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Author Profile: Miranda Dickinson

Author Name: Miranda Dickinson

Website: http://www.miranda-dickinson.com/index.html

Bio: A writer. A dreamer. A hopelessly romantic, eternal optimist…
And she isn’t bad at singing, either.

Miranda Dickinson has always had a head full of stories. Coming from a creative family where stories and songs were always present, it was perhaps inevitable that she would end up adoring words. A songwriter for over 15 years, Miranda has successfully penned over thirty songs, delivering both live and recorded performances in a range of venues across the UK and Europe. Her first solo project album, About Time is due for release this year. To hear her music, visit www.mirandadickinson.com – and be sure to leave a message if you like it!

Miranda began writing in earnest four years ago with her first novel, Coffee at Kowalski’s – a romantic comedy set in New York’s Upper West Side. This was spotted on HarperCollins’ site for unpublished authors, Authonomy.com at the end of 2008 and was released by Avon (part of HC) as Fairytale of New York on 12th November 2009. She has also written several short stories, scripts and novel excerpts, many of which are published on Helium.com. Miranda is also a regular contributor for www.myvillage.com writing a range of local interest articles for the Birmingham area and national film and festival reviews.
Titles: Coffee At Kowalski’s, Fairytale of New York, and Welcome to My World
See my review of Welcome to My World
Bio Retrieved from miranda-dickinson.com

January 20, 2011
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Welcome to My World by Miranda Dickinson
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Welcome to My World by Miranda Dickinson

Harriet Langton (Harri) is a travel agent because, why else, she wants to travel the world. Unfortunately for her, something always seems to get in the ways of her travel dreams. Her workaholic boyfriend, Rob, is often promising of a dream vacation, but constantly puts his work first, ruining all the romantic plans. Harri takes to living vicariously through Alex, an old childhood friend who has lived abroad and is filled with enough travel stories and memorabilia to keep Harri happy. But Alex’s mother is unhappy that Alex isn’t settled down with a nice wife yet, and strings Harri into entering Alex into a magazine contest, Bachelor style. Harri goes along with the plan, but has a feeling it could lead her best friendship into a disaster.
Welcome to My World by Miranda Dickinson is a cute romantic story. I related with Harri because I was once a travel agent as well, spurred by my love of travel, and the talks of the foreign lands in this novel was a big plus for me. But other than that aspect, the novel was a little too boring. For the first half of the book, the plot never went anywhere, and I started to get restless with the reading. After the first half, the drama started to pick up, and I started to enjoy the story much more. I wish most of the first half could have been cut out, because then I would have rated this book much higher. I did like the mystery surrounding the boyfriend Rob. I couldn’t figure him out, and when I finally thought I had, I was wrong! That aspect was probably one of my favorite parts of the entire story. I would recommend Welcome to My World, but I have to warn readers on the slow moving first half.
Rating: 3.5/5

January 19, 2011
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In My Mailbox: Week of October 31
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In My Mailbox: Week of October 31

In My Mailbox: Week of October 31st

Title: Skipping A Beat
Author: Sarah Pekkanen
Received: From Sarah Pekkanen
Synopsis: Sarah Pekkanen’s poignant second novel about marriage, forgiveness, and the things that really matter, which will have readers laughing and crying.

Title: Welcome to My World
Author: Miranda Dickinson
Received: From Charlotte Allen @ Avon Publicity
Synopsis: A travel agent who longs to travel. An intrepid explorer who just wants to find a place to call home. And a Big Idea that changes everything!. When Harri Langton finds herself locked in the Ladies’ loo at Stone Langley Village Hall, she has plenty of time to muse on the events leading up to officially The Worst Night of Her Life! Harri is a travel agent with a shameful secret. Despite possessing extensive knowledge of places around the globe, she’s never set foot outside the UK. Few of Harri’s friends understand her longing to see the world – least of all her boyfriend Rob who still hasn’t proposed after seven years of waiting. But when Alex Brannan arrives in town, Harri finds a kindred spirit. A globe-trotting traveller for the past ten years, Alex’s stories light up Harri’s world, and in return she becomes his confidante, sharing the highs and lows of his awful love life. But everything changes when Alex’s aunt suggests her Big Idea – offering Alex up on a plate to the female readership of It’s My Life magazine. How will Alex feel about being sold off as a prize bull? Will Rob ever step up and propose? And will Harri’s dreams of exploration ever become a reality? An enthralling tale for fans of Harriet Evans and Richard Curtis films from a dazzling star in women’s fiction.

Title: Life After Yes
Author: Aidan Donnelley Rowley
Received: From SheKnows Book Club
Synopsis: This is the story of Quinn—born Prudence Quinn O’Malley—a confused young Manhattan attorney who loses her father on that tragic September morning that changed everything. Now, at an existential crossroads in her life, Quinn must confront impossible questions about commitment and career, love and loss. Her idealistic beau desperately wants a wedding, and whisks her away to Paris just to propose. But then Quinn has a dream featuring judges and handcuffs and Nietzsche and Britney . . . and far too many grooms. Suddenly, her future isn’t so clear. Quinn’s world has become a minefield of men—some living, some gone, and traversing it safely is going to take a lot more than numerous glasses of pinot grigio.
Life After Yes is a blisteringly honest, thoroughly modern tale of life and love in chaos, marking the arrival of a truly exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.

October 31, 2010
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