Lindsey's Literary Leanings

 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Emotional Engaging Intriguing Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Spirituality Dottie and the Art of Dying by Sarah Asermily - Author  ⚰ To my mind (and I could be incorrect here) people who are given a terminal diagnosis and an idea of how long they have, before it is their time to shuffle off this mortal coil, can be divided into three categories. There are those who are, naturally, sent into a flat spin panic and take up every offer of treatment that may prolong their life. There are those who accept their fate but refuse treatment, wanting to ensure the quality of the time they have left, as they still hold a modicum of optimism that the consultant who presented them with that fateful news may be wrong. Then there are those people who struggle to cope with the vision of what is ahead of them, shutting themselves off from their loved ones and the outside world. Dottie, however, is made of stern stuff and chooses the keep calm and carry on approach, seeing no point in pr...

  Absorbing, Powerful, Gripping Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Spicy/Mystery Deeper Still by Sarah Colliver Writing Tate had picked up the pieces of her life after the fire at Carmino’s, enjoying a new business and a new home, brushing under the carpet how she had managed to elevate her existence so rapidly in such a short space of time. Better still, she was able to rely on the continued support of her best friend Irena. Her love life needed a little improvement, but she had that in hand and didn’t think that it would be that difficult put an end to, as fate had given her a leg up in that direction and she had all the ammunition that she needed. Plus, she was certain that he wouldn’t exactly fight for whatever it was that remained of their relationship. With Bill and Paul gone and her no longer having been on Tony’s radar for sometime, she was most definitely in the clear for a fresh start… After reading ‘In Deep’ I couldn’t wait to catch up with Tate and Irena again and see what Sa...

  Emotional, Absorbing, Powerful Genre: Contemporary Fiction/YA/Themes of sexual and substance abuse Breakable: book 8 of The Fragile Line, by Sarah Dawson Powell- author Best friends? Were we?…..or was that just a way for her to see Corey? How could we really have made the transition after the way things were all those years ago? How could she do that to me on my wedding day if that were really true?…..and now what am I left with? A fractured relationship that is definitely lacking the commitment it should have at this stage, and facing a possible future as a single mother again. I never thought that I’d be spending my first trip to Hawaii under these circumstances……(Jenny) How do I feel about her now? I’m angry at what she did. How did she expect me to react? Despite it all though, I still love her and I hate that the last words that I spoke to her were ones of anger….in fact they weren’t, I told her I loved her, but I don’t think she believed me…..(Corey) Now I know we’re not ...