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‘A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting’ by Sophie Irwin
Genre: Adult Fiction – Historical Romance
Published: 2022
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★
I enjoyed this book overall and I want to read the next one in the series. I wish we got more of the history of the parents to be honest, that sounds fascinating – maybe a prequel? I always love reading romances based around the haut ton and this is a clean one with no sex at all, and very minimal kissing…
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‘Sisters Behaving Badly’ by Maddie Please
Genre: Adult Fiction – Drama
Published: 2023
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★
This book is so so funny – it’s brilliant! 4.5 stars really (come on Goodreads!), there was just a little something missing that I can’t put my finger on which stopped it being perfect. It’s not like anything I’ve read before. It’s a light and funny story with some more serious undertones but it’s not a romance, it’s…
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‘The Wake-Up Call’ by Beth O’Leary
Genre: Adult Fiction – Chic Lit
Published: 2023
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★
Another brilliant novel from Beth O’Leary! Izzy and Lucas work at Forest Manor Hotel which is under threat of closure. The pair are usually put on different shifts, so they don’t have to work together but in the run-up to Christmas the pair have to work together. What follows is lots of competition, comedy, and…
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Monthly Reading Summary – March 2024
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‘The Marriage Portrait’ by Maggie O’Farrell
Genre: Adult Fiction – Historical
Published: 2022
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★★
Frankly I couldn’t fault this book. It was engaging to read, and the characters came across as real people which is really important when writing historical fiction. Don’t confuse Lucrezia d’Medici with Lucrezia Borgia, though the two are related – Lucrezia d’Medici (the subject of this novel) was married to the…
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Book Review - ‘The Marriage Portrait’ by Maggie O’Farrell
Frankly I couldn’t fault this book. It was engaging to read, and the characters came across as real people which is really important when writing historical fiction. Don’t confuse Lucrezia d’Medici with Lucrezia Borgia, though the two are related – Lucrezia d’Medici (the subject of this novel) was married to the grandson of Lucrezia Borgia (Alfonso d’Este). It’s strange to think that while this…
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‘Tudor Feminists: Ten Renaissance Women Ahead of Their Time’ by Rebecca Wilson
Genre: Adult Non-Fiction – History
Published: 2024
Format: Hardback
Rating: ★★★
I enjoyed this book – it was good to learn more about some of the people I knew less about like Arbella Stuart, Grainne O’Malley, and Aemilia Lanier. I had only heard of Lanier in passing, knew she was a poet, and O’Malley I largely knew about through Greg Jenner’s excellent episode on her on his ‘You’re Dead to…
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Book Review - ‘Tudor Feminists: Ten Renaissance Women Ahead of Their Time’ by Rebecca Wilson
I enjoyed this book – it was good to learn more about some of the people I knew less about like Arbella Stuart, Grainne O’Malley, and Aemilia Lanier. I had only heard of Lanier in passing, knew she was a poet, and O’Malley I largely knew about through Greg Jenner’s excellent episode on her on his ‘You’re Dead to Me’ podcast. I have Sarah Gristwood’s biography of Arbella Stuart to read so I may…
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‘Christmas at the Cornish Café’ by Phillipa Ashley
Genre: Adult Fiction – Chic Lit
Published: 2016
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★★★
I really enjoyed going back to Kilhallon and St Trenyan. I knew that this story would delve further into both Cal and Demi’s pasts as Cal’s relationship with his father and his time in the Middle East came into sharper focus, along with Demi’s family relationships. I look forward to seeing them develop further in the…
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‘As Good as Dead’ by Holly Jackson
Genre: Adult Fiction – Crime/Mystery
Published: 2021
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★★★★
4.5 stars rounded up. What a brilliant finale to this series! I love the first book, wasn’t quite as fond of the second, but what a finale! I’m really going to miss Team Ravi and Pip as characters, and the likes of Nat, Cara, Naomi, Jamie, and Connor as well.
I liked that in this book Pip wasn’t this good girl…
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‘Summer at the Cornish Café’ by Phillipa Ashley
Genre: Adult Fiction – Chic Lit
Published: 2016
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★★★
I actually started reading the second book in this series first and thought that I was missing something, not realising, and I had to go back and read this one! I don’t mind that there was more to the series than I first thought – I love Phillipa Ashley for a relaxing feel-good book.
After reading this I’m excited to…
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‘The Bandit Queens’ by Parini Shroff
Genre: Adult Fiction – Thriller
Published: 2023
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★
A revenge comedy sounded interesting, but I was disappointed. There wasn’t a lot of comedy, even dark comedy, and it was difficult to read. Perhaps because I’m not au fait with the culture and a lot of the language and terminology it just felt like a hard slog, and I didn’t enjoy it at all.
One thing I did like was the…
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Monthly Reading Summary – February 2024
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‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’ by Holly Jackson
Genre: Adult Fiction – Crime/Mystery
Published: 2020
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★★★
I did enjoy this follow-up to ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ but I also felt that it lacked some of the flair of the first one. The story took longer to get going, and I wish to god Max Hastings gets his comeuppance in the next book! The mystery and fear of the first book was almost downplayed in this one,…
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‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson
Genre: Adult Fiction – Thriller
Published: 2019
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★★★
I’ve seen so much being written about this book, about how great it is and how much people of all ages love it. I was sceptical. I have read other books where they’re so hyped up and they end up being a huge disappointment. This is not one of those books. I would give it 4.5 stars out of 5.
It was engaging right from…
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‘Becoming Anne: Connections, Culture, Court’ by Owen Emmerson & Kate McCaffrey
Genre: Adult Non-Fiction – Historical Biography
Published: 2022
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★★
A brilliant study of Anne Boleyn’s early years at Blickling, Hever, Mechelen, and in France, up to her debut at the English court. Been a while since the exhibition which this book was designed to go alongside, but I’m really glad I’ve read it now. It’s a lot of information but still easy to read…
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‘The People on Platform 5’ by Clare Pooley
Genre: Adult Fiction – Drama
Published: 2022
Format: eBook
Rating: ★★★★★
I really enjoyed this book. I thought I would as soon as I read the premise, and I certainly wasn’t disappointed. The characters are at the centre of the story, and I didn’t want it to end – I wanted to hear more of their stories and how the friendship between the group, I hope, continues to develop after the end of the…
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