tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76935468373678900772024-03-12T17:11:56.441-07:00michele gormanThe Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling romcom authorMichele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-58292556069292022912022-10-25T08:26:00.002-07:002022-10-25T08:26:29.246-07:00A new adventureDuring lockdown, my husband and I started our own business: Honey Bee Good. We hand-make reusable beeswax food wraps! I'm now covered in wax most of the time and couldn't be happier :-)
Please do have a look at us: https://honeybeegood.co.uk/
Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-69890478067885149452020-02-24T08:31:00.001-08:002020-02-24T08:31:27.955-08:00Books I'm loving: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler View this post on Instagram 🍬Do you loan your books?🍬 I gleefully pressed this into the hands of a friend, but can't remember who it was, and I've missed it on my shelf ever since. So when I recently ran across it in a charity shop, I snapped up another copy because I loved it so much! From the description: Rosemary's young, just at college, and she's Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-83876871877201608652020-02-24T08:30:00.003-08:002020-02-24T08:30:46.728-08:00Books I'm loving: Ordinary People by Diane Evans View this post on Instagram Oh my, the writing in this book is phenomenal! It's rich, nuanced, complex. It's a black forest gateau of a book: an indulgence to savour slowly rather than to fly through on a binge. A post shared by Author | Reader | Cake Lover (@michelegormanuk) on Jan 2, 2020 at 10:29am PST Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-82763939855599557952020-02-24T08:30:00.000-08:002020-02-24T08:30:04.028-08:00Books I'm loving: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo View this post on Instagram Now that I've read this as well as The Testaments, I'm not sure that the Booker Prize should have been split... Evaristo's telling of the women's stories is rich and varied, with beautiful writing and characters that I cared very much about. I would have been happy to see her take the 2019 prize alone. What do you think? Have you Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-76149273633321318512020-02-24T08:29:00.001-08:002020-02-24T08:29:04.995-08:00Books I'm loving: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane View this post on Instagram I love that this is #romcomfebruary (thanks to @notinjersey for suggesting it!) And thanks to HarperCollins for my copy of If I Never Met You. I've loved Mhairi McFarlane's writing ever since I read her debut, and If I Never Met You didn't disappoint! With her signature humour, McFarlane tells the story of recently dumped Laurie and Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-25804167079370806602020-02-24T08:28:00.001-08:002020-02-24T08:28:15.200-08:00It's US publication day! View this post on Instagram 🎉🍹 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO ME! 🍹🎉 The day has finally come, when my little book meets its US readers, and I hope you'll love it 💛💙💛 🔗Amazon link is in my bio. SHE NEEDS A GROOM. HE NEEDS A GREEN CARD... When rising social media star, Nelly Roberts, is left in the lurch with not just a wedding but also the country’s biggest Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-15376605162801470942020-02-24T08:27:00.002-08:002020-02-24T08:27:45.075-08:00Books I'm loving: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell View this post on Instagram I've seen so much praise for this book, but have only now read it, and part of me wishes I hadn't, because I want that feeling of love love LOVING it all over again! This is one of my top reads of the past few years. I even took the big hardback on holiday with me, in my hand luggage; THAT's how much I wanted to keep reading. A post Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-29173472381335284862020-02-24T08:27:00.000-08:002020-02-24T08:27:00.184-08:00Books I'm loving: Less by Andrew Sean Greer View this post on Instagram I SO enjoyed this book! I was excited to read it when it first came out, but then saw very mixed reviews, so I prioritized other books first. I’m really glad I finally got to read it! I thought the writing was excellent, and was intrigued by the main character, Arthur Less. The author gave me snippets of history throughout the current story, and thatMichele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-19739126381693341882020-02-24T08:25:00.001-08:002020-02-24T08:27:10.366-08:00Books I'm loving: Louis and Louise by Julie Cohen View this post on Instagram ❤ Wow, this blew me away! 💙 If the incredibly original and thought-provoking premise of this wasn't enough to keep me turning the pages, then Julie Cohen's wonderfully impacting prose was. The story of a single baby born but two lives lived, one as a male and one as a female, and the ways their lives were different as a result, or Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-70766824716923992732018-08-16T01:03:00.000-07:002018-08-22T06:19:41.897-07:00The Not So Perfect Plan to Save Friendship House: Exclusive exerptMy next novel will publish globally on August 31st, and you can start reading it now!
Michele aka Lilly xo
The Not
So Perfect Plan to Save Friendship House
Lilly
Bartlett
Excerpt copyright © 2018 Michele Gorman
Chapter 1
‘Well,
Mum, I’ve really got to hand it to you this time,’ I tell her, yanking at the snug
waistband of my dress. My comment gets carried away, though, by all Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-9665019128710254662017-08-07T00:32:00.003-07:002017-08-07T00:32:49.426-07:00Start reading my new romcom before it's published!THE BIG DREAMS BEACH HOTEL will publish globally on August 18th. Would you like to start reading it NOW, before it's published??
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Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-30221111600053609582017-08-04T06:48:00.001-07:002017-08-04T06:48:18.114-07:00Love is a Four-Legged Word is on SaleUK romcom fans, my novel about good friends, bad dogs and fresh starts is 99p until next Wednesday
Get it here on Amazon!
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My new book has been launched into the world! This was so much
fun to write - every day on my jog in the park I got to imagine the
personalities of all the dogs I saw. Some of them feel like old friends now :-)
A comedy about good friends, bad dogs and fresh starts
Best friends Scarlett and Shannon spend their days tripping
over dog leads and covered in fur, running their dog business Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-11528050160713051952016-07-10T10:35:00.000-07:002016-07-10T10:35:16.458-07:00A Summer MakeoverOne of my favourite books, Bella Summer Takes a Chance, is getting a complete makeover - a new title, new cover and new blurb - to better fit the story.
Life Change
What would you change the second time around?
There’ve been a few changes in Bea’s life lately, starting with
accidentally ending her decade-long relationship over a Friday night
takeaway. Next goes her flat and then her job. Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-16147915257412603842016-01-21T09:23:00.000-08:002016-01-21T09:23:24.264-08:00Match Me If You Can book trailerMichele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-54102528152116503722015-01-05T08:58:00.000-08:002015-01-05T08:58:07.866-08:00BloomA lovely little reminder for January: Bloom Hope you enjoy it!xoxo
Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-26709365324475775592014-10-31T00:58:00.000-07:002014-10-31T00:58:26.755-07:00Oh How I Love Making Book Trailers!I have a new way to procrastinate... no longer is it enough to fiddle endlessly with covers for books that I haven't yet written (yes, I do that). I've learned to make book trailers, and they are so fun :-))
Here's the trailer for The Reluctant Elf - hope you like it!
Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-17837959139454338582014-10-31T00:55:00.000-07:002014-10-31T00:55:15.337-07:00The Reluctant Elf is a Kindle Single!Amazon really jingled my bells when they accepted my Christmas novella, The Reluctant Elf, into the Kindle Singles programme!
Meet Britain's Worst Innkeeper
Single mother and extremely undomestic goddess, Lottie, has five
days to become the ultimate B&B hostess to save her beloved Aunt
Kate’s livelihood.
When Aunt Kate ends up in the hospital, Lottie and her
seven-year-old daughter Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-70385896947328674762014-09-19T01:55:00.001-07:002014-09-19T01:55:07.433-07:00A Daily Dose of LovelinessHappy Friday! Here's a little feel-good video brought to you by The Curvy Girls Club, to remind us all that, actually, we're pretty great :-))
Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-43847140489469977052014-09-18T09:21:00.001-07:002014-09-18T09:21:51.698-07:00Single in the City... in Turkey!Nearly a year ago the Turkish publisher, Altin Bilek Yayinlari, bought Turkish translation rights for my debut novel, Single in the City, and today someone tweeted THIS to me!
I love the cover! And it's out now in Turkey :-))
Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-5002055246915616352014-05-28T02:50:00.000-07:002014-07-31T09:34:56.246-07:00Newsletter Sign-up for Free GoodiesFans outside the US and Canada - The Curvy Girls Club will be available in your countries on 15th January 2015 when it will be published by Avon/HarperCollins.
So if you'd like me to email you as soon as it's available, or get the chance to read free Advance Review copies of my books before they're published, or get free paperback and eBook inscriptions, please sign up for my newsletter. That Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-62635282709017200582014-05-10T00:19:00.001-07:002014-05-10T00:20:09.934-07:00Off to a Cabin in the Woods!
What a busy year it's been, and it's only May! The Curvy Girls Club was sold to Avon in the UK for a January 2015 publication, and it's launching next month in the US and Canada
through Notting Hill Press. Meanwhile I'm just finishing my next manuscript, Perfect Girl, which will be published globally in October.
Not the actual cabin!
So HB and I are taking ourselves off to a cabin in Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693546837367890077.post-71466980853834173752014-05-08T07:51:00.002-07:002014-07-17T10:41:08.050-07:00eBook Reading Habits: Are all those 99c/99p books being read?
If you're pressed for time, here are the highlights. Details with graphics, data, analysis and conclusions follow:
Cheap books are not likely to be read soon after downloading: 32% of the people who download 99p/99c books usually read
them right away, but 68% don’t.
More than half of us will never get around to reading all the books on our
eReaders: 53% of readers admit that there are books on Michele Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246036359628031415noreply@blogger.com3