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A Boring Wife Settles the Score

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ The sequel to the hilarious โ€œAutopsy of a Boring Wifeโ€ (a book this reader adored) this edition follows the further adventures of Diane, a middle-aged housewife, deserted by her cheating husband in the first book, and now, two years later, working to regain some of her footing in her…

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Chance in a Million

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ A sweet and sensitive story, centering on grief, and isolation, and terrible loss, - and that elusive chance in a million - that unimaginable happening, encounter or person, that finds a way to slip into a life despairing and stagnant, and just like that, open the door on a…

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Christmas Miracles at Hedgehog Hollow

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ The final book in a much-loved series, this lovely Christmas edition follows Sam, her husband Josh, and the entire crowd of family, friends (furry included!) that have come to represent familiar and cherished friends for many readers (including this one). As we follow Sam (now thirty-two years…

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A Hundred Other Girls

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Packed with sardonic humor (Note to reader: watch where you read this book. I found myself laughing out loud in several places) pop culture (many of which were obscure to this reader), faux fur, and pink velvet, this ode to growing up a literary-wannabe in the exploding…

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The Sweet Remnants of Summer

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ I adore this series. Having followed (and loved) the work of this brilliant and prolific author for decades, it is this series in particular - Isabel Dalhousie, her essential โ€œgoodnessโ€, and her gorgeously-welcoming literary world - that has earned a very special place in my heart. An…

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The Mother I Never Had

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ’ซ How would you handle it - in the blink of an eye, your entire world turned upside down? Not once, in fact, but actually, twice - first, the overwhelming (and somewhat expected) devastation driven by grief-stricken loss, followed by a revelation, hidden and spectacularly unsuspected for decades,…

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ โ€œMaybe it was the willingness to play that kept one from despair.โ€ What is play, or gaming, but โ€œthe possibility of a different worldโ€? โ€œThe possibility that you might walk through the door and reinvent yourself as something better than you had been before.โ€ An epic of…

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Chasing Dreams at Hedgehog Hollow

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Easily my favorite feel-good series, this, the penultimate book in the #HedgehogHollow series, may just be the best of all. With all the gang back, settling into this story (as is the case with this entire gorgeous series) is a familiar and comforting visit with dear friends,…

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The House in the Clouds

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ A softly graceful look at what could be called destiny, fate, or simply the lucky encounter of two troubled Londoners, looking for escape, a second chance, and the healing embrace of a gorgeous (if somewhat decrepit) country mansion in the magnificent Sussex Downs. The first in a…

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The Colour of Summer

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=โ€Listenโ€] ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ A gentle and charming book, the final in the trilogy, brimming with the bluest skies of summer; a houseful of noisy, dusty renovations; budding romances; troublesome tenants; family secrets, loss and grief, and last but certainly not least, forgiveness, love and the long-overdue tranquility of solace. Abigail…

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