Hot Girls Read Podcast

Julia

Having posted a continuous string of ‘Currently Readings’ over the past number of weeks now, it might seem like I’m an extremely productive reader, that I read books cover to cover every week, that I am a book reading machine! Mais hélas, dear reader, if I let you think that, it would simply be untrue!

I often have the tendency to read multiple books at once, picking up fantasy when my non-fiction gets slow, adding some short stories to the mix for a quick fix, and of course, there is my regenerating stack of library books that is forever becoming more and more overdue. So I start reading those too.

Right now, I am in the middle of more than a few books! My priority is ‘The Forgetting Elixir’ by Pierre Pavel which I have previously mentioned, as I am highly enjoying it and can’t wait to see what the end has in store. Non-fiction has a longer shelf life than fantasy, so I have put ‘Papyrus’ to the side for the moment. Short stories are brilliant because you don’t have to read a collection cover to cover but can savour each singular story like candy, so I’m not too worried about rushing to finish ‘Love of Fat Men’, but I do think of it often. Most pressing to me right now are a couple of library books that I know I needed to return, like, last week. Literally. I won’t spoil the surprise now, but I can’t wait to read them and let you know how I got on.

Ayesha

We are working hard to try and meet my reading goal of 90 books for the year. I’m about 10 books short and am really taking advantage of kindle reads. I find the format easier to read faster and I will take what I can, ha! I’ve just started “The Patient’s Secret” by Loreth Ann White as I continue on the trend to read mysteries.

Synopsis: Secrets worth dying―and killing―for, in a novel of suspense inspired by a horrific true crime.

When the battered body of a female jogger is found beneath the cliffs of an idyllic coastal community, these perfect neighbors suddenly don’t seem so perfect…

Lily Bradley is a respected psychotherapist married to a distinguished professor. They live in a dream house with their two children in close-knit Story Cove. Lily lives a well-ordered life. Or so it seems. As a therapist, she knows everyone keeps things hidden. Even her.

Then sensual and free-spirited Arwen Harper rolls into town in her hand-painted VW van, her sixteen-year-old son riding shotgun. Overnight, Story Cove’s secrets are no longer safe. Because Arwen might know her new neighbors better than they know themselves.

Now someone is dead, and it looks like murder. Brutal and personal. The death invites the shrewd eye of Detective Rue Duval. Rue’s job is to expose secrets. But she’s also an expert at keeping them.

As the lives of three women become inexorably entwined, one thing is clear: when it comes to survival, ordinary people can do the most terrible things.

My takes: I’m more than 50% of the way through and I’m enjoying it so far – no complaints. I love a mystery for several reasons and I think it’s the analytical thinking process that I can apply. I’m basically putting on a detective hat and trying to figure out the whodunnit. If you’ve watched ‘Broadchurch,’ I am picking up similar vibes and I think it’s a small coastal town. Hopefully this book lives up to the same hype as the show.