The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul had previously been published under the title A Cup of Friendship. The Little Coffee Shop was the first book I read by Deborah Rodriguez. It claims that it is fiction, and probably so, as some of the stories seem a bit unrealistic. But then truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.  

The book is set in modern day Kabul, in a coffee shop run by an American woman called Sunny, who is dating some kind of secret agent (the handsome kind named Jack) who keeps mysteriously disappearing on dangerous missions. Sunny spends her time rescuing Afghan women who are in perilous situations, driving her broken down Mercedes through the local markets and organising Christmas, complete with tree, lights, gifts and American style Christmas dinner at her coffee shop. 

Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

Sunday 17^th November 2013

Number of times almost gave up reading the book 3, number of times questioned why Helen Fielding thought it was necessary to write this book 50, déjà vus’ from Bridget Jones Diary 3680, time lost reading this book 600 minutes, chances of Bridget Jones surviving another sequel 0. 

 

The best thing about this book is that poor Mark Darcy is dead. 

He would have been horrified to see that Bridget had morphed into a cross between Edina Monsoon (Absolutely Fabulous) and Katie Price (after Peter Andre). 

He probably would have divorced her within 5 years and ran off to parts unknown with the kids; while Bridget spends her time gaining and losing weight, drinking and smoking too much and too little, dating and being dumped by toy boys. Not to mention, she would be constantly stalking Mark and the kids through twitter and other forms of social media.

 

The Moment Keeper by Buffy Andrews.

I have not heard or read any of Buffy Andrews books (which is ok as I enjoy reading new and unknown authors).  It seems that The Moment Keeper is her first book (she has also written The Christmas Violin due out next month).  The title, book cover and the premise of the book were captivating and imaginative and so I added the Moment Keeper to my Ibook Library. 

Despite my high expectations for The Moment Keeper, it was disappointing. By the end of the first chapter, I knew exactly how the book would end and I raced through the book to see if I was right…and I was. The idea of having a Moment Keeper is inspiring yet the information on the what, why, how and who a Moment Keeper is very sketchy (a few paragraphs at the beginning of the book and a sentence towards the end).