Tag: feel-good
+ audio book, feel-good, female friendship, fiction, fifties, friendship, gay, grief, List, loneliness, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, relationships, review, sixties
The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
The list he left had just one item on it. Or, at least, it did at first… Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one … Read More The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
+ cult, dark humour, feel-good, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, Historical fiction, humour fiction, List, Magical realism, murder mystery, mystery, thriller, Victorian Britain, World War Two, WW2
My Top 10 Books of 2024 – Part Two
Here are my favourite 10 books of 2024 Part Two, not counting audiobooks. Quite a disparate selection for a change. Away Weekend by Lesley Fernández-Armesto Geraldine is divorced. Her military ex-husband Jonty has run off with Sally, leaving Geraldine with only her apricot poodle Bolly. She now lives in a tiny mews house in St John’s Wood. Then she meets Ellis, smooth, handsome, American, … Read More My Top 10 Books of 2024 – Part Two
+ childhood, community, family, feel-good, female friendship, fiction, friendship, healing, journalist, motherhood, retreat, review
Garden of Her Heart by Zoë Richards
An uplifting story of healing and recovery that will warm your soul…and get you into the garden. Eleanor Oliphant meets The Authenticity Project on a well-being retreat in this story of one loner, two secrets and three weeks at Pinewoods Retreat. When Holly Bush (yes, she still hasn’t forgiven her mother for that combination) is made redundant with gardening leave, after a brutal attack, … Read More Garden of Her Heart by Zoë Richards
+ community, feel-good, fiction, friends, friendship, humour fiction, loneliness, marriage, revenge, review
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times- bestselling author Clare Pooley When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at … Read More How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
Clayton Stumper is an enigma. He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your granddad and drinks sherry like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a fading institution. #TheFellowshipOfPuzzleMakers @samuelburr @orionbooks #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour #puzzlemakers When the esteemed … Read More The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher
Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way.Then, one midsummer’s night, something terrible happens – so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer? #TheNightInQuestion @sfletcherauthor#RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded … Read More The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher
The Ha-Ha by Tom Shakespeare
Meet Fred. He is about to turn forty and has invited an eclectic group of friends to celebrate at a rented stately home. He is a wheelchair user after being paralysed in a road traffic accident, has been busy at work at his memoir and is longing to reconnect with long-standing university crush, Heather, a high-flying TV foreign correspondent. What should have been a … Read More The Ha-Ha by Tom Shakespeare
Alycat And The Sunday Scaries by Alysson Foti Bourque
It’s Sunday, the day before the school week begins, and Alycat is nervous. She just knows that Monday is going to be the Mondayest Monday ever! On the playground, Alycat realizes she isn’t the only one suffering from the Sunday Scaries. It’s hard to ride a bike. What if Kit falls? The treehouse is so high. Will Spotty make it safely back down? The … Read More Alycat And The Sunday Scaries by Alysson Foti Bourque
Small Acts of Kindness by Caroline Day
Kiki grew up in New Zealand, dreaming of one day going to Glastonbury Festival. Now, mourning the loss of her beloved Yaya – the woman who raised her – she travels to the UK to follow that dream. It is only when she leaves home that she realises just how sheltered her life has been up until now. Ned lives an active and exciting life. Well, … Read More Small Acts of Kindness by Caroline Day
Memory Road by Sarah Edghill
Lily is taking her elderly mother on a road trip around the UK, revisiting places which meant a lot to her. It’s challenging because Moira can no longer be described as ‘a bit forgetful’; she has started singing Abba songs in public and talking to imaginary friends, and last week she tried to rip off her clothes in Poundland. Genre: Romance | Contemporary | HumourPublisher: Bloodhound … Read More Memory Road by Sarah Edghill
+ crime fiction, feel-good, fiction, folklore, Ghost story, Historical fiction, List, Magical realism, review, Scandi noir
My Top 10 Books of 2023 – Part Four
Here are my favourite ten books of the fourth quarter of 2023. One or two of these might make it into my top books of 2023. Once again only a bit of ‘crime’, as a crime novel needs to be totally unique and exceptional to make it into my favourites. There are ten this time – it’s been a good quarter – but then hey ho … Read More My Top 10 Books of 2023 – Part Four
Swimming For Beginners by Nicola Gill
Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren’t a mother. Loretta has her life under control. She’s chasing a big promotion, she’s marrying the “perfect man” and she has a flawless five-year plan. This plan does not include children. #SwimmingForBeginners @Nicola_J_Gill @bedsqpublishers #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours IG @nicolagillauthor @bedfordsq.publishers #blogtour But when a complete stranger asks her to watch … Read More Swimming For Beginners by Nicola Gill
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