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Title: The Memory of Water Author:  J.T. Lawrence Format: Audiobook (Audible) Read/listened:  August 4 - 9, 2017 Genre:  Thriller; Black Humor (is that a genre, or just preferred reading?) Mareli's rating: 3.5  Stars (loved the story, didn't care for the narration much) Recommend to:  If you find Jay Gatsby an intriguing character, you will have a field-day with Slade Harris Description:  Slade Harris will do anything for a story, including murdering the woman he loves.   Slade doesn’t think twice about jumping out of a plane or conducting disastrous love affairs to gather material for his work, but his self-indulgent life is catching up with him. Stumbling through his late thirties hopeless and a little drunk, Slade has a dazzling, dangerous idea which will change his life forever. It’s going to be Slade’s ultimate story ... and all he’s hoping for is to survive it.   Goodreads

Titel: Plaasmoord Skrywer: Karin Brynard Uitgewer:  Human & Rousseau Eerste druk: 2009 Bladsye: 510 (sagteband) My gradering: 4 Sterre Genre: Moord en doodslag, geskiedenis, speur Aanbeveel aan: Afrikaanse misdaad en speurverhaal liefhebbers ( soos Deon Meyer? Ja!) Kort opsomming:  Plaasmoorde het nooit juis vastrapplek gekry in die ylbevolkte Noord-Kaap nie - maar dan word die drie en dertigjarige opkomende skilder Freddie Swarts en haar aangenome dogter aaklig vermoor Speurder-inspekteur Albertus Beeslaar moet die moord oplos., maar kort voor lank word hy en die vermoorde se suster, Saar ingetrek by bisarre gebeure soos die moord op 'n bobbelaan, 'n veediefstal-sindikaat en 'n groep omgekrapte boere wat sake in hul eie hande wil neem.  Goodreads

Title: How We Found You Author:  J.T. Lawrence Series: When tomorrow calls (Book 2) Publication date: 18 May 2017 (Today!!! Launch day is TODAY!!) Read:  May 11 - 18, 2015 Genre:  Thriller; Science Fiction (Futuristic) Mareli's rating:  4 Stars Recommend to: Have you read Why you were taken?  Description:  There’s something different about Kate’s four-year-old son. He wasn’t created the old fashioned way. Now a violent cult wants him dead and Kate will do anything to protect him – until they take her daughter. In tomorrow’s world, Kate is haunted by a brutal past. Struggling to navigate a life that seems like an experiment in virtual reality, her paranoia threatens to consume her. But when someone tries to kidnap Mally, she realizes she was absolutely right to be afraid. With only hours to go before the cult's prophecy is to be fulfilled, Kate and Seth face more danger than they’ve ever imagined, desperate to keep him safe. However, the charismatic ...

Titel: Misverstand Skrywer:  Marita van der Vyver Uitgewer: Penguin Random House SA Publikasie datum:  Maart 2017 Bladsye:  270 (sagteband) My gradering:  2 Sterre Beveel aan vir lesers van: Marita van der Vyver (dis nie 'n genre  nie, ek weet, maar dit is 'n onmisbare stem).  As jy worstel met die vraag,  Wroeg jy met jou middelmatigheid?  Kort opsomming:  Willem Prins bewandel die strate van Parys. Eens was hy op koers om ’n gerekende skrywer in Suid-Afrika te word, maar na jare se probeer wink die koue water van die Seine – miskien sal sy verdrinking sy boekverkope bietjie opstoot, dink ’n swartgallige Willem. Tot sy skaamte is dit die erotika wat hy onder ’n skuilnaam skryf wat hom na Frankryk gebring het. Terug na die stad waar een van sy drie eksvroue saam met sy oudste seun woon, ’n jong man wat sy pa skaars ken. Vir Willem is Parys nie juis die stad van liefde nie, maar dit is hier waar hy vir Jackie ontmoet, ’n jong Suid-A...

Title:  Why You Were Taken Author: J.T. Lawrence Published by:  Pulp Books Publication date:  29 March 2015 Read:  April 25 - April 30, 2015 Genre:  Thriller; Science Fiction (Futuristic) Pages:  358 ISBN:   9780620655583 Mareli's rating: 3.5 stars Recommend to:  Sci-fi junkies who love the thrill of something "different". J.T. Lawrence's fan-club (this woman can write!) Description:  In tomorrow's world prowls a creative and ruthlessly efficient assassin who won't stop until Kirsten is killed. A troubled woman approaches Kirsten with a warning and a key and is later found dead. Was the woman just another victim of the Suicide Contagion or is there something more sinister at play? The key leads Kirsten to the Doomsday Vault and a hit list of seven people - and her barcode is on it. Edgy and original, Why You Were Taken is a dark cinematic thriller that will keep you guessing till the last page. Goodreads   Nah, that blurb...

My very first post on this blog was my  April 2016 Library Card . Yes, exactly one year ago. Nope, this is not a celebration post. It's just a reflection of what can happen in a year's time. It's not always good. There isn't always growth. Sometimes you get stuck, or even worse - deteriorate. That's when you need to re-trace your steps.  

Cover Characteristics is a weekly meme hosted by  Sugar and Snark . Every week they give us these gorgeous themes and then you have to pick 5   covers featuring that theme. If you want to participate:  Pick your covers  Post it to your blog Share your post's URL in the linky provided by Sugar and Snark Go and check out the other guys who also posted! 

Titel: Koors Skrywer: Deon Meyer Uitgewer: Human & Rousseau Publikasie datum: 05 Augustus 2016 Bladsye: 579 (sagteband) My gradering:   5 Sterre Beveel aan vir lesers van:  Deon Meyer (punt). Misdaad. Daar's 'n slang in die gras en iemand het dit daar gesit. Post apokalipties (dis REGTIG die einde van die wereld) Kort opsomming:  Die Koors het byna almal gevat. Maar nie dertien jaar oue Nico Storm en sy pa, Willem, nie. Deur ’n Suid-Afrikaanse landskap feitlik sonder mense, met al hoe minder blikkieskos in die verlate winkels, Koeberg-bestraling in die Wes-Kaap en al hoe meer moorddadige hondebendes – én mensebendes – swerf Nico en sy pa, op soek na ’n plek om die samelewing weer te vestig. Wanneer hulle dit eindelik sover het by die ou Vanderkloof – nou Amanzi – met ’n groepie swerflinge wat saam van voor af wil begin, steek al die ou sondes van die mensdom kop uit. Gou is Amanzi op geloofs- en politieke lyne verdeel, en verdediging teen die swaar gewapende mo...

Food food - glorious food! Yes, we all love it almost as much as we love books. (Don't eat the books)  And a book featuring food is like dessert without the calories.  Today's theme for Book Travelling Thursdays is: Books that focus on food, eating and cooking . Let's join the lovely ladies at the  Goodreads   group and share some recipes! Should you wish to participate, just follow these easy  1,2,3 block(g) myself  steps: 

I've had my eye on this tag ever since I saw it for the first time over at  It Starts at Midnight . Thanks for creating this great tag Shannon! Meant to do it last week already, but there were a few hurdles to cross first. I'm not a very sporty person, but yes - there's definitely something about The Olympics that draws all of us together. I am also proudly South African and couldn't be happier about the smashing (no pun intended)  performance of Wayde van Niekerk in the men's 400m. But let's talk books! 

For this week's Cover Characteristics, we are featuring Schools Cover Characteristics is a weekly meme hosted by  Sugar and Snark . Every week they give us these gorgeous themes and then you have to pick 5   covers featuring that theme. If you want to participate:  Pick your covers  Post it to your blog Share your post's URL in the linky provided by Sugar and Snark Go and check out the other guys who also posted!  (This might influence your current TBR list a great deal.) I've been out of school long enough to be able to say: It was the best days ever! Today I'm going to take a trip down memory lane and feature two schools that inspired me to attend boarding school and one school that I know inspire a large number of boys in South Africa to go to boarding school. 

This week's theme for Top Ten Tuesday is ten books set outside the US  (Nope, it's not us (aka earthlings: human; vampire; zombie etc) it is US -United States) Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly link-up/meme hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish   where they provide a prompt and other lovers of list-making   (me! me! me!)  join in with their own top ten list. Feel free to have less than 10 or more if you need to at times and put a spin on the topic if you need to. Just please link back to  The Broke and the Bookish   if you are participating. Link up with your  BLOG POST   (not your blog)  in the linky provided and remember to pay it forward! Seeing that I was born in the RSA (YES! You can actually sing it to the tune of the iconic Bruce Springsteen song -just do it in the right voice and facial expression as well) - I am proudly waving my flag.            Today I will give yo...