One more page | diary of a book lover. She Reads Novels. Books « Helen Redfern. A few days ago I was sent an advance copy of 99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes. Luckily I was ill so could spend the rest of the day glued to my iPad (it is only available as an e-book) reading the intriguing story of Kate who, each day, spies on The Kevin Keegan Day Nursery from her bedroom window. There are eleven different endings to the novel. Nine of the endings are navigated using multiple choice questions on your Kindle or via a spinning story wheel on your iPad or iPhone. There are also two additional endings. One of which I’m delighted to share with you below. 99: the reason why I was only worth ninety-nine quid It’s been six days since the little girl in the pink coat went missing and me Uncle Phil’s in me bedroom. We’ve been watching the little girl in the pink coat’s mam on the news. ‘Didn’t realise she had a mam,’ I says, looking at me telly. ‘Everyone’s got a mam, pet,’ me Uncle Phil says to me.
‘She sold her story to The Sun,’ I says, looking at me telly. I nod. ‘Belle?’ High Heels and Book Deals. Girls Without a Bookshelf. Even Butterflies Think. TheBword. Seriously Kooky. Sarah's Book Reviews. Oh My Books! For Books' Sake. Fluttering Butterflies. Floor to Ceiling Books. Ex Libris. Daisy Chain Book Reviews. Chicklish. Debs Riccio.
What I Thought Of… SECOND HAND HEART by Catherine Ryan Hyde « Catherine, Caffeinated. I chose Catherine Ryan Hyde’s Second Hand Heart from Transworld’s Summer Reading Challenge list because she and I share two names and three initials, and once on Goodreads someone sent me a message saying they really enjoyed Pay It Forward. However despite loving the big screen adaptation of that book – it starred Kevin Spacey, and I was at the height of my age-inappropriate, post-American Beauty Kevin Spacey crush – I knew little about Hyde (or is it Ryan Hyde? I suffer from the same problem!) , and jumped at the chance to finally read her work. A bestselling author, Hyde’s success in her native USA raced to this side of the pond when Richard and Judy made her novel Love in the Present Tense a book club pick in 2007.
Second Hand Heart is published in the UK next month and yes, being the uber book nerd that I am, I let out a little squeal of delight when I saw the words ‘Proof copy – not for resale’ at the top of the front cover. I thought I had the measure of this book a few pages in. Between the Pages.