Journal Entry 1 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, August 01, 2010

Kindly donated to BookCrossing by the publisher, Headline.

From the publisher's website:

Brenda must face her demons, but first she needs to get to the bottom of the sinister goings-on that threaten to overcome an all-too-quiet seaside town.

When poison pen letters start flying around the quiet lanes of Whitby, trouble is in store for Brenda and Effie. And with Jessie the Zombie Womanzee, trips down memory lane and amorous ghoul hunting, literary minded and strangely youthful professors of Icelandic history, as well as a terrifying encounter with bamboo wickerwork gods from the dawn of time, even Brenda’s ample cup is running over. But her most challenging battle is the one she must fight with herself – or, at least, parts of herself...

My review:

Brenda & Effie 2 and things start to hot up for our two heroines of Whitby. Shiela Manchu is having a problem at the fabulously seedy Miramar hotel and she calls in the girls to investigate. Meanwhile, Jessie isn't really feeling herself after her beyond-the-grave experiences, and a visiting Icelandic professor seems strangely familiar to Brenda - but so many of her memories of her long life are packed away and inaccessible. What's haunting Brenda? Will lovely Robert see his Aunt Jessie back to normal, and what lurks in the newly popular Miramar BBQ garden?

Fantastic stuff, marvellously told, with slapstick, shocks, laughs and beautifully observed moments as Brenda and Effie's friendship itself comes under the magnifying glass.  

Journal Entry 2 by LyzzyBee at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, August 29, 2010

BOOK SPIRAL

Please try to ...

* journal the book when it arrives
* read it within a month
* ask for the next person's address promptly
* do release notes or a new journal entry when you send it on
Please let me know if you have any problems!

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Journal Entry 3 by LyzzyBee at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, August 29, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/29/2010 UTC) at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom

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Gave to katisha50 today. 

Journal Entry 4 by Katisha50 at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, August 29, 2010

Thanks, LyzzyBee, I'll be getting to this next.

Edited 11/10/10: Oops, sorry not have journalled or released this. I enjoyed this better than the first one. As Caroley says below, it read much more like a complete novel. I look forward to more! 

Journal Entry 5 by Caroley at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Received today thanks. 

Journal Entry 6 by Caroley at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, October 10, 2010

I wasn't sure if this could live up to the first book, which I'd enjoyed a fair bit for its difference. I needn't have worried however, as this one was equally as good, possibly better. Where the first book seemed to be almost in the form of short stories, this one was definitely a full length novel.
I loved the resolution to the hauntings and poison pen incidents and I'm intrigued by the ending and the way it sets things up nicely for book three.
I'm enjoying spotting the nods to gothic literature that are in the books. I wonder what'll be in the next book.

Thanks LyzzyBee! I'll get this off to Amethystlady64 tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 7 by Caroley at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, October 10, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (10/11/2010 UTC) at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom

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Posted 2nd class to Amethystlady64 

Journal Entry 8 by Amethystlady64 at Hastings, East Sussex United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Received with thanks! :)
 

Journal Entry 9 by Amethystlady64 at Hastings, East Sussex United Kingdom on Friday, January 14, 2011

Really liked this book. It makes a refreshing read to some of the tomes I have been reading lately. Looking forward to reading the third one.
Will be posting on to Pea Martian :-) 

Journal Entry 10 by Amethystlady64 at Hastings, East Sussex United Kingdom on Thursday, March 03, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (3/3/2011 UTC) at Hastings, East Sussex United Kingdom

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On it's way to Peamartian! 

Journal Entry 11 by PeaMartian at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Saturday, March 19, 2011

Received with thanks and added to my TBR pile... 

Journal Entry 12 by PeaMartian at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Eeek! Just realised that I have had this book for well over a year! I'm sorry for stalling! I have finally read it, and mostly enjoyed the experience, although I did find that I was forcing myself to keep reading it after about half-way through. I'm not sure why, as I have relatively fond memories of the first book in the series.

Will post on to cross-patch as soon as I have an address.

Thanks for sharing.
 

Journal Entry 13 by Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Monday, May 28, 2012

Arrived over the weekend with the next two in the series. Thank you, PeaMartian and LizzyBee - lovely to see one of your offerings again. I shall try to pass on in a timely way.