What Rachael Reads

I would like to say that I am disappointed with this offering from Liane Moriarty, but I can't. Towards the end of the book I felt let down, wanting more from the story, feeling that it should be... better somehow. Big Little Lies was explosive with plenty of twists and turns and I had, maybe wrongly, expected the same here. It was predictable and I guessed what was about to happen for almost the entire story. Until the epilogue. The epilogue was a game changer and a welcome surprise. It changed the story entirely and made the book worthy of the brilliant reviews I had read beforehand. It cemented Liane Moriarty as one of my new favourite authors despite only having read two of her books so far. I find her style very easy to read and I am looking forward to reading the rest of her collection. This afternoon I start What Alice Forgot and I have already loaded the rest of Moriarty's collection onto my Kindle. Until next time! Rachael x

My recent obsession: Goodreads Earlier this year I discovered something called  Goodreads  and I have recently started to use it A LOT so I thought I would dedicate a blog post to it, so that I could give it a full review and the credit it deserves. For those of you who don't know what it is, it is basically THE social media site for books and book lovers. According to their own 'About Us' page it is the "largest site for readers and book recommendations in the World" with over 40 million members and more than 1 billion books. From 2013 on it became a part of the Amazon family and has since gone from strength to strength. It is a great place to connect with like-minded readers all over the world, to discover what's 'hot' right now, to find your next read and much more. Whenever I purchase a book online, which is usually through Amazon anyway because I have a Kindle, I like to browse through some reviews and maybe look at it's star rating. ...

Well, it's been a crazy few days since my last post. It's the Summer Holidays here in the UK and so my three little darlings are at home taking up what precious little time I have for blogging and other such activities! Although we have had heaps of fun so far in between the outbreaks of rain! (Another perk of living in Wales!) Today I finished Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. I loved it! To begin with I was a little apprehensive about my choice as it is not the usual genre that I enjoy reading. I am very much a True Crime / Thriller girl at heart. I chose this particular book because I am currently participating in a Reading Challenge that I stumbled across on Goodreads . The challenge is comprised of 52 books, one per week, with a different topic for each book. This week's topic was a book with antonyms in the title and Big Little Liars was one of the more popular choices with the other challengers in the group.  The first few chapters were a little slow, int...

As the title suggests, this is my first post. Firstly I would like to say thank you for visiting me! I'm sure you may have already guessed but this is a brand new blog created through my passion and lust for reading. I have already tried a few times to start blogging (3 to be precise) but for one reason or another it hasn't stuck. You may know already from reading the 'About Me' section to the right that I am a Mum of 3. I work from home and obviously with 3 children I am always on-the-go but aside from reading and watching my favourite TV shows I still feel that I need a hobby. So this is my last-ditch attempt at creating and sustaining a fully-fledged blog. I hope you enjoy reading with me and I hope that this time next week I will still be enjoying writing! (Yes, I really am that fickle!) See the social media links at the top of the page (if I have managed to do them correctly!) to follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads. Rachael. x