Well I thought it was going to be a quiet week but in fact it has been really busy!  DH is back at Eldest’s today sorting out a few things and I have not got a vehicle at the moment because Eldest’s needs a repair and is waiting on the part, so he is using mine until the part arrives! Not that I am bothered as I have plenty to do at home!

As we have had a book theme week I thought I would carry on today with books.  I mentioned about whether it is considered “reading” when you listen to a book.  I know of a few Bookstagram people who not only read the book but listen to it also, not sure if it is at the same time or as well as!  I have been listening to books whilst I have been with Eldest at his business and quite enjoyed it, although I am not sure about the book I am listening to at the moment.

K. L. Slater is from Nottingham and still lives there, which is DH and my hometown, so this was why I decided to download this book as it is also set in Nottingham.  

Saffy gets a message from her childhood best friend Leona “Can’t speak….don’t text or call…..please just come”.  She sees the message and then it disappears.  When she gets to Leona’s home she is there with her young daughter, Saffy’s Goddaughter and her husband and everything is okay, well Leona tries to persuade Saffy it is.  Saffy leaves to collect her young son from nursery worried about her friend but she has her own worries and needs to sort her own life out without interferring in her friends.  Then she finds the Police on her doorstep as Leona, her husband and young daughter have disappeared and Saffy was the last person to see them.  They begin to question her but not as a witness but more as a suspect!

I liked the first bit of the book until the Police started to question Saffy and it has been written with quite a heavy hand and from the point of view that they believe Saffy to be guilty of the disappearnce.  However that really could not be the case for one women to disappear two grown adults, one of them a man, and a little girl who is her Goddaughter.  It really does not come across very well.  Then for the next several chapters it waffles along bringing in Saffy’s own troubled life with her ex-husband and his attitude towards her and the fact that he has full custody of their young son and is using him as a weapon over Saffy.

It is one of those books in which I will carry on to see what happens in the end but I don’t think I will read/listen to any of her other books.  Of course this is just my opinion and if you look there are quite a lot of people who absolutely loved the book, good job we are all different!

One series I have really enjoyed is the above one with June Whitfield as Miss Marple.  Sadly no longer with us, June Whitfield was an amazing actress, mainly comedy, but so talented on the radio too and in the theatre.  I think I will be looking for more of these to listen to and getting some books on Audio that I have already read and know that I like so that I can listen to them whilst at Eldest’s.

This week the weather has been quite spring like during the day but cold at night with frosts in the early morning but at least we have seen the sun for a while.  This weekend it is even going to be 17°c during the day but then next week back to normal temperatures.  It means that the garden will start to grow so that will need to be added to the list of jobs to get done as well!

Happy Friday you lovely lot and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco Bookworm xxxx