Maddy's Book Blog

  We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes JoJo Moyes isn’t one of our favourite Authors for nothing, and a number 1 Times bestseller to boot. This latest book just cements her as one of the Queens of contemporary fiction. Lila has managed to get through a very difficult divorce – made more difficult for having to see the other woman at school pick up each day! She has barely managed to hang on to the house, with her two daughters, but her step father has moved in bit by bit without her noticing – at least he handles some of the school pick ups. However, when her father – her mother’s first husband turns up, having been missing most of her life, that seems like one step too far. This is JoJo Moyes doing what she does best, and is sure to be another bestseller. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7285479152

  The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted by Rebecca Raisin   I absolutely love reading a new Rebecca Raisin book. It’s as comforting as sinking into a warm bubble bath. The only trouble is that I find myself up half the night to read ‘just one more chapter’. It was also lovely that Rebecca slipped in a ‘cameo’ of Anais – the heroine from a previous book – it was like meeting an old friend.   Coco is half English and half French. She was living her best life in the UK - Joint head of a Publishing company with her boyfriend, wonderful daughter, and a lovely home. When it transpires that said boyfriend has been stealing royalties from the writers, he disappears leaving her to clear up the mess.   By the time she has made recompense to everyone, she is left with nothing, and has to relocate to Paris and move in with her parents – taking an extremely grumpy teenager - who is extremely unhappy about being separated from her friends! Unable to get a job in the pu...