Julia Stuart
Julia Stuart is a British author and journalist. Her first novel, published in 2007, was The Matchmaker of Périgord. Her second was published in 2010 as Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo in the UK, and The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise in America. The latter is a New York Times and...
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Julia Stuart is a British author and journalist. Her first novel, published in 2007, was The Matchmaker of Périgord. Her second was published in 2010 as Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo in the UK, and The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise in America. The latter is a New York Times and national bestseller.
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I bought this book purely on a whim while on holiday, based on the cover and the title, while trapped in a small used book store. I say 'trapped' because a terrific thunderstorm was raging outside, keeping me and the owner in the shop until well after her normal closing hours. Had I not needed to ...
This is a nice, light, somewhat humorous book. Nothing all that special but nothing to complain about either. A good book to pick when you need something not too heavy or serious.
Lovely little novel, full of daft, but realistic characters. Funny, but at the same time thought provoking and touching.
I wasn't bowled over by this book, but I didn't dislike it either. It was interesting and entertaining, but predictable and a bit two dimensional. While you get to know about the characters, they never really come to life. My biggest problem with the story is I'm not sure what the point was. Maybe i...
I am feeling generous by not giving this book a 1 star rating. It really is just a sappy love story that has hardly any redeeming qualities.First, the language is just overbearing. She tries to be either cutesy or smart and it just falls flat to me: "She then hunted around, searching amongst the r...