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6 July 2024 | Saturday · 5:47 PM

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

I Hope This Finds You Well | Book Review | Natalie Sue
Title:
I Hope This Finds You Well
Series:
NA
Genre:
Literary Fiction, Romance
Release Date:
Format:
Google Play Books
Pages:
352

Plot Summary
The story of I Hope This Finds You Well revolves around a corporate employee Jolene, socially awkward and unable to gel with her office colleagues. The central characters being Rhonda, Caitlin, Armin as her coworkers and Gregory their creepy boss. Frustrated with their habits & whims, she vents it out to them through texts in emails that she hides out with white fonts. On one such occasion, she forgets to white out her rant to Caitlin and gets into deep trouble casting a shadow over her job.

As a result, she is put to a training course that she must pass to retain her job, wherein she comes close to the HR guy Clifford. In her bid to save her job, …

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1 December 2023 | Friday · 1:26 PM

The Mystery Guest (Nita Prose) 🥇🔰

Title:
The Mystery Guest
Series:
Molly The Maid
Genre:
Thriller
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Release Date:
Format:
Paper Back
Pages:
336
Source:
Book Forums Book Review Blog 2023

Winner:
Book Of The Year 2023;
Best Character 2023 (Molly Gray);
All Time Best Reads

As the reading year draws to an end, here comes Molly once again, and easily climbs straight up to the best reads of 2023. Nita Prose successfully accomplishes the hardest thing to achieve – following up a runaway hit with an equally enthralling sequel. And not only does this second book maintain the charm & appeal of the first, but it also far outdoes it.

The book begins with an acclaimed mystery author J.D. Grimthorpe dropping dead just ahead of a much-publicized announcement he was due to make in the Regency Grand’s tearoom. And as the book itself keeps reminding you, …

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10 November 2023 | Friday · 11:49 AM

The Five-Star Weekend

Title:
The Five-Star Weekend
Series:
NA
Genre:
Fiction
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
385
Source:
BookForums Book Review Blog 2023

The perfect way to sum up The Five-Star Weekend is a phrase from the book itself – “Your Life Story In Friends”. Hollis Shaw, recently widowed, organizes a Five-Star Weekend inspired by another woman to overcome her grief and mourning. This entails inviting one best friend from each phase of her life at her childhood home in Nantucket. For this weekend, she invites her childhood friend Tatum, best friend from college Dru Ann, Brooke from their children’s growing up years and Gigi a recent online acquaintance from her blog.

As such, this idea felt extremely original and enticing. I loved this concept of a weekend with your best friends over the years. Each of these people have problems of …

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9 October 2023 | Monday · 5:51 PM

Traitors Gate: William Warwick#6

Traitors Gate
Title:
Traitors Gate
Series:
William Warwick
Genre:
Thriller
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
376
Source:
BookForums Book Review Blog 2023

Come autumn and rises the anticipation for the new Jeffrey Archer release. Such has been the pattern for the past few years that the William Warwick series has become an inseparable part of the season for me! And so, here I was – all set and waiting with my copy of Traitor’s Gate pre booked well in advance.

My first impressions of the book were pretty clear, this 6th book in the Warwick series promised to be the best. To begin with, we have all the regular characters returning back – William, Beth, Miles Faulkner, Booth Watson, Sir Julian Warwick and last but not the least Christina! It is a pleasure to meet these bunch of people yet again for a fun …

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14 April 2023 | Friday · 11:29 PM

Prettier If She Smiled More

Prettier If She Smiled More | Book Review
Title:
Prettier If She Smiled More
Series:
The Schnabel Family
Genre:
Literary Fiction; Humor
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
326
Source:
BookForums 2023

An extremely free flowing, fluent & easy to read pick. Welcome back the Schnabel family that enthralled us with wit, humor and wackiness last year, and is all set to repeat here. Prettier If She Smiled More instantly draws you in with it’s simplistic & light-hearted vibes which assure it to be a feel-good read.

While Dinner With The Schnabels had Tansy’s family (Simon and the kids) in the thick of things, this time round we have her sister Kylie taking limelight. It’s always good when a sequel gives a supporting character of the past, a chance to be the main lead. It starts with Kylie having a disastrous week with 3 disasters coming her way one after …

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3 March 2023 | Friday · 11:43 PM

Someone Else’s Shoes

Someone Else's Shoes | Jojo Moyes | Book Review
Title:
Someone Else’s Shoes
Series:
NA
Genre:
Literary Fiction
Publisher:
Penguin
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
426
Source:
BookForums 2023

Someone Else’s Shoes is a lovable story with a unique & original plot that makes for a light, enjoyable read. It has two stories running in parallel – revolving around the lives of the two protagonists, Sam & Nisha – which converge together resulting in some utmost funny & boisterous situations.

Sam Kemp is a middle aged woman, leading a mundane middle-class life – never quite free from worrying about bills, job, boss and so on. Her husband Phil has lost his job and going through a rough patch of depression. As a result, she is compelled to run the household single handedly.

Nisha Cantor on the other hand is quite the opposite. Married to a rich man Carl, she was leading a luxurious …

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