Liz Between The Lines

Hi There! Trying to balance my final year of university, my other extra curricular activities as well as my reading career has been a mission and a half, but I've managed to read and finish 13 books during the course of this year - which I think is a great given the circumstances. My latest guilt-read (I miss guilt-free reading so much) is 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' by Gail Honeyman. Eleanor has been alone and lonely all her life - and not just in the romantic sense. She has had no companionship or friendship for the vast majority of her adult life. This makes her socially awkward as she finds 'there is no Eleanor-shaped social-hole'. The book explores the themes of companionship, loneliness, childhood traumas and their effects on one's adult life. Gail Honeyman's writing style had me crying, resonating with Eleanor and laughing in the span of one read. I did, however, feel like Gayle exaggerated the level of Eleanor's 'socia...

Title: It’s Always the Husband Author: Michele Campbell Genre: Suspense/Psychological Thriller Three college roommates: Jenny   who  has always been a critical and logical thinker.  She  lives with her husband Tom in the small town of Carlisle where they grew up, went to college and where she is now the Mayor. Aubrey , who was always more of a follower than a leader, is a married mother and successful yoga instructor in the same town. Kate Eastman , who has never worked a day in her life, is a New Yorker who only moved to Carlisle for college. Kate has always been suicidal. A homicide investigation in Carlisle, almost 20 years after the tragic accident that led to their  demise, threatens to bring up ancient town secrets that ought to have been  buried two decades ago. How far are the roommates willing to go to keep their secrets hidden? Is anything ever an accident in Carlisle? The book switches between the present time and...