Nicky Pellegrino

Nicky Pellegrino’s Followers (631)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Fiona S...
1 book | 105 friends

Daniell...
269 books | 70 friends

Catheri...
1,254 books | 103 friends

Linzie ...
467 books | 34 friends

Edel Wa...
22,237 books | 1,038 friends

Effie K...
240 books | 21 friends

Nicola ...
360 books | 57 friends

The Bro...
980 books | 70 friends

More friends…

Nicky Pellegrino

Goodreads Author


Born
in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
Website

Genre

Member Since
February 2014


I was born and grew up near Liverpool, England. For a while I worked as a magazine journalist in London but then 21 years ago I came on holiday to New Zealand and met my future husband Carne Bidwill at a wedding. Now we live together near a beach in Auckland with our dogs Charlie the standard poodle and Lucy the pointer. I spend my time writing novels, working as a freelance journalist, riding my two horses, growing veges in my garden, cooking, trying to get other people to cook for me, eating and reading. There isn't much time for anything else except a little light housework.
My all-time favourite book is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and my book of 2013 was LIfe After LIfe by Kate Atkinson.
I have a website www.nickypellegrino.com
...more

To ask Nicky Pellegrino questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Nicky Pellegrino Getting emails from readers saying how one of my novels helped them escape to Italy for a short time during a time of stress or illness or unhappiness…moreGetting emails from readers saying how one of my novels helped them escape to Italy for a short time during a time of stress or illness or unhappiness. That's the power of story and the best reason to read or write.(less)
Nicky Pellegrino By not believing in it!
Average rating: 3.87 · 22,855 ratings · 1,992 reviews · 23 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Dream of Italy

4.02 avg rating — 2,293 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Italian Wedding

3.87 avg rating — 2,242 ratings — published 2008 — 32 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Under Italian Skies

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,003 ratings — published 2017 — 19 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Food of Love Cookery Sc...

3.76 avg rating — 1,926 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Recipe for Life

3.93 avg rating — 1,693 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
To Italy, With Love

4.02 avg rating — 1,628 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Villa Girls

3.83 avg rating — 1,588 ratings — published 2011 — 23 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
A Year at Hotel Gondola

3.64 avg rating — 1,516 ratings — published 2018 — 17 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
One Summer in Venice

3.78 avg rating — 1,390 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Delicious

3.86 avg rating — 1,331 ratings — published 2005 — 28 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Nicky Pellegrino…

Clutter

Life is so cluttered isn't it? As an author I'm meant to be promoting myself on Facebook, Instagram and twitter etc, keeping my website up-to-date, blogging here, there and everywhere....oh and also write a book.
Well I may not have been that great at the self-promotion of late but I have written something. My new novel Under Italian Skies is out in April. It's about a woman who gets completely in Read more of this blog post »
7 likes ·   •  2 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on November 25, 2015 17:28
The Pink Suit
Nicky Pellegrino is currently reading
by N.M. Kelby (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Quotes by Nicky Pellegrino  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Één van de dingen die ik zo leuk vond aan Venetië was dat niemand op straat uit kartonnen wegwerpbekers liep te drinken. In Italië is koffie iets waar je de tijd voor neemt, of in elke geval iets waar je even van kunt genieten. Het is iets voor elke dag, maar toch maken ze er iets bijzonders van. Een porseleinen kopje koffie op een dienblad met een kleedje erop: dat gaf met zo’n simpel geluksgevoel”
Nicky Pellegrino, Een zomer in Venetië

“All you do is make a broth from the pods and simmer the rice in it. Add the peas and a pinch of sugar. Finish with butter, parsley and Parmesan.”
Nicky Pellegrino, One Summer in Venice

“Dat is mijn verhaal, een heel triest verhaal. Ik denk daar liever niet te veel aan. Het is veel beter om vrolijke kleren aan te trekken en de wereld met een glimlach tegemoet te treden. Ik kan het verleden niet veranderen en ik kan mijn fouten niet ongedaan maken. Het enige wat ik kan doen, is doorgaan met mijn leven. Doorgaan met leven en doorgaan met proberen, meer kan een mens niet doen.”
Nicky Pellegrino, Een zomer in Venetië

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Challenge: 50 Books: Mekerei Year Three: 60 in 2013 15 70 Mar 15, 2013 01:42AM  
Book Loving Kiwis: August 2013 Nominations 7 25 Jul 20, 2013 12:40PM  
Clube de Leitores...: Desafio Literário 1: Férias 124 251 Sep 30, 2015 02:33PM  
Quiet Or Loud? A ...: Book Recommendations 3 8 Mar 21, 2016 09:59PM  
Wanderlust Challe...: Book Lists & Recommendations for Individual Continents & Countries 37 57 Jan 04, 2019 08:52AM  
Fiction Fanatics: * May POINTS Challenge 20 26 Jun 01, 2019 05:04AM  
No comments have been added yet.