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Before I Go To Sleep is a well-executed version of what could have been a schlocky psychological thriller, with unexpected depths and surprisingly few foibles. Nuts to everyone who tried to steer me away from it; I thought it was (mostly) great! Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/before-i-go-to-sleep-s-j-watson/

Book about memories and what you remember-I remember thinking that it reminded me of the movie “Memento“.

#schoolspirit
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

#WithMystery. #AboutABook

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Finished for my movie/bookclub.
I enjoyed that I never knew who were the good guys or bad guys until the end.
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#IdiomInsight

Losing the memories of the last 15 years of your life every night when you go to sleep would make me reluctant to #HitTheSack 🛌 (even with Colin Firth) 🫣😉
Read the book & saw the movie.

Based on the premise I wasn‘t sure I‘d like this book due to it being repetitive. I was wrong. I loved it and thought the perspective was well written and engaging throughout without feeling like it was groundhogs day. â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�

What if everyday when you woke up you had no memory of anything prior?

What if you came across a mystery that could possibly solve your problem? What if 20 years have passed? Each day you expect to see a 20-something in the mirror but there‘s an old person!
Words cannot express how rapidly I devoured this book. This was without a doubt one of the best suspense novels I've ever read.

🎧 Fantastic story! A fun psychological thriller.

What if everyday when you woke up you had no memory of anything prior?

How would you put your life together when each time you woke up you had no memories prior to that day?

What if you came across a mystery that could possibly solve your problem? What if 20 years have passed? Each day you expect to see a 20-something in the mirror but there‘s an old person!

Who to trust?

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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 135.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

Ever read a thoroughly predictable book, but you're just along for the ride? Yeah, me too. Pub in 2011 & obnoxiously chock-full of the male gaze this is very much a beach read. Lehane called it “Memento on crystal meth“ Vivastory says of it “More meh than Memento.“

#conflictedworlds #memories
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs

What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

This prompt #memories reminded me of this book where the wife has amnesia and could not remember her past. When some memories started to trickle in, she realised everything is not what it seemed and her husband is the cause of it all. #conflictedworlds @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I enjoyed the premise of this one, the unreliable narrator made for a page-turner.
And even-though I figured out what was happening quite soon in the book,it didn't stop me form finishing this one in two sittings.

To think this was Watson's debut, makes me eager to see what he is capable of now.

#Movie2BookRecs #nicolekidman 7. I did not enjoy this book, therefore I didn‘t watch the movie. So predictable & not at all thrilling. But Boy Erased is a much better option, book and movie 😜

There‘s something about holding a book, feeling the covers, flipping the pages, smelling the book—there‘s something about it that makes me prefer paperback books to ebooks.📖 What about you Littens? Are you into paperbacks or ebooks?

Good thriller with an exciting finale. Although I had glimmerings of the truth, it was still unexpected.

Unfortunately, I had the American edition of this ebook. Having people in North London talking about sidewalks and the hoods of cars and using other American terms rather jerked me out of the story at various points.

And there it was; my cue to tell him that I loved him, too. Men always say "I love you" as a question.

Don't we all?

#coffeeandabook #rainyevening

THE BEDROOM IS strange. Unfamiliar. I don‘t know where I am, how I came to be here.

#FirstLineFridays

@ShyBookOwl

So normally I listen to audiobooks when doing chores or cooking. The tension and twists in this one had me frozen in place completely focused on the story and what was going to happen next. I listened to the entire book over two days. Great heart pounding suspense. Now to find the movie....

Just started

First two books of the year! Trying out reading paired fiction and non-fiction selections for the first time. Ill definitely finish the novel before the non-fiction however. #12hppofxmas

New #library book day already! Tagged is my latest #bookclub book but I‘m not quite ready to pick it up yet.

Really happy to have several of these because I placed my holds prior to the March lockdown and they‘ve finally made their way to my shelf!

I even read while letting the horse graze. � 🤠🤓 📖

I read even in a hospital! One of my brothers was life-flighted to Pittsburgh for emergency throat and neck surgery. It‘s taking much longer than they said it would. So my mom and I have been in one of the waiting areas of this massive hospital for awhile now. Hence, my lack of regular posting, it‘s been a bit crazy the past couple days.

#Scarathlon2020 #Screamathon2020 #OutstandingOctober #October20in4 (7:15/20 hours)

(5 Hours) 156🔪 for #TeamSlaughter

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Loved the suspense in this one� Anyone seen the movie? Any good?

November Book club book.

Day 12 - #MemoryLoss #TropesInAugust
#BeforeIGoToSleep #SJWatson

I read this book in 2011 and it was a great debut. It was also made into a film.

Christine has anterograde amnesia as a result of an accident from years ago, and wakes up every morning not knowing who she is or anything about her life. With the help of a doctor and a journal that she keeps, Christine tries to piece together her #memories, which eventually brings her closer to a terrifying truth.
#boundtogetherjune

“We‘re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it.â€�
― S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep

#ManicMonday @JoScho
#LetterB

📖 Before I Go To Sleep
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🎬 Beetlejuice
🎤 Björk
🎶 Beautiful Day - U2

After watching the film version starring Nicole Kidman & Colin Firth, I bought the book which has languished on my shelf ever since. Finally read it & although it has some major differences to the film, I thought it was a great read. Recommended if you like psychological thrillers. 4🌟

This was a compelling read! The MC wakes up every day not knowing who she is, where she is, or anything about her past. She works hard to recover her memories, but who can she trust to tell her the truth? I definitely recommend this one.

#MOvember @Cinfhen

Playing catch up at the beginning of the month already.

#Music
#RescueMe
#GirlGoneWild

I read this book in 2016 and really enjoyed it. It was a little slow for me in the beginning, but I was really glad that I decided to push through it in the end. #beforeigotosleep #psychological #thesuspenseisthrillingme #bookworm

#idea #quotsysept19 @TK-421

#RedRoseSeptember
We‘d like to think that we‘d #NeverForget our lives when we go to sleep at night which makes that loss a creepy concept for a book. Christine lost her short-term memory after a vicious attack & when she wakes up remembering nothing, she doesn‘t know who to trust...her husband or her therapist...or herself especially when things just don‘t add up. I liked the book much better than the movie—even with my Mr. Darcy in a lead role.

Thought this was fantastic! It's quite a terrifying thought that this could so easily happen to you. Such a good story 😃

Thank you for the recommendation @Birdsong28 I will definitely be reading more by SJ Watson 😊

Currently at 17hrs 42mins for #24B4Monday & #SummersEndReadathon
@Clwojick @Andrew65 @jb72

Been MIA but I am still reading. Mostly recently this one has captured my attention. A slow burn, a bit repetitive, but ultimately worth it in my opinion.

Starting this book today � I heard it is good...we shall see!

These MCs need lots of help remembering. #remindme #springintoreading

The ultimate nightmare, waking up each morning not remembering anything about who you are or what is going on in your life. The main protagonist has to leave clues to help accelerate the memory process and get to the bottom of a BAD situation. A great book, strongly recommended.
#SpringIntoReading #RemindMe

Started this morning and committed to fishing before I go to sleep. Terrible joke aside, the book delivered on being a page-turner that‘ keeps you guessing. I enjoyed the diary-esque format and pacing - but found the gratuitous sexual excerpts / lines uncomfortably forced. This one just makes it over the line to a “pickâ€�; a solid quick empty-calorie read.

In the middle of one book, committed to starting another with a friend - and really should be working and not reading at all. And with that, I‘m going to do what I want and need right now. And that‘s a few untaxing, yet suspenseful, hours with this. #booked2019 7. Night-oriented title @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage