It has been a quiet week for me as far as blogging goes. I decided that as I was having a week off work then why not have a week off from Blogging and all that goes along with it. It has been very nice to get up in the morning and not reach for my phone straight away. I think it is something that many of us do out of habit rather than just to check on our various social media accounts.

A nice quiet coffee or two seemed in order as well.

So while I have been off, I managed to get out in the garden and finish weeding the flower beds and getting the veg plot dug over again. I’m still not willing to plant anything out at the moment as the weather can still change. so I’m erring on the side of caution. Something the rhubarb is not aware of at the moment as it’s shooting away.

I also managed to get a bit of reading done 🙂 There are 3 Blog Tour books that I wanted to get started on, one from my own shelf and also one that I am reading for a publication day review. Now I know I said I was stopping Blog Tours and was just finishing up the ones I had already committed to…but I may have snuck the odd one or two in over the past month 🙂

So let’s have a look see what I did read…

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The Culmfield Cuckoo by Celia Moore –

This is the second in the series by this author, although the blurb states it can be read as a stand alone, I think it is better read in order. Maybe this is because its how I have come to this series. It builds on the characters and the story from the first book Fox Halt Farm. My review for this will be as part of the Blog Tour.

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Maybe Baby by Carol Thomas –

This is another in a series book, and because I have not read any other books in the series, I can say this works very well as a stand -alone. I do have the first book on my kindle though 🙂 This is such a fun read, it has so many things that I loved. Pets, friends, old flames, moving forward and just a really good feel good read. Look out for my review as part of the Blog Tour.

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Arbitrage by Colette Kebell –

This is another book I read for the up coming Blog Tour. Now this is one I saw as I was passing through FB, and saw there was a space going on the tour, and decided it was one I fancied. This is a financial thriller, the world of Russian Mafia, money and deals. This is a fab read and one that I was a bit worried about. I though it might have been full of too much jargon, but this was not the case.

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The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven –

This is one from my own shelf and it’s books like this that make me wish I could retire or win the lottery and retire so I could read all day. This is such a great story, the plot is yummy and dark, devious and twisted. But for me the real star or I should say stars were Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw. The contrasts between these two characters is outstanding and they have been worked so well into an amazing story. A cracking read. Review will follow soon.

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The Feud by Amanda James –

I am delighted to be one of the readers to take part in publication day reviews for Mandy’s next book. If you have read any of her books before then you know you are going to get a great story, with vivid imagery and there is usually a twist or two along the way… I have not yet finished reading this book, but by the time this post goes live I will have (it’s sat afternoon at the moment 🙂 )

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I also had some amazing book post this week…

I got an proof copy of I Looked Away by Jane Corry

I have read all of Jane’s previous books and really enjoyed them. This one is due to be published 27th June this year 🙂

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Right then that’s me done for another week, I can’t believe that next Monday it will be April 😶. I may well do a ‘top reads of the month’ in the post next week and maybe some stats… but then maybe I won’t …🙄 😂

I’ll see what I feel like 😂🤣😅