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Surprise Me

How Not to Save Your Relationship Author: Sophie Kinsella Sylvie and Dan have been together for ten years. They know everything each other will say before it is spoken. They have fallen into a comfortable routine, every gesture known before it is made, every day tracking much the same. They have good jobs, beautiful twin girls, and everything seems to be going fine. . . that is, until their doctor happily announces that they can easily live another 68 years. Together. When they said “till death do us part” they really hadn’t expected 78 full years together. With no surprises [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:41:11-07:00June 18th, 2022|Tags: book review, Comedy, Kinsella, read, reading, review, reviews|

Party Crasher, The

What's Heard Under the Table . . . Author: Sophie Kinsella Effie has the perfect family life: two happy parents and an eccentric childhood home filled with memories, a place that she can always go and feel herself. Of course, the great love of her life didn’t work out – that’s still a never-ending sore point. But she has her family. Her cozy little world. The kitchen filled with her step-mom’s charming drawings, a lifetime spelled out in adorable images. But the custom rugs is about to be pulled out from under her feet when one Christmas, after the gifts are [...]

Frances Carden2023-11-01T11:29:53-07:00June 14th, 2022|Tags: Comedy, fiction, read, reading, reviews, romance, Sophia Kinsella|

Behind Her Eyes

Supernatural Thriller Author: Sarah Pinborough What happens when sleepless nights, strange dreams of doors, hope, and betrayal combine? On the outside, David and Adele have the perfect marriage. They ARE the perfect couple. Beautiful, successful, in love. But scratch the surface and there is a darkness there. No one knows this better than David’s secretary and secret mistress, Louise. She never meant to get involved with a married man or accidentally become best friends with his wife. But now she is torn between the two, in love with one, desperately worried about the other, and always guilty and lonely. This cannot [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:43:20-07:00June 12th, 2022|Tags: book review, botm, read, reading, reviews, supernatural, thriller|