Sotto il segno dei gemelli

I am upping my rating from 3 to 4 stars on this re-read, because Lucy Patterson is a great narrator and I cannot resist a lovely Scottish accent and the Scottish scenery, plus I also liked the story much better this time, even though I still have some bones to pick with it. It is definitely a lovely Leggi tutto

This is the second Rosamunde Pilcher book I have read, and the second where the male love interest slaps the female protagonist. I understand it's a product of its time, but I just find it disturbing, especially since it seemed unnecessary and contrary to his character. Aside from that it was lovely. Leggi tutto

I think if you look up 'comfort read' in the dictionary, it will tell you 'see Rosemunde Pilcher.' It would in my own personal dictionary, anyway. I love her books for the robust good sense of the characters, the twists and turns of the plots, and the eventual happy ending, cleverly achieved. Usuall Leggi tutto

'It can never be dull to be needed and to be important to people.' I loved an atmosphere that Rosamunde Pilcher created in her books. These lovely families in a beautiful natural setting.Life isn't always pleasurable but her stories showed that you can endure many tragedies and troubles when you

After a stressful week, I set aside my heavier reading to escape into this Rosamund Pilcher romance about Flora, a twin who agrees to impersonate her sister as a favour, spending a week with a family who lives in the Scottish Highlands. It all goes terribly wrong, of course, and then it all comes wo Leggi tutto

2.5 stars Another mid-70s publication from Pilcher, Under Gemini (1976) felt very much in the same vein of Snow in April . However, I did find it easier to see between the lines and get a better sense of the improvement to bridge the distance between Pilcher's earlier works and her more famous (and be Leggi tutto