In this post I will be discussing the books I currently reading or have started this week and the books that I have read/finished reading this week.

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The Books that I read this week are:

Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah <Narrator: Susan Erickson>                       Read from 15th to 16th April 2018                                                                               Star Rating: 5/5 Stars                                                                                                      book information & Review Post                                                                                 I heard about this book from Jen on her channel Jen Talks Audiobooks who gave it an effusive review on her channel. This was a fantastically well written book which told the story of a Family where the mother had lived through the Siege of Leningrad during the second world war. The mother told the story of her life during the Siege bit by bit through a fairytale which she’d been telling her daughters the initial part of since they were children.         The imagery that the words created in places was amazing and was helped along the way by the skill of the Narrator, and it made me feel like I was a part of the story. Both this author and Narrator have become auto reads and listens because their both good in their fields.

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The Final Empire (Mistborn 1/ ) by Brandon Sanderson <Narrator: >           Read from 28th March to 26th April 2018                                                                    My Rating:  5/5 Stars                                                                                                      book information & Review post                                                                                 I am so glad that I finally read this book which I’d heard about from several book tubers that II follow all of whom had said how great it was and they were all right. This is the first book in a multi book series and it told the story of Vin a young girl who’s an untrained Mistborn.                                                      I thoroughly enjoyed this well written book especially once I started listening to it via audible narration with my Kindle book as i felt totally engrossed in the story and world. The magic system in the book is fascinating and I can’t wait to see how it and all the character’s who I loved for different reasons develop further in future books in the series. It is for this reason that I can’t wait to get and start reading the next book, The Well if Ascension, in the series.

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The Baronet’s Wedding Engagement (Royal Wedding Invitations 2/4) by Jessica Hart                                                                                                               Reading Period: Read from April 21 to 27 2018                                                         My Rating: 5/5 Stars                                                                                                       book information & Review post                                                                         

This is the second book in the Royal Wedding Invitations series by various authors in which continues the story of Hope and Jonas’s Wedding planning/organization as well as Max (Hope’s Brother) and Flora’s (one of Hope’s Best friends and Bridesmaids) story. I loved the fact that although the engagement between Max and flora started as a fake one for the sake of the Crown Princess it became a real one in the end.  I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one, as in this one unlike the other one there were no extra words in sentences – which when it happened in the first book and drew me out of the story.                                                                                                 It was great being back in the world of an upcoming Royal Wedding and with the characters from the first book as well as meeting the new characters introduced in this book. Having read this book I know I want to read more books by this author as I enjoyed her writing style.                              This book is a lovely short little contemporary romance and it fits in to the contemporary romance very well

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Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone 2/4) by Laini Taylor <Narrator: Emilia Fox>                                                                                    Read from 12/3/17 to 19/4/18                                                                                      Star Rating: 5/5 Stars                                                                                                      Book Information and Information Post                                                                    As soon as I had finished the previous book in this series (Daughter of Smoke and Bone) and was able to get hold of this book I started reading it. I again got the audible narration with the kindle book as I know that this is the way that I am going to read all the books in this series.                                           The combination of Laini’s writing and Emilia’s Narration meant that I was thoroughly engrossed in the story and plot, and strong belief in the characters. I can honestly say that I love Laini’s writing so she has become an auto read author as well as due to the skill of the narrator she has become an auto listen narrator.                                                                                                  This book fits well in to the YA Paranormal Fantasy Romance genre so I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading books from these genres.

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Currently Reading                                                                                                        Started                                                                                                                              * The Bridesmaids Bodyguard  (Royal Wedding Invitations 3/4) by Liz                    Fielding  [Kindle Book]                                                                                              * The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman 1/3) by Paulina Simmons         [Audio Book]  <Narrator: James Langdon>                                                          Continued                                                                                                                        * The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower [Mobi e-book        from NetGalley/Audio Book]                                                                                     * Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness (Ethical Chaing Mai Detective       Agency 1/) by David Casarett  [Kindle Book]                                                          * The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine                           McGee [Mobi ebook from Edelweiss]                                                                    * Nora & Kettle (Paper Stars 1/2) by Lauren Nicole Taylor [Kindle Book with        audible Narration]

Well as you can see I have had a good and varied reading week. if any of you have read or want to read any of these books then feel free to let me know what you thought of them or what makes you want to read them as Idlove to talk to you about them.

In this post I will be discussing the books I currntly reading or have started this week and the books that I have read/finished reading this week.

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The Books that I read this week are:

Ghost Memories (The Bone Island Series 0.5/4/Prequel) by Heather Graham                                                                                                                            Read from 15th to 16th April 2018                                                                               Star Rating: 5/5 Strs                                                                                                     book information                    Book Review              Series Review                            This  a short prequel Novella about the Ghost, Bartholomew, who appears in the main booksin this series (Trilogy). It was quick and easy to read and gave a good background to the stories from the main books, as well as Bartholomew’s history. I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys this series or any of Heathers other books but I would recommend that it is read after the books from the main

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American Street by Ibi Zoabi <Narrator: Robin Miles>                                       Read from  to 16th April 2018                                                                                        My Rating:  5/5 Stars                                                                                                      book information post              Book review                                                                I am so glad that I finally read this book which I’d heard about from several book tubers that II follow all of whom had said how great it was and they were all right. This told the story of Fabiola a young girl who had travelled to America with her mother from Port-au-Prince,Hati and their journey through her mother being arested at Customs.                                                                       This was a fantastically well written                                              

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Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters 2/26) by Heather Graham <Narrator: >       Read from  to 2018                                                                                                         My Rating: 5/5 Stars                                                                                                      book information post           Book Review                                                              This is the second book in the Krewe of Hunters series in which the team are asked to investigate the Murder of one of the Reenacters at the Donegal Plantation the home of one of the groups, Jake Mallory, old flame of the Granddaughter, Ashley Donegal, of the owner of the Plantation.    

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce 1/) by Alan Bradley <Narrator: Emillia Fox>                                                                                Read from 12/3/17 to 19/4/18                                                                                      Star Rating: 5/5 Stars                                                                                                      Book Information Post            Book Review                                                                I started reading this book as Paperback but as I hadn’t finished reading it by the time i had to return it to the library I then bought a copy on my kindle however I ended up buting the audiobook version of it as I still wasn’t able to get it finish it in kindle format. It has to be said that I am glad that I got it in audiobook format because it meant that i was finally able to finish reading it due to the narrators skill in voicing all the different characters.                           The Characters and plot in the story were well written and developed which meant they were beleivable.It was a good introduction to what i am sure is going to be a great YA historical mystery series.

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China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians 2/3) by Kevin Kwan [Narrator: Lydia Look]                                                                                                                      Read from 7th to 20th April 2018                                                                                 My Star Rating:5/5 Stars                                                                                                 Book information & Review Post                 Book Review                                        This is the second book in the Crazy Rich Asians Trillogy and I started reading it as soon as I’d finished reading the previous Book (Crazy Rich Asians, because I enjoyed it so much.                                                                          I enjoyed this book as much as the first one especially as I listened to it as I had the first one. Although the Narrator for this book was different from the first one she narrated the book as well as the other one and I will make a point of finding other books she’s narrated.                             

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The Prince’s Bride (Royal Wedding Invitations 1/4) by Sophie Watson           Read from  to 2018                                                                                                        Book information & Review post 

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The Books I Started or Continued with this weekare:                                              * Started – [Kindle Book] Sacred Evil  (Krewe of Hunters 3/26) by Heather           Graham                                                                                                                       * Started – The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Muredr (Herringford and Watts              Mystery 1/) by Rachel McMillan                                                                               * Started [Netgalley Mobi/audible Audio Book] The Mermaid and Mrs                Hancock                                                                                                                       * Continued – [Kindle book with audible Narration] The Final Empire                    (Mistborn 1/6) by Brandon Sanderson                                                                   * Continued – [Kindle Book] Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers 2/3) by Heather      Graham                                                                                                                       * Continued – [mobi] The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by           Katherine McGee                                                                                                        * Continued [Kindle book with audible Narration] Days of Blood and                  Starlight by Laini Taylor <Narrator: >

In this post I will be talking about the books that I have read/finished reading and Started and Continued Reading. Anything in the book information that has a [ ] around it indicates the date that a the other format of reading material was started.

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The Books that I read or finished reading this week….

Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians 1/3) by Kevin Kwan [Narrator: Lynn Chen                                                                                                                                  Reading Period: 4/12/17 [/3/18] – 1/4/18                                                                      Book Information Pos                                                                                                  I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish although I did find the first 4 chapters a little slow going this was helped when I swapped to the audiobook as the Narrator was brilliant so I was able to follow the story a lot easier. As I was reading the book it was easy to see that the author was writing from experience as well as research that he’d done which made the book’s plot and characters all the more well written and developed. As soon as I finished reading this book I knew I wanted to read the next one as soon as possible so I immediately downloaded the audible Narration for my kindle book as I knew I wanted to read and listen as I did with the first in the series.

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A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird series 1/4) by Claudia Grey          Reading Period: 12/1/16 [15/3/18] – 3/4/18                                                                 Star Rating:4/5 Stars                                                                                                       Book Information Post                                                                                                 Although it took me a while to read this book I did enjoy it and my enjoyment of it was helped along the way thanks to the skill of the Narrator of the audio book because they portrayed the characters feelings and personalities so well in the way she voiced them. I can not wait to read the next book in the series to see what happens in the story and how the characters grow. It is my intention to read the next book via audio book as it is being Narrated by the same Narrator and I also intend to look for other books narrated by this Narrator.

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Deadly Night (Flynn Brothers Trilogy 1/3) by Heather Graham                       Reading Period: 15/3 [3/4] – 4/4/18                                                                                Star Rating:4/5 Stars                                                                                                      Book Information Post                                                                                                Although this book started relatively slowly it needed to, to really introduce the reader into the background of the story and I was helped over the drag of the slow beginning by listening to the audiobook version for several chapters. The way the narrator voiced the characters in the chapters really immersed me in the story so it made me want to carry on reading the book in e-book format. The characters in the book were developed as much as they needed to be for a first book in a series (trilogy) and plot was thoroughly developed which meant that as the reader I was transported to another place. I was so keen to see what happened next to the characters from this book and see what new characters were going to be brought into the series I immediately started reading the next book in the series.

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Ghost Night (The Bone Island Trilogy 2/3) by Heather Graham                      Reading Period: Read from 17/3 to 6/4 2018                                                            Goodreads Average Star Rating:                                                                                    for more book information click here                                                                         This is the second book in the Bone Island Trilogy and I started reading it as soon as I had finished reading the first book in the trilogy because I’d enjoyed it so much. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from beginning to end it was great being back in New Orleans and with the characters from the previous book while meeting the new characters. The book was as well written and the plot well-developed as the previous book.

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Endurance: A Year in Space. A Lifetime of Discoveries by Scott Kelly (Narrator: Scott Kelly                                                                                                   Reading Period: Read from 30/3 to 7/4 2018                                                                Book Information             Book Review                                                                    This is a non-fiction book about life as an astronaut so it is highly science based. I heard about this book from Jen on Jen talks Audiobooks on you(book)tube who recommend it highly on her channel. When I read it via audio book which was narrated by the author which was great in its self and it was as good as Jen said it was.                                                                                  The book was really well written and it was clear that Scotts knowledge of the subject matter. It was also incredibly interesting because the chapters combined his life as an astronaut with his family life as well as his life growing up.

The Books started/continued this week…

Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers Trilogy 1/3) by Heather Graham                        Started Reading: 4/4/18                                                                                                 Goodreads Average Star Rating: 4.04/5 Stars                                                               Book Information Post                                                                                            I started reading this book as soon as I’d finished reading the previous book in the series “Deadly Night” because I’d enjoyed it so much. Although I haven’t read much of it so far I can already tell that it is going to be a good continuation to what I am sure will be a great series.

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Ghost Moon (The Bone Island Series Trilogy 3/3) by Heather Graham           Reading Period: Started reading 6/4/18                                                                       Goodreads Average Star Rating: 4.04/5 Stars                                                               for more book information click here                                                                       This is the third book in the Bone Island series (Trilogy) as there is a prequel book called Ghost Memories which means that it’s a series rather than a trilogy. I started reading it as soon as I’d finished reading the previous book in the series because I’d enjoyed it so much. I have not read much of this book yet but I am enjoying it so far.

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Ghost Memories (The Bone Island Trilogy Prequel 0.5/4) by Heather Graham                                                                                                                          Reading Period: Started reading 6/4/18                                                                        Goodreads Average Star Rating: 4.04/5 Stars                                                               for more book information click here