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Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets by JK Rowling (Audio)

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Book Journey traveled to Fictional London

Coffee Connections:  The Elephant House of Edinburgh,  is where J K Rowling wrote most of the first Harry Potter book.

9 cds

Cover Love:  Yes, the cover of this second book is perfect to attract kids of all ages!

Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys were so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then
the real trouble begins–someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects…Harry Potter himself!

I kept hearing from everyone how amazing the Harry Potter books were on audio so I went out and found the second book on audio at my library, and it was everything I was told it would be – and more.

What amazes me continuously about J K Rowling and the Potter books is, I never get tired of them.  I can’t put my finger on it but I loved them all the first time I read them…. loved them when I read them all again a couple of years ago…. and now going through them again – if anything I love them more.

Why?  I ask myself the same question.  I keep thinking as I get older, and read more books, the magic I found in the wizardly world will fade…. but it doesn’t.  If anything – just the opposite happens and I find each trip to Hogwarts to be more magical.

The audio was fantastic.  I much own them some day.  Reader Jim Dale was astounding and his voices for the different characters was spot on.  I could have sworn Hagrid was the same Hagrid I hear in the movies.  Moaning Myrtle – yup…. he could do her voice well too.

And what hit home for me this time around was the Weazley Twins, Fred and George.  As they are up to their typical trickery…. I had to smile as I pictured J K developing these two delightful characters.  Here she was, no teens of her own – but she had these two spot on… For that matter, she has them all spot on.  Ron is a perfect younger brother, trying to make his own name in the world, Hermoine is fantastic and well – do we even need to discuss the incredible and amazing Harry?

“Now, behave, won’t you?  Won’t you, Fred? And you, George?”

— Molly Weasley

A thoroughly enjoyable audio that I would recommend for the whole family.

I received the copy I listened to from my local Library

The Cradle by Patrick Somerville – GIVEAWAY!!!

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Thank you to Hachette Books for the opportunity to review this book and to give three away to my readers!

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Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife, pregnant with their first child, has asked him to find the antique cradle taken years before by her mother Caroline when she abandoned Marissa, never to contact her daughter again. Soon to be a mother herself, Marissa now dreams of nothing else but bringing her baby home to the cradle she herself slept in. His wife does not know-does not want to know-where her mother lives, but Matt has an address for Caroline’s sister near by and with any luck, he will be home in time for dinner.

Only as Matt tries to track down his wife’s mother, he discovers that Caroline, upon leaving Marissa, has led a life increasingly plagued by impulse and irrationality, a mysterious life that grows more inexplicable with each new lead Matt gains, and door he enters. As hours turn into days and Caroline’s trail takes Matt from Wisconsin to Minnesota, Illinois, and beyond in search of the cradle, Matt makes a discovery that will forever change Marissa’s life, and faces a decision that will challenge everything he has ever known.

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100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

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Book Journey traveled to Kansas

When in Kansas check out Pages Books and Coffee

304 pages

Cover:  Fantastic!  It is so eye catching the book will sell on cover love! ♥

Twelve-year-old Henry York wakes up one night to find bits of plaster in his hair. Two knobs have broken through the wall above his bed and one of them is slowly turning . . .Henry scrapes the plaster off the wall and discovers cupboards of all different sizes and shapes. Through one he can hear the sound of falling rain. Through another he sees a glowing room–with a man pacing back and forth! Henry soon understands that these are not just cupboards, but portals to other worlds.

100 Cupboards is the first book of a new fantasy adventure, written in the best world-hopping tradition and reinvented in N. D. Wilson’s inimitable style.

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I found this little treasure on one of my favorite blog haunts, The Rabbit Room. I seen it and felt a little “Harry Potter” vibe go through me…. so picked this one up.

Once into the book I did discover that there truly is a Harry Potter vibe to the book…. starting with our main character Henry, who is now living with his Aunt and Uncle as his parents (and I use this term loosely) are being held hostage in another country.

While I found the book good, I felt it dragged a bit in the middle and picked up when the adventure continues within the cupboards.  Oops – did I say too much?  😉

I can see where a Middle Grader (MG) would devourer this book .  N.D. Wilson has a way with words and a gift of imagination that will pull you in to all sorts of  possibilities.   There is so much fun within the pages!  As this book concludes there is a bit of violence and scary parts that a parent may like to take a look at before giving to a young reader of 9 years and under.

This book is a part of a series and I do have books two and three to continue reading them, as the book did hold my interest and I really really want  to want to know whats up with the ____________, why did Henry __________________, who are the _________________, and what will become of the cupboards?

Want to fill in the blanks?  Read the book.  😉

I purchased my copy of this book from The Rabbit Room


hold still by Nina LaCour

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Book Journey traveled to San Francisco

Get delicious jam thumb prints at the Piccino Coffee Bar

304 pages

Cover:  Its good… I think it really captures the book

An arresting story about starting over after a friend’s suicide, from a breakthrough new voice in YA fiction.

dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can’t.

Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend’s suicide. With the help of family and newfound friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn’t die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid’s descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid—and Caitlin herself.

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I picked this book up while I was in Florida at Books A  Million.   Cover and story line drew me in and I was curious to see where this story on teenage suicide would lead.

As the book opened up and I read the first 10 – 15 pages I thought, “The writer has no emotion, it was like everything was just matter of fact – what Caitlin was doing…. it felt – monotone.  And then a new feeling washed over me.  A cold one.

This is grief I thought.  I know grief all too well, and suddenly my appreciation for the book and the author grew in leaps and bounds.  Grief is at times non emotional.  You go through the motions of life, of what you are suppose to – meant to do…. but there is no feeling behind it.  Because – there is no feeling in you.  And this is where I find Caitlin.  And we connect.

I appreciate a book that lets you feel without being told how you should feel.  hold still was just that type of book.  As Caitlin works through her grief, at times seeming so real that tears fell down my face, I could feel the mood of the book lift.

I really could go on and on about the book.   When Caitlin finds a new friend, there is that sense of betrayal to her friend Ingrid who committed suicide.  And then there is the diary which reminded me a little of Thirteen reasons Why (another fantastic book), but this one clearly stood on its own.  Caitlin starts to understand her friend Ingrid more and more through the pages of the diary and reminded me once again how fragile teenagers can be as they deal with growing up, that boy/girl that they really wish would notice them, parents who couldn’t possibly understand, school pressures, friends, popularity….

The more I read, the more impressed I came with the book and have to say this is a fantastic read.  Even as I look at it now for this review, I wish there was more.  It was one of those books that you fall into and befriend the characters, and I miss them already.

I purchased my copy of this book from Books A Million in Pensacola, Florida

Daughter Of Mine by Laura Fabiani

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Tiziana Manoretti is an only child in her late twenties blessed with loving parents, a promising career, and a best friend who fiercely protects her. When her mother falls seriously ill and the relationship between her parents becomes suddenly strained, a carefully hidden family secret is revealed and Tiziana’s seemingly idealistic world is turned upside down.

After discovering she was born in a Naples orphanage and subsequently given up for adoption, Tiziana sets out for the small town of Gaeta in an attempt to find her birth parents. Meanwhile, her best friend Christopher is sending her mixed messages, causing her to wonder if there is more to their relationship than just companionship. As she becomes intertwined with a handful of interesting characters who help her uncover her past, Tiziana needs to decide whether her feelings for Christopher are deeper than she realizes. She discovers herself and others all while her family’s resilience and love for one another is tested when confronted with a shocking truth.

The answers lie in a box found in a closet in Italy, and Tiziana must determine if she wants to embrace the heartache and the pain from her past in order to learn forgiveness and find peace in the future.

I really enjoyed my time with Tiziana.  This is a book that I read the synopsis of and thought it sounded like a wonderfully intriguing story and guess what?  It was!

I enjoy books that make you feel like you are there – right in the story and that was the feeling I found within the pages of Daughter of Mine.  I could imagine Tiziana’s feeling of despair and confusion as her life goes from near perfect (picture Snow White surrounded by birds and critters) to a turmoil that had to be gut wrenching.

I would not have looked at this book and called it a romance…. but in a way, it is.  Not being a big fan of the romance genre – I have to say I was pleased how this book flowed into that genre, but also was surrounded by mystery.

I found the book to be well written, beautifully detailed in characters and settings.  Daughter Of Mine had a quality about it that made the book feel real to me.

About Laura:

Laura Fabiani has been writing as far back as she can remember, making use of poetry and short compositions throughout her youth to express her ideas and feelings.  One of her early goals in life was to write a novel. She began several of them, but never brought them to completion… until one day her sister asked, “Laura, when are you going to finish that book you once talked about writing?”

That’s when Fabiani finally sat down and began to write where she had left off more than eight years ago, when the idea for Daughter of Mine was sparked listening to her mother-in-law’s stories of her youth in her native Naples.

Italy has always held a special place for Laura Fabiani because her parents are Italian immigrants. Her father is from the beautiful mountainous region of Pescara in Abruzzo and her mother from the romantic city of Rome. In addition, Fabiani’s maternal grandmother came from a noble family in Gaeta, Naples. Fabiani has traveled several times to Italy and stayed in her ancestral home in Rome with her relatives.

When not writing or immersed in study, she divides her time between taking care of her family and sharing in a volunteer worldwide Bible education program. Of all the literature Fabiani has read, the Holy Scriptures have shaped her life the most. She has deep respect for this book that has influenced some of the world’s greatest art, literature, music and has had a significant impact on law. “It teaches us how to live the best life now and in the future,” she believes.

She is currently working on her second novel. She lives with her husband and two children in Montreal, Quebec.

My Amazon Review

I received my review copy from the author, Laura Fabiani.  This in no way has any effect on how I reviewed this book.

Hiking Through by Paul Stutzman

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About Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail

After losing his wife to breast cancer, Paul Stutzman decided to make some big changes. He quit his job of seventeen years and embarked upon a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, a 2,176-mile stretch of varying terrain spanning fourteen states. During his nearly five-month-long hike, he battled brutal trail conditions and overwhelming loneliness, but also enjoyed spectacular scenery and trail camaraderie. With breathtaking descriptions and humorous anecdotes from his travels, Stutzman reveals how immersing himself in nature and befriending fellow hikers helped him recover from a devastating loss. Somewhere between Georgia and Maine, he realized that God had been with him every step of the way, and on a famous path through the wilderness, he found his own path to peace and freedom.

Pack up your bag – we are going hiking!  I recommend that you pack Kleenex, as Paul’s book took me to the high points and also to low points, almost right from the beginning of the book:

My wife Mary called me at the restaurant I had managed for seventeen years. Her strained voice said, “It’s malignant.” My mind raced—benign, malignant—which is good news, which is bad? I couldn’t remember.

“What does that mean?”

“I have cancer.” The words jerked out between sobs. I told Mary I was coming home, hung up the phone, dropped my head into my hands, and for the first time in years, wept.

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And this is where Paul and my journey together began.  In the wrenching months that stretch to years that follow,  Paul and Mary cling to their Faith in God.  Mary does pass away from this horrible disease and Paul finds himself alone.

When Paul makes the decision to hike the Appalachian trail I actually get tingles.  I love adventure and this is a big one.  Over 2,000 miles and through 14 states, this is not a task to be taken lightly.  As Paul prepares he mentions that if he would have known ahead of time what a difficult journey this would be – he probably would have backed away from such a challenge.  Of course he admits, he would then have missed out on an incredible journey and an incredible healing.  And we, as readers, would have missed out as well.

As I read these pages, many times through tears, my heart soared for Paul’s strength.  Throughout the trail there are so many emotions and senses that I feel…. I think it may be safe to say that I hit every one of them from anger, to sorrow, to passion, to laughter, Paul’s journey is one I am so glad I was able to be a part of and I highly recommend this book.

About The Author

After Paul Stutzman’s wife died, Paul quit his job to hike the Appalachian trail to give himself time to think and to heal. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail is his story. A former restaurant manager, he is now retired and planning his next big adventure: a cross-country bicycle trip. Stutzman currently lives in Berlin, Ohio. To see pictures of his hike or to find out more about Paul and his book, visit his website at http://www.hikingthrough.com.

Pauls Blog

My Amazon Rating

I received my review copy from Pump Up Your Book Tour

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

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Book Journey traveled to:  England

Coffee intro to England…

336 Pages

Cover:  I like it, but after I read the book I think the UK cover is a better reflection of the book

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It’s gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie’s estranged father–an elusive European warlock–only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it’s her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.

As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.

The United Kingdom Hex Hall Cover

This is the book that started popping up – almost magically on book blogs everywhere. I saw it – I liked what I seen – I wanted to read it!

Hex Hall was the fix I was hoping it would be.  The first in the Hex Hall series and the first book from author Rachel Hawkins, I was more than satisfied.

Rachel Hawkins doesn’t only stick with the all too familiar other world creatures we have come to expect (werewolves and vampires, witches and warlocks)…. we get more and I loved thinking of faeries with their onion skinned translucent wings , and shapeshifters who change with their moods.

With all the usual things you deal with in a school setting you have the popular girls, the coveted boy (enter the all too cute Archer), the rebellious outsider, and of course the teachers that cause a total class synchronized eye roll.

Main character and newest addition to Hex Hall, Sophie is a delight to read.  She is funny and snarky and I for one am anxious for the next book in this series to grace my reading room.  This is a good and mostly clean read (there is one mention of teenage sex in the book) that I really enjoyed.

My Amazon Rating

I purchased my copy of this book from Amazon


Sand In My Bra by Funny Women From The Road

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Button your blouse, here comes a sandstorm of laughs!

Travel isn’t always what we dream it will be, but oh, the stories that follow. Share in the hilarious, bizarre, and unforgettable misadventures of 29 women whose trips went comically awry. From Australia to Zambia, up Nepal’s mountains and along Mexico’s beaches, the true stories in this collection will make you laugh, groan, and sympathize with these travelers who took a trip on the lighter side.

Lose your panties on a city street in Abu Dhabi with Christie Eckardt


* Dodge beer bottles and punches with Alison Wright as she serves up brew at a wild pub in Australia


* Enjoy the nutty nitty-gritty of Burning Man in the Nevada desert with Christine Nielsen


* Feel the delicious freedom to be fat in Tahiti with Sandra Tsing Loh


* Turn beet red with Kate Crawford in Paris, locked out of her boyfriend’s apartment in a t-shirt and nothing more


* Toss your cookies with Deborah Bear as she tests alternative seasickness remedies on a Pacific voyage

Including stories by Anne Lamott, Ellen Degeneres, Sarah Vowell, Margo Kaufman, Sandra Tsing Loh, Adair Lara, and many more…

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I picked this book up last summer when I was on the North Shore for the weekend with my girlfriends.  There was a cute little book store right on the docks by Lake Superior and I found this fun read.

I read most of this a week ago during the readathon but finished it and skimmed through it again while on the plane to Florida, which I thought was appropriate for this book.    I literally laughed out loud at some of the funny happenings in this book….. travel nightmares, undergarment malfunctions, and one of my personal favorites – Ellen Degeneres fear of flying, hilarious description of the 6 peanut in flight snack, and of course, punching a nun.

If you travel – I think you would really enjoy this book and be able to relate to some of the funny stories within this book.

Other books in this series (and ones I think I will look for this summer when I am inevitably in that same book store again in Grand Marais, MN…)

The Thong Also Rises Further Misadventures From Women On The Road

More Sand In My Bra Funny Women Write From The Road Again

My Amazon Rating

I purchased my copy of this book in Grand Marais, MN


Little Bee by Chris Cleave

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While on an ill-advised holiday to Nigeria to repair their failing marriage, Andrew Rourke, a journalist, and his wife, Sarah, editor of a fashion magazine, meet Little Bee, a 16-year-old girl, and her older sister, Kindness. The girls are running for their lives from the men who have ransacked their village for oil. Even after suffering an act of unimaginable violence that day, the participants can hardly imagine how their lives will intertwine—and be irrevocably changed. As Andrew spins out of control and Sarah struggles to raise the couple’s child, the appearance of Little Bee, now a refugee who has come to London in search of the Rourkes, her last best hope, forces both women to make difficult choices.

I didn’t know what I was getting into when I read this book.  It was chosen as our April book club read, and the first time I heard of the book was at our March meeting when it was nominated.  This is what I knew about the book that evening in March:

We don’t want to tell you too much about this book!It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it.Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:

It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific.

The story starts there, but the book doesn’t.

And it’s what happens afterward that is most important.

Who wouldn’t want to read that?

Then when I came home from book club and read the synopsis on-line… I was a little skeptical.  The book wasn’t what I had through it would be about from what was described during book club.  I have to admit, I went into this book with an attitude that I was not going to like it.

The Other Hand is another title this book has been published under

As little Bee opens,we find little Bee in immigration detention, a place where we has been for two years.  She has learned to protect herself by dressing in loose clothing and wearing heavy boots that are donated to the detention center to avoid the attention of men.  She has also spent this time reading everything she can get her hands on which has given her two years of learning the English language.  As Little Bee is released (sort of) from the center, she has hung all her hope on a name and an address for the O’Rourkes who she had met under horrifying circumstances years earlier in her own country.  These circumstances, are what this book centers around.

Sarah O’Rourke is not my favorite person.  She lacks qualities that I value.  She puts more into her job than into her family…. and she seeks for what she is missing in the arms of another married man.  Her life is spiraling out of control and she acts as if, or perhaps she really doesn’t, know.

Little Bee is a fighter and a survivor and somehow through out this book and the circumstances that drew Bee and Sarah together I felt strongly that this was a book that needed to be read.  While at times is can be described accurately as visually gory, the setting of this book in Nigeria, was an accurate portrayal for me and reminded me of some of the circumstances I have seen and heard about from my time in Honduras.

As I completed this book I had a new respect for what Chris Cleaves had put together.  The first part of the book took me a while to wrap around where I was reading from and I was somewhat lost as to what was happening until I made my way tot he background story of  how all these characters come together.  From that point on, I flew through the book, fully engrossed in the storyline.  While it was not the book I thought I was going to be reading, it was the book I was meant to read.

Bookies Thoughts:

This was our book club read for April and for our group the book over all rated low.  Some of our members found it too horrifying and the language flow of the book to be choppy.

Even in a low rated book, we always seem to find interesting discussion and the line about Scars was one that led us into such discussion:

“I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.”

In the book we found that Little Bees scars are what saved her.

We also found not only humor – but sadness as Little Bee had an escape plan, or more so, a way to kill herself wherever she was.  Little Bee was truly a survivor and she had made up her mind that no one would ever take her like her sister was taken.  She would rather die by her own hand.

Book Club Ideas:

We had a potluck and centered our food choices around the Little Bee book.  For those of you who have read the book, you know there is not a lot of food discussion.  I hound in the grocery store graham crackers by Nabisco in the shape of, you got it, little bees.  I made a cream cheese dip to go with it.

Angie in our group made plantains and a Nigeria type cookie made with corn meal.  Kaydi brought a rice dish with beans.

Little Bee and her sister renamed themselves.  While our book club did not do this, I did find on-line that a suggested book club activity for this book would be to rename each of us by characteristics we are known for.


If you would like to know more about Nigeria and some of the issues discussed in this book link here.

My Amazon Review

I purchased my copy of this book from Amazon

Brava Valentine by Adriana Trigiani

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As Brava, Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of her grandmother, Teodora, and longtime love, Dominic. Valentine’s dreams are dashed when Gram announces that Alfred, “the prince,” Valentine’s only brother and nemesis, has been named her partner at Angelini Shoes. Devastated, Valentine falls into the arms of Gianluca, a sexy Tuscan tanner who made his romantic intentions known on the Isle of Capri. Despite their passion for one another and Gianluca’s heartfelt letters, a long-distance relationship seems impossible.

As Valentine turns away from romance and devotes herself to her work, mentor and pattern cutter June Lawton guides her through her power struggle with Alfred, while best friend and confidante Gabriel Biondi moves into 166 Perry Street, transforming her home and point of view. Savvy financier Bret Fitzpatrick, Valentine’s first love and former fiancée who still carries a torch for her, encourages Valentine to exploit her full potential as a designer and a business woman with a plan that will bring her singular creations to the world.

A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes Valentine from the winding streets of Greenwich Village to the sun-kissed cobblestones of Buenos Aires, where she finds a long-buried secret hidden deep within a family scandal. Once unearthed, the truth rocks the Roncallis and Valentine is determined to hold her family together. More so, she longs to create one of her own, but is torn between a past love that nurtured her, and a new one that promises to sustain her.

I was first introduced to Adriana Trigiani when I read for a book discussion Viola In Reel Life – which I loved!  When offered the chance to read and review Brava Valentine, all I had to do was see the name Trigiani and I knew I was in.  Isn’t that what every author hopes for in a reader?

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Nothing like good characters to set the mood of a book and Adriana Trigiani brings the characters I came to love from Very Valentine (my review is here), back in this trilogy.

You open up this lovely book and here is the first line that is treat for your eyes:

”The most magical thing happened on the morning of my grandmother’s wedding in Tuscany. It snowed.”

Do you not just love that? I am a nut for great first lines to books and this one was like going to a great restaurant and having your dessert first. I stopped and savored this line.

I adore the writing style of this book and the many (many) laugh out loud moments as Valentine Roncalli becomes part owner of the family shoe business, and looks through her old boyfriend file for dates to family functions.

On the more serious side of the book, there is also a family scandal, and real relationship struggles that make this a well-rounded book.

I enjoy characters that make me wish I could just hang out with them in their world for a while,  and that is what Adriana brings to the table.  Bigger than life characters and a story line that will leave you hoping for a third helping.  I enjoyed this second book in the Valentine series even more than the first.

My Amazon Rating

I received my review copy from TLC Book Tours