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In My Mailbox – Week 1

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Julie Goucher

“In my Mailbox” is a weekly meme I spotted on The Story Siren Blog. Read all about the fine details to take part. Here are the books that have arrived within the last week. Outlander by Aaron Fletcher (eBay) An … Continue reading →

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A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This book had a complex storyline and it takes great skill to weave the threads of the book separately then coming together to bring the story to conclusion. The central character is Jude, who works at a London auctioneers house … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Salon – A week of books

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks ago I spotted a post at the Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that mentioned a book, indeed a series of books about Australia and thought that they sounded great series. I set about looking on the usual … Continue reading →

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Book Blogger Hop – What are you reading and why?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Julie Goucher

From the Crazy-For-Books web page “the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to … Continue reading →

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Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Julie Goucher

I usually hate reading books out of order, but I bought books 5 and 7 of the series together and missed this one as Amazon UK were out of stock. I then couldn’t wait to read book 7! It has … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Salon – Book Collections

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This is my first posting to the Sunday Salon. I have always been a book lover and I guess a collector of books and other bits and there comes a time when we need to sit back and take stock … Continue reading →

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Reading and The Spectator…..

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Yesterday I read a post on a friend’s blog over at wordpress – Laura was commenting on reading The Spectator online using her Kindle, and it jogged memories of her high school teacher. My response was: “I think that many … Continue reading →

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Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Publisher: Avon (28 Oct 2010)ISBN-10: 1847561152 The prologue to the book sets the scene. Holly Brown is a young widow whose husband was killed in a tragic accident just before Christmas. Holly’s parents died when she was young and she … Continue reading →

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Graves, Tombs & Memorials by Trevor Yorke

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Julie Goucher

Graves, Tombs & Memorials by Trevor Yorke and published by Countryside Books, 2010, £5.99. ISBN – 978 1 84674 202 6 Published as part of the Britain’s Living History Series, this slim volume, for the book contains just 64 pages, … Continue reading →

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4th of July by James Patterson

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Julie Goucher

An arrest goes horribly wrong and Lindsay is being sued for not only killing a suspect who shot her but seriously hurting another suspect. While Lindsay is suspended awaiting her trial she stumbles into the crime scene of another police … Continue reading →

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