tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91940766475217990902024-03-16T01:10:14.907+00:00Fabulous Book FiendFabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-69349273856491249562024-03-12T06:01:00.004+00:002024-03-12T06:01:50.446+00:00Top ten Tuesday: Books I'm Worried I Might Not Love As Much The Second Time Around<p> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-13035 aligncenter" height="200" sizes="(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px" src="https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6.png" srcset="https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6.png 781w, https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6-250x100.png 250w, https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6-768x308.png 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="499" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Top Ten Tuesday was created by <a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a12769; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;" target="_blank">The Broke and the Bookish</a> in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a great list. I only started re-reading a few years ago and I think this was part of the reason so...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXrJyoDX_Vb28o7dIX6L0XnKM6K_BIGZ16tr_0PIuf3sEiHSzI-UveyCGMaszNy0KHjxfu63UjZx3aI_bTcET4ccOI2_tm-DSUWY2mIvDqd6VyJ16Pcp3uEQWKsnSArjI-iXmGkS3rMSG2sMNMjLK_hnGvQSUbsDbat4tj17SRYq_QAeLKUHlT4RlZ-08/s475/38313969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXrJyoDX_Vb28o7dIX6L0XnKM6K_BIGZ16tr_0PIuf3sEiHSzI-UveyCGMaszNy0KHjxfu63UjZx3aI_bTcET4ccOI2_tm-DSUWY2mIvDqd6VyJ16Pcp3uEQWKsnSArjI-iXmGkS3rMSG2sMNMjLK_hnGvQSUbsDbat4tj17SRYq_QAeLKUHlT4RlZ-08/s320/38313969.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNK9XrB59nAYuZa1LtD3mSU8KtipgBGf81_3RezUq6o6p0_UFsv1pt566LcIpz_mgbiMX8VdsJPT9m1lJjz3rPc-23RrS4CmlPT0SHLJkvRjQxWsTSeP4iyWXWtnkea_Q20lP6oG6yYclJqc1qOxa-hRUkMhYXcUXbU_zRhn0uUCYOJmL8K0i8mNQkCE8m/s499/517noXV4izL._SX330_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #0f1111; font-family: arial;">Jess Bright, single mum and journalist, feels her life has stalled. So when she's offered a writing job in Paris for the summer, she leaps at the chance to go. Hasn't she always felt that she left a piece of her heart in the city years before?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Her subject is the iconic artist Adelaide Fox, whose personal life has been steeped in scandal and intrigue. Now approaching eighty, she's ready to tell her side of the story - and serve up some scalding-hot revenge in the process.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Amidst a stormy working relationship, Jess and Adelaide must face up to their pasts. As passionate affairs, terrible betrayals and life-changing secrets surface, there may be more surprises in store than either of them dared imagine . . .</div></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzyvTtYsPySaXZLt5JA-eXj1hmC3EsUIXgkWJbSe3Uvvj5S-748jxVlMSAJgKYhRmwsAiNhZYkM_0mmgdL8VMhDvgKOYc3Ve4atoIISCt71MPbjw13lonnCWKWf4Uf8jZIpDvtO6k_5iEoE5_Hf2Vw29wQKUPlMX8RiIz7rCGIr38z-OcB2rcRqnjQnJx/s522/71seE0tHwQL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzyvTtYsPySaXZLt5JA-eXj1hmC3EsUIXgkWJbSe3Uvvj5S-748jxVlMSAJgKYhRmwsAiNhZYkM_0mmgdL8VMhDvgKOYc3Ve4atoIISCt71MPbjw13lonnCWKWf4Uf8jZIpDvtO6k_5iEoE5_Hf2Vw29wQKUPlMX8RiIz7rCGIr38z-OcB2rcRqnjQnJx/s320/71seE0tHwQL._SY522_.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I am a great fan of Lucy Diamond’s writing and was looking forward to being taken on a trip to Paris with her latest book. It certainly didn’t disappoint; I was quickly immersed in Parisian life and missed the city when the book was finished. I love the bright yellow cover, which invites the reader into the city with its well known landmark. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">The story features writer and journalist Jess Bright who has recently separated from her cheating husband and is currently trying to relaunch her career while bringing up her teenage daughters single handed. When she is given a chance to travel to Paris for an assignment, she jumps at the chance to return to the city where she lived for a while in her youth. The job involves writing the life story of artist Adelaide Fox, who is now in her 80s and ready to ‘tell all’. It turns out she has had a life peppered with scandal and rumour, and that revenge is one of her main motives for writing her memoirs at this point in her life. Adelaide is not the easiest person to work with and Jess finds herself involved in many confrontations with the artist. Fortunately Adelaide’s nephew, Lucas, is on hand to smooth things over as necessary. As her summer in the city progresses, Jess finds herself being drawn to Lucas and wonders if her feelings are reciprocated. She also thinks back over her time in Paris as a younger woman.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I found this a powerful and well-written story that stayed with me long after I finished the book. It has so many facets to it, from the simple development of the relationship between Jess and Adelaide, to their intriguing and eventful individual stories from the past, and then the possibilities for their futures. Of course, through Lucy Diamond’s excellent descriptive writing, I also enjoyed a tour of the sights of Paris and could almost smell the garlic and taste the wonderful French dishes Jess herself was experiencing. I can definitely recommend this book to any other readers looking for an escape to another world and another time. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/3wHjy5v" target="_blank">here</a>! </span></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-75124424238885331632024-03-04T05:55:00.003+00:002024-03-04T05:55:14.357+00:00February 2024 Reading Wrap Up<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Well that book hangover from reading the new CL Taylor novel Every Move You Make certainly stayed with me throughout most of February and so, despite picking up and starting 3 or 4 things, I only managed to read 1 book in the month of Februay. Please tell me it wasn't just me that struggled this month?!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I listened to the audiobook of:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_O1O_bOJgMaLf86ftbV-K9QmvEOcm3_0Zni5YMHiml21kSY2kpyAVH_e03jJRmEwdeDMaKN8HII5ck3NkUYSrSYWxovSMTJ0SK_tl11ccOpdb7pJUBNFvUckXvXof90ycZRAiRdMCYhHqVXGML6zSycRb70NBzTCVv-ffKCNuwwnvcXWYEk-gsywn9YE/s522/8184Em4K7jL._SY522_%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_O1O_bOJgMaLf86ftbV-K9QmvEOcm3_0Zni5YMHiml21kSY2kpyAVH_e03jJRmEwdeDMaKN8HII5ck3NkUYSrSYWxovSMTJ0SK_tl11ccOpdb7pJUBNFvUckXvXof90ycZRAiRdMCYhHqVXGML6zSycRb70NBzTCVv-ffKCNuwwnvcXWYEk-gsywn9YE/s320/8184Em4K7jL._SY522_%20(1).jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-75450637765238504512024-03-02T12:18:00.001+00:002024-03-02T12:18:01.329+00:00Guest Review: Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 By Max Hastings<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Max Hastings’s graphic new history tells the story from the viewpoints of national leaders, Russian officers, Cuban peasants, American pilots and British disarmers. Max Hastings deploys his accustomed blend of eye-witness interviews, archive documents and diaries, White House tape recordings, top-down analysis, first to paint word-portraits of the Cold War experiences of Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Nikita Khrushchev’s Russia and Kennedy’s America; then to describe the nail-biting Thirteen Days in which Armageddon beckoned.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hastings began researching this book believing that he was exploring a past event from twentieth century history. He is as shocked as are millions of us around the world, to discover that the rape of Ukraine gives this narrative a hitherto unimaginable twenty-first century immediacy. We may be witnessing the onset of a new Cold War between nuclear-armed superpowers.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To contend with today’s threat, which Hastings fears will prove enduring, it is critical to understand how, sixty years ago, the world survived its last glimpse into the abyss. Only by fearing the worst, he argues, can our leaders hope to secure the survival of the planet.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0f1111; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugnn6-ReKb9m_34XcEaN_-y_FMSMD_DL-qr_YhL7HMT2DcJTMOkSMt_lXnfOzpt7G8Lp_6djgXXqsRZx7C_shb73pSQk3p3n3ASox74CQn4Mu16EgY8JBSQEBq3LviSQlMWRzbhkLPrFjYqLfdi593_QdDzr905UCvDZJ_SEaorxStuPvdyigQ0XIfCyS/s522/81Pd0o3RCCL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugnn6-ReKb9m_34XcEaN_-y_FMSMD_DL-qr_YhL7HMT2DcJTMOkSMt_lXnfOzpt7G8Lp_6djgXXqsRZx7C_shb73pSQk3p3n3ASox74CQn4Mu16EgY8JBSQEBq3LviSQlMWRzbhkLPrFjYqLfdi593_QdDzr905UCvDZJ_SEaorxStuPvdyigQ0XIfCyS/s320/81Pd0o3RCCL._SY522_.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">Review: For 13 days, from 16th October 1962, the world stood on the brink of possible nuclear conflict as the two superpowers of the day, the United States of America and the Soviet Union, faced-off over the deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. This book is the author’s account of the events leading up to, during and after those 13 days, which is usually referred to as the Cuban Missile Crisis.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">In 1959, a socialist revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro overthrew the American-backed government. Castro became the country’s Prime Minister and pursued an agenda of socialist policies. This earned the enmity of America and led to many disaffected Cubans emigrating to America. In April 1961, a group of these Cuban exiles, trained by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and with the acquiescence of the newly-elected American President John F. Kennedy, attempted an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. The American administration, feeling humiliated, imposed trade embargoes on Cuba and made plans secretly to overthrow Castro. Cuba felt isolated and, fearing another American invasion, turned to the Soviet Union for economic and military support. As well as providing this aid, the Soviet Union’s Premier Nikita Khrushchev also came up with a plan to deploy covertly nuclear missiles, together with supporting technical and military personnel, to Cuba over the summer of 1962. These installations were photographed by American aerial reconnaissance missions in mid-October so that, despite Soviet denials, the Americans were aware of the nuclear deployment 90 miles from their south-east coast, precipitating the crisis. There followed 13 days of tense negotiations, together with an American naval blockade, before President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev drew back from the abyss and reached a compromise by which the Soviet nuclear missiles were withdrawn in return for America undertaking not to invade Cuba.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">Max Hastings has used eyewitness interviews, archive documents and diaries in order to research this book. In addition, President Kennedy had installed tape recorders in the White House so transcripts of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council during the crisis are available. As the author himself acknowledges, no such records of the deliberations in the Kremlin in Moscow are available, so there is some imbalance in the historical archives. Nevertheless, I found this a well-researched and very comprehensive account of a dramatic period during the 20th century. As well as accounts of the leaders Castro, Kennedy and Khrushchev and other politicians and top military personnel involved, the book provides an insight into the reactions of ordinary servicemen and civilians during this period. As well as detailing the actions of America and the Soviet Union, the book also has accounts from the perspective of the Cubans and America’s NATO allies. Throughout the book, the author does not shrink from giving his sometimes forthright views about the individuals involved. I found it to be a detailed and very interesting account of a dramatic period that should appeal to all enthusiasts of modern history.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/48Elj0g" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></span></div>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-42241071391816436062024-03-01T07:00:00.022+00:002024-03-02T12:13:55.241+00:00March 2024 TBR: New Book Releases and Nonfiction I Want to Read<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Ok, we will take a moment to recognise the fact that I did not read very much in the month of February but it's a short month so I am definitely forgiven for that! There will be a lot of holdovers from last month but there are also a few new things I want to read this month!</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">March Releases (I've read but want to highlight!)</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHcgQncaLOG4bvBtXY8ZXodZwpq8H1_BCHFd2_KlkHLIqo6I75DFGSyRi0CMYYW0oo1vYQhYrveyJf5pQVlp49DUNWzGN2B0KUfH2fy361cHX1k6IPMN3duMrAA4TgFY4tbjdzG-OWTWrQmWTPcVa8p7I1c0AgcUy5Pj2ixxC1QTDo0dBhGN-DfkgAa7Z/s522/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHcgQncaLOG4bvBtXY8ZXodZwpq8H1_BCHFd2_KlkHLIqo6I75DFGSyRi0CMYYW0oo1vYQhYrveyJf5pQVlp49DUNWzGN2B0KUfH2fy361cHX1k6IPMN3duMrAA4TgFY4tbjdzG-OWTWrQmWTPcVa8p7I1c0AgcUy5Pj2ixxC1QTDo0dBhGN-DfkgAa7Z/s320/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A father she had never even known about until a few weeks ago! Yet here she was, standing outside the gates of a gorgeous pink villa being refused entry by the insufferable – and insufferably handsome – Raphael Knight, her father’s business manager.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When an old black and white photo proves Lia’s claim to be true, Raph is determined to make sure this stranger, with her long caramel waves and infectious smile, doesn’t have an ulterior motive. Even if that means not letting her out of his sight.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As temperatures rise, and not just from the heat of the Mediterranean sun, could Lia and Raph’s forced proximity lead to something more like… amore?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0f1111; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0s_Yoa5m05hxCr7YXgwA27I5LX18bVNljKGXIZjpDfP39uB2REQlAxuyVeeQfMqW-YgeE_9KnWkOEjibunO74ms3Puwih2AuZM0iQI06AQ2SSaaouPDdOTfjOEZCbLrZIa0_YKJBmXXn5o7HgLdZW9oxnOnHmowoZL2lc9KFBMu9d0I0uTrjb8sTXEcn/s522/91s7odD21TL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0s_Yoa5m05hxCr7YXgwA27I5LX18bVNljKGXIZjpDfP39uB2REQlAxuyVeeQfMqW-YgeE_9KnWkOEjibunO74ms3Puwih2AuZM0iQI06AQ2SSaaouPDdOTfjOEZCbLrZIa0_YKJBmXXn5o7HgLdZW9oxnOnHmowoZL2lc9KFBMu9d0I0uTrjb8sTXEcn/s320/91s7odD21TL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Review: This book is part of Julie Caplin’s very enjoyable Romantic Escapes series, the stories in which are set in a range of different countries, with a cast of characters who often crop up in more than one story. In this book, the author transported me to the Amalfi coast of Italy, with its rugged countryside and picturesque fishing villages, as illustrated on the book’s bright cover. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">The story centres on textile artist Lia Bathurst, who is spending the summer in the beautiful village of Positano. As well as looking for inspiration for a project she is working on, Lia is hoping to meet the man she has recently discovered is her biological father. It has come as a shock to her that her mother has kept his identity secret all these years. Unfortunately, her father, Ernesto, is a famous film star and Raph, his stepson and business manager, will not allow her to contact him. When it emerges that Ernesto may well be Lia’s father, Raph is still suspicious of her motives. Afraid that Lia might be a fortune hunter, Raph keeps close to her, but can he ignore the obvious attraction that develops between them?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I loved this well-written, will-they won’t-they romance, and expect other readers will also. The story is brimming with strong, interesting and mainly likeable characters and full of scenes evoking familiar tastes and vistas of Italy. I liked Lia, a very determined, inspiring heroine searching for her true origins. I also admired Raph for his loyalty to his stepfather, but found it hard to like him for the first portion of the book when he appeared arrogant and judgemental. His fun-loving brother, Leo, injected quite a bit of humour into the book, making him a likeable character, but there was an underlying seriousness to his personality. Someone I really liked was Raph’s mother, who ably ran a large household and cooked the most delicious-sounding meals with very little effort. This was an entertaining addition to this series; I’m already looking forward hopefully to a next book.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/49zPC9O" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-85724910356866192172024-02-14T07:00:00.001+00:002024-02-14T07:00:00.130+00:00Guest Review: The Library on Love Heart Lane by Christie Barlow <p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Growing up in foster care, Elle Cooper always felt a piece of herself was missing. Now, as her thirtieth birthday approaches, she’s ready to find it. But when instigating the search for her birth mother leads to a whole host of unexpected events, this librarian’s quiet life suddenly gets very loud!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With new friends, old flames and surprising influences keeping Elle busy, she soon starts to see that there’s more to life than where you came from – and that where you are right now, and who you have in your corner, is what might just matter most of all…</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmqGyiLhY0MoVlin3OkElEtgsofTsYM3BZjBZQs2pGooXjRG4sK4WwkZaXwaJtLZI7tKZVtv1rIJNnBaxtCQQF_fZmajufbWwlt5QECzb6YGE6qjA489Aaq9D-LCTzo8yr967zNxln5CxFfENq9lE_N3SJTNGMRqIGsc4RdCFLi-ESYaArVEr3pxI637g/s445/51pkdDLp0QL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="282" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmqGyiLhY0MoVlin3OkElEtgsofTsYM3BZjBZQs2pGooXjRG4sK4WwkZaXwaJtLZI7tKZVtv1rIJNnBaxtCQQF_fZmajufbWwlt5QECzb6YGE6qjA489Aaq9D-LCTzo8yr967zNxln5CxFfENq9lE_N3SJTNGMRqIGsc4RdCFLi-ESYaArVEr3pxI637g/s320/51pkdDLp0QL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="203" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Review: This is the 13th book in the Love Heart Lane series from this author. It was published previously as Evie’s Year of Taking Chances, and has been adapted to fit into the present series. The stories in this series feature inhabitants of the small highland village of Heartcross and the nearby town of Glensheil, each one introducing one or more new character as well as reuniting the reader with well-loved faces from previous books. All the books, including this one, can be read as a standalone story. As usual, this book contains a helpful map showing locations within Love Heart Lane that feature in the stories.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">The central character in this book is librarian Elle Cooper. She loves her job in the Love Heart Lane library, where she works alongside friend Pippa, and new member of staff Aiden. Elle has had a troubled past, having been moved as a child from one foster family to another until she was finally placed in her teens with Irene, who has been like a mother to her ever since. Now, with her 30th birthday round the corner, Elle wants to try and find her birth mother, and perhaps even her father. However, Elle’s search results in a series of shocks for her that just keep on coming, and her quiet existence is suddenly transformed in more ways than one.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">I have enjoyed all of the books in this series so far, but, for me, this is probably the most emotional read so far. Elle was a lovely person, and as her story emerged with each page, her amazing, strong personality was revealed. The story of her early years was quite heartbreaking to read. As you might expect from a librarian, Elle had a great love of books and a favourite author who she longed to meet, but she was unsure if she had it in her to write a book of her own. The story underlined the importance in all our lives of true friends. Elle was lucky in having so many people who cared for her, including a caring and supportive foster mother. I loved her best friend Pippa, different in so many ways from Elle, but always there ready to help out and add some humour to any situation. As with previous books in the series, the wonderful community spirit present in Love Heart Lane shone out and in addition the storyline contained a satisfying dose of romance for more than just Elle.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/42IHwcf" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></span></div>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-75217460870385646182024-02-13T07:00:00.001+00:002024-02-13T07:00:00.145+00:00January 2024 Wrap Up: How Many Books Did I Read At The Start of 2024?<p><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn't realise until I put this list together that I actually read as much as I did because CL Taylor's book put me into a reading slump where I just couldn't get into anything else. I guess I just missed the thrill of her book whenever I picked up something else. Bout of Books accounts for about half of this list and then diving into Alice Oseman accounts for the other half. I'm still working my way through Alice Oseman's books but I'm really proud of this list!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">eBooks</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB2TwNiOfftwNO2pwbBXgmc_3zx-ownU1BySl3PF-N75d6DqRzNWt43vJBgASiUL-3cpy3pEIh-94lXIxHY24x-CEKLN2TiIzlF88Ivxe5-Bj731hkLUeDzXuATjGBFYoOqwKeMwq2mEbdmbbyR0gXoPlkLFQbedcaS-IsQsveth9TGRuXdvnmGWdPHbJ/s522/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB2TwNiOfftwNO2pwbBXgmc_3zx-ownU1BySl3PF-N75d6DqRzNWt43vJBgASiUL-3cpy3pEIh-94lXIxHY24x-CEKLN2TiIzlF88Ivxe5-Bj731hkLUeDzXuATjGBFYoOqwKeMwq2mEbdmbbyR0gXoPlkLFQbedcaS-IsQsveth9TGRuXdvnmGWdPHbJ/s320/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-87283991171396855272024-02-12T07:00:00.001+00:002024-02-12T07:00:00.130+00:00February 2024 TBR: New Book Releases and Other Audiobooks I Want To Read<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a great start to my reading year in January and then a cewrtain thriller author (CL Taylor) put me into a reading slump with her new book Every Move You Make so I didn't read anything after that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm hoping this (late) February TBR will help me get back on track because there are certainly a lot of things I want to read. I've included a couple of books that are released at the end of February that I have pre-ordered on audiobook so I may not finish them before March 1st but then there's always hope right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've also included a nonfiction book I want to read and I'm stil on my Alice Oseman deep dive so she will feature here too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">February Releases</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVe6VzSasC4Zp1fWycmwGr-m-9QlBb796qqBCvWAV_k60e-yiSQMe3yncNWbEBp86pwB4UqecPI-SeWSJDPUu54mLq-VCWV1zsv90rTFPDTABTt6TbyGdc8R0PT2wpWeDnW_l9cEC4-FB9sEXp07iEDonhqjdUeHJ34xwaHm4hnKQnaS0Dge-lNvVZBK7o/s391/cover311025-medium.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rFdclQ4B4Kqdlf5tpZTSCxlb6TXcSLcaeVC9ewcRr3nk-gwNAAuB-34mxqSj7DlIhLQdEfsDb3EIstgQwS3wXzpiByMeathywQZx5xVSt9c42H_FrK_OW67GNMCCD-2mycLq3ZAxgNRjSyTutXPFocN5EDkl5iGGXZJhkeBk22fdkoS4qjC-f-9y6_Tw/s320/cover302846-medium.png" width="209" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">February 15th</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBRIxjP3NLE-KlBl2R9SMiF_OHQGTFVbGtC025j1LgioUPAGj04reiniUWY_PIDzVz1_cKS_F8tVYmjEGNhblKcOFlgXcRYmO9B2YhdT0HYH76ex2lceoji02iUANzMz_AMnxg27U6I4hqP1RJlCCpHMPGad9ZYl6dHMbmXRK6lMFoE-Pjpg4xDF6KZf5/s391/cover308740-medium.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-40307581674945666452024-01-16T20:55:00.003+00:002024-01-16T20:55:45.693+00:00Blog Tour: Review of The Happiest Ever After by Milly Johnson<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDMKyLCZrB-KYzZRlYIOcV4fUsCCcuBrCIcKLE06xRLBTXdUag_4S5aFYNzHgF-n5JXneEZlhK9A17IW8qBjEsZU9fx-A3HWN7_G1-5U5o5M1Tp0AFKM7UsSQcJhbuuSt6RMhi1ZjfJJ8J5qUXmrWraH_x4gnvvolGsU4TM0iRJoBLpKdrt24iTTMgTG7/s1080/The%20Happiest%20Ever%20After%20early%20blogtour.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDMKyLCZrB-KYzZRlYIOcV4fUsCCcuBrCIcKLE06xRLBTXdUag_4S5aFYNzHgF-n5JXneEZlhK9A17IW8qBjEsZU9fx-A3HWN7_G1-5U5o5M1Tp0AFKM7UsSQcJhbuuSt6RMhi1ZjfJJ8J5qUXmrWraH_x4gnvvolGsU4TM0iRJoBLpKdrt24iTTMgTG7/w640-h640/The%20Happiest%20Ever%20After%20early%20blogtour.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is my stop on the blog tour for the Amazing new book from Milly Johnson today! Here's what it's all about: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; text-align: start;">Polly Potter is surviving, not thriving. She used to love her job as a business consultant, turning around businesses that were on their uppers – until her mentor died and her new boss decided to make her life hell. She used to love her partner Chris – until he cheated on her, and now she can’t forget. The only place where her life is working is on the pages of the novel she is writing – there she can recreate herself as a feistier, bolder, more successful version of herself – as the fictional Sabrina Anderson.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">But what if it was possible to start over again? To leave everything behind, forget all that went before, and live the life you’d always dreamed of?</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">That’s how Polly finds herself as Sabrina, living at the heart of a noisy Italian family restaurant by the sea. Run by Teddy, the charming son of her new landlady Marielle, it has potential, if only a rival restaurant is stopped from moving in next door. Sabrina can’t remember her life as Polly, but she knows she is living a different life from the one she used to live.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">But what if her new life could give her her happiest ever after…?</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdxGCQYZ4VcAvWtkMHl5mmMMstaGBFjdriQDk5gha5laCwiJz-xcjxXQ1BrO5pE57NFV367XCjgyFDVVfnxEsfc5pLDM6V30BIA1nyTLkCz4YCW1KLXca5BJt9P86tnpsTmo_OMAJsfDtnSTcCcnmN6SpjHtx7q2P_vGnQg5c0ncyRxvHOaj9bjRx2eAl/s391/cover298342-medium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdxGCQYZ4VcAvWtkMHl5mmMMstaGBFjdriQDk5gha5laCwiJz-xcjxXQ1BrO5pE57NFV367XCjgyFDVVfnxEsfc5pLDM6V30BIA1nyTLkCz4YCW1KLXca5BJt9P86tnpsTmo_OMAJsfDtnSTcCcnmN6SpjHtx7q2P_vGnQg5c0ncyRxvHOaj9bjRx2eAl/s320/cover298342-medium.png" width="209" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Review: I warmed to the main character Polly Potter straight away when I picked this book up. Like many Milly Johnson characters, she is hard done by (especially by men) but very very easy to relate to. However I did not expect the twists and turns of this story. It started out as a classic Milly novel with Polly trying her best to overcome the shit men who surround her and make her life as happy as it can possibly be. This involves a little deception and a lot of self-control, as well as a couple of awesome females in her office, then the books veers suddenly off in another direction and oh boy are you in for a treat?! This became part comeback tale and part mystery and I could not put it down. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b4a8246-7fff-c1f2-24ad-f3a3aaf1e040"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Polly really was delightful to spend the course of the novel with. As well as the fact that you find yourself rooting for her, she just feels like a classic Milly Johnson character that we all know and love and so there’s such a sense of familiarity with her. I really wanted her to live the life that she created for Sabrina and she genuinely does not have a bad bone in her body so you just can’t help but get behind her. Thankfully she does have a couple of other women looking out for her. Her new landlady is wonderful and we get to see a glimpse of her story as the book progresses as well and then Polly’s deskmate and head of HR also really do have her back and as a reader you are glad that they are there. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Milly Johnson always does such a great job of writing a villain you love to hate so that when they get their comeuppance you can rejoice and cheer on those moments along the reading journey. The villains in this book are truly, truly horrible. They are so well-written you almost want to jump into the pages and warn Polly about them before she even comes face to face with them. There are quite a few baddies to boo along the way but they don’t take away from the happiness you feel as you unravel Polly’s tale. I know I’ve mentioned quite a few times that this feels like a classic Milly Johnson novel and that’s one of the things I liked best about it but that’s just the genius of it. If you love a Milly book then you know you’re in for a treat right from the word go, but if you’re reading this review trying to decide whether to read it or not then you can be reassured that this is indicative of this author’s work and you know you’re going to have a good time and you’ve made the right choice!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To order your copy now just click <a href="https://amzn.to/48QrYF6" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div></span></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-77621385507420470732024-01-13T07:00:00.002+00:002024-01-13T07:00:00.130+00:00Guest Review: The Ascent of Man By Jacob Bronowski<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial;">Dr Jacob Bronowksi's </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial; font-style: italic !important;">The Ascent of Man</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial;"> traces the development of human society through our understanding of science.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: #0f1111; text-align: center;">First published in 1973 to accompany the groundbreaking BBC television series, it is considered one of the first works of 'popular science', illuminating the historical and social context of scientific development for a generation of readers. In his highly accessible style, Dr Bronowski discusses human invention from the flint tool to geometry, agriculture to genetics, and from alchemy to the theory of relativity, showing how they all are expressions of our ability to understand and control nature.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In this new paperback edition, </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;">The Ascent of Man</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> inspires, influences and informs as profoundly as ever.</span></div></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqEBPj1n4u7hiYo-4AIEuWaoGapAcWcrtrljbatxaKLgdKe6xBsSII7TStByvXzC_BTn6cAs_a28h0yxBQBVdf9qPuMbuXeHlgi43cHuFlJwfKwbg_nlR9dGqgbB-x8NsOWkX4ClRZTFxUfhch6-pmQ-LTqls26EuBwWle7Io8W66HvE0AV2X3yqPHLBv/s522/71NltXWOVlL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqEBPj1n4u7hiYo-4AIEuWaoGapAcWcrtrljbatxaKLgdKe6xBsSII7TStByvXzC_BTn6cAs_a28h0yxBQBVdf9qPuMbuXeHlgi43cHuFlJwfKwbg_nlR9dGqgbB-x8NsOWkX4ClRZTFxUfhch6-pmQ-LTqls26EuBwWle7Io8W66HvE0AV2X3yqPHLBv/s320/71NltXWOVlL._SY522_.jpg" width="204" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Review: This book was published in 1973 to accompany the BBC television series of the same name. The series, detailing the history of scientific achievements, was commissioned as an accompaniment to a similar series on the arts entitled “Civilisation”. Dr Jacob Bronowski, a mathematician, physicist and biologist, was chosen to present the television series “The Ascent of Man”.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">The book consists of thirteen chapters, corresponding to each of the episodes of the television series. The author’s main thesis is that science and the arts are not separable and that their advancement during humankind’s evolution and intellectual development are intertwined. Hence the chapters cover such topics as: the evolution of hominids; architecture; perspective in art; planetary theory; nuclear physics; and genetics. The topics are described in a way such that they are understandable to a layman. The author’s main argument is that humankind is unique among other life forms on earth in that it has the ability to record, learn and improve, allowing it to mould nature to its wishes.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">I found this to be a a wide-ranging and interesting book, written by a polymath who had an excellent command of his subject matter. Although a scientist myself, it is written in a style that will appeal to non-scientists as well, and is a fascinating account of the history of science from the evolution of humankind up to the 1970s.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/3NM5rBf" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-75678757128798106532024-01-10T07:00:00.002+00:002024-01-10T07:00:00.129+00:00Guest Review: Secrets of Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700 !important;">Cally</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial;">, a devoted single mum, is stretched thin between caring for her clingy mother and her day job as a hairdresser with an always sympathetic ear. When her life in Liverpool is suddenly upended, she grabs her son Sam and jumps in the car to drive south for Christmas. Searching for a tiny speck of a village she once visited as a child, they nearly give up when a snowstorm hits, only to unexpectedly stumble across it: </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial; font-style: italic !important;">Welcome to Starshine Cove</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial;">.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Amidst the welcoming – if slightly mad – locals, Cally finds some unexpected new friendships and even the beginnings of something more. But as the year draws to a close, she faces a tough decision: she and Sam can’t stay here forever, and the future looks a lot less jolly back home…</div></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zb9ypSqrEqYE3bWpsfphFtoPFGy8ciJMvB57NoYOBp6l2sUvS1aqt92Q9ZjX5o_dOar7WPl6YvoCXzTn9dTa8g_krdhD8imm2qTZ2l0QTWaakBCt_ZudZ3pMtlZGPiDnP2iUKXSaYmYZESz_BhHAUZd51tNGyLUIKkwTzMsM_xprV973lmnzg5YD0PEW/s522/81BSFXGuqTL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="341" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zb9ypSqrEqYE3bWpsfphFtoPFGy8ciJMvB57NoYOBp6l2sUvS1aqt92Q9ZjX5o_dOar7WPl6YvoCXzTn9dTa8g_krdhD8imm2qTZ2l0QTWaakBCt_ZudZ3pMtlZGPiDnP2iUKXSaYmYZESz_BhHAUZd51tNGyLUIKkwTzMsM_xprV973lmnzg5YD0PEW/s320/81BSFXGuqTL._SY522_.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Review: This is the second book from Debbie Johnson set in the magical and mysterious Dorset village of Starshine Cove, so difficult to find but also hard to leave behind. It follows on from Escape to Starshine Cove, but can be read as a standalone story. I was looking forward to reading this book, having enjoyed the first tale about the village and its inhabitants. It proved one of those stories that pulled me in quickly and kept me coming back until the very end.</div></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">The narrative in this case focuses on single mother Cally and teenage son Sam. With Christmas fast approaching, Cally’s world caring for Sam and her needy mother while working hard as a hairdresser suddenly changes, leaving her with time on her hands, a strange situation for her. Without really knowing where they are going, she loads Sam into the car and sets off for a village where she has happy memories of spending Christmas as a child. When they have almost given up trying to find this elusive place, a sign magically appears directing them to Starshine Cove. Both Cally and Sam are astonished by the welcoming atmosphere in the village and the way they are absorbed into the community. One family in particular appeals to Cally, and, as she gets close to them, she wonders how she will ever be able to leave Starshine Cove and return to the life she knew before.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">I absolutely loved this book and can highly recommend it, whether or not you have read the first story about this village. The storyline here has so much to offer, filled as it is with romance, humour and amazing characters, all wrapped up in a Christmas book. It is pure escapism, leaving the reader wishing that Starshine Cove really existed and that they could live among these kind people in this wonderful seaside setting - great writing from Debbie Johnson as always.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/48etote" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></span></div>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-9658811930875135982024-01-09T06:05:00.008+00:002024-01-09T06:05:53.127+00:00Bout of Books 39 Wrap Up<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqBW2QkJ-Usoq-6Y2HeeuUaKAVR1VVG3S9OtVXpVq_dM4EPidqiyjuR2k-J6FK6eLwW0QSZhVH93QNyVUZEArlG9A4dlFifow5pG-g2G6ZYWwi0ukrIBvIpCYMRJHhz8CJkwPWueIc0LEpGKDGfQql-hUMe2-Llxj-CcXMpXvcrnai9WygapnccPoJ9Sl/s200/e2C8r55.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqBW2QkJ-Usoq-6Y2HeeuUaKAVR1VVG3S9OtVXpVq_dM4EPidqiyjuR2k-J6FK6eLwW0QSZhVH93QNyVUZEArlG9A4dlFifow5pG-g2G6ZYWwi0ukrIBvIpCYMRJHhz8CJkwPWueIc0LEpGKDGfQql-hUMe2-Llxj-CcXMpXvcrnai9WygapnccPoJ9Sl/s1600/e2C8r55.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I always love this first Bout of Books of the year I think it's just a bit of a shame that it landed on the first of January this year. We're always so busy and then I had to go back to schoool so I didn't read as much as I would've liked but still managed a decent chunk of reading to see in the new year with. Let me know in the comments what your first reads/reads of 2024 are!</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's what I read:</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_fPI2gMz6sE2WPVkhnYP5VQ3WUcUwfuN7GM_kzlW_aD9pu3H5HGdxisIK3PcsjwEZr3FiDFX50zvz8YoCj_kySpLnT8-vt7u5DZMFl_cuWYBcNRyljDXi7B6lFEVfI3oFGVi6AIu3ADIAZvCs16SfqVFMQzEvleEwk8aGYuDRH4AUib8HXG3sP2xZEIQ/s522/81BBAyv-CJL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_fPI2gMz6sE2WPVkhnYP5VQ3WUcUwfuN7GM_kzlW_aD9pu3H5HGdxisIK3PcsjwEZr3FiDFX50zvz8YoCj_kySpLnT8-vt7u5DZMFl_cuWYBcNRyljDXi7B6lFEVfI3oFGVi6AIu3ADIAZvCs16SfqVFMQzEvleEwk8aGYuDRH4AUib8HXG3sP2xZEIQ/s320/81BBAyv-CJL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">321 pages</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPrV8UDuzdnvdOcQNkei9KTd8WWKYTP5TCG-YyOZG9Fa4bahgZ_ULEZhyiSJQ062w2XcH3P7VuZuEMYlR-D-2C4zqUKOmuYnziQG1tfN88fwkfIzqVrUZmu2YQ_Ux2NXjYkfvOvUR-IRp33T3V2uNnJZVzJ0pkzsiLB3EetZFV1w7T2FurXvVLbmIPWy1/s1500/124932722.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPrV8UDuzdnvdOcQNkei9KTd8WWKYTP5TCG-YyOZG9Fa4bahgZ_ULEZhyiSJQ062w2XcH3P7VuZuEMYlR-D-2C4zqUKOmuYnziQG1tfN88fwkfIzqVrUZmu2YQ_Ux2NXjYkfvOvUR-IRp33T3V2uNnJZVzJ0pkzsiLB3EetZFV1w7T2FurXvVLbmIPWy1/s320/124932722.jpeg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">320 pages</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZvnrePHrxhD2KQzMUs8rY4cgY4UsO1rB5WaSqALXdJhgV6HR9BWcEP55baii48Bh3yOgOWufoDSm9BYFTl5-HkBLkWfP2JurR81nUifgoOg9GvmlYUFQHqcIotcfPKYuCnpbIkPzKoYsS9SUbSHX6kDPR9kOpXqWuvp5WrkllH26GeqCsBizmzLB4cgd/s522/81SD7xIMPuL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZvnrePHrxhD2KQzMUs8rY4cgY4UsO1rB5WaSqALXdJhgV6HR9BWcEP55baii48Bh3yOgOWufoDSm9BYFTl5-HkBLkWfP2JurR81nUifgoOg9GvmlYUFQHqcIotcfPKYuCnpbIkPzKoYsS9SUbSHX6kDPR9kOpXqWuvp5WrkllH26GeqCsBizmzLB4cgd/s320/81SD7xIMPuL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">302 pages</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCaR-GC7ApfKPjff3XgiIXlO4jIBb0GL36iYM5myKfQ5A3s1uxCY64S1p-nLLuk8_6jhL0bIQ8mEWhA9dQDZj4kByVrrUdybKEz3XhvLk_14CANorZBmstSUdzuCbU62B16bHfHM_8ecj5RveLTR18nR9DpcUK_52RRcyOAS73YbRr4UeZLU9C5X59lYd/s522/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCaR-GC7ApfKPjff3XgiIXlO4jIBb0GL36iYM5myKfQ5A3s1uxCY64S1p-nLLuk8_6jhL0bIQ8mEWhA9dQDZj4kByVrrUdybKEz3XhvLk_14CANorZBmstSUdzuCbU62B16bHfHM_8ecj5RveLTR18nR9DpcUK_52RRcyOAS73YbRr4UeZLU9C5X59lYd/s320/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">33% of 342 pages 114 pages.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Books Finished: 5<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pages Read: 1795</span></h3><br />Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-2542877755373401332024-01-05T07:00:00.002+00:002024-01-05T07:00:00.140+00:0024 Books I Want to Read in 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I've made this list for the last couple of years now and I think they're a lot of fun! This list is in no particular order and any release dates I list will of course be UK unless otherwise stated and are subject to change. Keep your eyes peeled on the blog and the channel for more news about upcoming books and author events when they get released!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp0IZF_TlirnGSCkaX-K6gDeLXZw0J9-v7cX_QSwX_PJChDruaWSlRQKFi9YZN2rrhFDmZw-zKgrfFynJ_RiAh4gUwWUCdhOAkoOUnzQ-qwcI15HgL5qqxEtvdbbUbxXmsJDaiauSrVk0pTnDyj0Dk7O7d-vX850YwQw3bvXH6_IOdrjRTp-MJgy2CPJ-/s522/51UxRGDsQQL._SY522_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp0IZF_TlirnGSCkaX-K6gDeLXZw0J9-v7cX_QSwX_PJChDruaWSlRQKFi9YZN2rrhFDmZw-zKgrfFynJ_RiAh4gUwWUCdhOAkoOUnzQ-qwcI15HgL5qqxEtvdbbUbxXmsJDaiauSrVk0pTnDyj0Dk7O7d-vX850YwQw3bvXH6_IOdrjRTp-MJgy2CPJ-/s522/51UxRGDsQQL._SY522_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3tFTTeeKDc8kBYZLzZiG8KtlbY3ABsv-IdKvgCXTswk_dRBSzUnm0DEv41ObLR9NpDrYX1bYTMu9sc1IgOpgifqqT2VVWMP73Go9vrTqe7gRdDl2qIlHR5I5jSn8CZ_C_rJjqHgA3IDwMyvA-K-GdBFp8RJBfAC6Qs43DO0Qo6iVogo87fMR_OyXo0f1/s400/return-to-half-moon-farm-9781398511989_lg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I enjoyed some nice cosy reading on Christmas eve but then nothing again really until new years eve!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's everthing I read:</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Physical Books</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizA6ND4vghYwoe4Y0u75sDruJxXwShvph48p_YncbnE6zVuUQfTrM9Cx5jO3q-zw1mRWQGyWujGE4hsVlYyHYVDg8eqNdRzsnZrn7tn0lqc6OSUOnmJNsPL82sHmk99lTuOx3lQzCGK-HbNz-A2LqFIauGjS7moM4ZdPLKWPDVf2muCqLXBTIs8xOMI7_/s522/81MxWh8UNQL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizA6ND4vghYwoe4Y0u75sDruJxXwShvph48p_YncbnE6zVuUQfTrM9Cx5jO3q-zw1mRWQGyWujGE4hsVlYyHYVDg8eqNdRzsnZrn7tn0lqc6OSUOnmJNsPL82sHmk99lTuOx3lQzCGK-HbNz-A2LqFIauGjS7moM4ZdPLKWPDVf2muCqLXBTIs8xOMI7_/s320/81MxWh8UNQL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She loves her job as the manager of Willowdale Hall Riding Stables, caring for the horses and teaching children to ride, and she loves the home she shares with her mother in the beautiful Lake District. But she can't help wondering how her life might look if things had been different. What if her father had been around to help care for her mother? And what if she'd found someone special herself?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When Hubert Cranleigh - the owner of Willowdale Hall - is taken ill, his son Oliver steps into the breach. Brooding and distant, Rosie is furious when he claims not to know who she is. Especially when they have a history.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rosie's life is about to be turned upside down, but with the New Year comes new opportunities. What Rosie feels is missing from her life might be closer than she thinks, and with more significant consequences than she could ever have imagined...</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjRU23rnLhgToDBjiFDRJfXzYiD9a_JoTwljV3i3nJirmWCoaR-UhVhAlPDyfnhZGcMs-2gF7D9x4AyRKOpjkRpneqE_hgh1eOSbXPd-aDvI79evuIhR-xdDrQpr3TMKQTZiPnAYgDFPoKA-hl0_D4uEVl3uqMf7V4IHfUVfa33luVeL2QPLD9oN6sppS/s522/81Joeup7SyL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjRU23rnLhgToDBjiFDRJfXzYiD9a_JoTwljV3i3nJirmWCoaR-UhVhAlPDyfnhZGcMs-2gF7D9x4AyRKOpjkRpneqE_hgh1eOSbXPd-aDvI79evuIhR-xdDrQpr3TMKQTZiPnAYgDFPoKA-hl0_D4uEVl3uqMf7V4IHfUVfa33luVeL2QPLD9oN6sppS/s320/81Joeup7SyL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #454545;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">Review: This is the second book in the Escape to the Lakes series from Jessica Redland. The storyline is set once again in the fictional village of Willowdale on the shores of Derwent Water, one of the larger bodies of water in the picturesque Lake District. It was good to revisit the village where the first book in the series was set and to meet up with some familiar characters. Although this story can be read as a standalone, I would recommend reading the first book in the series before this one to give complete enjoyment. The book has a beautiful cover recognisable as a typical Lake District scene.</div></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">The story this time brings to the fore Rosie, a character who featured in the last book She lives and works on the Willowdale Hall estate, where she looks after the horses and runs the riding school. She has lived all her life with her mother in a cottage on the estate, but has never known the identity of her father. When Hubert Cranleigh, who lives in the hall, has a riding accident near to Christmas, his son, Oliver, returns home. Rosie and Oliver grew up together and had a relationship in the past, but he now pretends not to know her and keeps his distance. When his father dies and the future of the hall and its riding school is in doubt, many surprises come to light for both Rosie and Oliver. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it, especially to lovers of the Lake District. I must mention, though, that the book ends on a cliffhanger, which I was not expecting; I will be keenly waiting for the next book in the series to solve the mystery and hope it won’t be too long a wait. I loved the characters in this story, with the exception of Hubert Cranleigh, a very unlikeable character. Oliver was a bit of a contradiction - quite unlikeable to start with but the opposite by the end. I was quite prepared to dislike him but then he began to show another side to his character. Rosie and her mum were just as lovely as in the last book; I loved their relationship, and the way in which Rosie looked after her mum in particular. I liked the way in which Rosie and Oliver’s history was revealed in a series of flashbacks dotted throughout the book; I think that worked well to explain their current relationship. I am very much looking forward to the next story in this series, not only because of the cliffhanger but also because I am enjoying following the events in this village and the lives of the characters who live there. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/3H53NqW" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-30349933147321977172024-01-02T07:00:00.001+00:002024-01-02T07:00:00.131+00:00Bout of Books 39 Sign Up and TBR<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeySgdbKxbYbXSchk8_99nikufFsYaXj3VQ8rJYsd2DvCjFky9hcMPQk1EqM1P2U-zDERdJUn6STbtYDbCazlI4qoA3p6dNUIlEZB-V-3RY3Rpg7JnnsgpVF-tOiywTD8KqqdzYhvRcz7WNlIqWyICKLiQ5_wzbDQvwg45T5zaI0-METV55ztslQ88KS0v/s200/e2C8r55.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeySgdbKxbYbXSchk8_99nikufFsYaXj3VQ8rJYsd2DvCjFky9hcMPQk1EqM1P2U-zDERdJUn6STbtYDbCazlI4qoA3p6dNUIlEZB-V-3RY3Rpg7JnnsgpVF-tOiywTD8KqqdzYhvRcz7WNlIqWyICKLiQ5_wzbDQvwg45T5zaI0-METV55ztslQ88KS0v/s1600/e2C8r55.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">It's bout of books time again, always the BEST way to start the reading year. It's a busy week for me but I'm going to try my best to read as much as possible. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">If your'e not sure what Bout of Books is, here's a message from the creators to explain a little bit more: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><i><span style="text-align: start;">The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 1st and runs through Sunday, January 7th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, daily Discord questions, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. </span><b style="text-align: start;">For all Bout of Books 39 information and updates, be sure to visit the <a href="http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bout of Books</a> blog.</b><span style="text-align: start;"> - From the Bout of Books team</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Or you can take look at my previous Bout of Books readathon BookTube videos</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">(I might cave and just read the whole series again)</span></div><br /><p></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-28442099640902204652024-01-01T22:39:00.000+00:002024-01-01T22:39:58.945+00:00January 2024 TBR<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Wow a new year and a new TBR to be had. January is a bit of a funny one isn't it? We're full of motivation to achieve all our goals but it's dark and cold and there's a long time until the next holidays. I've got some carry overs from December as well as some 2024 releases I would like to get to. It is Bout of Books this month which is always an amazing way to kick of the new year althought Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Bout of Books week are very busy for me. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'd also like to try and include at least 1 nonfiction on my TBR each month this year so I'll list one of those here too. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm also going to try and do the reading challenge from Books and The City so I'll let you know which of the challenges I hit off this as well...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJc6MjqG5enXEMXubUvcoIzeLXwmSakQjAmucn6_pj2TGWBEeu3hTeVHyw4Vwdl8ZI7nOFmw6oY6U-MjPcI81ie0-e_O2yr4nFqVz_ddLNnRml7EBYuZ_YwyiE1AEyXPpmSm9hMe95KgblTqklAq7UpzRi928kK3p59xlK08Fi6UIc1jWDRQOfMMkddNRk/s1080/teambatc-42-respectromfic-reading-challenge-2024-updated.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJc6MjqG5enXEMXubUvcoIzeLXwmSakQjAmucn6_pj2TGWBEeu3hTeVHyw4Vwdl8ZI7nOFmw6oY6U-MjPcI81ie0-e_O2yr4nFqVz_ddLNnRml7EBYuZ_YwyiE1AEyXPpmSm9hMe95KgblTqklAq7UpzRi928kK3p59xlK08Fi6UIc1jWDRQOfMMkddNRk/w640-h640/teambatc-42-respectromfic-reading-challenge-2024-updated.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">December holdovers...</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNXfrrR_2FBpqRSCbRm7bVxkDaaFEUY_vb7d-Spr6oVEmn4xRM_Yxk01NkvpQpJn1N9zcuIk_9_rH71eWZUKhikCJBFKY0SAhYRZKn8W9CzTIYgCYD9Lr2wHOa9eaMiRcCLYdiuEeHgygSyHhqHnw21IGoaAmR2Zefix4iWVcr-C7jQW4Pblc_5DWyQ2_/s522/91rpfSRLyVL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNXfrrR_2FBpqRSCbRm7bVxkDaaFEUY_vb7d-Spr6oVEmn4xRM_Yxk01NkvpQpJn1N9zcuIk_9_rH71eWZUKhikCJBFKY0SAhYRZKn8W9CzTIYgCYD9Lr2wHOa9eaMiRcCLYdiuEeHgygSyHhqHnw21IGoaAmR2Zefix4iWVcr-C7jQW4Pblc_5DWyQ2_/s320/91rpfSRLyVL._SY522_.jpg" width="223" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An unread book already on my shelf/adapted for stage/screen. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp2im2ZZNpPzc4SQQWWKB621J82zDC681esooFaGUI2MTlTvpUzFiEt8NG_ouoZ9rKKbsKBxaXfhLDZXY-nHC2araU6wLWqMmhhyphenhyphenZ1Lo6Ul2tjzPOFxp4qGgrm28Tj_TL2LISdkCBHDVge7_DF16Gj3TL51N862V0K7p9_Iqyww8-szMd59EkmEGUgOD1/s522/81fMBCnhjZL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvp2im2ZZNpPzc4SQQWWKB621J82zDC681esooFaGUI2MTlTvpUzFiEt8NG_ouoZ9rKKbsKBxaXfhLDZXY-nHC2araU6wLWqMmhhyphenhyphenZ1Lo6Ul2tjzPOFxp4qGgrm28Tj_TL2LISdkCBHDVge7_DF16Gj3TL51N862V0K7p9_Iqyww8-szMd59EkmEGUgOD1/s320/81fMBCnhjZL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A one-word title. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An unread book already on my shelf/adapted for stage/screen. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2024 Releases</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgy8pMp0LoIoFQ_YJ99l0owPxuttpXE2o6jrEq2lhToj9emImvYdhr1wRuJQJlr_ROEx03xffGBN50qsz48O5U8xrXV1h8W6TAWykrRuURcOK47fouwysgQPM063VSeYdLp8mXMdGkDZQu2I2PK1fXffEgg6q9-uXnO-P2-eLIzpDy8joWYZAkXvCOW52/s522/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgy8pMp0LoIoFQ_YJ99l0owPxuttpXE2o6jrEq2lhToj9emImvYdhr1wRuJQJlr_ROEx03xffGBN50qsz48O5U8xrXV1h8W6TAWykrRuURcOK47fouwysgQPM063VSeYdLp8mXMdGkDZQu2I2PK1fXffEgg6q9-uXnO-P2-eLIzpDy8joWYZAkXvCOW52/s320/81Sji0YKcrL._SY522_.jpg" width="210" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think this one might be a weepy...</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC2RLmvZhkHmHSvYBKJw5q0YABKUgAYL3WDdEC6R1pgXK7oxUwt6rvUkISnUlXROzdiaz3YvhIQYgZNUEpytYupsztHtg1u-d6Bm18dUXT0D-Lmew3pH_LW8yYw-wanDzp-HG2Izt6qBMc5joYabMQGuTTkfxdDqyKyzD5ywI3IhmiZRfAY_xRvIpuJ1q/s522/6172pngrl4L._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC2RLmvZhkHmHSvYBKJw5q0YABKUgAYL3WDdEC6R1pgXK7oxUwt6rvUkISnUlXROzdiaz3YvhIQYgZNUEpytYupsztHtg1u-d6Bm18dUXT0D-Lmew3pH_LW8yYw-wanDzp-HG2Izt6qBMc5joYabMQGuTTkfxdDqyKyzD5ywI3IhmiZRfAY_xRvIpuJ1q/s320/6172pngrl4L._SY522_.jpg" width="215" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nonfiction Read</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJNS2kYKkbmjeIQu2EaeYob1lBI_M0cl6MbkY-iR8tWVmlUWZwrF6au9EQjNbMooip3mHSqE9kAyo8qdUHxcn2_QKEuzCnREf5ECAeP_jPIUnIJVX3bx0zrcc9oxyWc3aiIAqX7ovEEh5Yx7lzLCVGXxlMscJazn3Rdnst_CjBqwZF_G9ZEJ7mUqENwHE/s522/81SD7xIMPuL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJNS2kYKkbmjeIQu2EaeYob1lBI_M0cl6MbkY-iR8tWVmlUWZwrF6au9EQjNbMooip3mHSqE9kAyo8qdUHxcn2_QKEuzCnREf5ECAeP_jPIUnIJVX3bx0zrcc9oxyWc3aiIAqX7ovEEh5Yx7lzLCVGXxlMscJazn3Rdnst_CjBqwZF_G9ZEJ7mUqENwHE/s320/81SD7xIMPuL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-84872406226932904902023-12-20T07:24:00.009+00:002023-12-20T07:24:51.304+00:00Guest Review: Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">She’s meant to be catching flights, not catching feelings…</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Molly </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">and </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Andrew</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> are just trying to get home to Ireland for the holidays, when a freak snowstorm grounds their flight.</span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing romantic has ever happened between them: they’re friends and that’s all. But once a year, for the last ten years, Molly has spent seven hours and fifteen minutes sitting next to Andrew on the last flight before Christmas from Chicago to Dublin, drinking terrible airplane wine and catching up on each other’s lives. In spite of all the ways the two friends are different, it’s the holiday tradition neither of them has ever wanted to give up.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Molly isn’t that bothered by Christmas, but—in yet another way they’re total opposites—Andrew is a full-on fanatic for the festive season and she knows how much getting back to Ireland means to him. So, instead of doing the sane thing and just celebrating the holidays together in America, she does the stupid thing. The irrational thing. </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">She vows to get him home</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. And in time for his mam’s famous Christmas dinner.</span></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">The clock is ticking. But Molly always has a plan. And—as long as the highly-specific combination of taxis, planes, boats, and trains all run on time—it can’t possibly go wrong.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">What she doesn’t know is that, as the snow falls over the city and over the heads of two friends who are sure they’re not meant to be together, the universe might just have a plan of its own…</div></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kgL59eiSRpCLMpYZ4Ls4CAM02avNWyeh_MM9ILVRBAflA_B3YlTgA1uRd7w5vWRe9aaTahs_tAdj7lifFABPCXoru8c8XTLIrd5xJSXIra_gHvLBHZP3ixOPTDBDIjRBt90GuUFEU838ROl3QixoXTgpm4kEU7pIxh8_PqCIAWwfR2gAP9Ri43PYiex4/s466/715B3UPWuRL._SY466_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kgL59eiSRpCLMpYZ4Ls4CAM02avNWyeh_MM9ILVRBAflA_B3YlTgA1uRd7w5vWRe9aaTahs_tAdj7lifFABPCXoru8c8XTLIrd5xJSXIra_gHvLBHZP3ixOPTDBDIjRBt90GuUFEU838ROl3QixoXTgpm4kEU7pIxh8_PqCIAWwfR2gAP9Ri43PYiex4/s320/715B3UPWuRL._SY466_.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Reiew: As a lover of Christmas-based stories of all kinds, I was attracted by this book which is described on its striking cover as a hilarious Christmas romantic comedy. I’m not familiar with the author, but it sounded like something I would love to read. I listened to the audiobook, which was well read and kept me entertained for many hours.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">The story concerns two people, Molly and Andrew, who have known each other for ten years, having travelled home for Christmas each year on the same plane carrying them to Dublin from Chicago, where they both live and work. After the first meeting on the plane, which was difficult for many reasons, they have gradually become friends but no more than that. Molly professes to being unmoved by Christmas, while it is very important to Andrew. Therefore, when their flight is cancelled due to bad weather this particular year, Molly would happily spend the holiday in her apartment, but Andrew is desperate to get home somehow. Knowing how important it is for him, Molly sets out to get him back to Ireland by any means possible and there follows a hilarious journey taking in many stops and many modes of transport. Somewhere along the way something is changing between the pair; could romance be in the air?</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;">I have really enjoyed this story, which had me laughing a lot, but also anxious as Molly and Andrew gradually inched their way closer to home even as all sorts of obstacles dropped in their path. I loved the way in which the story was told, looking back over the last ten years of their friendship, each time reliving the flight taking them home that year. By the time of this present flight, they know a lot about each other and their families. They are so very different, but it is lovely to watch as they get closer with each passing year. This is a Christmas story with a difference and one which I’m sure other readers will enjoy as much as I have.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/4aw9bk4">here</a>!</span></span></div>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-40352112593133932262023-12-13T06:06:00.004+00:002023-12-13T06:06:41.860+00:00Guest Review: A New York Winter by Isla Gordon<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">Will her dreams come true in the city that never sleeps?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: #0f1111; text-align: center;">When she was nineteen, on a magical trip to New York City, Ashling created a list of her five life goals. There, she'd felt inspired to dream big, but now, ten years later, with four out of five goals having crumbled before her, she realises she has only one option left to live the life she's always dreamed of: move to New York City, before it's too late.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Armed with a ninety-day visa, she's sure that a winter in the city that never sleeps will help her finally get her life on track. However, after arriving in the Big Apple with nowhere to live, Ashling realises that she may be in over her head, until she meets River . . .</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">River is miserable. He's newly single, recently demoted and feeling entirely lost, but sensing Ashling could do with the help, he offers her his sofa bed. Despite their clashing personalities, over the course of the winter, outgoing Ashling finds herself growing closer to quiet, geeky River - but is he just shy or is there another reason he's holding back?</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important;"><div style="text-align: center;">With snow falling on 5th Avenue, a Thanksgiving parade and a fun-filled Christmas in the most romantic city in the world, can Ashling once again learn to follow her dreams - and maybe even her heart?</div></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zOIcZnP4l-adwQyTpBR2s17wGss2JkCodLfrs2ijK1q7bJR_3A74q5HmUhNhjGVFq8j58QEVWJMxnPVmzl6Ziq8CcN1Q6crKLhQtkYor6NNiXkXCWj3clj8SB9OZV0fO3XFPQCfJp02c3_gL8mfF6qWh-2ibXqF6ObrQTA87v8fs8j9fO5aDQBO1rCuS/s522/81PMHEwk7JL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zOIcZnP4l-adwQyTpBR2s17wGss2JkCodLfrs2ijK1q7bJR_3A74q5HmUhNhjGVFq8j58QEVWJMxnPVmzl6Ziq8CcN1Q6crKLhQtkYor6NNiXkXCWj3clj8SB9OZV0fO3XFPQCfJp02c3_gL8mfF6qWh-2ibXqF6ObrQTA87v8fs8j9fO5aDQBO1rCuS/s320/81PMHEwk7JL._SY522_.jpg" width="204" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Review: I have read and enjoyed many Christmas stories from Isla Gordon and looked forward to experiencing a New York Christmas and a romance to boot in this book. The book itself has a lovely, colourful cover that beckons the reader in to experience views of New York and Christmas festivities. The story certainly pulled me in from the start and I found myself quickly lost in the Big Apple. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">The story centres on Ashling, who is feeling down because she has now failed completely to accomplish four of the five lifetime goals she set for herself ten years previously. She decided on these goals while on a magical trip from London to New York with her now deceased grandmother, who had had a wonderful time in New York herself in her younger years. With her once successful career in tatters, the one remaining goal on Ashling’s list is to live in New York city, where she is confident that she will be inspired to realise where her life should lead now. She arrives in the city on a ninety-day visa waiver, but finding somewhere to live for that time proves difficult until an ex-boyfriend tells her of a colleague who is out of town and may let her stay in his apartment. The colleague, River, returns from his trip, but reluctantly allows Ashling to sleep on his sofa bed. Having very different personalities, their relationship is difficult to start with, but as time passes, Ashling begins to succeed in getting River to open up to her. As they become closer, Ashling begins to wonder whether they will truly admit their feelings towards each other before she has to return to the UK.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I absolutely loved this wonderful book that takes the reader on a Christmas break in New York city without leaving home. It covers everything that a visiting tourist would want to experience on such a break if they possibly could. The writing absolutely transported me to the Thanksgiving parade, the snow covered streets, the wonderful shop window displays, the ice skating rinks and the excitement of the ball drop in Times Square. Ashling was a really interesting character. Her world could be falling apart around her, but she just won’t let it go. How brave to set off on her own confident that everything will work out for her. She could hardly be more different from shy, reserved River. It was heart-warming to watch as a romance slowly developed between them, although time was running out and I began to despair of a happy ending. This is a lovely Christmas book, perfect for reading in the warm on a crisp winter’s day. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/3GDdexB" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-17611985217949440652023-12-07T07:00:00.003+00:002023-12-07T07:00:00.142+00:00November 2023 Reading Wrap Up: Nonfiction and Netgalley Reads...<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">November was a great reading month for me because I LOVED everything I read! I managed 4 nonfiction books and 2 netgalley reads so I'm happy with that!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, I will break it down into the types of books that I read...</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Physical Books</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpWUexMIXDaBtBNWpfSkRji0E5yYL-0w5Jj9B0wXyZ0hXOLKFO6y2bt8CO2Ehzath-rA06cRDvO40uI0snRXRD2UtcmvJ9wJmS4aBwBvAywU_gvcLzKbX8N68NszDOpDo2VRbkiY603hZV8R5D8KQTRo_iGVs6n2ugD0YrXaReBMEUk7kRpWZomLHP_5u/s522/91kSUQL4XKL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpWUexMIXDaBtBNWpfSkRji0E5yYL-0w5Jj9B0wXyZ0hXOLKFO6y2bt8CO2Ehzath-rA06cRDvO40uI0snRXRD2UtcmvJ9wJmS4aBwBvAywU_gvcLzKbX8N68NszDOpDo2VRbkiY603hZV8R5D8KQTRo_iGVs6n2ugD0YrXaReBMEUk7kRpWZomLHP_5u/s320/91kSUQL4XKL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPlgAsrrES6oc-By1kvckdHdiW-M8ICPyJh_65ycxYoKF3rpRsd0CvcngotKoWnUGTi9FB1oTGmkN-E75zi3P4eoXI-GLdki7LoUse8h04oPOhz5HDnLsUf5ef7vg9Ce9UkA2illhGasiJtj3TmgDI1qrhm41fNcdetOy0g9GmevhKqs7sUTgDzGcvyzI/s320/cover298342-medium.png" width="209" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Audiobooks</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG1utAK2gRBtcnX_PZ2OuRDD5hn8re5DVZ_P9Ih8FBD4DqAYX3M7qbM7RRkR_2NubLOhu8Kq6ZIJN8BSobNKQaT51OVbedDIvPBtkQVSzjr2zkQM_SrqVM2-_K-lQMvsaZZQ-e5SKBajk3RJ26eBmm1Ka5crGzTHA4VwkVsNnrZ1NSCSZSoj88dfj5xqw/s522/61KI7oL-u9L._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="337" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimG1utAK2gRBtcnX_PZ2OuRDD5hn8re5DVZ_P9Ih8FBD4DqAYX3M7qbM7RRkR_2NubLOhu8Kq6ZIJN8BSobNKQaT51OVbedDIvPBtkQVSzjr2zkQM_SrqVM2-_K-lQMvsaZZQ-e5SKBajk3RJ26eBmm1Ka5crGzTHA4VwkVsNnrZ1NSCSZSoj88dfj5xqw/s320/61KI7oL-u9L._SY522_.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyGsITxYU3OC0RyHUQKtbXTDrXFphaQnxQqjSjeKFTPf8Zt0xr7DMmdHjOzmZUbP5UuDii-rodHqCVTqeU6pJaSTyoge-7DAR-nqDOC8wvXddM_zwBVaDz20LMFKqDCCUMOrQ6HP2rQyjdaHKk3Rg83JEUulZj9gVO25QFQw_PT_0pAwlzn62XYKHABow/s522/91I+xkpTBDL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="346" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyGsITxYU3OC0RyHUQKtbXTDrXFphaQnxQqjSjeKFTPf8Zt0xr7DMmdHjOzmZUbP5UuDii-rodHqCVTqeU6pJaSTyoge-7DAR-nqDOC8wvXddM_zwBVaDz20LMFKqDCCUMOrQ6HP2rQyjdaHKk3Rg83JEUulZj9gVO25QFQw_PT_0pAwlzn62XYKHABow/s320/91I+xkpTBDL._SY522_.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-13035 aligncenter" height="200" sizes="(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px" src="https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6.png" srcset="https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6.png 781w, https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6-250x100.png 250w, https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TTT-new6-768x308.png 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="499" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Top Ten Tuesday was created by <a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a12769; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;" target="_blank">The Broke and the Bookish</a> in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are loads of authors that are popular around the book blogging world and booktube that I still have no read so I loved making this list...</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; margin: 0px auto 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-qw8ZFZNRs81iVbghV1ebUnPJjwBCFkxOjI4klmIE3Wbv44gAu9C2a_MI4ELGD1ZroyNX0nPV51ufDFrYQP24kkFhFliQpa3ZEKBBoxRTrhpGBgPSrLNAYbCuKh9tlY_y90VceJxFt9aIS6x6jZlLR2eAbcHYv2Uwp8m6vAkMjGUrVUnMuBgmNxU5EH4/s475/19288043.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-qw8ZFZNRs81iVbghV1ebUnPJjwBCFkxOjI4klmIE3Wbv44gAu9C2a_MI4ELGD1ZroyNX0nPV51ufDFrYQP24kkFhFliQpa3ZEKBBoxRTrhpGBgPSrLNAYbCuKh9tlY_y90VceJxFt9aIS6x6jZlLR2eAbcHYv2Uwp8m6vAkMjGUrVUnMuBgmNxU5EH4/s320/19288043.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ellie Browne has left behind her high-flying job in London to return to the charming Buckinghamshire village of Little Leyton.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Working shifts at the Dog and Duck pub and running her own doggy-daycare business, Ellie's looking for a simpler way of life in this idyllic English setting.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But Little Leyton's landscape is changing: Johnny Tay, Ellie's ex, wants to pick up where they left off; sultry property developer Max Golding has moved into the village and is ruffling feathers; and rumour has it that the pub, which holds a special place in Ellie's heart, might be sold. Suddenly, life's looking a whole lot more complicated.... Can Ellie overcome all the challenges to finally find her one true love?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0f1111; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBWavZw-_PfvWXxPvlSSMZ_bXe3XF_xNhVjg-jEfD07suJ7jzpTca-Vs3gFDygNRiUbv08O-C4Ay_HaojrqKRPdyU_2tQmrJ0ESOVzkJhYXDUQ7LvgXymRO26IKt7hL3cH8Lj3qOOduoDCD6CsEmC1Q-GzlwFSaUFiYZxYACLHSzJWP1fiO-Z9OBdd_xK/s466/91fmvzkSynL._SY466_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="305" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBWavZw-_PfvWXxPvlSSMZ_bXe3XF_xNhVjg-jEfD07suJ7jzpTca-Vs3gFDygNRiUbv08O-C4Ay_HaojrqKRPdyU_2tQmrJ0ESOVzkJhYXDUQ7LvgXymRO26IKt7hL3cH8Lj3qOOduoDCD6CsEmC1Q-GzlwFSaUFiYZxYACLHSzJWP1fiO-Z9OBdd_xK/s320/91fmvzkSynL._SY466_.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">Review: This is the first book in a series from Jill Steeples featuring the Dog and Duck, the thriving pub in a small English village. I am new to this author, but was attracted to what sounds like a romantic holiday read.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">The story centres on Ellie Browne, who has returned to the Buckinghamshire village of Little Leyton after living and working in London for a few years. Taking a break from her successful career in accountancy, she is currently working at the local pub, the Dog and Duck, and also building up her dog-walking business. With her parents spending a few months abroad, Ellie is living alone in the family cottage. Her ex-boyfriend, Johnny, seems keen to rekindle their relationship, but she is not sure this is a good idea. Meanwhile, she has met newcomer to the village property developer Max Golding, and there is a definite attraction between the two of them. When there is a rumour of doubts over the future of the Dog and Duck, Ellie is concerned not just for her job but for the community as a whole. With life becoming more complicated and suspicions that Max might not be totally honest with her, Ellie begins to consider where her future lies.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I have very much enjoyed this book and would recommend it to those who enjoy a romance with a festive theme; it is not strictly speaking a Christmas story, but it has a festive feel, especially towards the end. I loved the central players in the story; both Ellie and Max were strong characters, not afraid to reveal their feelings. The author cleverly introduces doubts into the reader’s and Ellie’s mind regarding the motives and character of Max in particular, and I was never very sure how things were going to turn out. The village of Little Leyton sounds very pretty and it was easy to picture it with the pub very much central to activities. There are three more stories in this series for readers wanting to follow the fortunes of Ellie and indeed the pub.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/49KLIeK" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194076647521799090.post-9065109997968690922023-11-15T05:33:00.005+00:002023-11-15T05:33:32.105+00:00Guest Review: Four Weddings and a Christmas by Phillipa Ashley<p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Can the spirit of Christmas reignite an old flame?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With her thriving business Cottage Angels, Freya Bolton prepares the Lake District’s holiday homes for Christmas visitors. It’s her job to think of everything, from cinnamon-scented candles to tasteful decorations and hampers of seasonal treats.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If only her love life were such a success… After being burned by past relationships, she’s now determined to steer clear of love for good.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So when she bumps into gorgeous – and single – ex-boyfriend Travis, a no-strings festive fling seems perfect.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But when her feelings for him begin to develop, is she on track for another romantic calamity? Or could this Christmas give her the gift of true love?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0f1111; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwNsZhAdKFCPYcQWpStz3_YvwhPBxWsd51V-pGrhhoJ7Uu3TKiuaISfvYSWaYJd-70CANR9oUiJJ04NZ0koc97Inxw7EkQ7m-X_5EX0se6GEL4BVuvKz0_NPISpupd0-f1sE3KVD2CImoOTRegkVNGaprUh5tqrwLz1j9seHjIBpSYAWzAUZYktt790br/s522/81w2dFHHXbL._SY522_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwNsZhAdKFCPYcQWpStz3_YvwhPBxWsd51V-pGrhhoJ7Uu3TKiuaISfvYSWaYJd-70CANR9oUiJJ04NZ0koc97Inxw7EkQ7m-X_5EX0se6GEL4BVuvKz0_NPISpupd0-f1sE3KVD2CImoOTRegkVNGaprUh5tqrwLz1j9seHjIBpSYAWzAUZYktt790br/s320/81w2dFHHXbL._SY522_.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545;">Review: Phillipa Ashley is one of my ‘go-to’ authors. For me, she always brings to life the characters and places in her books. I have enjoyed many a trip to Cornwall through her writing. This year, Phillipa’s Christmas book is a romance set once again in the Lake District, acknowledged as one of the prettiest areas of the UK, and one with which I am very familiar. The book has a wonderfully Christmassy cover, promising lots of snow and fun.</span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">The story features Freya Bolton, born and bred in the Lake District and owner of a company that prepares holiday homes in the area for visitors. With her attention to detail and excellent customer service, she has built up a successful business. As she is busy putting the finishing touches to one cottage, ready for Christmas, she is startled to find that the incoming tenant is someone she knows well - her former fiancé and now renowned photographer, Travis Marshall, who has come back home to open a business of his own. As the days pass, it appears that there is still a strong attraction between them, and Freya suggests a secret relationship with no commitments. However, things are not that simple, as feelings develop in both of them and it seems this may be more than just a fling.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">I really enjoyed this trip to the Lake District. The book was full of interesting characters and well-described settings. Freya and Travis were both likeable people for whom the reader is bound to want a happy ending, although, of course, there were many bumps in the road along the way. I admired their dedication to their businesses, but there was no denying the attraction between them. In addition to the central story, there were other interesting subplots involving Freya and Travis’s families and friends, including a few weddings, as the title suggests, and lots of Christmas-themed events. This is a lovely, light and heart-warming festive book, particularly perfect for reading by the fire on a cold wintry day.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">To order your copy now, just click <a href="https://amzn.to/4694h9q" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></p>Fabulous Book Fiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18343324045784051335noreply@blogger.com0