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  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW This is cute and fast read novel to uplift your Christmas spirit this December with the town showing its festive side. Gabrielle Jacques and her beloved 24 year old granddaughter Elodie plans to spend Christmas and celebrate Gabby's 70th birthday in Antibes Juan les Pins for the first time in forty years in France, the town she was born. Gabby thought it is better to talk to Elodie about both her past and future that would be easy if they were in France and as she was planning to leave her the inheritance to Elodie. Elodie was a journalist writing full time novels in her spare time and completed her media degree. Gabby was more of a surrogate mother to Elodie growing up in the same house in Devonshire, as her mother abandoned her and never promised to return. Elodie did not know that her grandmother was always there for her whenever she needed the support. As they reach France and make their stay comfortable at an Airbnb, Christmas fun was definit...

 MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Wow, stunning plotline and my second book of Ellery Kane that I have read. I was totally engrossed by this absolutely gripping psychological thriller story by Kane with lots of suspense in every chapter. The novel begins with Theo Copeland, a stay at home  dad to his daughter Abby, a lead singer and guitarist and his corporate lawyer wife Cassandra being questioned by the San Francisco police at their home for a homicide committed in their own building they leased out on 865 church street. A homeless man discovers a dead body of a girl bludgeoned to death in the dumpster behind Theo's studio. Theo and Cassandra are left horrified with the incident. The detectives gather at the spot questioning the tenants. The girl who was murdered was Elise, the Hamilton's Nanny. Meanwhile, Theo Copeland gets arrested for assaulting his neighbor Shaun De Marco in his front yard, punching him in the face and destroying a drone he possessed. Theo...

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW July 1940 Blackberry Farm A heartwarming wonderful story of a family living on the Blackberry farm at Cambridgeshire, there are heartbreaking moments to Joyful ones to bitter sweet to keep the reader glued to the storyline. I'm excited to be stopping over to do the Blog tour for the novel, Heartache At Blackberry Farm #Rosie Clarke #Boldwood Books. What was troubling Pam Talbot's as Arthur's wife, the war with Germany that had been raging for months, the British army had been trapped on the beaches, some dying, raked by enemy fire, others wounded, hungry and unable to merciless attacks. The war was far from over. Pam was terrified for her sons, Tom and John were amongst those fighting made her worse than anxious and mentally shaken with tears. Will her prayers be answered and both sons return home? She was proud of her boys at the same time worried for them. Tom, her first son was in the army, and John, her youngest boy, had recently joi...

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW I really enjoyed this memoir written by Otten Rosenberg about the WW2 events, A Gypsy In Auschwitz,  on racially forced labour camps in Nazi Germany.  Otto Rosenberg was from a German Sinti family, born in Draugupone, East Prussia, in 1927. He was sent to live with his grandmother because his parents separated  around that time. Otto Rosenberg belonged to one big family in those concentration camps. Later after the concentration camp he was back with his grandmother after living with his dad at the age of five in berlin. He was always hungry as a boy, if he wanted to eat something he needed to work long and hard for it. He was closer to his grandmother than to his own parents. Thier final move to sandbcaher weg in Altglienicke - Bonsdorf district. He also started school here. He experienced his share of discrimination and fought back against the children who tried to put him down.  One morning they were loaded into trucks by th...

                                                                                        MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW  Rating: 4.7/5 Stars In "The Last Summer in Ireland," author Noelle Harrison spins a captivating tale that intertwines tragedy, family secrets, and the quest for truth in a mesmerizing narrative set against the enchanting backdrop of Ireland. The story follows Iris, a woman grappling with loneliness and loss following the passing of her mother. When an unexpected invitation arrives from her estranged aunt in Ireland, Iris finds herself drawn to Swan Hall, a mysterious house steeped in history and secrets. As Iris delves deeper into the house's secrets, she uncovers a hidden diary belonging to her late aunt Nuala, a figure unknown to her until now. With...