Book arrivals:
- Christmas at the Beach (novella) by Wendy Wax (for review)
- The Best of Daughters by Dilly Court (purchased)
- Promise Me Texas by Jodi Thomas (for review)
- Still Life by Louise Penny (purchased)
Last week on Bookfan:
- Review: Starry Night: A Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber
- Review: The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
Books I’m reading:
- Take Me Home For Christmas by Brenda Novak
- A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Happy reading!
Bookfan 
I hope you like Still Life 🙂
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I haven’t read any of her books but they come highly recommended by a few friends.
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Happy reading Mary 🙂
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I got a copy of Christmas at the Beach as well – love these books! My dad loved Louise Penny and gave me Still LIfe but I just haven’t gotten to it yet.
Have a great week Mary!!!
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This will be my first Louise Penny book – it was a sale book for Kindle last week. I like a good cozy from time to time and love small town fiction so it should be a win – win, right?
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I like Wendy Wax – that looks good!
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Review post will go up on Thursday!
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All of your new books sound great, especially Christmas at the Beach. Enjoy!
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Promise Texas is on my tbr list, as is Starry Night and take Me Home For Christmas. And I have read the Best Man… Have a good weekend.
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You’re going to love the Macomber and Thayne books, Kathleen!
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Happy reading, Mary!
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I rad on of the books in the Louise Penny series and enjoyed it. I should really go back and read the series from the beginning. I enjoyed the characters and felt right at home in Three Pines! Happy reading, Mary!
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It was a Kindle sale book (might be still!) so I thought I’d get it since it’s the first in the series.
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I’ll have to see if it is still on sale. I wanted to read the series in order. Thanks for the heads up, Mary!
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Love the Louise Penny books and keep meaning to read, A Hundred Summers as well – hope u r enjoying it Mary.
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Glad you recommend the Penny books, Diane. I’m listening to AHS – a 1930s soap that I can’t stop listening to, LOL.
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Christmas at the Beach sounds good to me. I love holiday reads! Enjoy all your new books 🙂
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Me too, Lucy. I’ve read several already this month!
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What a good looking mix. I haven’t read Jodi Thomas in a while but have enjoyed her books. Happy reading!
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This JT book is part of a western historical series. I’ve read a couple and enjoy them. My favorites, though, are her Harmony series. She’s a great story teller, isn’t she?
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Christmas at the Beach looks like it’ll be awfully adorable!
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It’s part of an entertaining series: Ten Beach Road and Ocean Beach are the first two.
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I like the Christmassy read to get into the mood for Christmas
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I was looking at A Hundred Summers. I hope you enjoy it and I will look for your review.
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Now that it’s getting cool out I can start thinking about Christmas stories. 🙂
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😉
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Great selection. Christmas At The Beach sounds particularly tempting given that the Seasonal book challenges will soon be upon us.
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It’s very short, Tracy, and would work best if you’ve read the first two novels in the series. I hope you find some good Christmas books for the challenge!
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I’ve heard good things about The Best of Daughters. Enjoy your new books!
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Thanks, Anna!
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Enjoy your week. I have A Hundred Summers but haven’t gotten to it yet.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
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I hope you have a great week of reading!!
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Hi Mary,
I wasn’t surprised to see that only a couple of your other commenters picked up on the Dilly Court book. I was already wondering just how much coverage UK authors, writing in this kind of mainstream genre, actually get in the US and how popular they really are.
I did see that you had purchased this book, so I assume that you know of Dilly Court books. I have read a couple of the earlier books and really enjoyed them, so I can’t wait to see what you think of ‘The Best Of Daughters’.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy all of your new finds,
Yvonne
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Yvonne, this will be my first Dilly Court book. It was on sale and I decided to get it after reading some glowing reviews of her most recent book. I’m hoping to read it sometime this winter or next spring.
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I’ve been wanting Christmas at the Beach. Enjoy your haul…and thanks for visiting my blog.
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If you’ve read the first two in the series, you’ll want to read this novella, Laurel-Rain!
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I adored Still Life! A lot was because it takes place in my province I’ll admit, but the story and the characters were also fun. I hope you love it too! Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay. I love it when I’m familiar with the setting in a book.
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I picked up the one by Dilly Court as you know. I really enjoyed the one book I read by her so I hope this one will be as good.
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