The Cancer Ladies Running Club by Josie Lloyd

Sometimes we need our friends to help us find our feet…
When Keira receives her breast cancer diagnosis she doesn’t want to have to tell her children or her husband Tom, and she doesn’t want to step back from work. She doesn’t want to sit in a hospital and stare mortality in the face, nor be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Cancer is not her club.
But, as she is forced to accept everything must change and her health becomes something she can’t rely on, Keira finds herself embracing running. Hot, sweaty running in the company of a group of brilliant, funny women each going through treatment.

Because the C-word is not going to define Keira’s identity. And with the Cancer Ladies’ Running Club cheering her on, she is going to reclaim her life. One step at a time.

Publication Dates:

E-Book: 18th June 2020
Paperback:13th May 2021

My thoughts:
When requesting to read this on Netgalley, I was hoping I would be accepted to read this and I'm so glad I did as it was a great 5 star read!!

Whilst reading this book I wondered how will I be able review this wonderful amazing book without giving the whole storyline away. 
I loved every single character Josie wrote about but my favs had to be Kiera, Tasmin and Sian. The other ladies I did enjoy reading about but I just loved them three.


About 10% in, I had a feeling that Lorna and Pierre where up to no good. I'm glad my instinct was correct! I loved the scene where Kiera stood up for herself and he whole time I was reading that i though this would be a great tv series. 

And I cannot write this review without mentioning the amazing running club, it made me want to find some running trainers and go join them. I loved the race and it was the kind of book you feel like you was at the park watching them do the run.

To sum it up, everyone should go buy the book as its a brilliant story and based on a real life running club! So here is the link to go buy it as a on amazon as an ebook: Kindle. Or if you already have read it, let me know what you thought of it! 

Sunrise at Strawberry Farm by Kellie Hailes

Hannah Beety never thought she'd be back working at her family's strawberry farm, but when her mother falls ill, she knows it's time to go home. Returning to help in time for the summer harvest, Hannah's forced to face up to the broken hearts she left behind...
After a decade, Grey Walker cannot believe that the woman he had planned to marry, start a family and live a cosy life with is back. Working side by side with Hannah as they prepare for the annual Strawberry Festival brings back all the memories of his first love he'd tried to bury. But as the summer days lengthen, could letting her in mean losing his heart, again?

Publication Dates: 25th May
Page Count: 384


My thoughts
I read this book as part of my 100 pages a day challenge! And I'm glad this was the first arc I chose to read this month as it was a nice light summery read and had me escaping to the strawberry farm and working alongside Hannah. 
This boom made me feel like I was alongside all the characters and I loved each one and the way Kellie wrote them made me feel like I knew them personally. The ongoing and great friendship between Hannah and Ams was a real one and not a fake one between make up artist and famous actress. The new friendship between Hannah and made me wonder if it will blossom into anything more? And who could not love the reunion of Hannah and Grey when they a attached to each others hips all them years ago. 

This  book will have you finding out what made Hannah flee to London, always looking for approval and the will they won't they romance between the two love birds?

Also, I loved the ending of the book as it was such a cute round up of all the characters being together and even some new younger ones🤐

The whole time read this book, it had me wishing I was eating all the yummy strawberry foods mentioned in the book from scones with homemade jam to strawberry ice cream. 


This was the first book I've read of Kellie's and I known I will defiantly be reading her other books (once I find them on my bookshelves)

Here is the link to buy the ebook: Ebook for kindle devices 
It is currently £1.99

About the author
At the age of five Kellie Hailes declared she was going to write books when she grew up. It took a while for her to get there, with a career as a radio copywriter, freelance copywriter and beauty editor filling the dream-hole, until now. Kellie lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her patient husband and very entertaining daughter. When the characters in her head aren’t dictating their story to her, she can be found taking short walks, eating good cheese and hanging out for her next coffee fix.

Everything is Fine by Gillian

Jessica Bradley has it all: the perfect boyfriend; influential healthy-eating blog; successful PR company and wonderful daughter, Anna. Or at least that is what her thousands of followers believe.

The truth is, her boyfriend just broke up with her in four words on a post-it; her zest for healthy-eating has all but disappeared; her PR success is all reliant on her now not-so-honest online-life and she just got caught eating her daughter's Coco-Pops.  

So as they say: fake it 'til you make it. A few little white lies and phoney smiling selfies and Jess can keep up appearances. But when her real-life starts to spiral out of control how can Jess tell the truth from the lies? And will she be able to seize real happiness when it is right in front of her?
Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Page Total: 384

Publication Dates:
Ebook & Paperback: 28th May 2020

My Review:

At first my thoughts about this book was that it felt a bit cringe as them kind of people in real get on my nerves! Also the font and text colour when reading Jessica's blog posts kept changing from paragraph to paragraph. 

Now onto my positive thoughts of the book. I enjoyed reading about the family relationships between Jessica and her mum as you could tell even though her mum seems to be picky and annoying, she's just doing what she thinks is best! The relationship between Jessica and her daughter Anna was a bit more on the safer side as Jessica plans to hear her daughters troubles but something always seems to pop up - boyfriend, work or just her blog. Will Anna want to become like her mum or will something happen that could wake up both her mum and dads perfect life?

I also found myself laughing at Jessica's clients, from an artist in the news for all the wrong kinds of reasons, a up and coming author on how to re-find happiness  (also, I wish this was a real book) and the reality star not actually using the products!

The main reason I gave this book 3 stars was that I was always waiting for a certain bit to happen (slight hints were given) but never did, I realised when i was 93% into the book, it was defiantly past the good parts and felt the end chapter was a bit of a let down. However, if you are interested in the book, below is the link to buy it as an Ebook and is currently £1.99: Amazon