Blog tour book review by gingerbookgeek

My Review

I usually review fiction books but every so often, I do love to read a good non-fiction book.  Well they do say that a change is as good as a rest.  The eye catching, bright cover immediately caught my attention and I loved the synopsis of the book.  I eagerly started to read the book.  Having just finished reading ‘Fresh Eggs & Dog Beds’, all I can say is that I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, but more about that in a bit.

This book appealed to me from the start because I just love the idea of trying to eliminate as much stress as possible from your daily life and moving somewhere new to start afresh.  I loved reading all about the experiences that the Alberts went through when they relocated to Ireland.  Not all of the experiences were that positive but the Alberts found their strength and powered through as it were.  In other words, the journey wasn’t always smooth as they hit the occasional bump in the road but they found a way over them.  It didn’t take me long to get through this book and it was definitely a fun and easy read.

‘Fresh Eggs & Dog Beds’ is well written.  The fact that this is a memoir and not a fictional story meant that I viewed it slightly different.  It was describing somebody’s life and I felt privileged to have been allowed into the lives of the Alberts.  As I mentioned above, the road to a new life wasn’t always easy for the Alberts but I loved the way in which they found humour in even the most trying of circumstances.  Through Nick’s very vivid and realistic descriptions I did feel as though I got a real feel for rural Ireland.  I loved the various characters that the Alberts came across, I loved the idea of upping sticks and relocating somewhere new to start afresh and I loved the way in which the author writes with humour and wit.

In short, ‘Fresh Eggs & Dog Beds’ is an easy, fun and witty read, which I would definitely recommend to other readers.  I fully intend to read the other books in the series just as soon as I can.  The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 4* out of 5*.