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Hi Alison, just wanted to say thanks so much for the blog award of the week! I got such a suprise this morning when reading your blog, and then spotted my bedroom wallpaper!! As yours was the very first blog I ever read and followed, it makes it an even nicer suprise! Enjoy the rest of the summer holiday-lets hope it doesn't rain too much…
I am off to get that book in the morning. I can so identify with what you said. I have often felt like I have lost a best friend when I have finished a book and I do not want it to end. You get so engrossed. Trouble is, not much housework gets done!
Alison~Lorna Landvik had completely slipped my mind until I saw your post! I.Love.Her! I've previously read Your Oasis on Flame Lake and Patty Jane's House of Curl. I got Angry Housewives yesteray! Thanks for the suggestion!!! 🙂
I loved this book and have read it several times. I had suggested we read it in a book club I was in a few years ago. Surprisingly, most of the women didn't care for it as much as I did, in fact, one didn't like it all. She didn't feel there was any plot, but I told her that unlike a mystery where a plot is most definitely needed, this was more character driven. I have read all of Ms. Landvik's books and "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" and "Patty Jane's House of Curl" are my favorites. She has a new book out called "The View from Mount Joy." I plan on buying it and reading it soon!
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Hi Alison, just wanted to say thanks so much for the blog award of the week! I got such a suprise this morning when reading your blog, and then spotted my bedroom wallpaper!! As yours was the very first blog I ever read and followed, it makes it an even nicer suprise! Enjoy the rest of the summer holiday-lets hope it doesn't rain too much…
I am off to get that book in the morning. I can so identify with what you said. I have often felt like I have lost a best friend when I have finished a book and I do not want it to end. You get so engrossed. Trouble is, not much housework gets done!
I've read it three times and yes, it's wonderful.
Alison~Lorna Landvik had completely slipped my mind until I saw your post! I.Love.Her! I've previously read Your Oasis on Flame Lake and Patty Jane's House of Curl. I got Angry Housewives yesteray! Thanks for the suggestion!!! 🙂
This was the first of her books I ever read. I love it when you find a prolific author who is a "comfort read!"
read it and loved it. gave it to my mom to read and she loved it too.
I loved this book and have read it several times. I had suggested we read it in a book club I was in a few years ago. Surprisingly, most of the women didn't care for it as much as I did, in fact, one didn't like it all. She didn't feel there was any plot, but I told her that unlike a mystery where a plot is most definitely needed, this was more character driven. I have read all of Ms. Landvik's books and "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" and "Patty Jane's House of Curl" are my favorites. She has a new book out called "The View from Mount Joy." I plan on buying it and reading it soon!