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I hope and Pray I do justice the books handed into my care for review. Books for me are pure escapism and I completely discard any notion to critique a novel once it has gone to press. Whilst I can skip the odd typo, and pass on by the occasional grammatical blip, the entertainment value of the story is the essential part - whether it be a thrilling romantic suspense, a page-turning romance, or a swashbuckling adventure romance. The books I derive no pleasure from are the ones heavy on domestic waffle, snail-pace narrative, and characters that simply do not step from pages.
I hope and Pray I do justice the books handed into my care for review. Books for me are pure escapism and I completely discard any notion to critique a novel once it has gone to press. Whilst I can skip the odd typo, and pass on by the occasional grammatical blip, the entertainment value of the story is the essential part - whether it be a thrilling romantic suspense, a page-turning romance, or a swashbuckling adventure romance. The books I derive no pleasure from are the ones heavy on domestic waffle, snail-pace narrative, and characters that simply do not step from pages.
Best Quote: The old saying - "it's easy to be a literary critic but harder to write something worth reading" - has always stuck with me, and I think it's a wise yardstick in the measure of people and their personality!
Please note as admin/owner of this blog (Francine) I'm reluctant to post reviews of my own books even though the reviews are by people I've never met in person, and some were posted long before I was invited to join the team as a reviewer. You see, I've always believed it reflects a sense of extreme vanity to post reviews on what is essentially one's own review site as far as admin duties go. Whereas, on my author blog I can do as I please. But, and I feel sure you will forgive me for letting others post reviews of my books here, because this was not my review blog at the outset. It was founded by Suzy Somerset, who due to sad family commitments and work had to give up on this blog. Of course life moves on, and Suzy has since ventured to a wholly new enterprise, well, not one, but two - The Jane Austen Awards and Historical Romance Readers' Award. That's not to say Suzy isn't a huge supporter of this blog - she is, and does on occasion send in a review.
