Welcome To Annie’s Blog

Hi, my name is Annie. Welcome to my book reviews, ponderings on life, holiday reviews and occasional movie reviews.

The image of this painting ‘Girl with her dog’ reminds me so much of all the things I love… dogs and beaches. Thank you to the artist.


My Recent Posts

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

  • “Start at the End” by Emma Grey

    Great love stories don’t land heavily in peoples’ lives every day. When such love engulfs one, it is epic, unfathomable and strikingly beautiful. And love (as we all know) is not limited to the romantic kind. There is also love between a parent and child (including step-children) and love between friends, amongst other types of…

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  • “The Second Wife” by Ali Lowe

    It is one of the veritably seismic truths, in this often contradictory and paradoxical world, that life is (if you didn’t know it already) unfair. Babies and small children die of cancer and other terrible diseases. And sometimes nasty, horrible people live until they are over 100 years old.  This nefarious cruelty does not end…

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  • “Three Reasons for Revenge” by Dervla McTiernan

    Throughout the world, millions upon millions of folk in most countries, and from all walks of life and socio-economic backgrounds, feverishly devour crime novels/psychological thrillers at a phenomenal rate. Surgeons and barristers in Australia and the United Kingdom enjoy the ‘buzz’ one gets from reading this genre, as do factory workers, bus drivers and waitresses…

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