• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    The Olive Grove

    I haven’t read a book by Eva Glyn before, so I didn’t know what to expect from The Olive Grove. Description of The Olive Grove A woman searching for a different future A man desperate to escape his past Can these two find what they are looking for on the beautiful Croatian island of Korčula? Antonia Butler is on the brink of a life-changing decision and a job advert looking for a multilingual housekeeper at a beautifully renovated Croatian farmhouse, Vila Maslina, is one she can’t ignore. Arriving on the tiny picturesque island of Korčula, Antonia feels a spark of…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Readers Speak

    Lisa Burgess #ReadersSpeak

    After my three part series on Bloggers Who Read as part of the #ReadersSpeak feature here, I took a break. Today, I’m really glad to be back and featuring a lovely blogger, Lisa Burgess, who I connected with online with at the start of this year. Lisa blogs at Lisa Notes and is an avid reader. I love her thoughtful posts and I’m a regular participant on her One Word 2021 link up, which helps me to focus on my word more mindfully. Lisa Burgess #ReadersSpeak On average, how many books do you read in a year? I usually read…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    We Belong Together

    We Belong Together is another of Beth Moran’s books that I enjoyed. I’ve read her ‘How Not To Be A Loser’ and ‘Take a Chance on Me’. We Belong Together Eleanor Sharpley has been living a lie… Needing to escape her London life quickly, Eleanor throws her things into the back of her car, and heads to her erstwhile best friend Charlie’s family farm. But Charlie isn’t there. Instead she finds Charlie’s grieving brother Daniel, her eight-month old daughter Hope (a daughter Eleanor had known nothing about), and a crumbling and unloved Damson Farm. Damson Farm lies at the edge…