The Time of my Life by Cecelia Ahern.

Harper, 2012.

Sometimes we need to make time for our life. 

Lucy Silchester is taking her life for granted. She’s busied herself with other stuff – friends, work and her car (which is on it’s last legs.) 

It’s time for a wake up call. 

Only Lucy knows the truth and she’s deluding everyone else. 

It’s time for a meeting with her life. It turns out that Lucy’s life is a kind but rather rundown man in an old suit who is determined to bring about change and not to let Lucy off the hook. 

I’m a fan of Cecelia Ahern. I like the mix of reality and fantasy; how Cecelia takes the ordinary and adds a little magic. 

This book had me hooked from beginning to end. It was funny, charming and the plot was paced well. I found the dynamic between Lucy and her life interesting. A man and a woman having a relationship (with it’s ups and downs) but there is no romantic attachment. 

I like the idea that you could actually meet your life. It had me wondering what my life would have to say about me if I were to meet it in person. What would my life look like? 

Lucy was a likeable, believable character to me. Not wanting to face up to things is relatable, to me anyway. 

There is a good supporting cast of characters and I wanted to hug Lucy’s next door neighbour. I even began to like her family by the end of the story. 

A great book to read in the garden on a lovely (cough) summer day. 

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Laura

I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.