Let's read a Good Book.......Royal, by Danielle Steel

 

 Royal, by Danielle Steel is a book that will grab your heart and not let it go.   I have  been reading  Danielle Steel since the 70’s and I always love them.   Danielle Steel  always gives you characters to love and some times to hate ( no haters in this book ) and she will give you scenarios that make you feel a part of them. 

This is a modern fairy tale of a girl who is raised  as a commoner   but discovers her connection to the Royal family and is actually a princess.    This book is set in England from WWII through the late 60’s early 70’s.  There are names dropped of many places that we all have hear about because of Princes Diana and the current Royals ( Windsor Castle,  Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle). 

The perfect escape  has once again been provided by Danielle Steel.

Thanks to Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Edelweiss and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.

 

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Let's Read a Good Book.......Christmas Cupcake Murder(Hannah Swensen, #26) by Joanne Fluke

The Christmas Cupcake Murder is (Hannah Swensen, #26) and I have read 25 of them.   Since Hannah has been married and done wrong, I was ready to see where that would take her ( hopefully into Norman’s arms) but instead this books takes us back to the early years.   If you are a Hallmark Christmas Movie fan then this is the book for you. It has a holiday spirit, wonderful recipes, interesting characters, and a really good mystery. The plot is light and sweet and unlike the others in the series there is no murder.   This Christmas time cozy mystery is about a nice guy who has lost his memory and the whole gang pitches in to help him regain it.  As always I enjoyed my time with Hannah and this group of characters, although I did miss Hannah’s little sister who is one of my favorites, and I look forward to the next book in this series.

Thank you  Kensington Books via NetGalley for my copy.

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Let's Read a Good Book......"Holding Out for Christmas" by Janet Dailey

"Holding Out for Christmas" by Janet Dailey  is a book you can curl up and get lost in.
If you are a fan of Hallmark Christmas movies you will love this book and Hallmark should jump on it for the up coming season.  The characters are enjoyable but the book reads like it might be part of a series although it is not listed as such.  There is history behind the supporting characters that might also be interesting to explore.  This  is definitely a feel good book.
Thank you  Kensington Books  and  NetGalley  for a copy of this book.
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Lets Read a Good Book..........? My Word by Gizelle Bryant

My Word by Gizelle Bryant

This book was slow but interesting.  I read it because of the "Real Housewife" author.  I don't know how much was autobiographical but it a very sad commentary  of the African American church community ( maybe all church communities) and it's views about sins, cover-ups and money. 

Let's Read a Good Book...........NOT !

Wish list by Fern Michaels

First this is an old book brought back which would have been ok if they had updated it a little but they were lazy and left it with cigarettes and CB radios.

Second  this book reads  more like a junior high short story than a novel.    This is by far one of the worst books I have read and    it was one of the dumbest story lines I have ever read. 

If you can believe an actress buys a trucking company and then decides  to learn how to drive the big rigs plus all of Hollywood comes to pick fruit when she calls then you will love this book.  (  Lots of BIG names got dropped here which just made the book sound more far fetched. )  Along with the fact that all her ex husbands gave her lots of money and they all stayed best friends…..

 It had no depth, and I had no loving feelings about any of the characters and the story is so choppy it feels like it was sentences thrown in to the air and where ever they landed they were written in to the story.