We had just a little snow (HA!) over the past two weeks which gave me some unexpected reading time that I hadn't planned on. To pass the time inside with two teenagers at home, since the last book I read was rather upsetting, I turned instead to Debbie Macomber, a lady who writes books that always make me feel good. These two are no exceptions.
Rose Harbor in Bloom and Love Letters are #2 and #3 in Macomber's new series of books about the Rose Harbor Inn in Cedar Cove, Washington. This new series was created in response to saddened readers who could not believe that Macomber ended her Cedar Cove series of books (although she did write 12 of them and if you haven't read these books, drop everything and go find them!). The main character of this new series is Jo Marie Rose, a widow who moved to Cedar Cove to start her life again when her husband was killed in battle in Afghanistan. In addition to Jo Marie, the characters we meet in these books are often running from something or trying to figure out something and while I initially thought the first book to be just plain sad and depressing, the two subsequent books have been very uplifting and reassuring. I thought as I was reading that these stories are a bit like chicken soup. They just make you feel good..
I was very glad that I could read them back to back and not have to wait for another book in the series to come out, which I now have to do since Love Letters is the last book until August. You can bet that I will be getting #4 as soon as possible and reading with delight!
Macomber does it again!
Happy reading, everyone!
:) Dodie
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