We saw these books last week and knew we had to read them. Somehow, I managed to shoehorn them onto our reading list…
All part of our new campaign to do more reading!
It’s New Year’s Eve and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh’s best postcodes. It’s a moment for old friends to set the past to rights – and move on.
The night sky is alive with fireworks and the champagne is flowing. But the celebration fails to materialise.
Because someone at this party is going to die tonight.
Midnight approaches and the countdown begins – but it seems one of the guests doesn’t want a resolution.
They want revenge.
One terrifying ordeal too many…
A spate of burglaries cripples the city, putting the community and the police on high alert.
Despite dealing with a personal tragedy, DI Sara Ramsey is determined to end the perpetrator’s terrorising agenda, but it’s going to prove an impossible task as the criminal is far worse than any she’s ever encountered before.
Can she prevent the loss of yet more lives, and if so, at what cost to her personal life and her career?
Have you ever come to the conclusion that no matter how hard you try, you simply cannot do everything?
This happened to me recently, and I am still trying to get my head around it.
Then I started thinking, have I ever managed it?
Have I been fooling myself all these years that it is even possible?
There are days when I seem to get somewhere near it, days when I walk (stumble) away from my desk at the end of the day, feeling proud of my accomplishments.
People say I should be pleased that at my age, I can still breathe! But what has my age to do with it?
Maybe this is the last push, but I hope not. My legs don’t work as well as they used to, and kneeling down is out of the question, but my brain still thinks it’s a teenager, so I am good to go for a while yet!
Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie 
So long as my fingers, bum, and brain work, I’m good to go. 😀 … (bum for sitting on 🙂 )
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and long may all of them continue, Widds!
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These both look compelling! Thanks for sharing!
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My pleasure, Jan…
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When I turned 80, I decided not to do everything anymore. So I’ve dropped a lot of stuff and may drop more.
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I am getting to that point too, time to concentrate on what matters, I think…
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Thanks for these recommendations. I am looking for a new read. Forget the battered body and keep rolling with your teenage brain. Kneeling is overrated anyway.
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Thanks for responding, Davy… lovely to meet you!
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And you too.
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Thank you for the book shares… and oh yes those knees…. I certainly know about them.. 🙂 ❤
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Good job they can’t stop me writing…
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Likewise 🙂 lol…. ❤
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I too am trying to do so much now. I burnt out this week and just put all the tasks away for about 3days. definitely needed it.
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Sometimes, you have to shut down for a while… but I think there has to be some changes too…
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I am on the lookout for that wisdom on what to change.
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I often think we have too many irons in the fire. Keeping up with all of them creates frustration, which can affect all the good stuff we have managed to do… I am thinking of choosing just one to stop, to see if it helps…
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But if you get your one or two things then an offer you feel you cannot or should not refuse comes up?
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Well, we are in charge of our businesses, so changes are always possible, Jude…
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