Sunday, 15 October 2017
The Sun and The Moon Pagodas in Guilin, China.
In the centre of Guilin, you can't miss The Sun and The Moon Pagodas. We only saw them during the day and not at night because we were extremely exhausted after touring all day long.
Saturday, 14 October 2017
The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White
My first thought when I started reading this novel was: this is one of those books that would make an incredible film. It oozes southern charm. The reader can feel the heat of the humid summer, taste homemade cookies and even learn some proper manners.
The author depicts very strong female characters.Sugar and Merilee are two women who have had to struggle in life but despite their age difference find themselves sharing difficulties and inspiring each other. They end up being "two peas in a pod ".
The plot is engaging and although it is slow paced, you can feel that something is about to happen and you really want to warn the characters since they are incredibly likeable and it is easy to relate to them.
I read the book before going to sleep while listening to the sound of crickets and distant thunderstorms on my phone and I slept like a baby. The novel just "dilled my pickle".
Friday, 13 October 2017
Sunday, 8 October 2017
They Did It With Love by Kate Morgenroth
A delightful suburbian mystery that will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie. Kate Morgenroth describes the apparently uneventful lives of a rich neighbourhood in Connecticut and reveals that nothing is what it seems and "Nobody knows anybody- not that well".
At the beginning of the book, the author introduces the couples who live in the area but the number of characters turned out to be a bit complicated for me, so I wrote a list with some of the features mentioned in the first chapters to know who each person was. There are no spoilers on this list.
Sofie: saw both of her parents' dead corpses. Married to Dean.
Dean: really handsome and he knows it.Married to Sofie.
Priscilla: founder of a mystery book club. Married to Gordon.
Gordon: quite boring according to his wife Priscilla.
Susan: tries to please everyone, especially her husband Harry.
Harry: he's always home late, he's the CEO of a big company.Married to Susan.
Ashley: what many people would call a trophy wife. Married to Steward.
Steward: divorced and married again to pretty Ashley.
Julia: hates the country, the neighbourhood, the neighbours..... Married to Alex.
Alex: no information is given about him in the first chapters.Married to Julia.
There are other characters who don't play an important role:
Candy and Margaret (members of the book club). Pam who was Steward's first wife and Ruth who is a lawyer.
The plot is really entertaining with some twists that will surprise most readers.
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