What I Read Last Week
What I Am Reading Now
What I Am Going to Read Next
Monday, 26 August 2019
It's Monday. What Are You Reading
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.
What I Read Last Week
What I Am Reading Now
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What I Read Last Week
What I Am Reading Now
What I Am Going to Read Next
Friday, 23 August 2019
Blog Tour - The Beach at Doonshean by Penny Feeney
Welcome to my blog - and to my very first blog tour. Thank you to aria fiction and to the author for this opportunity - and for my copy of the book.
About the Book
In
Ireland, the past never dies...
Long ago, on a windswept Irish beach, a young
father died saving the life of another man's child.
Thirty years later, his widow, Julia, decides to
return to this wild corner of Ireland to lay the past to rest. Her journey
sparks others: her daughter Bel, an artist, joins her mother in Ireland, while
son Matt and daughter-in-law Rachel, at home in Liverpool, embark on some
soul-searching of their own.
As the
threads of past and present intertwine, Julia's family confront long-buried
feelings of guilt, anger, fear and desire.
Only then can they allow the crashing waves of
the beach at Doonshean to bond them together once again.
About
the Author
Penny Feeny has lived and worked in Cambridge,
London and Rome. Since settling in Liverpool many years ago she has been an
arts administrator, editor, radio presenter, advice worker, and has brought up
five children. Her short fiction has been widely published and broadcast and
won several awards. Her first novel, That Summer in Ischia, was one of the
summer of 2011's best selling titles.
What did I think.
This is my first book by this author despite seeing her name mentioned many times on Goodreads and on blogs. What really drew me to the book though was that it was set in Ireland. Now I have never been to Ireland but there seems something quite magical and mystical about the country and I always seem to enjoy books set there.
The book follows 2 story lines which although they are linked could read as separate stories. It explores how actions and events in the past impact on families as the years go by. 30 years ago William saves a young boys life in the sea at Doonshean but sadly loses his own life. 30 years later his widow Julia come back to the same beach and meets Tom - the boy who was saved. This opens up another story line centered around Tom and his family. The other story involved Julia's son Matt and his wife Rachel who are settling into their new home with their son Dan. Other characters are introduced which cause friction within the family.
The location was atmospheric and well described - I have never been to Ireland but it makes me want to go. The story was a slow burner for me - maybe a little too slow - but it ended on a more positive note which makes me want to find out what happened next in the lives of the main characters.
This won't be my last book by this author - already have another one lined up on my Kindle.
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Monday, 19 August 2019
It's Monday. What Are You Reading?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.
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Tuesday, 13 August 2019
The Secrets of Inishbeg Cove by Izzy Bayliss
The Secrets of Inishbeg Cove is my first book by this author and the first in a series. I have to say it isn't my usual genre but I was pleasantly surprised.
One Letter, a Lifetime of Secrets
When Greg's mother makes a devastating confession on her deathbed, Greg feels as though he has lost everything. In search of the truth he travels from North Carolina to the sleepy coastal village of Inishbeg Cove in the West of Ireland. But not everyone in the village welcomes Greg and he soon learns that his search for answers isn't going to be easy.
Can Greg unearth the secrets lying hidden in the waters of the cove?
When Greg's mother makes a devastating confession on her deathbed, Greg feels as though he has lost everything. In search of the truth he travels from North Carolina to the sleepy coastal village of Inishbeg Cove in the West of Ireland. But not everyone in the village welcomes Greg and he soon learns that his search for answers isn't going to be easy.
Can Greg unearth the secrets lying hidden in the waters of the cove?
The story starts off really quite sad as the main character seems to be losing everything that it important in his life. Till he finds a letter in his late Mothers possessions. This leads him to a remote corner of Ireland where he tries to unravel the mystery of his birth. The setting is beautiful and there are some fabulous local characters.So please this is the start of a series so I have more to look forward to.
Monday, 12 August 2019
It's Monday. What Are You Reading?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.
It's been a bit quiet on here - but have been away in Wales visiting family and old friends.
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i think i have said a few times i will be reading this one next - but it is still sitting beside my bed shouting at me!
It's been a bit quiet on here - but have been away in Wales visiting family and old friends.
What I read since last time:
What I am reading now:
What I am going to read next:
i think i have said a few times i will be reading this one next - but it is still sitting beside my bed shouting at me!
Sunday, 11 August 2019
Lessons In Love by Belinda Missen
Eleanor Manning is finally leaving behind her glittering but empty life in the city (and her soon-to-be-ex-husband) to return to the comfort of her childhood home in Apollo Bay.
She’s landed a lovely new job and a flatshare with her bubbly best friend, Penny. So yes, she’s well and truly learnt her lesson when it comes to love…
But then she meets gorgeous teacher Marcus Blair and Eleanor’s self-imposed rules fly out of the window! Surely she can resist him long enough to keep this fling no strings attached?
I was offered a chance to read Lessons in Love by Belinda Missen by The Book Club over on Facebook. I wasn't wuite sure what to expect of this book - for some reason I am not keen on books set in Australia/ New Zealand - a bit random I know. But I was surprised. It was a lovely storey and I was willing the two main characters to sort themselves out, see the light and start a relationship.This is the second book I have read by this author and I like her writing style.
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