Hello, and welcome to my September Newsletter. It was my birthday in August, and Bryan and I had planned to spend a couple of days with our youngest son, David, and his wife, Jenny, in South Devon. However, they were both quite...
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Everything We Thought We Knew
Today, I'm delighted to host Everything We Thought We Knew by Carolyn Niethammer. The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog-tour-everything-we-thought-we-knew-by-carolyn-niethammer.html About the...
The Herb Knot
Today, I'm delighted to host The Herb Knot by Jane Loftus. The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club, and you can read all about it here: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog-tour-the-herb-knot-by-jane-loftus.html About the Book The...
My August 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my August Newsletter. As I write this, it's drizzling outside, and the garden is loving it. After the heatwave, everything was parched, and I was tired of watering, but now the lawn is recovering, and the plants are...
The Winding Dirt Road
Today, I'm delighted to host The Winding Dirt Road by Jiu Da The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog-tour-the-winding-dirt-road-by-jiu-da.html About the Book Written as an antithesis to all...
Ping
Today, I'm delighted to host Ping by Lisa Lucas & Steve Landsberg and narrated by Elle Reimer The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/06/blog-tour-ping-by-lisa-lucas-and-steve-landsberg.html About...
A Mischief of Murder
Today, I'm delighted to host A Mischief of Murder by Helen Hollick. The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/06/blog-tour-a-mischief-of-murder-by-helen-hollick.html About the Book The sixth Jan...
My July 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my July Newsletter. Well, June was quite a rollercoaster of a month for Bryan and me. As regular readers will know, we put our bungalow on the market in early January, hoping to move to somewhere with a smaller garden. We...
My June 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my June Newsletter. I've recently returned from a lovely holiday in Corfu, where we stayed in a peaceful resort called San Stephanos. It was beautiful and ideal for a relaxing holiday. The photo is of another picturesque...
My May 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my May Newsletter. I had hoped to be writing this newsletter from our new home, but I'm afraid we're still waiting for a moving date. Everything seems to be progressing well, and we expect to hear more in the next week or two,...
My April 2025 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my April Newsletter. I was pleased when the clocks changed last weekend and signalled the start of British Summer Time, which is always welcome with the lighter nights and longer days. However, when I looked back at my...
The Midnight of Eights by Justin Newland
Today, I'm delighted to host The Midnight of Eights by Justin Newland. The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/blog-tour-the-midnight-of-eights-by-justin-newland.html About the Book 1580. Nelan...