It’s getting colder outside and I’m reading more. I love curling up under a blanket with a good book. Give me another month and we’ll add a fireplace to that scenario. More cozy reading time is really the only think I like about colder weather.
September was a hearty reading month.
I read 11 books in September. I gave two fiction books perfect grades.
The Chain
I love a unique storyline. I read so much that it’s difficult to find books that seem original. The Chain by Adrian McKinty was unique, for sure.
When Rachel answers the phone, the caller’s message isn’t anything she expected. Her daughter has been kidnapped from the bus stop on her way to school.
Rachel is now part of The Chain.
If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, her daughter will be murdered. If she follows through with the demand, and so does the person after her, her daughter will be released.
Rachel has to decide if she can do the unthinkable to continue the chain and save her daughter’s life. Or is there another way? A way to break the chain?
What You Did
Six university friends, some of whom are married to each other, get together after 20 years for a sort-of reunion weekend at Ali and Mike’s house.
The night seems to be going well, with laughter, the sharing of old stories and perhaps a bit too much wine.
Most of the group has gone to bed when Karen, Ali’s best friend, stumbles into the kitchen, bleeding and claiming that Mike, Ali’s husband, raped her.
Karen is taken to the hospital, the police are called and Ali, a sexual assault victims’ advocate, has to decide who she believes, her best friend or her husband.
It seems that none of the relationships between the friends are what they seemed, but Ali is about to know more about her “friends” than she ever wanted to.
There they are, my favorite books of September! I hope you find something here to read and love.
Happy reading!
