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Happy Book Friend Friday! π Today, I want to highlight my dear book friend, Andrea! β¨β¨I'm doing a GIVEAWAY for a paperback copy of Beaumont Cottage on Instagram ! Ends on midnight EST on July 24, 2026. β¨β¨ Before I get into my review, I want to thank Andrea for trusting me with her baby (this wonderful and amazing novel) βΊοΈβ¨β¨ Back in January 2025, Andrea told me that she was writing a novel andβ¦
Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday ! π₯³π Can I tell you how happy I am that Dean Street Press has republished TWO MORE of D.E. Stevenson's warm and wonderful novels?? Yipppeee! I'm in heaven! Not only do these books have gorgeous covers, but now there are over 100 Furrowed Middlebrow titles. Unbelievable! π± So far, I've read 65/103 of the FM books. I'm slowly making my way through and lookingβ¦
Happy Book Publication Day & Happy Centenary Book Collection to Dean Street Press! ππ Thank you, thank you to Victoria and everyone on the DSP team for bringing these beautiful books into our reading lives. What would we do without them?? (Personally, I would freak out!) I hope youβll give at least one (or all five!) of the Dorothy Lambert novels republished by Dean Street Press at try! And, ifβ¦
Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday ! π€©ππ»β€οΈ Dorothy Lambert has been impressing me all month long with her exciting domestic novels! Although the setting of the books is not specifically summer, somehow they all feel summery. I would 100% recommend them all as the perfect picks for beach reading. πβοΈπ It's not too late to pre-order these titles (available in both paperback and/or ebook) onβ¦
Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday ! π₯³π This is my 4th out of 5 Dorothy Lambert books I've read in the past few months... yay! I can honestly say that I'm addicted . I feel the same way about DL's novels that I do about D.E. Stevenson , Molly Clavering and Susan Scarlett . Generally, they're light, clever, fun-to-read, and have the perfect amount of tenderness and a romance (along with some natureβ¦
Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday ! πππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Now that I've read Much Dithering in April and All I Desire in May, I'm continuing my lovely and enjoyable reading with even more Dorothy Lambert novels by Dean Street Press (coming soonβJuly 2026!) Here are my thoughts on the second to-be-republished novel! RATING: 4.25π Family drama to the max! If (for some reason) your family is driving youβ¦
Happy Sunday Shelfie! ππβ¨ Helllooo friends! I don't usually share Sunday Shelfies on my blog, but I am today! Yay! π₯³π This photo only a shows a small portion of my bookshelves, but stillβ¦you can count that... right ? You might be able to catch a small glimpse of books by some of my favorite authors such as Rosamunde Pilcher , Ruby Ferguson , Margery Sharp , Louise Platt Hauck, and Maysie Greigβ¦
Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday ! π€©β¨π After reading and loving Much Dithering in April, I knew I had to read ALL 4 of the upcoming Dorothy Lambert novels by Dean Street Press (being republished in July 2026!) Here are my thoughts on the first one! RATING: 4.75π Highly entertaining, gossipy and oh-so-fun! All I Desire takes place in a small English village and centers on Holm Street. When Mrs.β¦
Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! π€© SPOILER: I've found a NEW 5π D.E. Stevenson favorite book! π₯³π Until now, my top 5 DES titles have been: The English Air Rochester's Wife The Fair Miss Fortune Charlotte Fairlie Katherine Wentworth duology (among many other 5π D.E. Stevenson books!) To be honest, I usually don't enjoy books from a male perspective (with the exception of Agatha Christieβ¦
Hooray for Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! π₯³πβ¨π Today, I'm reviewing TWO Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow books...isn't that exciting?!? Before my reviews, I just wanted to say that I'm dying to buy and read the upcoming NEW Furrowed Middlebrow titles by Dean Street Press Ltd. ! They include: D.E. Stevenon Upcoming Book Cover Images from Dean Street Press website . D.E. Stevenson's Belβ¦
