Book-Mad-Mum

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella My rating: 5 of 5 stars I arrived quite late to the Sophie Kinsella party, but I'm glad I found my invite and stumbled in!! In this book we meet Emma as she is sitting on a turbulent plane, convinced that these are her final moments on earth, she starts telling the handsome American man sitting next to herall her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she's read them, how she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom, how she feels like a fraud at work and the coffee machine makes terrible coffee. If ever there was a soul to bare it was Emma's but of course, she survives the flight. The next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises...It's the man from the plane. What will he do with her secrets? He knows them all - but she doe...

Wham! George Me by Andrew Ridgeley My rating: 3 of 5 stars As a Wham! fan back in the day, I was really excited at this book, however, I was so disappointed. I was expecting a different take on the story of two best friends entering into the pop kingdom, however, it was just the same old stories, mixed with a little resentment and bitchiness. A friend said he thought it was written tongue in cheek, but I'm not convinced. I wouldn't even recommend this to a friend - normally I hand my read books onto friends but this one will be going straight to the charity shop! View all my reviews

Summer at Hope Meadows by Lucy Daniels My rating: 5 of 5 stars I picked this book up at work as it was left in the canteen in our "library corner". I was initially drawn to the cover and thought "that's a bit of me!" When I started to read the first couple of pages, I realised that I already knew one of the characters Mandy Hope and the reason I knew her was because I used to read my son the Animal Ark books when he was little. After that I was on a trip down memory lane, and thought it was such a brilliant concept by the publishing company to bring back a young character who is now all grown up. I wasn't disappointed and loved the story although it had a heart wrenching bit in the middle, but that's what you'd expect. Thankfully there are several books in the series, so I have now ordered the next one (which is based around Christmas - my favourite time of year) and I can't wait to get started although I have ...