BookReview: The Secrets Of Happiness by Lucy Diamond

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The Secrets of Happiness by Lucy Diamond was an absolute treat, raised me out of my reading slump tomb. I urge you all to go, read it!

I had been having the worst reading slump ever! (@reads.crime knew). Then this book pulled me out of it! Funny, charming, heart-warming. A sister disappears. Her step (and obviously not close enough) steps in to look after her children and find out why the hell her sister's perfect life has crumbled to a husband who's left her, a job that's given her the sack, and strangers calling her for Irish stew concerning fliers she handed out. Lucy Diamond is one author who'd never dry up with beautiful storylines. My fifth book of hers (—she's written more!) and I still won't stop reading her anytime soon (even though women's fic has been playing fiddle to my thirst for literary works these days!). The characters were engaging! The plot was going! The perfect read to Yank me out of my reading slump. I do hope you guys give it a try! #bookstagram #bibliophile #thesecretsofhappiness #lucydiamond #funny #women #fiction #bookporn #malemodel #fashion #night #goodmorning #black #blue #menfashion #model

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Book Review: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen

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I did enjoy this book so, so much! I'm highly recommending it for lovers of anything geriatric (hopefully, the term is not as demeaning and there are a lot of young at heart fans out there!). Check out my review on instagram:

"Another year and I still don't like old people. Me? I am eighty-three years old." 😀 Haha! The quote above! This book is just so quotable! It's funny! It's all kinds of humorous! I have never read something funny like this in a while. It documents the life of Hendrik Groen, his diaries, full of heart, full of charm, and an expose of what goes on inside the walls of an old people's home! Hendrik's almost ninety and he's not mastered the art of cantankerousness, unlike all his contemporaries! There's Evert, the friend behind the goldfish murders, Eejfe the nicer old Lady our main character has a crush on (—Yes, stand the risk of your parents falling in love when you've locked them up!), Mrs Stewalgen the director whose known to abuse the seniors in the home (—you'll find lots of startling statistics on bullying seniors at  homes). It's very hilarious! With people from the dementia unit getting lost and found! It's what you get when you decide to pick up a book on old people and more. Lots of philosophies from the old on how to live, lots of gibes against policy-makers who make laws affecting finance of their children so the children do not visit as much! All through it's soulful as well, you'll find it gutting that contrary to popular belief old people have heart and all the exposure in the media these days are all very crippling, says Hendrik 😞😙 GO GET THIS BOOK! 5★ 😀 #hendrikgroen #old #pension #pensioners #bookstagram #funny #humor #bookporn #bookish #bibliophile #bookworm #malemodel #Ghana #africanman #actionhero #jamesbond #gorgeous #black #fashion #mensuits #jackets #menwhoread #readingissexy #menreading

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