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Love is in the air

February is the month for love and hopefully we all celebrated St Valentine’s Day on 14th February with our nearest and dearest. My aim this month was to read books about love and romance but I didn’t really manage to read too many books of this genre. Firstly, I was in hospital for ten days…

Put on your walking “books”

For my book blog, I have decided to adopt a theme each month to encourage me to read more widely and not just focus on mystery/crime books. Tying in with my last blog about New Year’s Resolutions, I have selected walking as my theme this month as many people have set a resolution to walk…

Happy New Year

A belated Happy New Year to you! This is my first blog of 2026 and I’ve published it within the first half of January so I still think it’s ok to wish you a Happy New Year. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year? And more importantly, how are you getting on with…

My Top Ten Books of 2025

Christmas is just around the corner and the end of 2025 will be upon us soon too. 2025 has been my biggest reading year ever. Last year I read 53 books which I thought was pretty impressive but so far in 2025, I’m reading book 97 (“Murder Sky High” by Linda Hagan) and hope to…

Breast Cancer Now fundraising exceeds £3700

All roads led to Lurgan’s Brownlow House last Saturday when Action Cancer’s annual Christmas Craft Fair was taking place. One of the stands was run by an amazing group of ladies with a diagnosis of secondary breast cancer who were raising funds for Breast Cancer Now. Over the last few months, they have been busy…

Books of the month – November 2025

This month I have “branched out” and turned my focus on to Irish authors, both north and south of the border. As we are a nation of storytellers, it’s no surprise that they are all five star reads even though the books are very different. There is a mixture of crime, romance, drama, history and…

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