I love when a book's title can be taken so many ways. In the literal sense, yes...the characters do in fact chase the sun around the globe, but it's not just for its warmth and light. In the metaphorical sense, the cast of characters is on the higher end of the age bracket, so in a way, they are all chasing the sun, or a new day before it sets its last. I like the middle ground somewhere between these two meanings, where the characters are not going after the great burning ball of light in the s...

This is a story filled with family drama, angst, turmoil and travel as seventy year old Molly and her soon to be divorced sister, Nell, decide they’re not too old to enjoy life, visit new places, meet new people and live! It is a heartwarming story, taking the reader on holidays to both Spain and Mexico, journeys during which the sisters rethink their futures, explore new places and even possible romances. It is a story about taking chances, getting yourself out of a rut and daring to dream.The

Molly is a 70 year old widow, who makes the most out of her life. She is happy, and likes her home and neighbors, but when her sister, Nell shows up at her door in tears, she knows she needs to do something drastic. Nell's husband of 40 years, as left her for a 37 year old barista. Molly decides that a few months in Spain will help Nell get a fresh start and hopefully not find out that the home wrecker is pregnant. The two of them spend a few months in Spain and make friends. The stay is going w...

Uplifting romp of a tale, inspirational and feel good. Loved it!Molly has a birthday she spends alone, and is so disturbed by what she sees of herself in the mirror that she would like to smash it. Her sister Nell appears on her doorstep when her 40 year marriage comes to an end. What follows next is some gorgeous completely bonkers adventures in Spain and beyond.I was captivated by the fearless free spirit of Molly. All the characters are observationally brilliant. This book has capers aplenty,...

The Blurb:Molly’s seventieth birthday comes as something of a shock. The woman in the mirror certainly looks every day of those seventy years, but inside Molly feels she still has so much more living left to do. Widowed and living alone with her cat Crumper, Molly fears she is slipping into a cliché of old age.When Molly’s sister Nell appears on her doorstep, distraught that her husband of more than forty years, Phil, has left her for a younger lover, the women decide to seize the day. By the mo...

Another feel good book by Judy Leigh! If you think this is going to a story about a 70 year old woman sipping a cup of tea, looking out her window at the birds, petting her cat in her lap, you are so wrong!!! If you want to believe in second chances and love at an older age, this book is for you! Our main character, Molly, is so young at heart; creative, spirited, open minded, spunky and young in body and soul. It appears somehow, she doesn’t have arthritis or any other aging malady! 😜 Molly is

After Heading over the Hill, Chasing the Sun is my second book by Judy Leigh. Molly and Nell are half sisters. Molly is 70 and is not sure what to make of that at first but soon decides she will make the best of it. She still has lots of things she wants to do. She is a fun outgoing person and I liked how Judy Leigh portrayed her from the start. Nell is more reserved than her sister. Having two different characters made me feel I knew I was going to enjoy this. The sisters end up in Spain as the...

Molly has lived on her own for the last five years since her husband, the love of her life sadly died. One day her sister Nell arrives on the doorstep case in hand. She has left her husband who has been having an affair and Molly welcomes her in. Molly tries to sort out her sister's marriage but then learns that the new woman is now pregnant- something Nell doesn't know. To get Nell away and for some much needed R & R, Molly books them into an apartment in Spain for four months. Sunshine, sand a...

Favorite Quotes:… our neighbour is a handsome Swedish man who sits naked in the hot tub on the roof terrace. What’s not to like about Spain?You need to remember that we’re not living in the sixties now, Ryan. It’s not very flattering to be asked for sex like that – I felt like an after-dinner mint.Ahead to the right was a white three-sided building wrapped around a courtyard, its interior dirt-dark. Molly thought it looked like a rotten molar.It wasn’t every day they saw a teenage mutant ninja t...

Oh I do love a Judy Leigh book, and this was no exception. I especially love a book featuring foreign countries, and this delivered by the bucket load. And I also love a book which has plenty of things to giggle at, and well grown women dressed as fish, horse riding in the sea, an ill advised skinny dip are just some of the highlights courtesy of Molly. Oh I did enjoy Molly, she has a keen diary writing habit, has just turned 70, is widowed and has wanderlust.,... and I didn't even mention her "...

I love Judy Leigh books! Her books all have older, mature ladies who decide they’re not too old to enjoy life, and to live their lives by visiting new places and meeting new people.Like a good wine, I find that Judy Leigh’s writing is only getting better with each novel. In “Chasing the Sun”, the author is taking you on holidays to Spain and Mexico. The two protagonists, Molly and Nell, are sisters who are on this journey and begin to rethink their futures. It’s a lovely story about taking chanc...

I’m not yet 70 – although I’m hurtling towards it at frightening speed – but I can’t begin to tell you how strongly I identified with Molly when she caught sight of herself in the full length bedroom mirror and wanted to attack it with a cricket bat. I’ve never tried wrapping myself in clingfilm and rolling in paint to create a self portrait yet – I might try that next time the fear strikes.She’s become officially “old” – she looks at her life, her cat companion Crumper, her neglected home and g...

Molly is celebrating her seventieth birthday and is feeling unsettled. Molly has always been a free spirit, doing whatever she wants to do and doing it impulsively. She is very unlike her sister Nell who is upto now unimaginative, living in a rut and quite pleased with her lot.When Nell arrives on her doorstep, distraught over an unfaithful husband who has taken up with a young woman, Molly decides to move from the familiar to Spain to an apartment by the beach and see what happens there. The fr...

Judy Leigh has become a favorite author of mine. She's got a knack for writing about active seniors who aren't happy just sitting around waiting to die. They are out there having fun, traveling, meeting new people, falling in love and even having one night stands on occasion. Her books are funny, inspiring and they always offer a bit of a life lesson we all could use. In Chasing the Sun, Judy Leigh introduces us to two sisters who after one of them suffers through her husband's cheating then lea...

If you want an author that is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face with their stories. Judy Leigh is one of them. Whenever an email comes through from Boldwood Books or Rachel's Random Resources featuring a book by Leigh. I don't bother reading the synopsis anymore, I just say yes please straight away ☺️ I know that I will enjoy the story. Chasing The Sun follows the story of Molly who's just celebrated her seventieth birthday, and is wondering what is there for her in life. Nell her sister

Sun, sangria and new starts are the focus of Judy Leigh’s newest novel, “Chasing The Sun.” Leigh, known for her mature characters, explores the importance of embracing change and finding where you belong. Molly Mitchell feels like she’s been treading water for far too long. It’s her 70th birthday and she longs for change. Insulated in Yeovil, Somerset with familiar neighbours and surroundings, Molly has been stuck in a rut since her husband, Ritchie died 5 years ago. Molly feels like she’s been

How can I be missing the people in the story almost immediately after I finished reading it? It is because the author has done a superb job of creating the characters in such detail and with such emotion that I feel that I have become friends with them instead of just reading about them. Chasing the Sun is a journey going from Yeovil, Somerset, England to Calleblanque, Spain to Cancun, Mexico, but it is also a journey of finding where you belong. It seems many people search for years to try to f...

This was the most fun book I read in recent times. Molly just had her 70th birthday, and she wanted to shake her life up. And nude painting was the way to go. Wrapped in cling film with green paint on it, then pressing her body to the canvas to the canvas – that was her birthday gift to herself. I loved she was so adventurous. So much more than I am now.Her sister’s marriage broke down and to distract her, Molly arranged for a four month long vacation in Spain. Things happened and she flew to Me...

I received an Advanced Readers Copy from #netgalley for honest feedback.Finding home. Molly is on a journey to find it. Although she has a physical home in Somerset, she is on a journey to find out who she is now. Her mother deserted her as a child. She was a teenage pregnant mother. She has flitted from man to man. But Molly never has found peace.After the blowup of her sister's marriage, Molly whisks her sister to Spain, where they are able to bond and enjoy being sisters. But after Nell becom...