LauraLoves Reads 2013

[lauraloves]

Definitely adding Stolen Child to my wishlist.

 

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did

[lauraloves]

Hey everyone Hope everyone had a great Christmas I did want to pop on during Christmas to wish everyone well but just didnt have the time.

 

Well I was rather lucky over Christmas lots of new books!

 

• JLS: Our Last Goodbye
• The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
• Inferno - Dan Brown
• The Haunted Book - Jeremy Dyson
• Deception Point - Dan Brown
• Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden
• Matched - Ally Condie
• Crossed - Ally Condie
• Reached - Ally Condie
• Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
• The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker
• The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
• Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
• 11.22.63 - Stephen King
• Digital Fortress - Dan Brown

And all from my lovely hubby to be too

[chaliepud]

Belated happy Christmas Laura. You've got some great books there. Miss Peregrine and The Night Circus were fantastic and I also enjoyed The Age of Miracles and Matched.

 

Hopefully you'll have more time to read once the festivities are over.

[Alexi]

Happy Christmas Laura!

 

When did boyfriend graduate to hubby to be?!

 

Great haul! I also have 11.22.63 and The Age of Miracles on my pile so looking forward to seeing what you think

[Devi]

Nice pile of books you got there! congrats on the engagement!

Edited December 28, 2013 by Devi

[julie]

Laura

 Nice selection ,and congrats on the Hubby to Be !  He's a Keeper. He bought you some really cool books. I'm interested in The Haunted Book .. guess I'll look it up .

[Athena]

That's a lot of books! I hope you enjoy them . I haven't read any of them but have some on my TBR and wishlist. Congrats on the engagement .

[lauraloves]

Belated happy Christmas Laura. You've got some great books there. Miss Peregrine and The Night Circus were fantastic and I also enjoyed The Age of Miracles and Matched.

 

Hopefully you'll have more time to read once the festivities are over.

 

Belated Happy Christmas to you too Thank you I think I want to start on The Night Circus first but I'm not overally sure!

 

Happy Christmas Laura!

 

When did boyfriend graduate to hubby to be?!

 

Great haul! I also have 11.22.63 and The Age of Miracles on my pile so looking forward to seeing what you think

 

Thank you, very belated Happy Christmas to you too Hubby-to-be developed on Christmas Eve hehe so excited

 

Nice pile of books you got there!  congrats on the engagement!

 

Thank you I cant wait to start reading and also Wedding planning

 

Laura

 Nice selection ,and congrats on the Hubby to Be !  He's a Keeper. He bought you some really cool books. I'm interested in The Haunted Book .. guess I'll look it up .

 

He is definitely a keeper with the amount of books he buys me! I want to read The Haunted Book while its still Winter time and creepy hehe!

 

That's a lot of books! I hope you enjoy them . I haven't read any of them but have some on my TBR and wishlist. Congrats on the engagement

 

Thank you Hopefully we both get around to them and can share some thoughts

[lauraloves]

Well . . . so much for not buying any books! We went up to the nearest city to us yesterday and after being dragged around all the clothes shops by his daughter I finally got to go in The Works and I brought . . .

 

• The Birth of Modern Britain by Francis Pryor
• Confessions of a Police Constanble - PC Matt Delito
• Caravans and Wedding Bands - Eva Petulengro
• Hess, Hitler and Churchill by Peter Padfield

I could have brought so many more too but I thought I'd be good for a change hehe

[Athena]

I hope you enjoy your new books ! Confessions of a Police Constable sounds pretty interesting, I look forward to hear what you think of it, when you read it.

[lauraloves]

I hope you enjoy your new books ! Confessions of a Police Constable sounds pretty interesting, I look forward to hear what you think of it, when you read it.

 

 

Thank you I am looking forward to that one!

 

I went into town today and brought . .  .

 

• RSVP - Helen Warner
• The Haunting of James Hastings - Christopher Ransom
• Blitz Kids - Sean Longden
• Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

So much for not buying anymore!

[Athena]

Nice, I hope you enjoy the books !

[lauraloves]

Nice, I hope you enjoy the books !

 

Thank you My only issue I have at the minute is which one to start with

[lauraloves]

#40 - Casino Royale - Ian Fleming

 

 

Started - 20/12/2013

Finished - 30/12/2013

Format - Paperback Book

 

Synopsis - Le Chiffre is a businessman with expensive tastes, and SMERSH's chief operative in France. But as his dissolute lifestyle threatens to ruin him, his only hope is to risk his paymasters' money at the card table.

 

James Bond, the finest gambler in the service, has a deadly new mission: to outplay Le Chiffre and shatter his Soviet cell.

 

Amidst the opulence of Casino Royale, the two men face each other for a game with the highest stakes of all.

 

My Thoughts - I was brought these books by the other half for my birthday this year having always wanted to read the James Bond books but to never have got around to reading them. This was my first book that I had read as I'm trying to read them in order.

This is about James Bond and his dealings at Casino Royale, his battles with Le Chiffre and all other spying things combined. It was a little different to what I had expected but very good at the same time. This book was written around 50 years ago so while the actual reading of the book was very good the cars and all the other accessories that Bond had are a little dated compared to how things are now. This didnt take anything away from the book though.

 

I thought his relationship with Vesper was very good and really added to the story. I didnt really expect what happens to happen but from what I know about James Bond (which to be fair is not that much!) it does go some way to explain how he is in himself.

 

Overall I really enjoyed this book and cant wait to read the next one.

 

Rating - 4/5