Welcome to Blue Archipelago Reviews

Hi, I’m Clare and Blue Archipelago Reviews is my little corner of the Internet where I blog about the books that I’ve read. Feel free to have a browse around. If you’ve read the same books then I’d love to hear what you thought about them – so be sure to leave me a comment :)


Come Away with Me by Sara MacDonald

Jenny and Ruth were fast friends growing up in Cornwall but when Ruth’s parents suddenly decided to move to Canada when the girls were eighteen they lost touch. Fast forward a decade and a chance encounter on a train throws the two women together again, and it’s not long before they realise that their lives [...]

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | By: | Comment | 2012

The Cupid Effect by Dorothy Koomson

I was looking for something light hearted to read yesterday and since my options are pretty limited at the moment since the majority of my To Be Read books have been packed ready for our move I decided that The Cupid Effect was probably a good bet, especially as I thoroughly enjoyed Goodnight Beautiful the [...]

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Monday, April 23, 2012 | By: | Comment | 2012

Cuban Heels by Emily Barr

It’s been a while since I read anything of Emily’s and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed her books. Emily is a travel writer by day and her stories always whisk you off somewhere exotic, this time you won’t be surprised to hear that the main action takes place in Cuba. The tale is [...]

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Sunday, April 22, 2012 | By: | Comment | 2012

I’d almost forgotten that the readathon was taking place this weekend. I’m kicking things off with Cuban Heels by Emily Barr. What are you reading first?

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Dangerous Waters by Anne Allen

I’ve just spent a lovely day experiencing life on the island of Guernsey through the eyes of Jeanne le Page in Dangerous Waters. Jeanne comes back to the island where she spent her childhood after the breakdown of her relationship and the death of her grandma. She left at the age of 16 after witnessing [...]

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Sunday, April 15, 2012 | By: | Comment | 2012

The Distance Between Us by Maggie O’Farrell

Having just experienced Jacquelyn Mitchard’s clunky effort of jumping between characters and their history I breathed a sigh of relief when I picked up The Distance Between Us and discovered quite quickly that Maggie is master if this skill. Events unfold in parallel as Jake experiences a tragic crowd crush in Hong Kong that leaves [...]

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Sunday, April 15, 2012 | By: | Comment | 2012

Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Still Summer

 

It’s been a while since I read anything by Jacquelyn and I couldn’t remember what kind of books she wrote, turns out Still Summer is some sort of chick lit meets family drama meets thriller – only problem being in trying to be all of those things it didn’t quite gel together properly.

In short this is a book about four women who charter a boat to sail around the Caribbean to spend some quality time together and catch up on old times. Throw in a last minute illness which means one woman can’t go and a teenage daughter is taken along instead, a rusty can opener, a couple of tragic accidents and some modern day pirates and instead of a dream vacation you have a nightmare on the open sea.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 | By: | Comment | 2 stars