Julie Goucher ~ Anglers Rest

Not my favourite Stephanie Plum, but enjoyable nonetheless. Grandma Mazur goes AWOL to a casino with someone else’s money, add to that the usual chaos of the life of Stephanie, Lula revealing all, a horse in Stephanie’s lounge and the usual episode of firebombing cars, and welcome to the world of Stephenie Plum!

The latest book by Jennifer Chiaverini which follows on from The Quilter’s Legacy, when the friends of Sylvia & Andrew are gathered for a Christmas Eve dinner only to find that the two of them marry. In the New Years Quilt, Sylvia & Andrew set off to visit Andrew’s daughter, Amy, to pass on their news along with a quilt made for Amy by Sylvia. The storyline does continue, but there are lots of flashbacks to earlier books.

Wow! An amazing book about the Scottish born author. The daughter of a immigrant parents – whose family & ancestors had migrated from a variety of Countries – Poland,Germany,Russia,Switzerland & France. Flora finds herself & her siblings heading back to Russia following the death of her father in Scotland. The life that Flora and her family were to endure was nothing short of horrific. Life was very hard & the Regime through this time was full of red tape and very restricting. I would have liked to have learn’t about the reunion of Flora and her brother Sammy, who Flora believed had perished in the Camps in the Soviet Union.

The latest in the Stephanie Plum series is as funny as ever and contains all the usual characters. Grandma Mazur just gets better and better. No Stephanie Plum would be complete without the usual chaos of Stephanie & Lula and this starts with a scene of Stephanie almost choking her ex husband whilst planting a bug on him for Ranger, but when her ex husband ends up missing the police ask questions, of course her alibi is Morelli!

A really enjoyable account of the life of Alice & Charles Todd, the author’s great great grandmother. From Cambridgeshire, once Alice had married Charles they embark on their new life together in Australia. Alice to raise their family in a very harsh, yet beautiful country whilst Charles was amongst others to string the telegraph across Australia.

The author and her husband not only travel in the footsteps of Charles (and Alice) across what is harsh terrain, but uses some genealogical sources, family information and historical sources to rebuild their fascinating lives.

On loan from Liz, the seventh book in the ever popular Cedar Cove Series. Cedar Cove is a community where the lives of the residents are entwined with each other. In this book we see the exit of a few of the characters of the previous books in the series. The mystery of the fire that destroyed the restaurant is solved, and actually wasn’t who I thought it was. Now eagerly awaiting book eight to be published.

Will be off in the post to mid week as I had forgotten A was on hols. Thanks for the Loan Liz

On loan from Liz. the sixth book in the ever popular Cedar Cove Series. Cedar Cove is a community where the lives of the residents are entwined with each other. As they deal with their loves and losses, it has been a pleasure to “be” in Cedar Cove once more. Now loitering on my desk, this will be winging its way to Audrey who is another Macomber addict next week.

Clare’s ex husband and business partner embarks on a business deal with an old friend, the deal is Decaffeinated coffee….Clare establishes that the plant has been smuggled into America from South America, then someone tries to mug their friend and two people end up dead. Clare can not resist, and simply has to investigate…..

Another is the series of the coffeehouse mysteries. One of Clare’s staff serves drinks to two people at a party, moments later it is realized they were poisoned, but are they intended victim?

Another lovely,festive feel good factor read from Debbie Macomber. Following the arrival of Mrs Merkle, also know as Mrs Miracle and the lives of those around her as she helps then overcome their sadness & pain.