Libby Audiobook:

Had no idea what to expect. Loved it, so good. Three Irish brothers each giving their perspective of things growing up. 

Good strory, good narration.

4.5/5

Kindle Audiobook: Land Rites, Andy Maslen

 

Second in the Detective Ford series by Andy Maslen.

Also good. 

Two bodies, one the brother of a gang leader, the other an older man with a tattoo of Gaia.

4/5

Kindle Audiobook: Shallow Ground, Andy Maslen

The first in the Detective Ford series.

His wife died during a climbing accident, he blames himself. 

We meet his teenage son, Sammuy, as well as Hannah who is a highly intelligent detective with Asperger's.

A serial killer who kills people who makes use of the food bank, to use their blood.

4.5/5

Libby: Slagyster, Rudie van Rensburg

 

Oe, I enjoyed this! First of Kassie Kasselman's detective series. He is a detective in Newlands, Cape Town.

I was worried when I saw that it was about illigal weapon and oil dealings in Nigeria, that it would get complicated to follow. But, it's written well and kept me at the edge of my seat! There were a number of plots that twist together. Can't wait to read the rest of the series.

5/5

Kindle Audiobook: Pretty Little Thing, Kit Duffield

What a load of rubbish. I battled to get into it, then went onto Goodreads, where the reviews looked promising, with someone confirming it's a slow start, but encouraged that it would pick up and would be worth it. It. Was. Not.

The characters were grating, not believable and got more irritating as the book progressed.

Beckett is abused by her father because she ittitates him because of her night terrors. Turns out it's not nightmares, but actually a local boy, Kai, who creeps into her room at night and is obsessed with her. Her best friend, Leanne, is also obsessed with her.

Kai and best friend are dating, (which Beckett knows). Beckett hooks up with Kai. 

Kai and Leanne conspired to get Beckett back into their lives by killing off her parents.

It's so highly unlikely, oh yes, at some point Beckett is stabbed in the stomach with a shard of glass, but still able to run around.

Highly unrecommendable.

2/5

Libby Audiobook: Activate Your Greatness, Alex Toussaint

 

I had not heard of Alex Toussaint before. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to the audiobook. Particularly like it when the author reads their own book.

Appreciate him sharing his vulnerabilities, his relationship with his dad. Being sent off to military school. How he found his path to success.

Not only is he an incredibly successful Peleton instructor, but, also a motivator.

We have to make sure we rest, and that our cup is overflowingw. It's about we not i, even illness becomes wellness when we focus on we. We are like Christmas lights, if one fades in the string all the others are impacted too.

4.5/5

Libby Audiobook: An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

 

Ah, what a sad story.

Binge listened to it in one day.

We meet newly married Celestial and Roy, one evening after visiting Roy's parents they stay over in a hotel. Roy is wrongly accused of raping one of the guests and sentenced to prison.

Each chapter is the perspective of each, in some instances, the letters they wrote each other while Roy was in prison.  Then, how to cope when he gets out of jail and life has continued.

Beautifully and sensitivity written.

4.5/5