'highland fling' by katie fforde

jenny porter has to go to scotland to have a look at a wool mill which is not making profit anymore, it is just loosing money. the mill is on the verge of shutting down. jenny has to make the decision for an investor to close the business. but gripped by the necessity of this industry in a small town, she gets together with kristy, the right hand of the owner, to keep the mill running. turning the business into a profitable one. during tis process the looses a boyfriend and gains a fiance. she stays in a very dramatic old and cold house with the owners of the mill. helps out in a  mobile coffeebar.

such a nice book.  a pity it finished!

'red letter day' by colette caddle

celine is looking foward to a nice life being just married and a hot new designer in ireland. but her faith changes dramatically. 5 years after being married she needs to move to another part of dublin. to get a clean start. she takes a job in a secondhand shop, with a flat above the store. she enjoyes her new life. she find a new love. a ghost from the past turns up. but all ends well.

finally a nice book, finished in one day sitting outside in the sun at my place. the book has been on my bookshelf for ages. it was written in 2004. i cannot recall i read it, maybe i did. lotsof times one recognizes pieces from the book whilst rereading it. it did not happen to me. i was a haapy camper finally finishing a book after loads of disasters.

'lovers and liars' by sally beauman

another no go. a book from 1994. to me books form that era are already old fashioned. written differently then now in 2010.

my dutch book exchange friend told me:" i was a bit in a hurry and threw some books into a bag for you." i can tell the books she gave me 7 out of 10 are pure crap. have to go over to her house when i am back home to choose something for myself.

'faking it' by jenny cruise

another shitty book. luckily i did not buy it. on the quest of finding a good book.

(not part of my library)

'44 scotland street' by alexander mccall smith

a total no go. the writer has written some nice books, but htis one will turn one away from getting another book by him. no particular storyline it seemes to me.

(not part of my library)

'those faraday girls' by monica mcinerney

five faraday sisters, their father and a little niece/daughter of one of the 5 living in tasmania. unconventional household. grandfather leo aways praising his dead wife tessa. one of the sisters taking care of her little niece fulltime. that escalates and the who family dynamics change. twenty years later we see how the family still keeps together in one way or another. one sister has no longer contact with the family due to what happened 20 year ago. was grandmother tessa the angel leo tries to picture. little niece maggie has grown up and is taking a break from life in new york city. she meets a nice man who she takes to the annualy family get together in ireland. the diaries of tessa are read by maggie and give her  a totally different view on what has happened in the family and why aunt sadie did what she did. is this family so perfect as it seems.

very good book. read book by the same writter before and also enjoyed those. started to read like a maniac and then with the last couple of chapters i got a bit fed up. lots happening in the end. but i kept on going. a bit of a strange end between maggie and her lover.

'picture perfect' by jodi picoult

cassie(dr. cassandra barett), a brilliant antropologist, is found in a cemetry in the city where she lives by an half indian/ half white man. she has a cut on her face and does not recall who she is and where she is from. the man, will flying horse, takes her home since it is late at night. he is a cop just starting in l.a. and takes her to the police station the following day. she finds out she is the wife of famous actor alex rivers. going home with alex slowly everything comes back to her. he is not the nice husband he seems. cassie runs away pregnant and goes to live at the reservation where will comes from. after giving birth she goes back to alex. has he finally changed?

as all of picoult's books to me this is another brillant one. love the way she can write about problematic living situations. good book for a bookclub.

'pillow talk' by freya north

petra flint, a london based jeweller with a tanzanite (gem), who sleepwalks. she breaks up with her boyfriend. to get a bit out of the situation a friend loans her his country cottage. here she walks into her sweetheart from teenage years. they have no time to exchange a big conversation, he is in a hurry. she goes after him in a second moment. they fall in love again. each has secrets. will it work out or not. it is not that easy.

i have read a couple of books by freya north, and i did not enjoy most of them. this one i really liked. i even stayed up past bedtime hours to finish it. i just could not wait until the next day. a pity the book did not continue.

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