Book Review: Hidden Bodies

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  How is everyone feeling? I know once again that this post is a little late compared to the other posts that I've posted. I don't have a schedule, but I like to keep them coming at a regular pace. But recently I haven't been sticking to that method of posting and that's going to change. With that bit of rambling out of the way. Summer holidays have officially arrived here in the UK. For people who don't understand and don't live in the UK. Summer holidays mean that pretty much every school in the UK have a break of at least six weeks. So I can finally ask people 

What are you going to be doing on your summer holidays? 

I hope some of the answers to that particular question involves books that they will be reading whilst they are relaxing or if it's a rainy day. What I would like to know, what are the summer holidays like in different countries. So how many weeks you have off from school, what time of year is your summer holiday. If you wish to share your answers, you can leave them in the comment box. The box can be found at the bottom of each blog post. I know what I'm about to write about next is mostly in every post that I post. I really don't like begging but PLEASE! can all my readers give me some sort of feedback you can use the comment box again. I will very much value your feedback so I can apply the changes I need too. To make my blog post better for your enjoyment and viewing. The more feedback the better. Thank you. Anyway back to this blog post and to put a stop to my rambling. This blog post is all about the book, Hidden Bodies and this book was written by Caroline Kepnes. 

   At this point in my blog posts, I'd like to welcome any new readers of my posts and make them feel like they are at home. So that they enjoy their experience more. I really appreciate that you, the reader choose to read my post. Once all you lovely new readers have finished reading this post and wish to discover more exciting book reviews you can find the rest of the reviews at laurennpullennreviews.blogspot.co.uk I'd would just like to mention all my other readers that continue to keep coming back to every post I upload. Thank you to everyone of you it really means the world to me. 

   For all of you who don't know what happens next, I'm about to tell you. This part of my blog post is all about the blurb from the book. The blurb perfectly sums up the book. You can find most blurbs on the back cover of each book normally. But in case your buying a hard-backed covered book you can find the blurb on the inside of the front cover or to use the correct term the dust jacket. Sometimes the blurb can also be defined by different terms for an example a synopsis and some people just use the simple term a description. But for you readers I'm about to give you the proper definition of the word 'blurb'. The term blurb is a short description of a book, film or other product write for promotional purposes. Now here comes the reason why I put the blurbs from the books that I review into my posts. The blurb is in my post  because it makes it more convenient for you readers because without it you would hardly know anything about the book and you would have less of an opinion. Going back to the convenient thing, by having the blurb here you can make your choice right now on whether you would like to read the actual book. Otherwise you would have to roam the Internet or go out to the shops and by then you might of decided you don't really like the book. It just takes up a lot of your time. So without any further delay or my rambling here is the blurb: 

"Joe came to Los Angeles to start over, to forget about what happened in New York. But in a darkened room in Soho House everything suddenly changed. She is like no one Joe's ever met. But she doesn't know about his past, and never can. The problem is, hidden bodies don't always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most. He doesn't want to hurt her he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what he's done, he may not have a choice..." 

The next time I'm going to write a blog post, I'm going to count the amount of times I write or mention the word 'blurb' and see what my results are. HA! Now for the readers who like to look at pictures and prefer to take things in by looking at pictures there will be a picture of the blurb at the bottom of this paragraph. Also many of might of already finished reading this book as it has been out a while. So please don't give away any spoilers to those who haven't. 

   This next part of my blog post is all about the author of each book I review. I like to put something about each author into my post because it feels like I'm giving something back to them. Ask some people what they think about authors, they think about them as being ordinary like any other person who writes books in their spare time. But their not they are more than that. Next time your reading a really good book, just think about how many hours the authors have sat at a computer screen locked away from their loved ones or even their pets. They are losing precious moments with them, because they are trying to provide us with something so we can enjoy our hobby. Just think about the endless amount of editing, meetings, emails and phone calls they have had to go through just to provide us with their books. That's not all as they have to promote their book to get the best possible outcome for their  book. Once that has been done they have something they can hold onto something that will be around forever. They can show it off to everyone and that's definitely something to be proud of. Plus if their book has done really well it can then go on and win them many awards, if they are really successful with their book it can eventually be made into a movie. I'm not about to ramble on anymore so without further delay here is some information on Caroline Kepnes (if your thinking of not reading this part, you definitely should): 

Caroline Kepnes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Civilization from Brown University. Her first novel, You, was named a suspense Magazine Best Debut of the Year. It was optioned by Showtime and has been translated into seventeen languages. It was also shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Award 2015. She splits her time between Los Angeles, California, Cape Cod and Massachusetts. If you wish to know more about her you can follow Caroline on Twitter @CarolineKepnes. 

   Before I start on my opinion part of my blog post. I'm just going to post a little side note here before you read this book go and read the book 'You' by the same author because this book is the follow on from that book. Okay, back to my opinion. I've had this book marked in my calendar when it was due out a couple of months back because I enjoyed the last book so much. I must admit that I finished the book a couple of weeks ago. I just needed a day or two to progress and see how I felt about the book. Once I started to read this book I was gripped from the first chapter. In which case I hardly put the book down well apart from when I had to sleep and do other tasks that involved being away from the book. Just a little warning before you progress with the book there is a lot of bad language and strong described scenes. The more I read the more I got hooked which resulted in me reading this book quicker as I needed to know what was going to happen to the characters. With every page turned the closer I got to finding out the fate of the characters. Sometimes I wish I hadn't read that fast because I was slightly gutted when it was over. Caroline wrote the book in a superb matter and kept us, the readers guessing until the very end especially about what was going to happen to Joe. I loved the suspense and the many twists and turns it took to get to the end of the book. I really wasn't expecting the fate of some of the characters. Don't worry I'm not going to spoil the ending or the fate. Overall, I throughly enjoyed the book and I'm sure others will too. Caroline *High Five* for writing a awesome book and I can't wait to see what you come up with in the future and I can't wait to read it. 

   I'm going to give this book a 9/10 plus I'm going to totally recommend this book to anyone over the age of 18 and is a crime fiction enthusiast. If you loved reading this blog post you can find all of my other posts at laurennpullennreviews.blogspot.co.uk where you can leave questions or even follow me to stay updated on when I upload next. Thank you again for choosing to read these posts!  

  Until my next book review x 

Book Review: Contagion

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  So let me start this blog post by apologising for the lack of posts over the last couple of months. I'm not going to blame it on a lot of things, just a couple instead. HA!! The first thing, I've been really busy therefore writing a blog post has been going further down my 'to do list' every time I get something new to do. The other thing is, I haven't been well recently I thought my health is more important than writing these posts. But I'm all better now. YAY!! Anyway, How are all of you? I heard all exams have now finished, How did you think they all went? If you celebrate the end of your exams with a ball/prom. Have a really good night because if you don't then you might be wishing you could do it all over again. I know I say this every time I write a blog post. So here we go again PLEASE can you at least write a couple of sentences of your feedback. It would be very much appreciated because it then means that I can improve my blog posts for your reading therefore the quality will also be so much better than before. You can leave your thoughts in the comment section below. Back to the book, this review is about Contagion. But I'm guessing you already know that by reading the title of this post. Contagion was written by Teri Terry. 

  At this point in my blog posts I like to welcome all the new readers to this blog post. Thank you for choosing to read this post or if you clicked a link that got you here thank you again. Once you have finished reading this post and you enjoy reading it. You can find the rest of my blog posts at laurennpullennreviews.blogspot.co.uk To all my other readers who continue to show up here every time I upload a new post, your continued support means the world to me again, thank you! I said thank you so many times then. 

  It's now time to talk about the blurb of the book. The blurb is a short paragraph that perfectly describes the book. You can find most blurbs at the back cover of each book you read. But when you are reading a hard back book you can find the blurb on the inside of the front cover. Or if you want the proper term you can find it inside of dust jacket in the front. But some authors also call their blurb the synopsis which means exactly the same thing. Here comes the reason why I put the blurb into my blog posts. I put the blurb into my posts because like I said earlier in this section it describes the book perfectly. Also by putting the blurb here right now you can make your judgement on whether or not you would like to read this book. By putting the blurb into my posts its saves you from going out and trying find the book and then reading the blurb when you can do it right now. It's okay to be a bit lazy from time to time. So without further delay here is that blurb:

"Callie is missing. Her brother Kai is losing hope of ever seeing her again. Then he meets Shay, a girl who saw Callie the day she disappeared, and his hope is reignited. Their search leads them to the heart of a terrifying epidemic that is raging through the country. Can Kai and Shay escape death and find Callie?" 

But if you would prefer to read the blurb in a different format as some people take more in by looking at pictures you find a picture of the blurb at the end of this section. Also remember if you have finished reading this book don't forget some people haven't. So please don't give anything away, spoilers aren't wanted around here. 

  This next part is all about the author of each book I review. This section is all Teri Terry. I feel so much better having something dedicated to each author I have a review on. Especially when the authors have spent so many hours away from their families, friends and pets by being shut away in an office answering endless amounts of emails and phone calls they would of had to answer. Just think about how many meetings they have to do with their book publishing teams just to form a book. That's not all, they then have to promote their books like there is no tomorrow as they want the best possible outcome for their book. But in the end it will be definitely worth all that time away from their families as they have something they can show off to everybody and for the many years to come. The book itself can then go on to win the author many awards. That can progress into a movie making the book very successful. That's definitely something to be proud of. I'm not going to ramble on anymore so here is a bit about the author you might like to read it or not it's up to you: 

Teri Terry is the bestselling author of the Slated Trilogy and the novels Mind Games, Dangerous Games and Book of Lies. Her books have been translated into twelve languages and won prizes at home and abroad. Teri hates broccoli, loves cats, and has finally worked out what she wants to do when she grows up. 

  This next part of my post is all about my opinion of the book. First of all if you haven't read any other of Teri Terry's books go and do that first because they are all really amazing books but if I were you I would start with the Slated Trilogy. Now where do I begin with this book. I mean I've had the date of release for this book in my calendar for ages as I had big expectations as I have read all of her other books and I loved everyone of them. Once I started to read this book it didn't instantly grab my attention like all the others. So I did some re-reading, by doing that I took it in all the more. I was now ready to begin my next adventure. I couldn't put the book down from that moment onwards. My eyes couldn't go as fast as I wanted them to go. I wanted to get to the next page as quick as possible so I could carry on the story. I loved how the book was divided into different sections which made it more easier for the reader to understand the storyline and to keep track on what the characters were up to in each part. Speaking of the characters they were written really well and as the story progressed with each turn of the page they became more loveable each time, I hope they get a happy ending they deserve. Before i forget to tell you this book is also a trilogy series. So you won't be able to know their fate until another two books time. This book had me hooked completely. Also this book was packed to the brim with suspense to keep you on your toes and you don't get the answers to that suspense in this book. I loved reading this book so much so, people were telling me that you will be sorry once it is over. But I never listen and I a little regret once I had finished it. Plus if you love books with cliffhangers this is the book for you! Overall, I have nothing really bad to say about this book and Teri I can't wait for the next instalment of this series and for the many more you are about to write. *HIGH FIVE* Teri Terry!! 

I'm going to give this book a 10/10, I'm also going to recommend this book to anyone that is 16 and over and just loves a really good book. Like I said before you can find all of my other blog posts at laurennpullennreviews.blogspot.co.uk You can comment or even give me a follow to stay updated every time I upload a new post. Thank you again and I hope you return the next time I upload. 

 Until my next book review x