Little Beach Street Bakery: The ultimate feel-good read from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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However, I pludged into this story because of two reasons: firstly, I wanted to read something about Christmas, secondly, the setting of this book is Cornwall, the place where I spent an amazing week with my British friend in summer 2019. This is the third book of the series but it's not obligatory to read the first books to understand the events in the third one. Unpredictable and unforgettable, this delightful novel will make you laugh, cry, and long for a lighthouse of your own. Recipes included. I think the biggest reason that I didn't like or finish this the first time and why I gave this 2 stars now is that I got exhausted by the character of Polly. She just seemed fixated on moving on from her long-term boyfriend and instead of baking (there is that) we just focused on her romances with two men. And one of those men was inappropriate so I ended up disliking him for the rest of the book. I also thought the book was super short-sighted with regards to the slowly dying village deciding it didn't want a bridge into it. There are near misses by people throughout the book dealing with almost being washed away trying to get there so it made zero sense to me that this was a thing to debate.

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But then she lost the boyfriend and the business eventually went bankrupt. Polly was forced to leave the life she thought she loved so much in favor of a Cornish tidal town called Polbearne. Polly’s move was necessitated by the fact that the town was the only place she could afford to live. One of the strongest aspects of these books is the manner in which Jenny Colgan brings the town of Polbearne to life with its cobbled streets and fishing fleet. It is the sort of destination anyone would yearn to visit for their vacation. Beyond the window was...nothing. Just a stretch into outer space, or, as it revealed itself to be on closer examination, the sea. The picture had been taken on a day when the sea and the sky were the same shade of gray and blended into one another. It was a great big expanse on which nothing was written. Polly stared at the picture for a long time, fascinated. It looked exactly the way she felt: hollowed out, empty. But also strangely calming. Like it was all right that there was a lot of gray in the world; grey was how it was."Neil was by far the cutest addition to the story even though he was unrealistically tame, but whatever! Now I want a pet puffin.

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How?" said Chris. "Have you ever gone bankrupt?"Polly Waterford lived with her partner, Chris, and for the last few years, barely had her head above water. Hoover is one of the freshest voices in new-adult fiction, and her latest resonates with true emotion, unforgettable characters and just the right amount of sexual tension. It's all a little cheesy but it's good natured and a lot of fun. It even throws off the light-heartedness for a while to give the reader some bona fide peril on the high seas and a little tragedy for good measure. The author even throws in the recipes for some of the baked goods featured in the book at the end. I love Jenny Colgan's other books - The Bookshop on the Corner and Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe - but this one didn't hit as well as those ones.Afgelopen week heb ik me ondergedompeld in winterse sferen, omdat ‘Winter in de kleine bakkerij’ al beschikbaar was als e-book! Nadat ik zo genoten had van de eerdere avonturen van Polly, wilde ik geen dag langer wachten om het slotdeel van deze fijne trilogie te lezen! Ik vermijd ze altijd zo veel mogelijk, maar omdat dit het derde deel is, is het onvermijdelijk dat hier een paar kleine spoilers over de vorige boeken in staan. 🙃 Note: I realize the above quote isn't consistent with how light I made the book sound but this quote stood out to me. I love the ocean and find it very therapeutic. I've experienced this quote first-hand and I marked it immediately.

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Polly’s ever-constant baking was also given much detail and constantly left you craving delicious breads. After one particularly tasty sounding chapter I became determined to also become a master bread maker. Long story short, I failed miserably. Bread is FAR harder to bake than Polly makes it sound like just so you know! I didn’t actually attempt any of the recipes included in the story (Cheese Straws, Sweetcorn Fritters, Cinnamon Rolls, Focaccia, and my favorite: Shortbread) but I’m determined to try again. Someday. After reading Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery, book three in the Little Beach Street Bakery series did I just have to read the first book because I found the one I read marvelous. La pequeña panadería de la isla”, es una novela con una trama rápida sobre las relaciones y la forma que tenemos para comenzar de nuevo, a pesar de las adversidades. Su protagonista, Polly, una chica de treinta y pocos, no está pasando por uno de sus mejores momentos personales y termina viviendo en un piso encima de una abandonada tienda de un pequeño pueblo, donde su vida dará un completo giro. Tiene una gran evolución: al comienzo es una mujer con problemas, retraída y bastante tímida, pero acaba siendo fuerte, decidida y positiva; y logra maravillar a los habitantes de Mount Polbearne con sus deliciosas creaciones transformando su afición en su oficio. Amid the ruins of her latest relationship, Polly Waterford moves far away to the sleepy seaside resort of Polbearne, where she lives in a small, lonely flat above an abandoned shop.Colgan has a wide fan base who find her light novels as warm and delicious as the sweets in her books. Her latest, though, is half-baked. Well, at first I was quite excited about that new person in town. I wanted to see how she and Polly clash with each other and I was hoping for a little bitch fight or at least a tiny row. Did I get that? No. Well, that woman owns a cat, which caused some trouble, but not the trouble I was hoping for. That was kind of disappointing, really. In the end, the big secret was unraveld, but did they fight then? No. Because it was in the middle of the big drama (literally) and they were best friends again after that. So disappointing. Polly Waterford is the happiest she has ever been, and it isn’t just because summer has come to Mount Polbearne. Polly is infatuated by the seaside town. The only thing she loves more than Polbearne is her boyfriend. Jenny Colgan loves Cornwall and it shows. Her settings might originate from her imagination but they are steeped in history and her childhood. You know about food: what should a pregnant woman be eating? To make her glow. I want one of those hot, glowing pregnant wives with utterly gigantic breasts.