I honestly don’t know where the days go to!  We start the week off fairly quiet and normal and by Friday it is chaos and mayhem!!  Friday Coco had her Spa Day, I had my hair cut too and we went to see Partner and Little Man.  Saturday we saw Youngest & Fiancé and go some jobs done and Sunday we were going to finish those jobs and the day got away from us.  This week is supposed to be quiet but Easter long weekend we are going to get the spare room decorated so we can then furnish it and the garden done and I am having the whole family for dinner on Easter Sunday!  Just another quiet time!!!!!

Anywho I did not get Book Club Friday done in time, so here it is today :

This is Jayne’s and my first Book Club Book between us.  I ended up at Christmas with two copies of it, so thought it would be a good idea to be our first book.  

Hazel runs the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore in Dream Harbor and she begins to find books defaced, mainly in the Romance section.  The books have various phrases underlined and then the page corner turned down!  She cannot understand who is doing it but the phrases start to connect in her brain.  Noah, the local trip fisherman, comes in every week and buys a new book and finds Hazel with one of the defaced books in her hand.  He decides to help her find out who the culprit is and what it means because he really likes her and wants to spend time with her.  Hazel really likes him too but does not think he would want to go out with her, this almost thirty year old spinster book nerd.  Can they find love in Dream Harbor?

I did like it, but thought that it could have ended 10 chapters earlier!!!  There was a bit of going backwards and forwards with the characters which were a bit uncessary but it was an easy read.

Jayne and I are being Ladies who Lunch tomorrow and we can discuss the book then and also catch up as we haven’t seen each other for quite a few weeks.  It is also Jayne’s turn to choose the book.  We are going to a large bookstore in Derbyshire, The High Peak Booskstore near Buxton,  so we can have some lunch in their cafe and get the new book. The building used to be a garage and when it closed the current owner’s parents bought it and turned it into the Bookstore and she has now taken over since they retired.  I will try and get some pictures.

As you know for those that read Book Club posts, I have also been listening to books on my iPod and Phone when I am at Eldest’s or when I am working at home.  The above was the latest I listened to and it was good.

A serial killer is stalking the suburbs of London and young women are terrified.  Midnight Jones works at a forward thinking tech company who provide profiles for their clients to ensure the right people are employed or on the correct university courses.  As much as the company is lauded for their new working methods, actually working there is very hard.  Midnight also looks after her disabled twin sister and so needs her job to pay for her sister, Dawn’s, carers.  One day Midnight is reviewing a file and it brings up a problem and is classified as a Profile-K, when she looks at it she is horrified at what she sees and reports it to her boss thinking that this person could quite easily be the serial killer.  The company sweep it under the rug and Midnight is re-assigned to another department but not before they and the serial killer know what has happened and he is now on her tail.

I did like the story and it did move along at quite a quick pace and finished well.  So if you like thrillers then this one is for you.

One thing I have been finding with books and films is that it is good and you are enjoying it and then you get to the end and it is a damp squib!  Almost like the author/director does not know how to end the book or film especially with the books, it is almost as if they run out of steam and it fizzles out. That was definitely the case with the previous audio book I listened to, “The Crime Writer” by Diane Jeffrey.  The ending really spoilt the rest of the book which was very good.

I have just started this book.  I have read several of Karen Rose’s books and always liked them so I will let you know how I get on with this one.  I hope you have a wonderful week and will see you here tomorrow. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx