tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322833747699564619.post4698857541940641102..comments2024-03-19T09:37:04.221+00:00Comments on Rachel's Random Reads: Book Review - The Secrets of Ivy Garden by Catherine Ferguson - #AroundTheUKIn144Books #GloucestershireGilbsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18034543593791112122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322833747699564619.post-37165991955071900042017-04-05T20:07:38.084+01:002017-04-05T20:07:38.084+01:00Hi Nathalie
It's a pleasure to meet you at la...Hi Nathalie<br /><br />It's a pleasure to meet you at last. I did think most of the anonymous comments were from the same person, but I wasn't sure. <br /><br />Thank you so much for all of your kind words, I really do appreciate them. <br /><br />Agreed I had a run purely accidentally at the start of this month with new counties, which was exciting, although its slowing down again at the moment. <br /><br />Really glad you are enjoying some of the books you have read based on their appearance on my blog. <br /><br />I was reading an article about Alice Martineau and A Song For Tomorrow the other day and it brought back to me all the emotion I felt as I was reading the book. Truly is superb. <br /><br />I'm crossing my fingers that the Hannah Doyle book will be released as a combined book, as I have my eye on it, just not a fan of parts. I really should buy that Emma Heatherington book! <br /><br />I do have a copy of How Not to Fall in Love Actually that I hope to read eventually! <br /><br />Agreed 2017 is an amazing years for books so far, and I really can't work out how to fit in reading all of the ones that I would love to. Glad you are enjoying the publication dates page too. Gilbsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034543593791112122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322833747699564619.post-21080074916085761232017-04-05T19:57:28.182+01:002017-04-05T19:57:28.182+01:00You seem to be covering a lot of counties latelty ...You seem to be covering a lot of counties latelty what with Gloucestershire, Glasgow, West Yorkshire and so on!<br /><br />I just finished The Secrets of Ivy Garden and what a lovely read it is indeed! I really fell in love with Holly, Ivy Garden and the village of Appleton. Great review you published above!<br />I also wanted to say that I recently got round to reading A Song for Tomorrow and it truly is an incredible book! Thank you for the recommendation. I never cry when reading a book, but listening to 'Inside of You' sung by Alice Martineau after finishing this book nearly broke me. Definitely one of my favourite books this year, if not the very favourite. I've read 54 books so far this year and my favourites are (in no particular order):<br />Emma Heatherington - The Legacy of Lucy Harte (I still think you should read this!)<br />Hannah Doyle - The Year of Saying Yes<br />Trisha Ashley - The Little Teashop of Lost and Found<br />Juno Dawson - Margot & Me<br />Alice Peterson - A Song for Tomorrow (obviously!)<br /><br />I've also loved How Not to Fall in Love Actually by Catherine Bennetto and Clare Swatman's Before You Go, which were out as e-books last year, but published as Paperback this year.<br /><br />My New Year's Resolution was to buy less books, but frankly that's proving difficult! 2017 seems an amazing year for books so far, don't you think so too? Already there are books that I haven't got around to reading yet such as This Love by Dani Atkins and there are new books out every day... I love your Publication Dates page, I've discovered a lot of books I want to read on there! For example Meet Me at Wisteria Cottage and The Cornish Escape both out tomorrow.<br /><br />By the way, I'm Nathalie. I'm the one most of the anonymous comments have come from over the last three months. I'm a very private person on the internet, but I thought the time had come to reveal my identity =)<br />Love your blog, Rachel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com