A good book?

I haven't been very well these past few days.

In fact, I have had the worst cold that I can remember having in a long time during one of the nicest weeks, weatherwise, that we have had in a long time.  How very annoying!  Anyway (my favourite word) I found my self not wanting, or being able, to do anything but lie around. And not even outside, in the sunshine,where I normally like to plank myself with a book when the weather is good. So I stayed inside, on the couch, and read.  Amazon must have known that I was in the mood for reading as, by chance, they sent me an e-mail with a list of six books that I could download onto my Kindle app, for free!!  What luck.  Or, are Amazon turning into Google, who always seem to know exactly what I want before even I do, and send me pictures of covers for my garden furniture, or new digital scales that I might need for my kitchen.  How do they know that I leave my furniture out in the rain and that I like to bake cakes using a very old scales that never weighs anything correctly??  But, I digress.  So, while I was downloading my free, very educational and intellectual I'm sure, books, I decided also to look for and buy one that I had been hearing great reports about.

Unraveling Oliver!

Anyone read it?  I just did.  And all in one go!  Only took a few hours...

As I am (still) working at home, I get to listen to the radio all day.  Two of the presenters that I regularly listen too are avid readers and are always reviewing and recommending books.  One of the presenters Rick O'Shea (yes, that's his name) is trying to read 100 books in a year, and is on number 48 I think at the moment.  So I suppose you could say he is well read, and he is always recommending stuff.  The other one, Ryan Tubridy, reviewed a book, a while ago now, by Joseph O'Connor, Ghostlight, which I tried to read and gave up on because it bored the pants off me!!  But that can happen, not everybody has the same taste. But they both agreed on Unraveling Oliver.  And it is written by an Irish author. Ah sure what more could you ask for.

So armed with my box of tissues, a hot lemon drink, and the cushions arranged behind my back (and chocolate) I read it.

Well, the same thing happened last year when I read that other book that everybody was highly recommending, Gone Girl.

I now need to change who I listen to on the radio, or get a job outside the house where I can't listen to the radio at all!

Or else, I need to change the style of books that I am reading, because I was very disappointed by both of those books.  I thought Gone Girl was great, until the ending.  And I thought Unraveling Oliver was good, until the ending.  It wasn't very long and it was easy to read, hence reading it all in one go, but I feel cheated!  I don't want to give anything away in case you haven't read it, and like me you can read all the reviews before you buy, and it's all a matter of taste.  Perhaps you should read it and make up your own mind...

Maybe I have been programmed to think that books should have a happy ending, and I just need to be reprogrammed!  Or maybe I just need to eat more chocolate!

Anyway (ha) it's time for bed.  Anyone got a good book they can recommend...