I've had this on my kindle for over a year - got it via a friend's recommendation. For various reasons (mainly time and focus) it got pushed to the back of the to be read mountain. However, in bed early last night, I finally found it in my to be read folder. And was so pulled into the world that Hilton has created, that instead of falling asleep early, I read the book in one go. I love the building relationships between the characters, the chapter introductions which hint at something deeper within this world. I am glad that I also bought the omnibus version so that I have the rest of the books to read - which I will do in the very near future. Really well written, world building is great.

A self written, no trace of a ghost writer, account of a childhood and youth lost in the care / youth justice system of what, I hope, are days long gone.

Chris writes with an honest frankness about the things he did, and were done to him as he grew up in and out of the system. That he has the courage to write about what happened and let it out publicly - bravo to him, he has succeeded where many others who followed a similar journey have failed to recover from the many scars that are inflicted.

Is an easy read, not fluent as a professional writer but no less hard hitting - it took me a while to read as it was so intense that I could only read it in snatches.

Another unputdownable book from the mind of Jim Butcher. Harry is in more than the usual amount of trouble from the get go. Really revved the series back up after the slightly slower Ghost Story. The story pulls you in and doesn't let you go until you've finished it.

Oodles of stuff for any follower of the series to get into - you must have read the earlier books in the series to make *any* sense of this book though, if you are new to the series - this is not the book to start with. Left me a lot to think about and speculate with my fellow Dresden fen. I can't really find anything in the book to be truly critical of - and yes I know I'm doing the literary equivalent of fan girl squeeing but really that's the feeling I'm channeling right now. :) If I could rate this higher than five stars I would.

Published in 1912, this is a contemporary account of the story of the 'unsinkable' ship.

It takes the reader from the birthplace of the great ship to its resting place, and then beyond, with descriptions of the Belfast shipyards, the layout of the ship (from, deck to deck and from stateroom to stateroom) and interviews with survivors and detailed eye witness accounts.

An excellent piece of journalism - even for today's age. Recommended reading for anyone interested in this disaster.

This is a true story about Liddy, the eldest child of an Amish family growing up through the depression and then the second world war.

Liddy is the grandmother of the writer. The writing is smooth and professional and never overly sentimental.

The book is more about being poor and working in the countryside rather than being Amish - but this aspect is never forgotten. All in all a very quick read - probably took a couple of days to finish reading.

Loaned this from the UK Kindle Reading Library.

Extremely quick story to read - but is the sort of story that leaves you with a series of tantalising images as you turn it around in your mind, thinking about the questions it poses.

It all starts with a baby's cry and then twists around until it ends with a pram - will look out for more stories by the author.

Don't know what I expected from this book but it wasn't this. Picked it up as a freebie and was glad I did...

Read it through to the end and didn't find it humorous at all. Most of the humour was either racist or sexist. And it all missed the mark with me. I ploughed my way through the book but didn't learn anything about US history but a lot about the author's humour preferences - which aren't mine.

The book centers around a woman called Julie Collins, single and living alone in the small city that she grew up in. Julie has a lot of unresolved emotions regarding the death of her half brother which drive her to help a friend, Kevin in delving into the mystery of a murdered teenager. This brings her into conflict with her employers, the local sheriff's department, and other people as the pair pick their way through the tangled threads stretching back into their shared youth.

The plot is quite interesting and although there are pointers in the story, the way it pans out is interesting enough. As a lead female character, Julie is quite interesting - ballsy, mouthy, picks the wrong men, has a complicated relationship with her boss, Kevin.

The book engaged me enough to want to read more of Armstrong's work at some point.

Only thing that niggled and should have been picked up in any sort of editing process is that every so often the paragraph breaks disappear in the dialogue - it pulled me up quite often as I had to reread the passage a second time to sort out the dialogue. Became a little bit irritating towards the end as the story picked up pace and I wanted to rush on.

Picked this up when it was free as it sounded interesting. Instead of just being interesting, I found it incredibly powerful, painful, poignant, searingly honest and resonated with me for all sorts of reasons.

Ruth is the child of two Holocaust survivors who met in London during the war. She grew up in Cardiff and gradually became the carer of her mother who suffered with what would be instantly recognised today as Anorexia Nervosa. Her father was also just as controlling but in a different way.

The book also deals with not only the effect that her mother's disease had on her when she was caring for her but also the effect it had on her outlook regarding food and how she viewed her own approach to food and to life. She also gives an insight into the role the Jewish religion has had on her life.

Written exceptionally well, she tells her story strongly - never shrinking from the truth about the emotions she felt and the guilt that she still carries to this day, despite her recognising that is the long lingering after effect of a less than ideal childhood. This is one of the reasons that the story resonated with me, I know that there are deep seated food issues in my life, again largely from issues passed to me from parents (one in particular), it will be a life long struggle of mine to separate myself from these issues - a similar journey, not the same, to Ruth Joseph. Very, very thought provoking!

An Edwardian house party, a dashing, mysterious hero and a have a go heroine, what more can you want as an easy and enjoyable read?

This book is very entertaining and a fast read - perfect for a winter's day.