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• The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
  on May 12, 2013 in Philippa Gregory Historical fiction
  Paperback: 409 pagesGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Pocket Books 2010   Source: My sister.First Sentence: 'My father is Sir Richard Woodville, Baron Rivers, an English nobleman, a landholder and a supporter of the true kings of&nbs...
• See John Play by Dave DiGrazie
  on May 3, 2013 in Dave DiGrazie Contemporary Fiction
  Paperback: 309 pagesGenre: Contemporary FictionPublisher:  Wine Flash Press April 2012Source: The author in return for an honest and unbiased review.First Sentences: 'It had become her predicament, this Fort Mitchell neighbourhood...
• Ewe and Lambs
  on Apr 29, 2013 in Tywyn Lambs Ewe
  Taken in Tywyn - April 7th 2013When I took this photo of the Ewe and her lambs I was not sure if she was asleep or sunbathing, what do you think?
• Hothouse Flower by Lucinda Riley
  on Apr 26, 2013 in Lucinda Riley Historical Romantic Fiction
  Paperback: 579 pagesGenre: Historical Romantic FictionPublisher:  Penguin 2011Source:  Tywyn Library, Wales.First Sentence: It is said in Siam, that when a man falls in love with a woman - deeply, passionately, irrevocably - he will be...
• Cheese Please!
  on Apr 22, 2013 in Markets Tywyn Cheese
  The above photos were taken at the Cheese Stall at the Easter Monday Market in Tywyn, Wales.If you are interested in Markets I recently wrote a post about this one for my Travel Tales blog.Easter Monday Market - Tywyn - WalesThe Stilton with Apricots...
• A Serving of Scandal by Prue Leith
  on Apr 20, 2013 in Prue Leith Contemporary Romantic Fiction
  Paperback : 320 pages Genre: Contemporary Romantic Fiction Publisher: Quercus 2010Source: Charity Shop PurchaseFirst Sentences: 'Are you waiting at table then? You can hardly do it in chef's whites' The voice was not friendly. Kate tur...
• Easter Monday Market - Tywyn - Wales
  on Apr 18, 2013 in Markets of the World Easter Market Tywyn Market
                                Wherever we travel we always make a point of visiting local markets as we find that they can be a fascinating  insight into local...
• Ten Minutes to Fall in Love by Julia Llewellyn
  on Apr 11, 2013 in Julia Llewellyn Contemporary Womens Fiction
    Paperback :  389 pages Genre: Contemporary Romantic Fiction Publisher: Penguin 2012Source: Tywyn Public Library First Sentences: 'Zulekha Forbes opened her curtains and peered out on to the back garden. For the fi...
• Moving On A New Chapter
  on Apr 8, 2013 in Our House
  Last year in readiness for the next chapter in our life adventure we put the house on the market to sell. Since moving to Italy we have done up and sold two properties which has kept us very busy and also been great fun. We had decided though that in...
• Bible Girl by E.C. Stilson
  on Apr 2, 2013 in Personal Memoir E.C.Stilson
  Paperback: 230 pagesGenre:  MemoirPublisher: Wayman Publishing 2012 Source: Sent to me by the author in return for an honest and unbiased review.First Sentence: 'Looking back, I didn't know I'd run away with a practical stranger, get m...
• Sunset Fishing
  on Apr 1, 2013 in Fishing Sunset Tywyn Beach
  30th March 2013 - Tywyn Beach, Gwynedd, Wales.Good News about my husband, after three months of hospitalisation he is at last home with me. Just in time for Easter and to enjoy the beautiful weather, cold but sunny, on the west coast of Wales. He has...
• Buona Pasqua - Happy Easter - 2013
  on Mar 29, 2013 in Buona Pasqua Happy Easter
  In celebration of  Easter I would like to wish all my family, friends and followers an enjoyable and peaceful time. We will not be with our daughters but we will be thinking of them, one daughter on holiday in India, the other in Salisbury. &nbs...
• Stormy Seas
  on Mar 24, 2013 in Sea Tywyn Wales
  Tywyn - March 22nd 2013My husband is still in hospital, having now had surgery I am hoping he is at long last on the road to recovery. My wish is that he will soon be back in Tywyn enjoying the ever changing sea view with me.
• The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow
  on Mar 18, 2013 in Liz Trenow Fiction
  Paperback: 354 pagesGenre:  FictionPublisher: Avon, September 2012.Source: Tywyn Public LibraryFirst Sentences: 'Perhaps because death leaves so little to say, funeral guests seem to take refuge in platitudes.' He had a good innin...
• One Moment,One Morning by Sarah Rayner
  on Mar 11, 2013 in Sarah Rayner Contemporary Fiction
  Paperback: 405 pagesGenre: Contemporary FictionPublisher: Picador, 2010Source: Tywyn Public LibraryFirst Sentences: 'Lou is pretending to be asleep, but out of the corner of her eye she is watching the woman opposite put on her ma...
• La Festa della Donna – International Women’s Day - March 8th 2013
  on Mar 6, 2013 in International Women's Day Mimosa La Festa della Donna
  Italy takes part in International Women’s Day, La Festa della Donna when women of all ages celebrate this special day dedicated to them with celebratory dinners or just get together with other female friends and are often presented with bunches of...
• When In Rome by Nicky Pellegrino
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Nicky Pellegrino Contemporary Romantic Fiction
  Paperback: 276 pagesGenre: Contemporary Romantic FictionPublisher:  Orion 2012Source:  Tywyn Library, Wales.First Sentences: 'On every door there is a photograph. They show us as we used to be - not weathered or worn; not bent by age a...
• Saint David's Day - Daffodil
  on Mar 1, 2013 in Saint David's Day Daffodil
  Happy Saint David's Day from Wales.Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi) is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on the 1st of March each year.  Many Welsh people wear one or both of the national emblems of Wal...
• The Casual Vacancy by J.K.Rowling
  on Feb 23, 2013 in J.K.Rowling Literary Fiction
  Hardback: 503 pagesGenre: Literary FictionPublisher:  Little BrownSource: Tywyn Library, Wales.First Sentences: Barry Fairbrother did not want to go out to dinner. He had endured a thumping headache for most of the weekend and was struggling to...
• Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
  on Feb 20, 2013 in Literary Fiction Ian McEwan
  Hardback:  320 pagesGenre: Literary FictionPublisher:  Jonathan Cape 2012Source: Tywyn Public Library  First Sentence: 'My name is Serena Frome (rhymes with plume) and almost forty years ago I was sent on a secret mission for...

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