I’m a huge fan of Marian Keyes and yet, since I began blogging, I really haven’t read her enough. I’m delighted to rectify that error by sharing details of my latest My Weekly magazine online review which is Marian’s latest book My Favourite Mistake.
Published by Penguin’s imprint Michael Joseph on 11th April 2024 My Favourite Mistake is available for purchase through the links here.
My Favourite Mistake
Anna has just lost her taste for the Big Apple…
She has a life to envy. An apartment in New York. A well-meaning (too well-meaning?) partner. And a high-flying job in beauty PR. Who wouldn’t want all that?
Anna, it turns out.
Trading a minor midlife crisis for a major life event, she switches the skyscrapers of Manhattan for the tiny Irish town of Maumtully (population 1,217), helping old friends Brigit and Colm set up a luxury coastal retreat.
Tougher than it sounds. Newflash: the locals hate the idea. So much so, there have been threats – and violence.
Anna, however, worked in the beauty industry. There’s no ugliness she hasn’t seen. No wrinkle she can’t smooth over.
There’s just one fly in the ointment – old flame Joey Armstrong.
He’s going to be her wingman.
Never mind their chequered history. Never mind what might have been.
Because no matter how far you go, your mistakes will still be waiting for you . . .
My Review of My Favourite Mistake
My full review of My Favourite Mistake can be found on the My Weekly website here.
However, here I can say that My Favourite Mistake is Marian Keyes at the top of her game, being filled with warmth, wit and a wise insight into humanity that made me laugh and cry – often at the same time. I absolutely loved it. It might be my favourite Marian Keyes book. As Marian herself might say, it’s fabliss!
Do visit My Weekly to read my full review here.
About Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multimillion copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved, genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – including Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups– has millions of devoted readers around the world.
In addition to her fifteen previous novels, Marian has also written three collections of journalism, upon which hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves was based. Marian co-hosts the popular show Now You’re Asking with actress Tara Flynn for BBC Radio 4. In 2022, she was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year.
Marian lives in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin. My Favourite Mistake is her sixteenth novel.
You can find Marian on Facebook and Instagram and follow her on Twitter/X @MarianKeyes. Marian Keyes also has a wonderful website.
Linda's Book Bag 
Hi Linda, this sounds lovely. I’ve also read a few of Marian Keyes’ books
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I think this is my favourite along with Watermelon. 😍
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Marian Keyes is remarkable. This one sounds good. I love stories set i Ireland.
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It’s fabulous!
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Yes, another book order!
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I adored this one Joyce!
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I enjoyed this, but I’ve got to admit to being a bit disappointed. It’s rather too similar to Rachel’s story of redemption in Rachel, Again (as a side note, Rachel’s Holiday is up there in my favourite books). And there’s so much discontinuity between this and ‘Anybody Out There?’ that it kills me! Very few mentions of Aidan, no mention at all of whether Anna maintained her connection with Janie and Jack – and definite believability issues with how Anna and Joey understand each other – Joey just shouldn’t be another Luke! I love his narkiness and I think this ‘doing work on himself’ just doesn’t do the original character justice. Overall, I felt like Marian Keyes has hit on a formula that she thinks works and applied it in a bit of a clumsy way to Anna, who has always been the most esoteric of all the Walsh sisters.
Saying all that, I confidently predict the next Walsh book will be about Helen, building on The Mystery of Mercy Close… and that I’ll also be pre-ordering that 🙂
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I didn’t fancy Rachel, Again and didn’t read it so maybe that’s why I enjoyed this one so much! I think the wonderful thing about books is that they affect different readers differently!
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