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🌸 Books: April Throwback πŸŒΈπŸ“šβ˜€οΈ

Hi guys πŸ‘‹πŸ»

Christmas, Spring/Summer are my favourite times of year to read and as I was enjoying my book this afternoon it got me thinking about this time last year…

April 2020 was a both a confusing and enlightening time for me (It sounds strange I know, stick with me)

Lockdown was fully in swing at this point, Pandemic – WHATTTT, very confusing! But, amongst the madness of Lockdown, for the first time in probably 11 years I had time… time to do the things I enjoyed, unapologetically, emphatically and with a new found appreciation for them.

And with this feeling and freedom in place I got such a heightened enjoyment from the novels I was reading. It of course helped that they were bloody brilliant books… so, lets take a walk down memory lane…

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April. This seems to be a good month for me in terms of discovering new books, especially ones that turn into firm favourites, that I always recommend when someones asks me; ‘Do you know of any good books?’

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In the midst of the OG Lockdown…

I read ‘The Silent Patient’ in a day I was so enraptured by it, gripped to the last page…

We also had another Heidi Swain release, which always makes a month amazing (& this sunny seaside stay is one of my faves of hers) ‘The Seaside Escape’

…and I found another firm fave and cosy number in ‘The Flat share’ which has lead me to many brilliant books by Beth O’Leary as a result.



Fast forward to today…. & I’m thoroughly enjoying ‘The Lido’ by Libby Page. Its a cosy, feel good book that restores your faith in community, friendships (unconventional & not) and yourself along the way.



I’m so invested in this story, its endearing characters and community that I know I’ll be sad when it ends and we aren’t spending our time together anymore (if you know, you know!)

I want to see how it all plays out but I don’t want to say goodbye.

You know you’ve got a good’un when thats the case.

I’m super looking forward to the end of the month as I have a few Preorders coming my way and I’m SO EXCITED!!

They are:
~A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain
~The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
~Until Next Weekend by Rachel Marks

(& a new Sarah Morgan book at the end of May πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ»)

All we need is for this sunshine to stay, Covid to be kept at bay and a nice cold drink to sip as we enjoy these brilliant books!

πŸ“š Happy Reading πŸ“š

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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My Reading challenge: April

April is here!

& that means it’s time for another two books for my reading challenge this month.

In March I read:

  • Dying breath: The Detective Lucy Harwin series by Helen Phifer.
  • The couple next door by Shari Laperna.

In April I will be reading:

Friend Request by Laura Marshall

“Maria Weston wants to he friends with me.

Maybe that had been the problem all along: Maria Weston had wanted to be friends with me, but I let her down.

She’s been hovering at tbr edge of my consciousness for all of my adult life, although I’ve been good at keeping her out, just a blurred shadow in thr corner of my eyee, almost but not quite out of sight.

Maria Weston wants to be friends. But, Maria Weston has been dead for more than twenty five years.”

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Spring at The Little Duck Pond Cafe (Book 1) by Rosie Green.

“Fleeing from a romance gone wrong, Ellie Farmer arrives in the pretty little village of Sunnybrook,

Following an unscheduled soak in the village duck pond, she meets Sylvia, who runs the nearby Duck Pond CafΓ©. Renting the little flat above the cafΓ© seems like the answer to Ellie’s prayers. It’s only for six months, which will give her time to sort out her life, far away from cheating boyfriend Richard.

But is running away from your past ever really the answer?
Clashing with the mysterious and brooding Zack Chamberlain, an author with a bad case of writer’s block, is definitely not what Ellie needs right now. And then there’s Sylvia, who’s clinging so hard to her past, she’s in danger of losing the quaint but run-down Duck Pond CafΓ© altogether.

Can Ellie find the answers she desperately needs in Sunnybrook? And will she be able to help save Sylvia’s little Duck Pond CafΓ© from closure?“

I can’t wait to get stuck into these!

Until next time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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