Paris for One and Other Stories

Written By Tanya Ahmed
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Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes
Reviewed by Tanya
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This book is a collection of stories about troubled relationships but all with happy endings (yay!) lol. I liked some more than others but enjoyed reading them all.

Paris for One being my favourite takes up half of the book. It’s about a girl named Nell (who is the least spontaneous of her friends) who decides to plan a trip away to Paris with her boyfriend. He however gets “caught up” at work and says he’ll meet her there but doesn’t turn up. It’s about how she finds herself (as cliché as it sounds) and becomes more confident/independent. She meets a French waiter/writer and has the perfect weekend away, full of adventure and love. Having visited Paris a few times and absolutely loving the city, it took me back and I was really able to visualise her journey.

The other stories are short and sweet, some maybe 2/3 pages long and are just as light hearted as Paris for One. It’s a great book and a perfect read for the Christmas holidays or even as a Christmas present!

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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