Hi everyone, it’s Katherine from Just Katherine https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com. Find me on Twitter·@theglitzqueen Pinterest @silverfairy81 Instagram @purplestar81 and Goodreads.
Another Readathon is coming up and right now feel-good and escapist books are essential. I want to share some of my recommendations with you.
My favourites from other years are:
The Beachside Sweet Shop and The Beachside Flower Stall by Karen Clarke
Finding Henry Applebee by Celia Reynolds
Any book by Darcie Boleyn
Eudora Honeysett is Quite Fine Thank You by Annie Lyons (titled The Brilliant Life of Euudora Honeysett in the US).
Any book by Mandy Baggot, including her 2021 novel, Staying Out for the Summer.
Any book by T.A. Williams
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts
A Very Lucky Christmas by Lilac Mills
That Long Lost Summer by Minna Howard
The Vets at Hope Green and The Pets at Primrose Cottage by Sheila Norton
Cloud Bay series by Emma Douglas
The Postcard by Fern Britton
The Note, The Postcard and any book by Zoë Folbigg
What If? by Shari Low
Any book by Samantha Tonge
Sun Sea and Sangria by Victoria Cooke
The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz
Alaskan Christmas Redemption by Belle Calhoune
The Woolly Hat Knitting Club by Poppy Dolan
Any book by Nicholas Sparks but in particular The Notebook
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman.
Of the books I have reviewed this year, my favourite feel-good and escapist books are:
Summer in Andalucia by Lucy Coleman.
Chasing the Sun by Julie Leigh
What Now by Shari Low
Finding Love at Mermaid Terrace by Kate Forster
The Juggle by Emma Murray
Dreaming under an Island Skye by Lisa Hobman
The Women Who Ran Away by Sheila O’ Flannagan
On the Road to Love by Melissa Baldwin.
You can find more general information about each book and buy links on Goodreads or on the publisher’s site.
So far, all the books in this article apart from Pay It Forward, Practical Magic, Where The Heart Is and the Nicolas Sparks books are reviewed on my blog if they are from previous years and at the time of publishing of this post, Chasing the Sun and On the Road to Love are not yet on my blog but they wil be by the time of the Readathon.
Have a great Readathon whatever you are reading or listening to. What books will you read or listen to this Readathon? What are you most looking forward to?
Find this post on my blog: https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/feel-good-and-escapist-books-for-the-readathon-or-just-because/
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