Hi, everyone, and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post! I am actually starting to write this on the Tuesday because I am going to be very busy tomorrow and may not have enough time. I have finished one book since last Wednesday’s post and only have about a hundred pages of another to go, but I don’t think I will be able to finish it on time.

Anyway, here’s the book that I have read this week…

The book was Abandon by Blake Crouch. You may remember that I read Upgrade, also by him, a few week’s ago. Friends then recommended his other work and I was happy to find some of his books on our library’s ebook list.

Here is the blurb:

“On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found.

Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her father, a historian, have set out unocver the truth. Exploring the area, they are joined by two backcountry a psychic and a paranormal photographer. The long-abandoned town is, according to rumour, haunted.

But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town’s ghosts are the least of their worries. Twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they realize they are not alone.

The ordeal that follows will test this small team past the breaking point as they battle the elements and human foes alike and discover that the town’s secrets still have the power to kill.

Part journey into old-West history, part nail-biting survival thriller, Abandon is a bloody, darkly surprising tale as only Blake Crouch could deliver.”

I read this quite quickly as I have more time to myself again now that Lovely Husband can get downstairs more often. This is my response to the book on Goodreads:

Abandon by Blake Crouch
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodness! That was a black, grim and relentless read! A bit too long for my taste and rather too miserable at one particular point. All the same, I was totally gripped by the whole thing and could hardly put it down. It was quite amusing that I was experiencing this gloomy and freezing tale whilst feeling hot and stifled at the end of summer.

I will definitely read more by this author.

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I am now reading some very “sciencey” science fiction and, if I finish it in time, I will add my review to the end of this post. If not, you will find out which book it is next week!

Happy reading to you all!

Love and best wishes,

Anne

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