Netgalley

I am a little behind with my Netgalley reads but I have to say the last couple have been right corkers.

I love Carole Matthews and over the years I have read most if not all of her books.

The Chocolate Lovers' are a series of 4 books and here are my reviews of the latest 2:

Chocolate Lovers' Christmas was a light read but Lucys plans (and she has plenty of them) all got a little far fetched and slightly spoilt this book for me. I did read the book just after Christmas whilst I was still in the festive spirit but the tooing and froing between Lucy and her ex Marcus irritated me  I am afraid. Not a lot happened in this book which makes me think (as other have) that it was just a filler before the next book.

So it was with a little trepidation that I started the latest one - The Chocolate Lovers' Wedding. But I am glad to say Carole is back on form and this book was a real page turner. It was great to catch up with the girls again and follow their lives as another chapter opens. I won't spoil the storyline other than to say the book made me laugh, it made me cry and it left me wanting more.

The other books in the series are:

The Chocolate Lovers' Club
The Chocolate Lovers' Diet
The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas.

I read Dear Thing by Julie Cohen a little while ago but the story has stayed with me. Surrogacy isn't a popular topic in womens literature and I did start to wonder where the author was going to go with it. But I shouldn't ave worried as the book is beautifully written and the characters are really brought to life (even if I couldn't really warm to Claire.) I would definately recommend this book.

I would like to thank the authors, the publishers and Netgalley for my copies of the books in exchange for honest reviews.  

First Read of 2016

Happy New Year.

Once again I am joining the lovely Sheila and many many others in sharing out first read of the New Year.

My book is one I have been looking forward to reading for quite some time as I loved the first book in the series Me Before You - even if it did make me cry buckets.

I am reading After You by JoJo Moyes:

Lou Clark has lots of questions.
Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places.
Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home.
Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago.
And will she ever get over the love of her life.
What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change.
Then, one night, it does.
But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions?
Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe.
Open it and she risks everything.
But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in . .

I managed to complete my Goodreads challenge of 100 books in 2015 - actually managed to squeeze in an extra title. Today I have reset my challenge and this year I am going to try and read 101 books.

Wish me luck.