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theopenbookwigtown · 6 years

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How else are you supposed to judge?

One of the nice things about familiarising myself with the stock has been how many of the books have triggered memories, not just of my own reading, but that of my friends and family. I caught the reading bug from my mum and dad, who are voracious readers to this day.

In fact the whole family loves a good story - whether by way of a book or a spirited retelling of an old family fave after a few drinks. The punchlines to those well-trodden family stories always prompts a huge laugh from everyone. It doesn't matter if we've all heard it a thousand times before. A good story is a good story.

Anyway, the big pile of Len Deighton novels by the door reminded me of my dad's love of adventure and derring-do. The Dorothy Dunnett books reminded me of my mum's love of historical romance. A healthy number of Catherine Cooksons made me think of my Grandma Dot whilst a rogue Mills & Boon made me smile with memories of my Grandma Lil's library books. In later years, Grandma's books would need to come from the large print section of the library as she struggled with her sight.

No such problem for the modern-day pensioner. My parents and my Aunty Norma have all invested in tablets for all their reading needs. I'm glad that they can carry hundreds of stories with them, setting a comfortable typeface with the push of a button and not risking a sprained wrist from the heavier tomes.

However, I do miss being able to see what they are reading and having a chat about it, And I miss the swapping and lending of paperbacks, especially just before someone goers on holiday. I reckon every book bought in my family is read at least 7 times before it heads for the shelf or the charity shop.

Actually, I really miss my dad quietly trolling my mum in said charity shops. Mum loves a charity shop. She methodically goes through the clothes and the knick-knacks and the jewellery and rarely walks away without a bargain (especially shoes). Before he got his kindle, my ever patient dad would go through the paperbacks and buy anything by John Le Carre, Bernard Cornwell, Terry Pratchett, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov or, indeed, Len Deighton.

Mum, only too aware that their bookshelves were already groaning under the weight of these author's works, would roll her eyes and complain that he'd already read those titles. Dad would shrug and quietly mention that she already had plenty of shoes. End of (the very mild) argument. The Kindle has put paid to that bone of contention in their marriage.

They say that one of the best things you can do for a child is bring them up in a house full of books. Well, my childhood home had bookcases in every room. Not dusty leatherbound hardbacks but well thumbed paperbacks, recipe books with the pages stuck together and reference books that were frequently consulted, sometimes to win an argument. I thinkit had the desired effect. And I can't help thinking how very lucky the children who grow up in Wigtown really are.

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bouncingtigger10 · 4 years

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Well I thought that these weren’t the first in the series about the Steele family, and checking on Amazon I find that they are books 12 and 13 in the series...

But that in the Kimani imprint (African American novels only) there is a number 89 in the series! So the story goes on...

These 2 novels take on the romances of the 2 youngest of the 6 sons of the family.

Whilst I thought these 2 books were reasonable for their genre, with gentle humour and nice story-telling, I found them rather short. But then if Brenda is turning out the numbers of books she is, she can’t write a longer length novel each time. And it may also be the norm for this imprint.

This left me wanting more depth from the characters and the stories.

Adequate but not exceptional.

#(Forged of Steele #(Mills & Boon Desire)#BrendaJackson #harpercollins #Kimani #MillsandBoon #NG #romancecontemporary

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theeditorreads · 5 years

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Billionaire, M.D. by Olivia Gates

My Rating: 5/5 Genre: Romance (Fiction) Pages: 189 (Kindle) Publisher: Silhouette Desire (Harlequin) Date of Publication: 24 March 2010

Synopsis: The female protagonist is somewhere in the middle of dreamscape and wakefulness. She is lying in a hospital bed, and when the handsome doctor approaches her, she is aware of the fact that she too is a doctor, but she can’t remember anything other than…

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