven on board, only two survive, Scott a painter with a troubled past and the young boy, J.J. that he manages to save. Like when the Malaysia aircraft went down, there is speculation about why, who. Controversial figures were onboard this plane, could they have been targeted? Is Scott a hero or villain? Either way he has lost his right to privacy. 

I found the in-depth look at what goes on after a disaster interesting, the role of the media and all the conspiracies frightening. 
There are so many layers to this novel, it is difficult to describe without spoiling the entire story.

An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in this chilling new novel from the bestselling author Andrea Bartz. 

Kristen and Emily, drop everything for six months of wanderlust. They travel to Chile and Cambodia and meet up with two very unlucky backpackers.
They wind up in a little situation.... they need to pull it together quick, think, no one at the hotel speaks English. They need to hide the body quick. OMG what have they done?

I had a lot of hope for this one. There were some strong parts, but yeah, no.
 

Well I haven't read this one yet, it was a julielouread recommendation. According to reviews, "Pack Up the Moon" is an emotional love story about a woman dying of a terminal illness. This is a story about grief, love, loss, acceptance, and embracing life... and I need to be in the right frame of mind to start this one. 

Love to hear your thoughts if you have read any of these too ?

Linda