Some of our favourite reads from last year...

      The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

Last of the trilogy and one of my most eagerly awaited books of my life, when I said to people I was reading a book about vampires, witches and daemons nobody believed me as I love my crime books so much. This trilogy is a must for anyone who loves a great love story, it touched my greatly, the books are not for the faint hearted, each offering is the size of a garden shed but so well worth the read.

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Before I go to Sleep by S. J. Watson

I enjoyed this read so much and the thing I liked best was that it made me think about that situation every time I put it down, there were brilliant characters, a fantastic plot and best of all, a terrific twist. A great read, I haven’t watched the film, truthfully I don’t think I would but I recommend the book for sure.

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Blood Magick by Nora Roberts

Again a last part of a trilogy I really enjoyed and eagerly awaited the last part of this year. This series is like all Nora’s books, it has beautiful women, jaw-droppingly handsome men and they’re all lovely. This works for me and I looked forward to the book as these stories wrap around me like a cashmere blanket on a cold winters day. Wonderful.

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Plus a DVD...

Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (DVD)

Not much I can say against the caped crusader, I loved the Christian Bale Batman films, I thought Bane was one of the best baddies ever although it was a hard decision between him and Heath Ledgers Joker. Not a current film but I finally got round to watching it and I’m really happy I did.

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The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

This is an excellent read, I thought this was going to be a little chick-lit read but I soon got to the point of staying up all night to finish it. Set in Australia, it follows the lives of different families but when a secret is accidentally revealed it causes a ricochet of emotions and events to unravel all around personal lives that look perfect on the outside and how they all link together because of one secret. What a great read and I would definitely read more of her books.

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The husband's secret by Liane Moriarty or The husband's secret - audiobook

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

This book is described as a ghost story so I settled in for a scary read. I was a little disappointed only in the fact that I didn’t find it scary, but that did not detract from the fact that this was a totally brilliant book. It wasn’t something I would pick up and chose for myself, it is actually my book groups monthly read. For a start it’s historical (set I think in the 1800s) and this is definitely not an era I would pick, I quite like my books set in the recent past and classified as “crime” but this books follows the story of William Bellman who starts out playing with his friends and killing a rook. This sets of a chain of events in his future that he can’t undo, or can he? The writing in this book is lovely and descriptive and even when it is “dark” it is easy to understand what I think the author wants you to understand is happening.

We know who Mr. Bellman is but who is the mysterious Mr. Black? You will have to read the book to find out!

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