book club thursday- reading challenge

Welcome Readers

My name is Cyn and each week we (me and my BFF Ann from Romancing the Readers) blog all about books and book related topics on something we call Book Club Thursday(BCT). Learn more about me and BCT here

Our feature today is:

This is when we can read any book from our list of challenges:

Read a book published before 2010

Read a book published in the month (not year) you were born

Read a book set in your home state

Read a book with a cover you don’t like

Read a book you once gave up on

Read a book with a clever title

Read a new to you author

Start a new series

Read a hardcover

Read a trade

Read a “small-town” romance

Read a book with a favorite trope

Read a historical set anywhere but the USA

Read a book you keep meaning to read

Read a book that taught you something

Read a Trifecta book (sounds, cover, title must all be same theme)

Anger Management (a book that PISSED you off at some point)

Anything Goes (read ANYTHING you want)

Just Because (you read this “just because”…state the reason)

Bird- Beast – Fish (atypical animals are part of the story)

Land-Sea-Sky (features bodies of water, mountains, planes etc)

Double Dip (can re- do any challenge)

An Apple a Day (medical main character(s))

Recommend By (say who / what )

I Tried, But… (one you couldn’t finish and why)

Second Chances (an author you are giving a “second” chance to)

Hot for Teacher (main character(s)is a teacher)

Read a historical set in the USA

The Great Outdoors (main character(s) work outdoors)

AKA (author with a pseudonym)

BOO! ( book with a ghost)

Survivors (books with hard subject matter)

I picked:

Read a trade

What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware’s suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller.

Sometimes the only thing to fear…is yourself.

When reclusive writer Leonora is invited to the English countryside for a weekend away, she reluctantly agrees to make the trip. But as the first night falls, revelations unfold among friends old and new, an unnerving memory shatters Leonora’s reserve, and a haunting realization creeps in: the party is not alone in the woods.

I love Ms Ware's books. Regarding this novel - the tone and style are utterly brilliant and suck you in right away. The setting adds to the creepy/unsettling plot. It's more of a slow burn than in your face. It works really well. I didn't find any real surprises or twists but this book still kept me turning the pages and my interest high. Despite being the author's debut novel, you would never know it - it's that well written and developed. The mystery wraps up but there is an open ended plot point (at least I like to think of that way). Ms Ware's upcoming 2018 release is HIGH on my list of must haves/wants.

I know this is short review but to say anything else ruins the novel. And the about the book gives a clear summary of what to expect...or does it?