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Peter Pan by JM Barrie Review

  Hi ForeverBookers,   I’ve just finished reading Peter Pan by JM Barrie, the book my last read, Hooked is based on and I really enjoyed it!  4 Stars!  Peter Pan is a classic, I’m surprised I enjoyed. It’s very short at around 200 pages. We start in London, with Wendy, John and Michael as well as their parents. Their mother and father have a bigger role in the book than the 1953, Disney movie. I read Peter Pan for a few readathons. They were: RR - Read a classic - Peter Pan is the best classic I’ve read so far! Always Fully Booked Reading Challenge 2026 - A book with a gripping first line - “All Children except one grow up…” Always Fully Booked Genre Challenge - A Classic - this is one of the first times I’ve read a classic willingly!  Spoilers below… “She asked where he lived.”         “Second to the right,” said Peter, “and then straight on till morning.”        “What a funny address!”         P...
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Happy New Year ForeverBookers!

Hey ForeverBookers,  Happy New Year!!! My 10 top reads of the year have been:  Kiss Of The Basilisk by Lindsay Straube Blood & Steel by Helen Scheuerer  A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness (reread) Red Rising by Pierce Brown Throne Of The Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco House In The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Inuyasha VizBig 15 Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert Spellfire by Agatha Wilson  The Deal by Elle Kennedy As you can see most of my favourite reads were in the fantasy genre. Next year I’ll try to be more variant in what I read, as all of the above books are somewhat romance based. What are you going to try and accomplish reading wise next year? 

Good Spirits (Ghosted #1) by B.K. Borrison Review

Hey ForeverBookers,      I’ve just finished “Good Spirits” by B.K. Borrison and I really enjoyed it. I read it at the perfect time of year too, so I think that helped my overall enjoyment but I loved the story too.  “Good Sprits ” is a standalone novel, but there’s a book 2, “Grim Tidings” set to be released next year. I’m guessing it will have different main characters.       It was my birthday a couple of days ago too, so it was nice to be reading a good book around it.       “Good Spirits” tells the story of Harriet, a down on her luck girl who meets her ghost of Christmas past, Nolan. They don’t like each other at first but they learn to get along and work together to unlock secrets and the mystery of what’s keeping Nolan stuck in the past when he should have moved on a long time ago. They, of course slowly fall in love and I ate up these moments. It was a very cute story. I much preferred it to “Lovelight Farms,” th...

The Christmas Carrolls - The Christmas Competition (The Christmas Carrolls #2) by Mel Taylor-Bessent (Illustrated by Selom Senu) Review

Hey ForeverBookers,  How are you all? I hope you’re good! I’ve just finished “The Christmas Carrolls - The Christmas Competition,” the second book in the Christmas Carrolls series by Mel Taylor-Bessent and I really LOVED it. 5 Stars! It’s a quick, fun, middle grade adventure that follows our lead character, Holly Carroll and her family and best friend from book 1, Archer as they try to make Christmas a fun time for everyone. In this second book in the series, the Carrols are pitted against the Klauses to try to win a Christmas time holiday to New York City to perform in a Christmas parade. It’s set in the UK, which was nice as that’s where I’m from. The rivalry between the two families takes the Carrolls’ characters to new extremes of Christmas loving, and they were very strong before! Also there is some animosity towards Christmas from our lead character, Holly as she wants to experience other festivities, such as Halloween, which her ever-loving Christmas parents want her ...

The Christmas Lights by Karen Swan Review

  Hey ForeverBookers,   How are you all? I hope you’re well.  I’ve just finished reading “The Christmas Lights” by Karen Swan and I enjoyed it. It’s a psychological mystery/romance novel. I’d say the mystery is the biggest element of the story, and the romance is very much on the back burner, however. 3 Stars! We start off following our lead characters, Bo and Zac who are wanderlusters. They literally travel around the world for likes on their Instagram feed. They’ve been doing this for a few years at the point where the novel starts. They have a photographer, Lenny, who follows them everywhere on their travels. At the beginning of the book they are in Samoa finishing up their time there. They normally spend a few months in each place they visit. The next chapter takes them to Norway, somewhere completely different to experience the snow. In Samoa before they leave, however, Zac proposes to Bo. She accepts, but is all as it seems? What secrets are lurking beneath t...