Book Review: Emma Donoghue: Room

Room

 

Author: Emma Donoghue 

Title: Room

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary,Adult Fiction, Adult, Book Club, Drama, Novels, Literacy Fiction, Literacy,

Synopsis: Jack is five, He lives in a single, locked Room with his ma. It is jack's birthday and he is excited about turning five. Jack lives with his ma in room, Which has a locked door and a skylight and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real until the day ma admits that there's a world outside the room. 

Paper Reviews: 

Startlingly original and moving endearing and as utterly compelling as the lovely bones - Scotsman.

One of the most profoundly affecting book l have read in a long time - john boyne, Author of the boy in the striped pyjamas. 

This book will break your heart - Irish Times.

A triumph - Daily Telegraph 

Affecting and uplifting - Evening Standard 

Haunting and Compelling - Woman And Home 

Utterly gripping - Mirror Book Of The Week 

Heart - Burstingly, gut-wrenchingly compassionate - Daily Mail 

Beautifully nuanced - Sunday Telegraph 

Totally unique and intriguing - Cosmopolitan 

Absorbing, truthful and beautiful - Observer

Review: I got this book for my birthday. I think this book is really good I think jack and his mother sounds really nice and l think it is nice that they make their own fun and games. This is a great storyline. I think jack's mother needs to go to the dentist with her teeth so she is not in pain anymore. Jack is a brave boy even though he is only 5 years old. I am really enjoyed this book. Jack and his mother call pain relief killers. Jack and his mother only have each other as company until old nick comes to bring them stuff their need but jack's mother wants old nick to bring them vitamins but old nick says they cost too much. Jack was born in the room where their live now. Jack's mother is breastfeeding jack and still is. I wondered if Jack's mother family miss her like she misses them. jack has never walked outside and never wore shoes in the five years since he was born and jack's mother does not own a pair of shoes either. I was sad to read that jack's mother was kidnapped by old nick. It was sad to read that the only way jack could get out the room was to play dead. Jack and his mother are so brave. I am addicted to this book it is hard to put it down. I heard it is being made into a movie. I would love to watch it. I would love to read more about Jack and his mother. I hope old nick goes to jail where he belongs. I hope jack and his mother are reunited with their family.Jack's Mother takes everything old nick so he does not hurt jack her precious son. It was sad to read that the year before she had jack she give birth to a baby girl that sadly did not live that long and old nick buried the baby in the garden under a bush but jack's mother told their lawyer about her daughter. The year after the tragedy of the loss of her baby daughter she give birth to jack in room by herself this time when her daughter was born old nick was watching the cord had knotted around the poor baby neck. I was sad to read that l am glad old nick is in jail where he can not hurt anybody. I am glad jack's mother was reunited with her family who thought she was dead and had a funeral for her. her mother and her father split up after she disappeared. there is 401 pages in this book. there is 5 different chapters in this book one is present, two is unlying, three is dying, four is after and five is living. I highly recommend this book l can not put in to words how great this book really is. Jack's mother is going to the dentist and getting her teeth sorted so she is not in pain anymore. It was sad to read that jack's mother took a overdose glad she survived. Jack is making great progress outside room. I was happy jack's sister's body was found so the family could give her a proper funeral and proper grave so the family can take her flowers and teddies or just visit the baby girl's grave. jack's mother can name her daughter and get her a headstone for the baby girl that never got to see the world before she went to heaven where she gets to watch over her family.

Star Rating: Five Stars Out Of Five Stars 

Poem: My Child 

 Such trouble l have and you sleep, your heart is placid, you dream in the joyless wood, in the night nailed in bronze, in the blue dark you lie still and shine, - Simonldes ( C:556- 468 bce,)  Danae ( Tr. Richmond Lattimore)    

Book Review: Annie Murray: Chocolate Girls

Chocolate Girls

Author: Annie Murray

Title: Chocolate Girls

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Family Sagas, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Family, Saga, Romance, Fiction, Historical, Contemporary,

I was given this book.

This book has 384 pages and 62 chapters

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.

I highly recommend this book.

I normally read books of this genres but l also stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read so many great books and come across some great authors.

Synopsis: When Edie marries young to escape her unhappy family home she thinks that life can only get better, at the age of nineteen, she is widowed, and after losing her child from the marriage she faces the second world was grieving and lonely, then one night during the Birmingham Blitz an infant, mysteriously abandoned during the bombing, is handed in to her care. Her lively friend Ruby, meanwhile, does not want to be left behind in the wedding stakes and settles for marriage with Frank, a man much changed by war, finally there is Janet, intelligent, kind-hearted and susceptible to male charm, who is hurt desperately by an affair with a marriage man, and who assumes she will never love again. David, the child who steal's Edie's heart as she brings him up through a time none of them will ever forget, is the center of all their lives, he leads Edie through struggle and heartache to a life and love she would never have dreamed of... A spellbinding saga of three very different women whose lives become entwined by war and their work at the Cadbury's chocolate factory in Bourneville – and their love for a child. Proudly sponsored by Cadbury. This book is full of upset, joy, fight and bombing but Edie looks after a little baby who is left in the middle of a bombing and she loses a husband at a young age. Then she losses a baby to her husband and sadly she will never have another chance to carry another baby. Edie raised David for years and when he was old enough he went looking for his father and finds out he was dumped in the middle of the street when bombs was going off and Edie saved him and looked after him ever since and raised him as her own baby.

Review: I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l started reading it l was sad to read that Edie lost her husband then her baby at a very young age. This book was really good but sad when Edie lost her husband at a young age then she miscarriage her baby. She has to faces the Birmingham Blitz alone without her husband and baby. She was given a baby that is mysteriously abandoned in the middle of the street when bombs are going off. Luckily the baby was found and handed in to safety. The baby was named David and Edie raised him as if he was her own baby and she loved him very much. I wondered what made David's birth family leave him in the middle of the street when there was a war going on. How can any parent leave their baby in danger I was just glad he was found safe. But he had the best upbringing his mother would have wished for and he is the child Edie dreamed of it is a dream come true for Edie. She loves David and she would never stop him looking for his father this is a very sad book but it has a very happy ending. I can not put in to words how great this book is l would tell people to read it for themselves to know how great it really is. This book is a most read and l am so glad it is on my book shelf.

About The Author: Annie Murray was born in 1960 in Berkshire, and studied English at oxford university. Her first job took her to Birmingham where she met her husband, John. They have four children. In 1992 she began writing her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham rose, which made the times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has written six subsequent novels including, most recently, the highly successful chocolate girls.

About The Book: this book comes with one then one book cover design and l like the picture on the front and the colours are not too bright or not too dull.

Star Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars

Book Review: Margaret Dickinson: Twisted Strands

Twisted Strands

Author: Margaret Dickinson

Title: Twisted Strands

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Family Sagas, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction,

I was given this book along with tangled threads.

Book Dedication: With great affection and deep admiration this book is dedicated to my uncle, Brian Copley, who enlisted in 1914 at the age of sixteen in the 8^th battalion Sherwood foresters, (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regiment) and served throughout the war.

Thankfully, he survived the trenches to life a long and happy life and it has been a privilege to share his memories and experiences through his personal diaries of the time.

This book has 400 pages and 62 chapters in it.

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.

I normally read books of this genre but l also stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read so many great books and come across some great authors.

I highly recommend this book but l would tell people to read tangled threads first so you know the full story not just half.

Synopsis: It is 1914 and Eveleen Hardcastle, now in her early thirties, has married Richard. Her longing for children is the only shadow over the happiness, but the world war breaks out, Eveleen is left to manage the Nottingham Factory alone while Richard goes to fight for his country. Eveleen's mother, Mary, has found happiness at last in her marriage to Josh. Her granddaughter, Birdie, still lives at home and has a spirited, strong will which her grandmother finds hard to control. When Andrew, the love of her life, also enlists, Birdie finds consolation in a rewarding vocation. Nursing wounded soldiers sent home from the front, she gains a maturity beyond her years. But every day the casualty list from the hell of the trenches grows longer. Bridie nurses her grandfather on his death bed as her boyfriend is fighting the war, she became a nurse to help people and keeps in touch with her auntie Eveleen who husband is also fighting in the war and she loves her family.

Review: I found this really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l started reading it I was happy to be reading the follow on to tangled threads. I am glad that Eveleen moved on and got married. I was happy to read that Eveleen's mother found someone who loves her after her husband's tragic death and she is still raising her granddaughter. It is nice to read that Bridie gets to meet her grandfather and she nurses him on his death bed which is very sad to read but glad her grandfather was not on his own when he passed away. Bridie's uncle and boyfriend are both fighting the war. Leaving the women they love behind. Bridie also helps nurses soldiers who have been hurt on the front line and she must see loads of deaths when they can not save the soldiers and she watched her grandfather passed away to poor girl. I hope Eveleen's husband and Bridie's boyfriend comes back from the war alive and unhurt so Bridie and Eveleen do not lose any more people they love. I hope Eveleen's brother and Birdie's father is ok. I can not put in to words how great this book is l would tell people to read it for themselves to know how great it really is. This book is a must read l am glad it is on my book shelf with the first book in the series tangled threads.

About The Author: Margaret Dickinson was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by a number of further titles including the clippie girls, fairfield hall and welcome home. Margaret is a Sunday times top ten bestseller.

About The Book: I love the book cover and l like that it comes in two different book cover designs and l love the colour and it is not too bright or not too dull.

Star Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars

 

Book Review: Margaret Dickinson: Tangled Threads

Tangled Threads

Author: Margaret Dickinson

Title: Tangled Threads

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Family Sagas, Historical Romance, Literature And Fiction,

I was given this book along with twisted strands.

Book Dedication: For Dennis

This book has 464 pages and 60 chapters in it.

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.

I normally read books of this genre but l also stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read so many great books and come across some great authors.

Synopsis: A spellbinding saga of family ties, heartbreak and rediscovered love. For Eveleen Hardcastles life gets no better than growing up on pear tree farm in the Lincolnshire countryside. Her family works so hard for the dunmore estate and Eveleen finds it impossible to resist the charms of their employer's son, Stephen dunmore. But Jimmy, ever quick to antagonize, ensures that his sister's clandestine trysts do not remain so for long . Mary Hardcastles reacts to the news of her daughter's affair with a shocking ferocity, which seems to be born more of bitterness than maternal protectiveness. But what is it that fuels Mary's resentment towards her daughter? Unable to ignore her own feelings, Eveleen continues to meet Stephen in secret. But deception has a cruel price to pay when her beloved father is found dead from a heartattack, and worse yet, Stephen, far from providing Eveleen with the comfort she craves, deserts her in her hour of need and callously evicts the Hardcastles from the farm, suddenly homeless, Eveleen is left to take the family reins and fights to make a new life for her family in Nottinghamshire. Then she makes a stunning discovery about her mother's past which changes their lives for ever.... Eveleen's brother get a girl pregnant so they are kicked out and have to take the girl with them and they have to find yet another home and they make the boy marry the girl who he got pregnant and the boy then ran away to join the navy and when the girl dies in childbirth they are left to raise her daughter and the girl never gets to meet her father.

Review: I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l started reading it l also have the follow on to this book twisted strands and l am happy to be able to read the follow on and I was hooked on this book after reading the first page. It was sad to read that Eveleen's father passed away due to a heartattack. When her brother gets a girl pregnant they make him marry her. It was sad to read that the girl died in childbirth and her husband had ran away to join the navy. I was glad to read that Eveleen and her mother was raising the poor girl who did not meet her mother and her father was no where to be seen because he was in the navy. It is horrible to read that Eveleen gets all the blame for everything that happened and her brother gets no blame. They had a home until her got that poor girl pregnant so l think he should get the blame. I thought family was supposed to stick together not fight. It is upsetting that they have to break the news to Rebecca's father that she died in childbirth and that her daughter was alive and well. I wish that Rebecca had lived and she was raising her daughter and they did not have to give her father bad news about his precious daughter.

About The Author: Margaret Dickinson was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by a number of further titles including the clippie girls, fairfield hall and welcome home. Margaret is a Sunday times top ten bestseller.

About The Book: This book comes with two different covers and l really like the cover and the blue is a really nice colour not too bright and not too dull.

Star Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars.

Book Review: Tania Crosse: The River Girl

The River Girl

Author: Tania Crosse

Title: The River Girl

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Family Sagas, Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Family, Sagas,

I was given this book along with Morwellham's child.

Book Dedication: For Pearlikins, who nurtured my interest in both medicine and plants.

And for my husband, who has been the rock of my life.

This book has 544 pages.

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.

I normally read books of this genre but l also stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read so many great books and come across some great authors.

I highly recommend this book but you should read the Morwellham's child first as this is the follow on to that book.

Synopsis: Brought up on her uncle's lowly tenant farm, Elizabeth Thornton yearns to escape his clutches. But when a vengeful obsession from another source comes back to haunt her – and the man she loves reveals a dark secret – each of them is forced to confront a personal terror. When Elizabeth's auntie dies in childbirth her uncle turns his attention to Elizabeth because he says she looks just like her auntie and he wants to marry Elizabeth but her mother has a plan to get her away from him when she dies of cancer but he will not like it.

Review: I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l started reading it. I was happy to be able to carry on the story from Morwellham's child. I was sad to read that Elizabeth's dad, auntie and mother all passed away. Leaving Elizabeth with her uncle who tried to rape her and he tried to get her to marry him but her mother made plans for her to be a live in nurse maid for Josiah so she was not around her uncle because her mother knew what he was like with women. I hated reading that her uncle cut off all her hair off and made her fall to the point that her eye was nearly closed and it was horrible to read that he tried to sell her to Maurice Brett and Maurice wanted to marry Elizabeth and he was going to make her look after his mother but l was glad stood up to her uncle but it was horrible that he attacked her and she hit him with a rock to get him off her because he could of raped her. I was glad she ran in to Richard when she did but wished it had not been him getting thrown off a horse on to his sore leg. I was happy that Elizabeth was safe from her uncle. Richard was going to take her back to her uncle but she told him no and he thought that Elizabeth was died when she ran in to the path of the horse so he pulled back the cloak and said it is you. Richard seen elizabeth's ripped clothes. He took her back to the place where she felt safe when he got the horse that ran away when it got scared. Richard waited until chanel was upstairs before he asked if her uncle had raped her and she said no but he has attacked me before. Richard went why did you not say anything. She said you wanted me gone so l had no other choice to go back to him. I thought Elizabeth and Richard loved each other when they first seen each other that day when Richard and Chanel arrived back from France but they did not want to say how they felt about each other. Richard had seen Elizabeth on the day of her auntie's funeral when she was younger. Richard being ill and Elizabeth having to look after his daughter who did not speak any English. But they had a happy ending almost apart from losing their baby and Elizabeth nearly dying . Thankfully Elizabeth survived and her uncle marriaged another woman and his son Daniel and her cousin died when he was down the mine and poor Elizabeth was there when they pulled out the body of her beloved cousin Daniel. Rebecca and Adam Bradley was in this book from Morwellham's child and they was helping Elizabeth and Richard. Richard's uncle had put some money in to the building of a boat before he died in the war and they was money put aside from the boats profits not knowning about it Richard lost everything because of Maurice until Adam found the person who now owned the shares in the boat he owned that Richard's uncle had put money in to halp build it and it helped them get their home back. But Richard ended up in prison because of Maurice he had kidnapped Chanel and wanted Elizabeth and he shot Maurice in the shoulder and the police thought that is what killed Maurice but that was not the case Richard was a trained shot he could of shot him in the head but the fall killed Maurice. I was happy that he did not go to jail and they got the house back and they did not have to worry about Maurice or Elizabeth's uncle. I was happy that Adam got to meet who made the ointment to save his arm and they did not know it was Elizabeth until Richard notice Adam's arm and said did your doctor ask another doctor about a ointment to help with the healing? Adam reply yes Richard said that was Elizabeth who made the ointment l remember the doctor asking. Adam and Rebecca was happy to meet the person who helped save his arm through the ointment.

About The Author: Dartmoor historical novelist Tania Crosse was born in London but at a very young age she moved to Surrey where her love of the countryside took root. She always enjoyed reading and has composed stories ever since she could hold a pen. After studying french Literature at university, she devoted twenty years to bringing up her three children. But her passion for writing never left her, and side by side with her in-depth research on to Victorian social history, she began to pen her novels in earnest as her family grew up. When Tania discovered Morwellham Quay, the restored Victorian cooper port and now living history museum in Devon, she fell in love with this magical place and felt a spiritual compulsion to create a story that would illustrate life there in times gone by. This led to the publication of her debut novel, 'Morwellham's Child' and now Tania has thrilled her readers with over 100,000 copies sold of her first two titles alone. She is rated among the top five per cent of authors for library loans in the uk, and her books are now being published in the us and translated in to European languages. Tania is continuing to work on her series of novels illustrating the rich history of Tavistock and the surrounding area of Dartmoor from Victorian times to the 1950's. She hates being categorized as a writer of historical romance. The history comes first, she insists, and the human tales develop from her research. The characters lead harsh, demanding lives and their stories are often cruel and harrowing. ' l tell it like it was', she says. Tania has been happily married for forty years and claims she would never have achieved her success without her husband's support. They live partly in Berkshire and partly at their tiny cottage on Dartmoor where Tania retreats to write and absorbs the atmosphere of the places that inspire her.

About The Book. This book cover is really nice and the colours is not too bright or not too dull. The font is really nice not too big and not too small.

Star Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars

Book Review: Annie Murray: Water Gypsies

Water Gypsies

Author: Annie Murray

Title: Water Gypsies

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Romance,

I was given this book along with the first book in this series the narrowboat girl.

This book has 458 pages and 50 chapters in it.

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.

I normally read books of this genre but l also stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read so many great books and come across some great authors.

I highly recommend this book but l would tell people to have the narrowboat girl as well so you can read the first book in the series and then this book so you know the full story not half.

Synopsis: It is 1942, after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel and their children, working the canals on his narrowboat, the Esther Jane. But the back-breaking and constant childbearing takes their toll on Maryann, and the tragic loss of her old friend Nancy, followed by a further pregnancy, leads her to commit a desperate act which nearly costs her life, the walls of her security are broken down when Joel suffers an accident and. To keep the boats working, Maryann is forced to allow Sylvia and Dot, two wartime volunteers, in to the privacy of her life. When she discovered that someone keeps calling her at Birmingham's tyseley wharf, the dark memories of her past begin to overwhelm her. For that someone, who seems to be watching her every move, is becoming more dangerous than even she could imagine. This is the seguel to the narrowboat girl. In august 1942 Maryann gives birth to twin girls by then she had two sons named Joel and Ezra and A daughter named Sally after her beloved sister and Maryann also had a son Harry who sadly passed away due to pneumonia and Maryann and Joel named their daughters Ada and Esther after Joel's mother and sister. Maryann's best friend falls in to the water when heavily pregnant and drowns and her unborn baby dies too. Maryann and Darius are very upset and Norman Griffin turns up and sets fire to the boat with Maryann, Sally, Rose and the twins Esther and Ada on and poor Maryann and Ada was burnt and a woman helped her with Ada's burn by putting flour on to dry it up.

Review: I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l started reading it. I was hooked after reading the first page. I was really happy to be reading the follow on to the narrowboat girl. I was happy to read that Maryann had got a happy life with her husband and their 5 children and I was sad to read that Maryann lost a little boy Harry that he died of pneumonia. I was sad to read that Maryann's best friend Nancy drowned like Ada Joel and Darius's sister but is was very upsetting for Maryann because Nancy was Maryann only friend. She always use to share all her feelings with her sister Sally but she took her own life because of the things Norman Griffin did to her. Maryann and Sally's mother Flo buried Sally under Griffin not Nelson which l thought was wrong after everything Norman did to them poor girls. I thought their mother only cared about herself not her four children. She wanted money not her children. I was sad to read that Nancy's unborn baby died after she fell in the water and drowned and Darius was very upset about the loss of his girlfriend and their unborn baby. I wish Nancy and Darius could have been married because they made a great couple and l was happy Maryann did not die and she lived after her boat was set on fire. I felt sorry for poor Ada and Maryann being burnt and l hope Norman goes to jail where he belong

About The Author: Annie Murray was born in 1960 in Berkshire, and studied English at oxford university. Her first job took her to Birmingham where she met her husband, John. They have four children. In 1992 she began writing her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham rose, which made the times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has written six subsequent novels including, most recently, the highly successful chocolate girls.

About The Book: l love this cover and this book has two different covers and l love the front.

Star Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars

Book Review: Margaret Dickinson: Red Sky In The Morning

Red Sky in the Morning

Author: Margaret Dickinson

Title: Red Sky In The Morning

Genre: Fiction, Romantic, Contemporary Fiction, Family Saga, Literature Fiction, Contemporary, Literature. Romance,

I was given this book.

Book Dedication: For Zoe and Scott, My daughter and son-in-law

This book has 464 pages and 33 chapters.

I highly recommend this book.

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio. Even if you do not read books like this.

I normally read books of this genre but l also stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read so many great books and come across some great authors.

Synopsis: A young girl stands alone in the cobbled marketplace of a small Lincolnshire   town, bedraggled, soaked through and very afraid. No one knows or cares who she is or where she has come from. Only kind farmer Eddie appleyard recognizes something in the girl touches his heart, in a drunken haze Eddie takes her home. His wife Bertha accuses him of infidelity and turns Anna out in to the cold, wet night. Eddie hides the girl in a tumbledown shepherd's cottage that becomes her new home. Anna's arrival will change their lives: Eddie's, Bertha's and even that of their young son Tony, Torn between his warning parents and the mysterious stanger. It will take years for the secrets of Anna's former life to be revealed, but Bertha bides her time and awaits her moment, little realizing the tragedy her vengeance will unleash. Anne ends up pregnant after she was raped and Eddie helps Anna through her pregnancy and when she gives birth to her daughter and she stays in the cottage for years and Eddie and his son Tony help Anne loads and helps with Anna's daughter and Anna keeps the secret of what happened to her and how she got pregnant and how she got the scar on her fingers and why she run away from home and her family and the guy who raped Anna turns up with his dad and ends up stabbing Eddie who passes away and Anna, Tony, Maisie and Bertha try to save him but is is too late.

Review: I really found this book a mystery at first because of Anna just turning up and standing so still in the marketplace and it was very nice of Eddie and his son Tony helping her through everything she went through and Eddie helping her through the birth of her daughter and Anna helps Eddie with stuff around the farm but tries to keep out of the sight of Eddie's wife because she does not like Anne and Bertha sounds like a bitch and gets jealous of Eddie trying to help people because Eddie had a kind heart and Tony has a good heart like his dad. Tony takes after his dad not his mum. Tony took food to Anna for his dad when his dad was busy. I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l got in to it. I was sad to read that Anna's grandad was murdered and she was raped and had to run away from home to be safe from it happening again and her having to marry her rapist and I like Eddie and him helping poor Anna and her daughter Maisie and l like that Tony takes after his dad not his mum. After Eddie murder Tony kept helping Anna and Maisie because he knew that what his dad would want him to do. His mum Bertha left the farm after Eddie's passing because she felt guilty about telling the people who murdered Eddie and Anna's grandad where they could find Anna and her daughter Maisie. Tony helped teach Maisie to read and write which l think was nice of him. I wish l could rate this book more then five stars because it is worth more then the five stars l rated it.

About The Author: Margaret Dickinson was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. This was followed by a number of further titles including the clippie girls, fairfield hall and welcome home. Margaret is a Sunday times top ten bestseller.

About The Book: I really like the book cover of this book and l like the font.

Star Rating: Five Out Of Five Stars

Book review : Giselle Green Little Miracles

Little Miracles

Author: Giselle Green

Title: Little Miracles

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction,

Where I Got The Book From: I bought this book out of money l got for my birthday and it come from a book shop called the works.

Book Dedication: To Eliott, Because we both believe in miracles...

I would tell people that you should step outside your comfort zone with books because it is good to add more authors and genres to your reading portfolio even if you do not read books like this.

I normally do not read books of this genre but l stepped outside my comfort zone with authors and genres l am so glad l did because l have read some many great books and come across some great authors.

This book has 416 pages and 58 chapters in it.

I highly recommend this book but l would tell people to have the follow on book finding you so you can read both straight away.

Book Review from other people:

Praise For Little Miracles:

Utterly heart-wrenching... Have a box of tissues handy – News Of The World.

This is a cracking read that will emotionally involve any parent... Exploring the power and strength of love the ending provides more surprises revelations than an episode of Trisha. A must read – Chopsybaby.com.

A Complex emotional Tale that is both heartbreaking and uplifting – Closer.

Morally complex and heart-rending novel – Closer.

A bitter sweet tear-jerker – OK.

A Compelling, tragic read, Though full of surprises and love – The Sun.

Synopsis: When Julia Fearon's Arrives in Spain With Fiancee Charlie And Their Toddler Haydn, She is excited at the prospect of meeting his family. But Julia Happiness is Short-lived as she becomes increasingly isolated from the deeply religious clan, And lies from her past threaten to destroy her future. Tragedy strikes when Julia takes Haydn to the beach. Haydn goes missing presumed he had drowned the search for Haydn gets stopped but Julia does not give up. Hope of seeing her precious little boy again and she will not give up hope of finding Haydn alive. Charlie keeps busy with work when Haydn goes missing. Everybody who knows Julia and Charlie thinks Haydn drowned but Julia does not believe it. Julia is tortured by the thought her child is still alive. Consumed by the fact that they may never know what happened that day. This novel is a heart-warming and emotional.

Review: I found this book really easy to get in to and hard to put down once l started reading it. I am so glad l bought this book now because it is a really good book and l can not put in to words how great this book is l would tell people to read it for themselves to know how great this book is. I am glad this book is in my library and so is the follow on finding you. I was nearly crying at this book because l thought nobody believed Julia about Haydn and l was sad that everybody stopped looking for Haydn and told Julia and Charlie that he had drowned. I was nearly crying when I finished this book because it was so good and l found out there was a follow on and l wanted to know what happened to Haydn and if Julia and Charlie stayed together and got married like they planned before Haydn went missing. I wish l could rate this book more then 5 stars because it is worth more then the 5 stars l rated it.

About the author:  I was born in Chiswick in 1960. When I was 7, the family moved to Gibraltar where in the summer it got so hot we had ‘half-days’ at school. I was one of those rare creatures who loved school but there were beaches to go to. I wasn’t complaining.  Gibraltar is near the tip of North Africa. In the winter it still gets cold though, so like everyone else we watched telly.As a kid, I loved Star Trek and Kung Fu (valiant-but-arrogant Kirk vs Valiant-but-humble Kwai Chang Caine). I wrote fan fiction, putting the crew of The Enterprise through such humorous exploits it made me fall right off my chair. I wrote time slip tales about kids who traveled back to Ancient Egypt. I wrote about a dragon whose best friend was a toad called Groadhop. I wrote and wrote and sent manuscripts off to publishers and – even at 11 – got encouraging feedback and wrote some more.I read voraciously. The best gift I ever got as a kid was my camera. Those days, you had to wait to the end of the roll to develop the photos. You had to be patient and trust. You had to learn the art of delayed gratification. All good qualities for a some-day novelist to develop.At fourteen, I met my soul-mate who I married at eighteen and we’re still together. I appreciate the good people in my life. I am loyal to those who matter. I am a Scorpio. I am interested in astrology and how everything we say and do, says something about what we are, and what we might become. If you ask me what I love (family aside): I love being out in the sunshine, listening to birds singing; I love being by the sea and places where there is a big sky – especially the Med.; I love atmospheric places like castles or walks that lead to old forgotten meadows. I love it when seeds I plant, come up; when birds in the garden visit my bird-feeder. I love being around young people and kids and I am lucky enough to have had six of my own. I love books and films and people that make me feel/think/laugh. I love that I don’t have to commute anywhere to do my job and I can set out my own work-space and I have the freedom to come and go as I like. I am also very happy getting feedback from readers who’ve stayed up till the  wee, small hours to finish one of my books – so if you are one of those, please stop by here some time.Now, that’s enough about me, I have some fictional characters calling!

About the book: the book cover is really nice and beautiful. This book is a tear-jerker with a bit of friendship, Romance, Drama And love.

Star Rating: 5 Out Of 5 Stars.