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Bedtime comfort reading doesn‘t get better than Jenny Colgan

I finally got to realize my dream of trying Makkoli, the Korean fermented rice liquor, and I‘m in love. It‘s like sake and kombucha had a delicious baby, with a touch of coconut water in the mix. I‘m definitely getting it again.

I doubt I‘m in LOVE with Jenny Colgan‘s third School By the Sea novel, but it‘s highly readable so far and that‘s just what I need tonight. Bring on the boarding school shenanigans!

I love reading J-Co books, but this series, read in order this time, is my least favorite. The lack of communication between sweet intelligent teachers David and Maggie is old by book 3, and by the time it finally resolved I was bored of reading it. And the girls - one grows big boobs, one is gay (oh, so that‘s why she‘s rockin‘ an unfashionable pixie cut - argh), one remains a brat …yawn.

It's obvious there was a decade-long break in the publication of this series, given the technology mentioned, but I do just love the characters and their circumstances. The perfect escape. #womensfiction #contemporaryfiction #boardingschool

I love Jenny Colgan's books and couldn't wait to read this one. I didn't realize it was the third book in what will eventually be a series of 6. I couldn't figure out why I ha until I Jenny explains in the introduction that the first 2 were published under a different name. She recommends Reading these then order but I have to say, I didn't read the first 2 (although I want to now) and I didn't have any problem picking up (cont in comments)...