Lost dogs and lonely hearts is another one of my favourite books. It's funny and such a great read. I finished it in one day! It is a story which includes many factors current in today's society. I loved the main character Rachel, she's very much down to earth and I can see, to a point, the reaso...
This one's a good, solid three stars, mainly because of the dogs. One of the three main female characters inherits a house with a kennel attached; her aunt had both a boarding kennel and a dog rescue going. Of the human characters only one, Zoe, really engaged my sympathies. The deceased aunt ...
Lost dogs and Lonely Hearts eli suomeksi Eksyneiden sydänten koti. Koirahullujen ja romantiikan ystäville ehdottomasti tarkoitettu kirja. Kaunis kirja monella eri tavalla - niin koirien uskollisuuden ja rakkauden ylistys, kun ihmisten välisten suhteiden ja kauneuden hehku.Tuli hyvä olo ja piti vä...
Perfect for those readers who love dogs, but are in the mood for a little chick lit! Rachel Fielding is a 39 year old PR exec in London. She has the boyfriend, the great flat, and a wardrobe to die for. Then her Aunt Dot dies, and leaves Rachel virtually in charge of everything. She goes from cit...
Book lover Anna takes over Longhampton's bookshop, it's her dream come true. And not just because it gets her away from her three rowdy stepchildren and their hyperactive Dalmatian.I really enjoyed this book and a few sentences really jumped out at me...“Just in case” was Becca’s motto. Anna ofte...
Meh. Most of the characters spent most of the book so miserable that it wasn't exactly fun to read. Anna, for all that her situation was difficult, and I felt for her, was pretty insufferable at times, unable to understand that some people might not like to read as much as she did. Michelle was h...
This was my least favorite of Dillon's stories so far. I love Longhampton and maybe was expecting too much. Both Michelle and Anna are, in my opinion, weak and not pleasurable enough to want to spend nearly 500 pages with them. All the cliques are here - pregnancy, divorce, absent and neglectful ...
I rarely do not finish a book once I begin it, but I could not force myself to complete this novel and stopped reading about one third of the way through the story. Maybe the story improved, but I did not care enough to invest the time to finish the book. I had a few problems with this narrative ...
I'm a sucker for books that feature dogs on the covers and as integral pieces to the the overall storyline. Lucy Dillon has once again written a book that touched my heart and has proven to me that animals really can help heal a broken heart. This was a great story about grief, loneliness, family...
First, you should know I am a complete sucker for a book with a dog on the cover. Second, some of these stink, but not this one. Juliet is a young widow having trouble recovering from her grief. Her family has been trying to help like crazy, but she is quite resistant. So this book is about h...
A very charming and well-woven story, if a bit of a slow-starter and growing rather long-winded toward the end. All of the characters are endearing, and the Kelly family is absolutely lovely. I really wish this story would be made into a movie, just to be able to see the twins' characters, Roisin...
This is the second Lucy Dillon I've read (after the delightful "The Ballroom Class"), and whilst this one has its moments, it's not a patch on her earlier one. Thirty-something Gina has been through adversity on more than one occasion in life and she comes across as someone whose inability to mov...
Juliet had bid way over the odds, but she’d fallen in love, not just with the chair, but the room she was going to build around its soft red depths. She’d already decided on deep-mulberry walls and a refurbished fireplace for a wood-burning stove that they could drink tea next to in the winter, w...
It’s so lovely, she almost feels like crying. ‘Happy birthday,’ says Kit behind her, his arms wrapped around her. He clinks his mini bottle of champagne against hers. ‘To the most beautiful woman in London.’ Gina glances towards the sign on the pod that specifically bans food and drink from the L...
Quite a few children’s books seem to have that message.’ Charlotte Allen Anna thought it was impressive, but not surprising, that Michelle had the power to raise a team of builders to refit a shop at a time when most people couldn’t even persuade a plumber to leave his Yuletide sofa to unblock a ...
Trying to be nice didn’t change anything. It just made the pair of them crabby about having to try to be nice. They were still far too close to each other, and far too tired to make any space. And now, Katie thought, on her way home on Wednesday night, I’ve got to haul mys...