Creator of the social media phenomenon and bestselling book, Tired and Tested, Sophie McCartney’s foray into fiction is explosive. Mother Hens is a chick lit black comedy about recently-divorced Cara Carmichael. She escapes to Ibiza with...
Book Review: Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
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An American actress and a European prince. The world’s media going crazy for a fairytale romance featuring Hollywood and royalty. Sound familiar? We’ve just experienced the frenzy around the marriage of Meghan Markle and...
Review of The Excursionist by J.D. Sumner
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Newly single Jack Kavanagh….sorry, Kaganagh…..longs to visit one hundred countries and join the esteemed Travelers’ Century Club. To tick off his last three countries he books a trip to the Coronation Islands, despite travel...
36 Hours, 125 weekends in Europe
My two favourite Christmas presents this year came from my son, Rory. One was a bright orange, ceramic garlic grater and the other was a copy of The New York Times 36 Hours –...
Book Review: Love in Small Letters by Francesc Miralles
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Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault Like many readers I think I can gauge whether a book is for me...
Book Reviews: ‘Labor Day’ and ‘The Proposal’
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Labor Day is a beautifully written story, narrated by Henry, a 13 year old boy struggling with normal adolescent feelings compounded by the impact of his parents’ divorce. His mother, Adele, rarely leaves their house...
Books We Read This Summer
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There’s nothing better than settling down to a good book on holiday, lying on a sun-bed, shaded from the sun and nodding off every so often. Dougie is very good at the nodding off...
What to give a travel blogger for their birthday
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It was my birthday last week and, apart from the huge amount of chocolate I received from my son, I think my favourite gift was the book Travel – Where to go when which I...