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 Jumping to Conclusions - Christina Jones
 Jumping to Conclusions - Christina Jones ... from her bestselling Going the Distance. Jemima Carlisle started by having a bad month -- being made redundant, having nowhere to live, worrying about her bankrupt father. Her decision to take up village life, rent a room in the local vicar's house, and work at the local cafe did not work out as the peaceful life she had thought. The village was a centre for stables, with a couple of Grand National favourites -- and Jemima hated horses for a very personal reason. And the enterprise of opening a local bookshop led her straight into village controversy.Newest Review: ... to open a bookshop in the village of Milton St John. The book’s blurb, with the enticing words ‘….Jemima has scarcely ... more ... stocked up her shelves before she’s embroiled in sharing secrets, supermodel shenanigans and stable skulduggery. Her shop becomes the focus of the village hit-squad….’ had me hooked.
Initially, I failed to notice the words ‘stable skulduggery’ and was a little worried to discover that the bulk of the tale revolves around riding stables, horse-racing, jockeys and trainers. Never having had a pony or been to the races and because horse racing really goes straight over my pretty little head I was sure I picked a bummer with t...more |
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Jumping to Conclusions - Christina Jones: A RACE TO THE FINISH! (544 words)
by - written on 15/05/07 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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I have to thank the ReadItSwapIt website for introducing me to Christina Jones. As an avid fan of Jilly Cooper, I think Ms Jones is probably the only female writer to come close to the Cooper style, although Ms Jones has her own voice and I mention the similarity only as a pointer for this particular book. Perhaps it was the setting of the story: an English country village peopled with middle-class folk and the occasional romp between beautiful people. The tale is horse-orientated too (remember ‘Riders’?) which I will explain later. I was attracted to Jumping to Conclusions because I love books and bookshops. The story starts with Jemima Carlisle ... Read the complete review
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