Monthly Archives: March 2021

Fictionophile Blog Update – First Quarter of 2021

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Fictionophile

Yes folks, 2021 has reached the 1/4 mark. In an effort to keep organized and structure my reading, I’ve compiled this post to track my reading progress since January 1st. I have read 35 books so far this year and … Continue reading →

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Fictionophile’s MARCH 2021 Reading Wrap-Up

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Fictionophile

March turned out to be a productive month – reading wise. In the past month I’ve read twelve novels and two novellas.  There are many stellar reads here, and truth be told I enjoyed them all and none of them … Continue reading →

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Fictionophile’s March 2021 #BookHaul #Bookbloggers #TBR

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Fictionophile

I’ve added seven review commitments to my TBR this month. I received four of these titles from NetGalley. Note! When I read the NetGalley description, I thought this was the first book in the series. Oh well, live and learn. … Continue reading →

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“The Boatman’s Wife” by Noëlle Harrison – Book Review

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Fictionophile

Secrets. We all have them, yet some are more consequential than others. When young Lily Fitzgerald is widowed at the tender age of twenty-four, she discovers that her beloved husband has been harboring a serious secret indeed. 2017 – Lily … Continue reading →

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Want the old Classic WordPress editor back? Here’s how…

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Fictionophile

Well folks, I have to say that this morning was frustrating and traumatic for me. Any access to my old WP editor had vanished completely and I tried to write a book review. Anyone watching me would have laughed. I … Continue reading →

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“Season of Second Chances” by Aimee Alexander – Book Review

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Fictionophile

Grace Sullivan left her small Irish village to go to university in Dublin. She wanted to follow in her beloved father’s footsteps and become a doctor. While in the big city she met and fell in love with Simon Willoughby, … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – March 24, 2021 #readingforpleasure #bookbloggers #WWWWednesday #bookworms

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Fictionophile

Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday. WWW Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. I’ve linked the book descriptions to the Goodreads site for the book. Just answer the three questions below and leave … Continue reading →

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“After the Rising” by Orna Ross – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth21

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Fictionophile

Twenty years ago, Jo Devereux fled Mucknamore, the small Irish village where she grew up, driven away by buried secrets and hatreds. Now she is back and needs to uncover the truth of what really happened between her family and their … Continue reading →

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“Here She Lies” by Kerena Swan – Book Review

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Fictionophile

Prequel novella to the novel “Blood Loss” which introduces DI Dave Paton and his son Tommy. Harry was nineteen when his mother died. His sister Stacie was ten. Feeling unable to cope with acting as parent, Stacie was put into … Continue reading →

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“Cold Woods” by Karen Katchur – Book Review

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Fictionophile

Trisha moved from Chicago to the small Pennsylvania slate town when she was ten years old. She moved there with her mother and Lester, her stepfather, who was an abusive drunk. She quickly made friends with two girls from her … Continue reading →

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Cover Love: part 98 – Women in Green

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Fictionophile

They say you can never have a second chance to make a good first impression. A book’s cover does just that – gives a first impression. A good cover can make a reader pick up a book. A bad cover … Continue reading →

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“The Pull of the Stars” by Emma Donoghue – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth21

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Fictionophile

An intense and grim story about three days in a Dublin maternity ward during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918. Influenza derives from the Latin word influentia, meaning “influence of the stars. The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more people … Continue reading →

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Wednesday’s Word = GREEN #WednesdaysWord #booklovers

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Fictionophile

Most readers will acknowledge that some words reappear time and time again in titles. Often these words are associated with a particular genre. Case in point: “The girl on the train” and “Gone girl” spawned countless thriller titles with the … Continue reading →

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“Forgive Me” by Susan Lewis – Book Review

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Fictionophile

Widowed, Rebecca is a talented interior designer with her own business in London. She has a vivacious teenage daughter named Cara who has lost all her ‘spark’ since she married for the second time. Her new husband,  financier Marcus Huxley … Continue reading →

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#BookRecommendations with titles that start with the letter ‘C’ #booklovers #bookbloggers #GreatReads

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Fictionophile

This year I plan to go through the entire alphabet, one letter per month. For March 2021, I’m listing all of my favourite novels that begin with the letter ‘C‘. I am choosing these titles from the books I’ve read … Continue reading →

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