 | Left Bank by Kate Muir
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 I had this sat on my shelf for ages- don't know why it took me so long to get around to reading it, but I'm so glad I did! Makes me want to go back to Paris in a big way.
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 | Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
Buy used from: £0.01 Another one I wasn't sure wouldn't be my cup of tea- I'm happy to say I was wrong. Definitely my favourite Anita Shreve book, I devoured this in one sitting on a beach in Spain!
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 | The Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham
Buy used from: £0.01 I'm reading this at the moment and I'm two thirds of the way through; I couldn't NOT include it as it's addictive.
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 | Sleep Toward Heaven: How Do You Forgive When You Can't Forget? by Amanda Eyre Ward
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £0.01 I couldn't put this one down. Another holiday book, only I started and finished it at the airport prior to departure. Magnificent.
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 | The Palace of Strange Girls by Sallie Day
Buy new: £9.94 / Used from: £0.01 Picked this up in a discount bookshop because I liked the cover. Pleasantly surprised by the content.
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 | Rococo by Adriana Trigiani
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.01 All of Adriana's books are compulsive reading and this was no exception- delicious!
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 | Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 Makes me want to sell up and move to Italy. The descriptions of the food and wine are to die for.
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 | The Various Flavours of Coffee by Anthony Capella
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 Admittedly, I prefer 'The Wedding Officer' but this is a very interesting read.
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 | Thyme Out by Katie Fforde
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 A healthy dose of not-so fluffy chicklit. The first Katie Fforde I've read, but it won't be the last.
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 | Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £0.01 This book is a bit like marmite in places, but overall it was an entertaining story.
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 | Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 If you like Christina Jones, you'll love this! Magical chicklit.
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 | Coastliners by Joanne Harris
Buy used from: £0.01 Not her best, but nicely done. Characters to fall in love with.
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 | Dead and Gone: A True Blood Novel (Sookie Stackhouse Vampire 9) by Charlaine Harris
Buy new: £5.59 I've devoured all the Sookie Stackhouse novels back to back this year owing to falling in love with the TV show- they're all amazing. Harris is a fab writer and I can't wait to read her other novels!
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 | Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 I thought this was weak in contrast to all her other books and confusing in places. If you're a Picoult fan, you'll probably still enjoy it.
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 | Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 I couldn't NOT have a Nora Roberts in here- this was the best one of hers I've read this year. She makes Montana sound gorgeous.. but her characters are very same-same in my opinion from book to book.
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 | The Year the Gypsies Came by Linzi Glass
Buy new: £9.89 / Used from: £0.01 Another bargain buy from a discount bookstore and this kept me gripped. An amazing debut.
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 | Follies by Rosie Thomas
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 After the bizarre ending of 'The Potters House' I was wary, but this is Thomas at her best.
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 | A Place for Unicorns by Nicola Lindsay
Buy used from: £0.01 A real gem of a book- this one surprised me but I did feel the ending was a little bit flat.
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 | The Diving-bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Buy new: £4.24 / Used from: £0.13 Wonderful and thought provoking.
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 | Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas
Buy used from: £0.01 I think this is my favourite of all Thomas' books. Her depictions of Cairo are fantastic.
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 | Diving Through Clouds by Nicola Lindsay
Buy used from: £1.21 A surprisingly good read- I'm going to get around to reading the rest of this author's books after I enjoyed the first two so much.
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 | The Wicker Man by Robin Hardy
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.01 Chilling, thought provoking horror.
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 | Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
Buy used from: £0.01 Pleasant chicklit, but in my opinion not as strong as her other books.
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 | La Cucina (A Black Swan book) by Lily Prior
Buy new: £4.51 / Used from: £0.01 I love books that encompass food and romance- it also added to the atmosphere that I read this whilst in Italy! A delicious yarn.
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 | Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
Buy new: £5.06 / Used from: £0.01 I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this but it was a fun, quirky read that had a splash of romance.
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