Short Reads

The Following two books were both short reads (took me an hour to read each of them) but as i'm writing a blog about all books i have read i thought its only fair to include these.

 My dads a policemen is one of Cathy Glass's fiction. You presume with her history of children in foster care she has some understanding of issues surrounding different child cases. This is the story of a young boy taken into care because his mum can no longer look after him, he doesn't know his dad so he tells people that his dads occupation is as a policemen. He doesn't want to leave his family or his little brother and tries to understand why he has been taken into care.


For me i feel that Cathy Glass writes better from experience, this story didn't have the grip that most of her novels do. It was an interesting story and quite sad but i just did not feel as hooked to it as I usually do.  Also being a quick read i felt this book was a little rushed, which was a shame.

Jack and Jill is the story of two children whose mum sends them off to live with relatives on a farm.  Jack doesn't speak a word, and Jill his sister cant understand why because she vaguely remembers a time when he was talking.  Slowly the uncover the truth of their past and big secrets are revealed.

Again it was quite an interesting read, kept me entertained whist reading it and easy to read in one sitting.  The story was as you expect, as you progress you slowly find out more and more and the plot line keeps you guessing.  The conclusion is one of many you would think off whilst trying to figure it out, as the book gives no hints to what happened and therefore leaving it open to speculation.  I found this story gripping, interesting, and not bad for a short book. Like the other one i felt it lacked alot of depth but thats probably because its a short story.

Overall I found both these books good enough to kill some time. Both kept me hooked and gripped and staved off an agonising wait in the departure lounge.  Also both of them were ebook's, so they were easy enough to put on a small device and read.