There is something I have never quite understood about the human heart.We can walk into a shop and spend hundreds, sometimes thousands, searching for the perfect puppy.The right breed. The right colour. The right markings. The right little face looking back at us.And yet, somewhere not very far away, behind the metal bars of a … Continue reading Perhaps Love Has Four Paws 🐾
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Cape Verde: Where Dreams Swim Beneath the Waves and Tiny Turtles Begin Their Journey
I have always found the ocean utterly fascinating.There is something mesmerising about watching the waves roll towards the shore, knowing that beneath that seemingly endless expanse of blue lies an entire world carrying on with its life, completely unaware of ours.A world of extraordinary creatures, hidden shipwrecks, breathtaking underwater landscapes and mysteries that we have … Continue reading Cape Verde: Where Dreams Swim Beneath the Waves and Tiny Turtles Begin Their Journey
River Angels by Stacey Reynolds: Where Grief Meets Hope
The O’Briens have taken me from the wild coast of Ireland to a beach in Carolina, then through the shadowed streets of Dublin. By book four, I knew this family could draw me into almost any story.Still, River Angels carried me further than I expected.This time, Stacey Reynolds takes us to Brazil, where Liam O’Brien … Continue reading River Angels by Stacey Reynolds: Where Grief Meets Hope
Taking Up Space, Apologetically – When You Get Trapped Inside Your Own Head.
Sometimes the hardest place to escape from is your own head.I know that sounds dramatic.But there are days when I can take one tiny thought, something so insignificant that another person probably wouldn't even notice it, and somehow build an entire case against myself from it.A message feels slightly different.Someone seems quieter than usual.I remember … Continue reading Taking Up Space, Apologetically – When You Get Trapped Inside Your Own Head.
Fio by Stacey Reynolds: The Courage to Begin Again
When I first met Fiona Reilly in Raven of the Sea, I knew her through the hurt she had caused Michael O’Brien. I was firmly on his side, and I did not expect to find myself hoping for a story of her own.Then Stacey Reynolds wrote Fio.This novella fits after Shadow Guardian and before River … Continue reading Fio by Stacey Reynolds: The Courage to Begin Again
Falling in Love Is the Easy Part, Staying Takes Heart.
Falling in love is the easy part.Well... relatively speaking.It is the butterflies.The excitement when their name appears on your phone.The ridiculously long conversations about absolutely nothing.The first kiss.The first I love you.The feeling that somehow, amongst billions of people wandering around this enormous planet, you have found your person.Falling in love can feel almost effortless.Staying … Continue reading Falling in Love Is the Easy Part, Staying Takes Heart.
Shadow Guardian by Stacey Reynolds: Love Among the Shadows
First, Stacey Reynolds took me to a cottage beside the Irish sea. Then she led me across the ocean, where a lantern glowed beside a Carolina beach. By the time I reached the third book in The O’Brien Tales, I thought I knew what it felt like to step into an O’Brien story.Then I opened … Continue reading Shadow Guardian by Stacey Reynolds: Love Among the Shadows
Tina by Niall Harbison: The Dog Who Changed the World
Every now and then, a book comes along that you cannot simply close and put back on the shelf. You finish the last page, but you carry it with you for days afterwards. You think about it while making a cup of tea. You find yourself looking at your own dogs a little longer, stroking … Continue reading Tina by Niall Harbison: The Dog Who Changed the World
Raven of the Sea by Stacey Reynolds: Where My Love for the O’Brien Tales Began.
Have you ever opened a book and felt, within a few pages, that you might have found somewhere you wanted to stay?That is how Raven of the Sea felt to me.I picked it up expecting a story. Instead, I found myself beside the wild Atlantic, with the wind in my hair and the sort of … Continue reading Raven of the Sea by Stacey Reynolds: Where My Love for the O’Brien Tales Began.
