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    The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

    in General Fiction

    Posted · Edited by Kell

    What a lovely easy read. Based around 'The Tea House' it tells the story of the lives of those who use the tea house.

     

    Penny who owns the shop with her husband Daniel but is hoping for a change in how they run the place. Brenda, the would be artist, struggling to make ends meet but ever hopeful she will one day meet Nicholas Cage. Sadie finds refuge in her indulgence of scoffing back the famous cherry cheesecake and in so doing takes away the truth about her husbands infidelity. Clare who returns home and seeks to find her first love. Henry, who suffers quietly on his own, with his wife's obsession of creating a group called 'the Bronte Bunch' an holding readings in her new conservatory. They all intermingle with one another but they all have the one thing in common 'The Tea House'. Sometimes a wee bit sad and others funny.

     

    You do hope it all works out for those concerned.....but you will have to read it to find out. :D

    Inver Reading List(s)

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    'The Tea House on Mulberry Street' by Sharon Owens

     

    What a lovely easy read. Based around 'The Tea House' it tells the story of the lives of those who use the tea house. Offered and running as bookring on Bookcrossing.

    Holiday Reading...

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I still haven't settled on my final selection!

     

    Kate Harrison - Old School Ties.. half way through, enjoying, will probably take to finish

     

    ! :)

     

    See how you get on with that one....I gave up reading it. Didn't enjoy they way it was written and characters didn't hold my interest I'm afraid.

    'The Butterfly House' by Marcia Preston

    in Women's Fiction / Chick Lit

    Posted

    'The Butterfly House' by Marcia Preston

     

    Recommend this one

     

    'Roberta and Cynthia are destined to be good friends forever. When both your fathers are missing you have a lot in common. Unable to cope with her alcoholic mother, Roberta finds Cynthia's house the perfect carefree refuge.

    Cynthia's mother keeps beautiful rare butterflies in her sunporch and she's everything Roberta wishes her own mother could be. But just like the delicate creatures they nurture, the women are living in a hothouse.

    Years later, a hauntingly familiar stranger knocks on Roberta's door'

     

    Read as part of a bookring on bookcrossing my review.

     

    :typing:Loved the book. Liked the way it was written. It goes between present and past in alternate chapters but didn't disrupt the reading of the story, as some books do and make it difficult to follow. So wanted to see where the butterflies lived in Lenora''s house. Nearly needed tissues towards the end though. Liked all the characters. Would have finished it sooner on my hols but was only finding time to read it at night and kept falling asleep, but was nothing to do with it not holding my interest. Must put Marcia Preston on my wish list. Anyone else read others by her?

    Inver Reading List(s)

    in Past Book Logs

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    'The Butterfly House' by Marcia Preston

    Recommend this one

    'Roberta and Cynthia are destined to be good friends forever. When both your fathers are missing you have a lot in common. Unable to cope with her alcoholic mother, Roberta finds Cynthia's house the perfect carefree refuge.

    Cynthia's mother keeps beautiful rare butterflies in her sunporch and she's everything Roberta wishes her own mother could be. But just like the delicate creatures they nurture, the women are living in a hothouse.

    Years later, a hauntingly familiar stranger knocks on Roberta's door'

     

    Read as part of a bookring on bookcrossing my review.

     

    Loved the book. Liked the way it was written. So wanted to see where the butterflies lived in Lenora''s house. Nearly needed tissues towards the end though. Liked all the characters. Would have finished it sooner on my hols but was only finding time to read it at night and kepts falling asleep, but was nothing to do with it not holding my interest. Must put Marcia Preston on my wish list. Anyone else read others by her?

    Inver Reading List(s)

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    'Felicity Fights Back' by Stella Sykes (Transita book, very funny)

    'Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons' by Lorna Landvik (bookgroup of woman who have their ups and downs)

    'The Weight of Water' by Anita Shreve (not my favourite of hers)

     

    All bookrings/rays on my bookcrossing shelf.

    All About Kell

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Can I just jump in here and say I have met Kell and she is lovely (stands aside to watch her face go red :roll:)...lol.

    Also agree about Aberdeen (speaking as a Fifer). I moved here 16 years (after 6 in London) ago not knowing anyone but didn't find it took that long to settle in and like it.

    Classic Children's Books

    in Children's / Young Adult

    Posted

    The Famous Five and Secret Seven stories were my favourites for a time. When I got a bit older I loved Little House on the Prarie series.

    Also a classic favourite of my mum was Little Women.....think I read it but should try it again now and see if I still like it.:roll:

    Books that made you cry

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    Tuesday's with Morrie did it for me. Probably because I read it not long after mum died.:roll:

     

    Emotional Geology too (Transita book) not because it was overly sad but just the story itself and again it touched a sad part of my life too when my Uncle died.:)

     

    (Reaches for the tissues) Sure there have been others but can't remember.

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