Book Review- 4 books by paige toon

This post has been half written far ages due to time constraints, but the football is enabling me to finish it off!

These books had bee sat waiting for ever to be read, but i finally got to read them and really enjoyed them. 

Lucy in the sky is surprise surprise about Lucy and her love life. I loved reading this and was very happy with the ending. No spoilers here!!!

Johnny be good was an enjoyable read but the ending was disappointing, of the 4 books this was the possibly the one i enjoyed the least, but i often find the 2nd book by any author is the weakest, not sure why but it quite often happens that way. Anyway back to the book. This book follows Meg and her new lifestyle working for a rock star (Johnny in the title).

Chasing Daisy was Paige toon back on form and set in the world of formula one. We follow daisy through the highs and lows of her love life and learn a little bit about formula one as well, another great read, but again no spoilers!

Pictures of Lily is mainly set in Australia and aroiund a wildlife park, and another fab read (i need to get some new words hence i'm the reader and not the writer of these books, they would get very repetitive if i had a hand involved!). Once again the ending was perfect and i loved every minute of this book.

Having only discovered Paige Toon recently i'm really glad i did as she is an excellent writer and i know that if i was on holiday i would lay and read one of her books in a day, in fact i'm going to keep an eye out for her  other books baby be mine and one perfect summer.

over all i give all the books bar Johnny be good 4 stars out of 5,

Johnny be good gets 3 out of 5 because of the ending.

Book Review- Why do we have to live with men by Bernadette Strachan

I put off reading this book because of the title which with hind sight was silly but we really do judge a book by it's cover or in this case a name! I have only really read a 2 other books by this author but that is something i am going to rectify as i really enjoyed reading this book especially the outcome! Cat ends up moving into a 'commune' with other women for 6 months and they all go on a journey and most realise they do need men, but need to change their approach to men. I really enjoyed the sub plots of this book, but sarge did annoy me somewhat, just her bossiness and lack of personality, but this was explained so i forgave her! 

my only niggle was the ending, it felt rushed and left me wanting more, hopefully there will be a sequel where we find out more about the characters as they all deserve their own ending .

3 stars out of 5 ( it would have been 4, but for the ending)

Book Review- Chances by Freya North

Having read all of Freya Norths other books (I think, i would need to look this up and then that would ruin book shopping for me so i'm not going to!) i was looking forward to reading this, Sally and Chloe are 2 of my favourite books.  

The book follows vita through just arriving in a new house having split up from her ex but still sharing a business with him, to meeting Oliver a tree surgeon. i loved reading the ups and downs in this book and loved the other stories that went along side the main plot, who knew there are wild parrots in England! I really recommend this book and any others that Freya North has written

5 stars out of 5!!!

Book Review- Things I want My Daughter to Know and The Girl Next Door- Both by Elizabeth Noble

 

I decided to do a double book review for these 2 books as i think they are pretty similar. When i finished Things i want my daughter to know, i discussed it with a librarian, and the best way to describe it was, like an episode or 2 of heartbeat. I loved heartbeat, and enjoyed the fact that it was easy to follow and it was all wrapped up at the end. This book started off quite sad, but then moved on to watching the daughters deal with their mum dying, referring to a journal she had written and the letters she wrote for them. Sometimes it seemed slightly contrived, with things only happening just for a twist in the story line but not really flowing. Although I enjoyed reading this I'm not going to keep it, like i do with most of my other books.

The Girl next door, is based in new york, in a block of apartments, and follows their lives over a year. It took me a while to learn who all the characters were and their backgrounds ( there is a description at the front of the book that i had to refer to a couple of times!).  The lead characters have just moved to new york, and it seems like the husband changes his personality as soon as he arrives, and becomes quite self centred and his wife becomes quite clingy. The other characters are quite stereo typical, the gay couple are stylish, the quiet librarian, the layabout rich boy, the focused girl from the sticks, the wannabe bitchy socialite and the standoffish older English lady. We learn a little bit about most of these characters, but i don't feel the gay couple added anything to the story, and were only added 'to be gay'. i would however have liked to know more about Charlotte the librarian. There is also a sub plot involving 2 couples and their children. Again i enjoyed this book, but it's not a keeper.

3 Stars out of 5 for them both

book review- alphabet weekends by Elizabeth Noble

This is the 1st book i have read by Elizabeth Noble, and i really enjoyed it, so much so that i now have a few more books by the same author waiting to be read. It's obvious from the start how this book is going to end for the main characters, but as you might have gathered, i like that! i did get confused to start with all the different characters in the book, but eventually i did learn who was who, and who they were married to. but i think the book could have coped with less people in it. The idea of alphabet dates was really good, and lead to some interesting dates- but because it was book-land certain things seemed to be happening just at the right letter!

Overall i enjoyed this book and will give it 4 stars out of 5.

Book Review- The first assistant by Clare Naylor & Mimi Hare

Having read the prequel years ago, i stumbled across this in a charity shop and bought it with interest. I didn't really remember what happened in the 1st book, but jumped straight into this one, once i started reading it, i realised i did kind of remember the 1st book, but didn't really need to, so if you haven't read the 1st book, don't panic. It was a very light read, but enjoyable all the same. Lizzie is dating Luke, but the path of love doesn't run smoothly ( does it ever in these books?!) i won't spoil the ending for you! the plot does take a few strange turns, where i thought; really?; but i think it was to add pages to the story, not unreadable but quite unrealistic and very hollywood filmy.

overall i would give this book 3 stars out of 5.

book review-From notting hill with love actually by ali mcnamara

LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!

if you loved notting hill, love actually or four weddings you need to buy and read this book! i loved every moment of this book and once i had finished it i wanted to reread it to enjoy it all over again :)

I loved scarlett and wanted her to get together with sean from the start. it might be a bit predictable in places but i didn't effect the overall story.

5/5- seriously why are you still reading this go and buy it!