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Archive for July 2019

The Friendship Pact, by Alison James

Lucy and Adele meet at secondary school but their lives are worlds apart: Lucy’s family are rich, Adele’s are not. Their friendship endures until one day a tragic accident occurs which Adele helped to cause. Lucy promises to keep quiet, hence the book’s title The Friendship Pact, but the girls drift apart due to the […]

#StayClassyMama 38

Hello and welcome to the #StayClassyMama linky. We are over halfawy through the year and summer has finally arrived in the UK, yay! Please have a read of the rules and make sure you have my badge on your post or page. Let your blogging friends know about the link up and encourage them to […]

Walking with Ghosts on Ward’s Pond, by Heidi Sprouse

Based on a true story from the 1900s, the suspicious death of Grace Mae Brown, and subsequent execution of Chester Gillette for her murder, is brought up to date with a spoooooky ghost story. The author Heidi Sprouse cleverly weaves the real life documents into a narrative fiction. The characters’ motivations and emotion are brought […]

June vegan favourites

So there it is, half the year gone and six months as a vegan completed! We have been out and about several times last month and have eaten out at some fab places. Fathers Day we tried out Ask Italian in Winchester and the food was superb. I can’t wait to go back! We returned […]

Summer at the Little French Cafe, by Karen Clarke

  After reading several (excellent!) thrillers in a row, it was time for a change of pace and a summer feel-good read! Elle travels to France in search of her birth mother who left her with her father aged just 1 week old. The only clue she has is a postcard wtith a cafe and […]