5 Great Books I Read in February, 2021

As you can probably tell from the way I am going about this, I am trying something different and more sustainable than last year when I would write about every twenty books I had read. This is purely because I will remember it better. When it comes to every twenty books, you actually have to work it out and stuff and honestly, my math is not great enough for me to try that often. Here, I can talk about five books that I think that you should read too and why they are so great. I'm trying to expand my reach in terms of genre and trying for myself to read more modern fiction since this is the sort of thing I want to investigate when I go into writing my PhD proposal.

Hopefully, you and I can be on the same page and we can come to an agreement on something we both like to read. If you want to suggest anything to me than check my Instagram page out and DM me. Also, on my Instagram, you can keep up to date with what I'm reading because I post all my books there. Plus quotations from some of them, mini-reviews, some stuff about film and literature in the news and media plus stuff about Bob Dylan and many photos of Margot Robbie. I hope you enjoy yourself if you're planning to head out that way.

Now on to the five best books I have read in February:

They are in no particular order...

5 Great Books I Read in February, 2021

The Memory Wood by Sam Lloyd

When I read this, I can honestly state that I was shocked by not only how well-written it was but by the way in which you are not really able to guess what is going on however the whole time, you may suspect it. There is something really wrong and twisted about the storyline, whilst you read it you feel uncomfortable. When it comes to the way in which Isaac interacts with his friend and his brother, there are small hints as to what you're looking for. But then again, you are focused on something else entirely.

Watching from the Dark by Gytha Lodge

One thing that I loved about this book is that you suspect nearly everyone at any one given time. It is a brilliantly written masterclass in misdirection. You're constantly looking for what has happened to the girl, but also why her boyfriend Adam is acting so weird towards everyone. There is something much deeper here that when we look at it, you would never suspect it from the beginning. As we get deeper and deeper in the story, everyone seems to have some amount of guilt written on their faces. We just have to dig past them to see who is actually guilty of murder.

Little Bones by NV Peacock

When a daughter of a serial killer of children is found out via a podcast, she takes action against the terrible human being that revealed her identity. Whilst all this is happening, her entire world is shattered when another child goes missing. She starts visiting a medium for advice and although she is cynical about it at first, the medium knows more about her than most other people though they've never met. All these strange happenings go on, with random people parking outside her house and she herself rummaging through the house of a known sex offender. All these things, they will add up in the end. She can only turn to one person for advice and he is in prison. But will it bring that final child home?

Killing for Comfort by Brian Masters

When I read this book I cannot say that I was surprised that this guy came from a strange and psychologically abusive household. He met death at an early age when his grandfather died, but there was always a question of whether he was born evil or became evil. This book actually seeks to see what the word 'evil' really means and whether Dennis Nilsen was evil at all, or whether he made really bad choices. Personally, I think he is deplorable but the book teaches us about his life and times - the way in which he got a kick out of death and dying. It was very odd but it wasn't necrophilia. It was something that psychologists are still researching today.

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

This book really caught me off guard because I had no idea what to expect. Honestly, I was only reading it because I saw that Stephen Fry had given a good review of the book on the cover. I was trying to read the character who allegedly killed her husband, then I was trying to read into the doctors and what they have to hide. There was something very odd about the way each character behaved with the patient and yet, someone was hiding something in the ways in which they dealt with her. Then Theo, the doctor who assigns himself to her, is attacked by her and things begin to change. I think you should definitely pay attention to each and every character because they are all full of surprises.