One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

 

Pay close attention and you might solve this.

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

 

 

4/5 stars

 

If you like The Breakfast Club, you would love this book.

 

It is wonderfully written, easy to read and keeps you guessing up to the very end. Karen keeps the suspense going, making you want to read it in one sitting.

Writing the story from the viewpoint of the four suspects and not from the detective, made me love it even more. These kids are from all clicks in a high school, none of them friends, all different personalities.

The story has great character development, it flows naturally from one POV to another. If a series were to be made of this book, it would be a hit. Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club.

 

It is definitely a young adult book. The fact that a few high school kids can unravel and solve the mystery is a bit unrealistic, but for young adults it would be a treat. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this book immensely and are looking forward to reading the rest of Karen’s books.

End of Days - Sylvia Browne, written by Lindsay Harrison

 

The Apocalypse. The Rapture. The End of Days. Humans have long been concerned with the ultimate clash of civilization, but never more so than now. The world has become a scary place – everyday, news of religious wars, global terrorism, and genocide is broadcast into millions of homes worldwide. In End of Days, world-renowned psychic Sylvia Browne takes a fascinating look at the myriad prophecies, beliefs, portents and signs about the end of the world.

 

·         What do all the prophecies mean – Nostradamus and the Book of Revelation among them?

·         Was the 2020 worldwide coronavirus outbreak foretold?

·         What does it signify that Sylvia has recently encountered many people on the past lives – people who will not reincarnate?

·         What will happen in the next 50 years? Or the next 100 years?

·         If the world id really going to end, what will happen next?

 

For anyone who’s ever wondered where we’re headed, and what – if anything – we can do to prevent a catastrophe of biblical proportions, End of Days is a riveting and insightful must-read.

 

 

4/5 stars

 

If you like predictions, this book is for you. End of Days gives you a good summarized overview of some predictions make since before Christ. Not all predictions, but those talking about when the earth will end, when Armageddon will come. Some of which has been proved correct.

­­­­Sylvia Browne not only talks about general people’s predictions, but also about most, if not all, religious and prophet and cult predictions. She also gives you her own predictions for the future.

Her predictions, whether true or not, ties in with a lot of my own beliefs.

 

In my opinion, the human species are the most cruel and egotistical on earth. We also consider ourselves the most intelligent. But it is this same “intelligence” that will be our downfall. And it will be our ego that will destroy the only home we have. Earth.

My other belief is that the earth, as any other planet in any of the countless galaxies and solar systems, can, and will, save itself. It will purge itself of the toxic species that has no regard for it, and it will destroy them to survive.

 

But I am ranting. This train of thought and my beliefs regarding this subject is for a whole different time and place.

 

I really recommend this book for everybody to read. Maybe we can still save our existence yet.