Review: None of This is True - Lisa Jewell - July 2023 I often find for myself that Lisa Jewell is a hit/miss author and so when I saw this one was on offer as part of the Book Box subscription over at The Book Shoppe. I knew I would give it a read as it even sounded intriguing with the idea of meeting someone who shares not only the same birth date as yourself but also someone who was born on the same date and at the same hospital. On the evening of Josie's 45th birthday, she and her husband Walter went out for dinner. At the restaurant was famous podcaster Alix who was also celebrating her 45th birthday with family and friends. The pair meet in the toilet and wish each other a happy birthday and call themselves birthday twins. The next few days, this gets Alix thinking of a new podcast idea and when Josie and Alix spot each other - Josie presents an idea to Alix about telling her story as she leads up to a big change in her life- now that she has turned 45. Alix agrees and the ...

Review: Sadie - Courtney Summers - September 2018 This particular book I have had for a while on my to-read list as the idea of a missing girl and a murder mystery intrigued me, and this book itself has had lots of publicity surrounding it. Good strong marketing to capture the reader’s attention. The book starts with Sadie's younger sister it looks like going off and then eventually being murdered. Sadie having no-one else in her world and her corner, decides to head off to find the truth, and that truth starts with whom she thinks is her father. The book is told in podcast format which did in parts make it hard for me to read, and I found it a slower pace with this particular format and at times a tad confusing. The story then takes a weird angle with Sadie killing along her way and doing absolutely anything and everything she can to get answers as it feels like without her sister - she has no sense of identity. This particular book is a hard one I am fin...