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Guest Post: ‘Top spots for eating out at Valentines’ by Stella Newman, author of The Dish

Posted February 12, 2015 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments
Guest Post: ‘Top spots for eating out at Valentines’ by Stella Newman, author of The Dish

Today I am delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for The Dish by Stella Newman. Today I have some Top Spots for eating out at Valentines. I loved reading this story which was full of my favourite things, some romance, witty and loveable characters, and food to drool over (see my review) and highly recommend it for all you Chick-lit fans out there! Don’t forget to visit other blog stops along the tour for other great content. Below Stella shares  her top spots for eating out at Valentines! Just in case you need some inspiration… I’m not a fan of going out for dinner on Valentine’s Day.  Like New Year’s Eve, the pressure to have THE BEST TIME EVER tends to mar the occasion.  Whenever I’ve done it in the past, restaurants seem to be full of couples bickering, or who’ve run out of things to say to each other.  I’d much rather stay home.  As the fabulous Elizabeth Gilbert’s husband once (more-or-less) said: A woman’s place is in the kitchen.  With her feet up.  Drinking a glass of wine.  With her other […]

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Review: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis

Posted February 11, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Lost & Found by Brooke Davis Published by Cornerstone Digital on January 29, 2015 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Millie Bird is a seven-year-old girl who always wears red wellington boots to match her red, curly hair. But one day, Millie’s mum leaves her alone beneath the Ginormous Women’s underwear rack in a department store, and doesn’t come back. Agatha Pantha is an eighty-two-year-old woman who hasn’t left her home since her husband died. Instead, she fills the silence by yelling at passers-by, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule. Until the day Agatha spies a little girl across the street. Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven years old and once typed love letters with his fingers on to his wife’s skin. He sits in a nursing home, knowing that somehow he must find a way for life to begin again. In […]

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Review: The Dish by Stella Newman

Posted February 10, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: The Dish by Stella Newman

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Dish by Stella Newman Published by Headline Review on May 21, 2015 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction Pages: 416 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Dish by Stella Newman is the new novel from the much-loved author of Pear Shaped and Leftovers. This is a warm, passionate novel that will delight fans of Jill Mansell and Mhairi McFarlane and leave you happy and hungry in equal measure. Love is on the menu. With a side order of lies. When Laura Parker first crosses forks with Adam Bayley, she’s only after one thing: his custard doughnut. But when she takes a closer look she sees a talented, handsome man who outshines the string of jokers she’s been dating. There’s just one problem. Adam’s job means Laura has to keep her job as restaurant critic for The Dish, a secret. Tricky for someone who prides herself on honesty. Can the truth be […]

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Review: Age Sex Location by Melissa Pimentel

Posted February 9, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Age Sex Location by Melissa Pimentel

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Age, Sex, Location by Melissa Pimentel Published by Penguin on January 29, 2015 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction, Romance Pages: 480 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A hilarious and refreshingly honest foray into modern dating, Age, Sex, Location is Bridget Jones’s Diary for HBO’s Girls generation. An American living in London, Lauren is intelligent, beautiful and loves to party. So why can’t she convince a man she isn’t after something more serious than scrambled eggs and goodbye in the morning? Determined to snare some regular male affection, she embarks on a project: each month she will follow the rules of a different dating guide – from refusing to pay the bill to chatting up every man in her path – and will switch seamlessly to the next book at the end of each month. Lauren’s love life is about to get scientific . . Age Sex Location is a hilarious book […]

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Pastime Pleasures #26- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Posted February 6, 2015 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 0 Comments
Pastime Pleasures #26- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Welcome to my  feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today is the turn of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago. A Little Princess was not only one of my favourite books growing up but also one of my favourite films. This is heart-warming as well as being heart-breaking at the same time, and it is so beautifully written that you cannot help but believe. Sara’s way in believing in magic is so strong that you cannot help but be sucked in. There is a heroine to root for and a hero to hate. There is hope and lost and pure joy. Sara is a a kind girl, who should really be extremely spoilt. She is kind to those less fortunate than herself and does her best to be generous to everyone. Even if she doesn’t particularly like them. […]

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