Novel set in ITALY (1950s glamour and WW2 legacy)
Win a box full of relaxing goodies!
1st March 2024
Win a box full of relaxing goodies!
In the box there’s a copy of The Translator by Harriet Crawley, a brilliant and topical new spy thriller by a Harriet Crawley, a hand-painted bookmark, a Moleskin notebook, a beautiful beach towel (ideal for lying in the sun doing nothing), some herbal teas to relax you, a few delicious sweets, and a couple of candles to set the atmosphere.
The Translator by Harriet Crawley:
A highly topical thriller about a Russian plot to cut the undersea communication cables linking the US to the UK. Also, a passionate love story between two people determined to stop this cataclysmic act.
Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is turned on its head when, after more than a decade, he discovers that his former lover, Marina Volina, is now the interpreter to the Russian President. At the embassy, Clive learns of a Russian plot to cut the undersea cables linking the US to the UK which would paralyse communications and collapse the Western economy. Marina stuns Clive with the news that she’s ready to help stop the attack, betraying her country for a new identity and a new life. Clive becomes the go-between, relaying Marina’s intelligence to MI6 back in London. What are the odds that two lovers, running the Moscow marathon with the FSB on their backs, can save Western Europe from economic meltdown?
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@crandally CAME OUT OF THE HAT ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS.
Going on a nice walk with the dogs
Walking in the countryside or on a beach.
I relax by watching a good film or tv show with some snacks and drinks.
If the weather permits, I like to garden to unwind. Or read in the garden.
A hot bath and a good book
I like to relax by taking a nice bath.
I listen to music to try and relax.
I love reading in my garden on a warm, sunny afternoon with a chilled glass of wine.
with a lovely hot bath and the radio on in the background
I like to relax with a g and t in front of my wood burner binge watching tv.
I have to say chilling on the beach with a book in hand is definitely the best way to relax – not able to do this too often though sadly!
Curled up under a cosy blanket with a good book is my favourite way to relax!
I cannot think of a better way to relax and unwind than snuggled up on the sofa with a good book and a large mug of hot chocolate to hand
Cannot think of a better way to relax and unwind than snuggled up on the sofa with a good book and a large mug of hot chocolate to hand
I like to have a long walk in nature, then get a nice cup of tea, settle on the sofa, with mobile at my side in case someone communicates. Then open my book and read a nice amount until my brain is satisfied.
Bubble bath and a good book or on a sunny day sitting in the garden with a chilled glass of wine and a good book.
I love to relax snuggled in a comfy chair with a cup of tea, a chocolate bar with a good book
Curled up in my favourite chair with a gripping thriller in front of a roaring fire.
I love to relax with a book in the garden. Even at times when it’s raining I have the gazebo up and sit under it. Breathing in the fresh air makes me happy with a book.
Love books that are self care books such as good vibes good life, or my year of yes by Shonda Rhimes, then I life to read books on where I’m from whether that’s Manchester books on how the movement of the hacienda happened to books about my Irish heritage.
I just love books.
Tea, chocolate & a book on the sofa
A book + a brew + a biscuit = BLISS! My favourite way to relax and escape the reality of real life but it puzzles me that I opt for more gritty crime fiction and psychological thrillers than other genres although I do sometimes choose something lighter if needed!
Reading a good book in the garden
I love a spa day and always take a good book!
Reading a good book with a cup of tea – perfect!
With a cuppa and my book! Many thanks!
sunday mornings going for a run and coming back to relax with a good book
I love reading in bed
A nice bath, a good book and some chocolate
Reading a book snuggled up in bed.
I relax on a long country walk
Love to relax with a great cozy crime book
It seems like a contrived answer – but there is no better way to relax than with a book!
Sitting on the sofa with a good book or my knitting!
I love a good book with a glass of wine x
Crafting. It is completely impossible to be stressed when you are covered in ink, glue and glitter
love to sit and read
Walking the dogs.
I like to relax by walking on a local beach or in the Park – being in nature is so relaxing and interesting.
Reading a book
I love to relax by curling up with a hot chocolate and a good book
put my feet up and read a new book
a nice bubble bath. Then into my pj’s with a good book and a cup of tea
Noting better than having the house to myself and knowing all jobs are done and I have time to myself to have the radio on a my nose in a good book from my pile to be read.
Reading!
A warm bubble bath
My favourite author at the moment is Kelly Rimmer. I like to sit out on our deck overlooking the Dunes forest and devouring books.
In a sunlounger in the garden in the sunshine with a cold drink
Curling up iwth a good book love a crime novel
The wind is howling outside right now and there’s nothing I”d like better after walking the dog than snuggling up with a soft blanket, a good book, and a cup of hot chocolate so thick you need a spoon. It’s a cliche for a reason, damnit.
By the pool, in the sun, with a Pina Colada and a good spy thriller!
My favorite way and place to relax is on the beach at St Simons Island, GA – failing that, curled up on the couch with my current read is a very nice substitute.
Reading a book on a sunbed by a pool in Barbados is the ideal, but mostly I have to settle for reading a book on my sofa at home, with a cat on my lap (which is still more than OK!)
Reading in the garden [if dry and warm enough!] with a nice glass of wine or otherwise in bed.
With a book, obviously!
In the summer I’ll be out in the garden or on the local beach. In the winter I’ll be curled up on the sofa. And each evening I’ll be snuggled up in bed!
cup of tea and a good book
with a nice hot bath and the radio playing in the background
Reading in the bath.
Deckchair in the garden with a book and cup of tea
I relax by reading and working in the garden
I love to relax in a bubble bath and read. Would be there up to an hour a day if I could, but usually limit it to 20 minutes as nothing else would get done in the house
Waking early, while everyone is still asleep; selecting the book I want to read or anticipating going back to one I’ve already started… But first grinding coffee beans and making a perfect cup of coffee.
Then settling in my favourite chair by the window, with my cup and book for an uninterrupted read.
Bliss.
I love to read
Reading a good story
I like to read a story to my daughter.
Reading in bed x
Reading, obvs, but I also enjoy the weekly pub quiz, during which I try to put what I have learned from my reading to good use, generally with indifferent results.
A nice long walk – through an arboretum, botanical garden, or park if one is near – with an earbud in one ear listening to an absorbing audio book. Heaven.
No surprise here. I love to relax by reading.
I like to relax by listening to an audiobook
I work in the arctic so I pull.on my fluffy socks and fuzzy sweater, climb into my reading chair in front of the portable fireplace and transport myself to another reality with my book.
I settle down with a good book somewhere cosy or on the nearby beach if the weather is good
Walking on the beach no matter what the weather. Every walk is different, which inspires, but at the same time there is a continuity to it all which is comforting and makes me feel relaxed.
Reading a good book
I like to brush my cat. He loves being brushed and I find it really relaxing.
A hot summer’s day, a sun lounger and an audiobook. Failing that, tucked up in bed with a good book.
In bed when the kids are asleep!
My favourite relaxation time is spent in a good book. I like a book that totally absorbs me and I can forget about the world around me.
Hello from Indiana, USA.
I like to relax by reading, but, if I can’t concentrate or if the weather is too wonderful to ignore (which is becoming more of a rarity), I like to go outside and observe what Nature is up to (what’s blooming, which birds are flitting about, spotting clouds, etc.).
I like to relax by reading, working any kind of puzzle, or taking a walk.
Not unlike other posters – in the garden on a sunny day with a good book – my tipple is a Pimms
I like to relax by reading a good book and sipping a cup of tea.
I like to relax by going out with the Ladies Group that I am the Queen of
The Crazy Mad Hatters of Stockport Red Hat Ladies.
We follow the Jenny Joseph poem “Warning” When I am old, I will wear purple with a red hat. We go out and have fun and are growing old disgracefully. Our Chapter have a monthly lunch, dinner, visit the theatre and places like National Trust houses.
A couple of years ago, over sixty Brittish Red Hatters from groups all around the country met up in Hebden Bridge for Yorkshire Day and the streets were flooded by ladies dressed in purple sporting their best red hats.
Its always a fantastic relaxing day when we are together
A comfy chair, a good book and a glass of something ..oh and some chocolate too
On a sun lounger with a good book & a glass of chilled wine -cheers
I love to pour myself a glass off chilled white wine cover myself with a big soft fur throw put my feet up on the poof and have mood lighting then just relax and read away.
a cat on my knee, the fire alight and a good book
With a good spy thriller and bottle of wine!
A comfy seat and blanket. Cup of tea and a good book. That’s the best way for me to relax.
Curl up on the sofa with a good book and a lass of red wine
I like to relax with a cup of tea, my cat Brontë Artemis and a good book or three!
Reading of course! Its the best way to relax – time flies by if you are reading a great book.
looking out from my living room at the derbyshire countryside with a good book and a cup of tea perfect
I’m at my most relaxed when I find the time from my busy life to sit back, preferably with a piece of softly-playing classical music, to read a book.
With a good book, somewhere warm.
Relaxation for me is a scented bath, a glass of wine and a good book.
I relax with a book in hand, kitty in my lap, and coffee by my side.
Reading in the bath with the door firmly locked against intrusion. Doesn’t stop the dog trying to batter the door down.
With a glass of red wine, a real fire and, of course, a good book.
I love to sit quietly with a book, especially outdoors with the birds singing all around.
My favourite way of relaxing, after lying on a sunbed next to a warm sea, is soaking in a hot bath with my Kindle! I can be in there for hours, constantly topping up the hot water! Somehow I have managed not to drop the Kindle in the bath…so far!
I like to read a book and have a drink of hot chocolate
I love reading – especially in the bath!
A book in bed or a bath with bubbles!
A glass of wine and a good book
A good book and a cup of tea or glass of wine, depending on the time of day.
I love to relax with my gf and our 4 indoor freeroam guinea pigs, we all love a massive cuddle on the sofa!
My favourite way to relax is sitting in the garden on a summers day reading a good book and enjoying an ice-cream.
I love to relax with some chilled out music, my cat on my lap & of course a good read – usually something with a few twists along the way!
I relax with a nice cup of tea and a good book
Reading a good book, reading about and searching for a good book, travelling, searching for travel information endlessly, organising trips, talking with people and sharing all these with my family – these are my best relaxation techniques! 🙂 Also, some good exercise where I need to concentrate so my mind is cleared.
Anywhere comfortable with a book and a coffee – and no interruptions!
I like to relax with a glass of wine and a good book. Preferably in the sunshine somewhere!
My ultimate relaxation is to take myself to a secluded and sheltered bit of beach on a nice day with a good book to read.
I love to find a sunny spot & chill with my book & a hot drink in quiet moments, in the summer months this often involves a trip to the park, river or beach..utter bliss!
Perfect relaxation for me is a large glass of chilled Chenin Blanc, sitting on the decking on a rare warm Scottish Highland evening and reading a captivating book.
I nice Hot Bubble Bath with Candles,Bubbly and a good book
A good book bath and bubbles – perfect relaxation
A long, hot bath with an audiobook is my favourite way to relax.
I love reading a good book in my nice comfy chair with a nice cosy blanket wrapped round me drinking a nice cup of tea.
I like to relax by reading, of course! I also enjoy watching my football team play.
A nice glass of wine and a good book x
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Always with a book