Oh, man. I just got two Jenny Colgan novels in, plus the new Irish Country Doctor, and one called THE SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES, which is someone’s life as a funeral director, or something along those lines, lol. I run a little macabre sometimes! But, it’s nice to have the first three lighter novels, particularly after my Halloween reads, and particularly before starting that last one that just came in!

Yes! Isn’t that interesting? I found their constant squabbling offputting and distanced me from getting emotionally involved…

Hardbacks can be beautiful and better quality, but I have quite weak wrists and I find hardbacks too heavy to hold up! I know that’s a bit lame. Also paperbacks take up less space on the shelves and are lighter in my bag 😉

Why do you prefer paperbacks? I started ordering physical copies only recently and I’m surprised to see they don’t seem to make designs on hardcovers any more. They decorate the paper cover on top of it (what is the name, a sleeve?) but not the actual cover. It takes a bit of beauty out of the book. That’s why I think I will also be ordering paperbacks now, if possible, so that the picture of the design actually stays ON the book when I read it, and I wouldn’t need to store it separately in order not to damage it.

This part is particularly interesting to me, our different reactions to the characters. I really cared for them and I’m still thinking about them. I wish there was a sequel so I could learn more about their lives.

Thanks CJ! You are absolutely right, it’s the hardest to write a review for something you loved so much. My first impulse is always to just say – read it, it’s SO good! 😄 I think you will like it. What else have you requested?

Lucky you lol. The sun doesn’t come up in Toronto, Canada until about 7:30 or 8:00 a.m. and the sun goes down like about 4:30 or 5:30. 😃depends, if we actuall get some sun that day 😃

You’re right, the unpredictability did catch me off balance – but I also found the fact that the pacing suddenly slowed up during that third act seemed odd. But the main problem was that I didn’t care about any of the characters – the constant squabbling left me distanced from all of them. But I’ll freely agree that she writes beautifully and the world was magnificently evoked.

So many books I want to read are in hardback at the moment, I really prefer paperbacks so will have to wait for the paperback of this one 🙂