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Hello, my name is Lynne. I have two major reasons for being a book blogger. The first is to share my love of reading with others. The second reason is selfishness. I use my blog as a way of documenting my own reading and to serve as an additional online place where I can share my opinions about the books I read. I love how my blog allows me to connect with other book 'nerds' and other..
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
1w ago
I wasn’t at all sure what this novel would be like. Though I didn’t find it ‘hilarious’ as the blurb implies, it did evoke several smiles and even a tear toward the end. The narrator of this novel is Rachel ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
3w ago
I have read all of Lisa Jewell’s recent thrillers, but they did not prepare me for this backlist title (first published in 2009), which is more women’s fiction than thriller – though it does have a mystery at its core ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
3w ago
Though the cover of this novel has a slight thriller vibe, make no mistake, this is not a thriller. The novel was about two young women, both pregnant, a generation apart. Some of the scenes in the book were traumatic ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
3w ago
“A novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity, all set against the backdrop of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake.” The only regret that I have about reading this novel is that ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
2M ago
Not at all what I was expecting, this was mostly a novel about parenting teenagers, about chronic depression, and about starting over. Eight years ago, Annie left her husband and two children thinking that she was no good for them ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
2M ago
“Words have power. Silence has power. Ain’t nothing we do that don’t have some sort of power over what comes next.” Mal (2021) a 30 year old, black, podcaster from California, travels to her mother’s home province of Nova Scotia ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
2M ago
Sure to be a favourite among bibliophiles and library lovers, this charming, easy read was a pleasant escape. June Jones was twenty-eight years old and lived a very solitary life. She works at the village library like her mother did ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
4M ago
With a stunning setting, empathetic characters, and a myriad of secrets, this warm-hearted romance novel ticked all the boxes. I mean, with a place called Heaven’s Cove, how could it not? This is the second book in the Heaven’s Cove ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
4M ago
“All we want is permission to stand there naked and be our damned selves.”In a word….FABULOUS! This novel will definitely appear on my best of 2024 list! How can a novel that begins with the protagonist in such a depressed ..read more
Fictionophile » Women’s Fiction
5M ago
translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle This is the first novel of Virginie Grimaldi to be translated into English. All I can say about that is that we English readers have been missing out. I thoroughly enjoyed this visit ..read more