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If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
If you were to think logically about this question you would realize it’s really a non question. You would go about your day and do all the things you normally do just more of it.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Sisters Making Mischief
Joy Chandler has had enough!
All she wanted was a lovely family Christmas with perfect turkey and luxury crackers. Instead, daughter Sara announces she’s getting divorced…and where is the fizz? And son, John and perfect wife Vanessa announce they are leaving for New York… and are the vegetables organic? And not one of them has made her a cup of tea!
So Joy decides she’s going to leave them all to it and head to France to visit her younger sister Isobel – a break from it all is just what she needs!
Isabel’s potato farm in France might be rustic, but Joy is hoping to find a bit of the old her again. Do her family really only think she’s their dogs body? Where has Joy’s joy gone?
Being with Isobel is loud and chaotic and being together brings out both sisters’ mischievous side! And being in France adds a welcome touch of ooh la la to Joy’s life again. Soon, she has a new job, a new man and maybe even, a second chance at living!
An uplifting and hilarious story about living life to the full and always, always having fun! Perfect for fans of Judy Leigh and Dee Macdonald
Purchase Link – https://mybook.to/sistersmakingmischief
MY THOUGHTS
I’ll admit it this author is an automatic read for me. Why you may ask. Because of the author’s humor and situations where people actually do what you would want to do in the same situation but don’t dare to. In other words, I love this feel-good relaxation book packed with laugh out loud moments and have more than once nodded my head yes to certain situations.
A nice and relaxing Christmas holiday was what Joy was expecting as she waited for her daughter and her family to arrive for the holiday. She had been eagerly expecting her daughter, daughter’s husband and two grandchildren vesting. Instead, she got her daughter arriving without her husband and in tears and the children sullen and rude.
A divorce is in the works for her daughter and she’s hitting the bottle hard. Her son arriving with his family will surely work out better. When the siblings are together, they seem to be fighting worse than the children.
Where’s this relaxing holiday with family?
When her sister suggests she visits her in France we see the real Joy come to life again.
While her family seems to be in shock that she’s left them she comes to realize there’s more to life than being at their beck and call. While sister Isobel beats to her own drum she gets Joy to open up and live life a little again. The experiences are marvelous and not at all what she was expecting but will she want to go back home again?
The book left me smiling and happy. Quirky characters, fast paced, and I loved the dialogue amongst the characters. I’d sum this up and sunny and delightful!
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
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Author Bio –
Maddie Please is the #1 bestselling author of joyous tales of older women including The Old Ducks’ Club and Sisters Behaving Badly. She had a career as a dentist and now lives in rural Herefordshire where she enjoys box sets, red wine and Christmas.
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Name your top three pet peeves.
One of my biggest pet peeves is someone making a mess in my house and then just walking away from it.
Another is being interrupted while talking .
Another is under not over, if you know you know 😂
Who are your current most favorite people?
My favorite person whether it’s yesterday , today or tomorrow is my husband. ♥️
What are your favorite animals?
I love all animals so much that I don’t even eat meat anymore. If I had to choose a favorite of all though anyone who follows my page will know its cats.
Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why?
They are both beautiful in their own right . I couldn’t possibly choose as both have high qualities to recommend themselves.
Happy Friday & welcome to First Line Friday hosted at Reading is my Super Power! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m delighted to feature Freedom’s Song by Kim Vogel Sawyer. I haven’t read one of her books for some months and this one is from 2021. I need a catch up.
Pub Date Oct 19 2021
ABOUT THE BOOK
Her voice made her a riverboat’s darling—and its prisoner. Now she’s singing her way to freedom in this powerful novel from the bestselling author of The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow.
“[An] enjoyable faith-filled adventure . . . Sawyer’s episodic narrative and rich assortment of characters fighting for freedom provide the story with many twists and unexpected side-plots.”—Publishers Weekly
Indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. All she wants is to live a quiet, humble life with her family as soon as her seven-year contract is over. So when she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her, she seizes a sudden opportunity to escape—an impulse that leads Fanny to a group of enslaved people who are on their own dangerous quest for liberty. . . .
Widower Walter Kuhn is overwhelmed by his responsibilities to his farm and young daughter, and now his mail-order bride hasn’t arrived. Could a beautiful stranger seeking work be the answer to his prayers? . . .
After the star performer of the River Peacock is presumed drowned, Sloan Kirkpatrick, the riverboat’s captain, sets off to find her replacement. However, his journey will bring him face to face with his own past—and a deeper understanding of what it truly means to be free. . . .
Uplifting, inspiring, and grounded in biblical truth, Freedom’s Song is a story for every reader who has longed for physical, emotional, or spiritual delivery.
FIRST LINE(S)
On the Mississippi River, near Monticello, Missouri Mid-April ,1860
Fanny Beck
Thunderous applause, Cries of “Encore, encore! ” Fanny Beck bowed her head in humble acknowledgement and gratitude.
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What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?
We love our pasta in our household so when I make a pasta casserole or just a batch of spaghetti it goes quickly. Mexican food is another winner but my husband won’t touch it, lasagna is another favorite especially when it’s homemade. Baked goods never seem to see the next day around here when I do baking
I eat vegetarian meals myself and some of the kids are now eating some of the healthy things I eat.
368 pages Harper Muse publisher November 19, 2024 publication date
ABOUT THE BOOK
MY THOUGHTS
This is one not to miss. A truly beautifully written book. One scarf from a humble and simplistic background links together three women during WWI. This scarf sees it through three couples in time of heartbreak and woven in joy.
Messages stitched with hope into the fabric of the scarf.
I loved meeting the couples and felt the emotions they went through the resilience and fortitude on the front line of not only the battlefield but also life.
The three stories are beautifully woven together and full of detail. A must read again book.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
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If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?
I would enjoy talking to an ordinary woman living in Gettysburg during the civil war period and hear about her day to day life and how the war affected it.
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