Annie May's Black Book - Debby Holt

I read a short review of this chick lit book last year in a magazine and bought it shortly afterwards from Amazon. I like to have a queue of books, so it took until February this year before I actually got around to reading it. The cover of the book does not give much away. It is a pale colour with scrawled writing across the front of it. The back briefly introduces Annie May, and explains that for many years she has kept a black book which details the names and actions of people who have wronged her. My immediate impression was an Adrian Mole style diary, which generally I tire of very quickly, but a quick flick through the pages highlighted a lack of dated entries ...  Read the complete review

I picked up this book in my library even though I wasn't intending to get any books for myself at all, I only went in for Harry! But the cover stood out to me with it's bright red outline and lettering, leaving me intrigued enough to take it home. I have a huge pile of book, about 100 or so (!) to read at home but I decided to start this one last week as I didn't want to pay late fines on it lol. Annie May is introduced to us as a young 20-something woman about to get married to the love of her life Ben. However, it all goes drastically wrong when Ben dumps her on the day of the wedding. So Ben is resigned to Annie's Black Book for life. Annie's Black Book is ...  Read the complete review

As a family of avid readers and there being five of us we decided to join our local library and we are weekly visitors. I have always loved to read and have to have a book on the go at anytime. ==== The Author Debbie Holt ==== From the information in the book this is Deby Holts second novel and her first novel was the Ex-Wife's Survival Guide. . ==== The Cover ==== I always think that the front cover is really important as this is what draws us to the book this is even more so when you are looking round a library full of books. The book has a cream background and a red border and this really stood ...  Read the complete review

From the bestselling author of 'The Ex-Wife's Survival Guide' comes 'Annie May's Black Book' by Debby Holt. This book follows the story of Annie May who has a black book in which she has recorded the offense of any person who has ever caused her any hurt or pain or anger and she is definitely somebody who must hold a grudge! The person who probably appears the most is Ben Seymour the man who left her at the altar 17 years before. Annie has not seen Ben for a number of years since he jilted her as she rightly so has turned against him and vowed that she never wants to see him again. Only a chance meeting at a party of a friend ...  Read the complete review

Looking at my rather large TBR pile today I decided to give Debby Holt's Annie May's Black Book a whirl. Having never read a book of Debby's I didn't know what to expect but I'm pleased to report I enjoyed Annie May's Black Book! In 1988 Annie May was jilted at the altar by Ben Seymour. He was susequently entered into her black book (full of all the names and offences of those who have done wrong to her) and his offence was by far the worst! 17 years later he's moving into a house around the corner from Annie... I really enjoyed Annie May's Black Book and found it quite amusing in parts. I liked how the plot was woven together and how all of the ...  Read the complete review