Mcinerney does this best - her stories about the Quinlan family are heartwearming and entertaining.
This time too she builds a great story around the family. I liked it better than its prequel and sequel.

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I loved this book! I loved Lola! She is feisty and up-to-date even if she is 84. She's great! This is probably my most favorite read so far this year.

The character development is fantastic. I have a complete picture of Lola. No shrinking violet is she. I laughed. I cried.

I will be buying this book and putting it on my keeper shelf. I also plan to get other books by this author. So much fun! ( )

This was a good book with good reading speed but I feel a little left flat at the end. I just feel like the start of the story could have been better intertwined with the events that followed ( it's hard without giving the story away) but also I have THE ALPHABET SISTERS to read and probably should have read that first. It might have given me more insight to this story. And the only give away, I love the thought of growing up running a motel of sorts! The laughable part of the book was a little ditty about a willy-wagtail, a small bird, that would play o the lawn. I of course googled it and the videos of these birds and the playful kookaburras made my day! ( )

I enjoyed this book. It was a cute, touching story about a meddlesome old lady and would be what we call today BBA - 'Baby Boom Adult' fiction. It had many luscious details and lots of interesting character development. The plot dragged a bit slower than I would have liked, but I am not (quite yet) a BBA reader, either. It's nice to know that when I reach that age group (sooner than I'd like to admit) that there will be stories such as this waiting for me that involve real people instead of sparkly vampires.

Thank you Ms. McInerney for this Goodreads First Reads Giveaway ( )

What really was Lola's secret?

Was her secret something that she needed to keep from her family because they didn't need to know or was her secret something that she does that secretly helps others?

Lola was an 84-year-old mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and a woman who had a mind of her own and was a person whom everyone loved and looked up to. But....Lola did have unique ideas and one in particular that her family definitely shouldn't know about especially since it was Christmas. She wanted something different for this Christmas even though it included complete strangers.

LOLA'S SECRET was funny, hit close to home in family matters, and made you think about your life. Lola will make you think about the beauty of life and of living your life to its fullest with no regrets.

You will absolutely love Lola, absolutely hate Geraldine, and enjoy all the other characters. Lola held them all together. You will wish you had someone like Lola in your life....she was wonderful.

LOLA'S SECRET is a sweet, nostalgic read that has a feel good theme taking place in a small town where everyone knows each other and everyone helps each other with Lola and the Valley View Motel and its owners being the center of it all.

I really enjoyed this book because of the homey, family-oriented theme and the reminder of enjoying life. 5/5

This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation in exchange for an honest review. ( )