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“Five Bad Deeds” by Caz Frear – Book Review #NetGalley @HarperPerennial @HarperCollins #FiveBadDeeds #BookReview“A person can do twenty good deeds, but all people will remember is the one bad one.” I thoroughly enjoyed this author’s first...
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“The Couple In The Photo” by Helen Cooper – Book Review #PublicationDay @PutnamBooks #TheCoupleInThePhoto @HelenCooper85 #BookReviewThis is my third Helen Cooper thriller. As I loved the first two I had very high expectations of this one, and I can confidently say that she...
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“The Wiregrass” by Adrian Hyland – Book Review @ultimopress #TheWiregrass @NetGalley #AdrianHyland #BookReviewIt has been a while since I’ve read a novel set in Australia. “The Wiregrass” didn’t really entice me to visit, though my...
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“Life and Otter Miracles” by Hazel Prior – Book Review @PenguinUKBooks #LifeandOtterMiracles #NetGalley #BookReview @TransworldBooks @HazelPriorBooks @PenguinRandomUK“You make your choices, and in turn they make you.” Phoebe Featherstone is nineteen years old and the youngest of three children. Her...
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Fictionophile’s NOVEMBER 2023 Reading Wrap-Up #bookblogger #MonthlyWrapUp #Fictionophile #NovemberReadsNOVEMBER by the numbers: Total titles read: 14 Published in 2023: 10 Backlist titles: 4 Five star reads: 2 Debut novels: 2 Books that are part of a...
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Fictionophile’s NOVEMBER 2023 #BookHaul #Bookbloggers #ForthcomingTitles #TBR #AnticipatedReadsThis month I added FOUR new review commitments to my TBR mountain. I’ve been trying some restraint and this month I semi-succeeded. LOL (All...
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“The Christmas Appeal” by Janice Hallett – Book Review @AtriaBooks @simonschuster #TheChristmasAppeal #BookReviewWhat a needed diversion this novella turned out to be! I am one of the few readers who has not yet read “The Appeal” which also...
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“Secrets On The Estate” by Mel Sherratt – Book Review @writermels #SecretsOnTheEstate #EstateSeries #BookReview #NovNov23I didn’t really know what to expect when I started this short book, but this tagline sums it up perfectly:The book is comprised of brief...
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“The Piano Tuner” by Chiang-Sheng Kuo – Book Review #NovNov23 @skyhorsepub @arcadepub #ThePianoTuner #BookReview“Music lets us hear time pass and it lets us hear our shadows.” This was a somewhat esoteric novella whose prime audience would be...
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Top Ten Tuesday – Books With Island Settings #TBR #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookTwitter #bookbloggersTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each...
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“So Late In The Day” by Claire Keegan – Book Review #NovNov23 #novellas @groveatlantic @CKeeganFiction #SoLateInTheDay #BookReviewThree stories that really pack a punch! “So Late In The Day” – The title story tells the story of Cathal, an Irishman who has...
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“Thirty Days of Darkness” by Jenny Lund Madsen – Book Review @OrendaBooks @JennyLundMadsen #ThirtyDaysOfDarkness #BookReview @edelweiss_squad @meganeturneyWhat an unusual and quirky protagonist! At first I didn’t know what to make of Hannah. She seemed narcissistic, haughty, and supercilious. Oh...
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“Underneath” by Anne Goodwin – Book Review #NovNov23 #novella @inspiredquill #Underneath #BookReviewWell, that was not what I expected… Steve was a damaged, yet highly functional man who has spent his early adult years travelling the world,...
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Top Five Tuesday: 5 books that I’m thankful for in 2023 #Top5Tuesday #TuesdayBookBlog @MeeghanReads #TopFiveTuesdayTop 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog...
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“Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life” by Helen Fisher – Book Review @RandomTTours #BlogTour #BookReview @simonschusterUK #JoeNuthinsGuideToLife @HFisherAuthor“Assumptions are based on the first and the most shallow things we know about a person. And anyone with any sense knows that is simply not...
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‘Load Your Libby’ event – November 15-30, 2023 @LibbyApp #LoadYourLibbyWith the holidays just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to relax and dive back into your to-be-read lists full of your favorite...
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“Looking Glass Sound” by Catriona Ward – Book Review @TorNightfire #LookingGlassSound @Catrionaward #BookReview“Friends can break your heart, it seems, just like love.” “No one told me that grief would feel so much like fear.” Wow,...
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WWW Wednesday – November 15, 2023 #readingforpleasure #bookbloggers #WWWWednesday #bookwormsWelcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday. WWW Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. I’ve linked the book...
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Top Ten Tuesday – Mainstream Popular Authors That I Have Not Read #TBR #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #BookTwitter #bookbloggersTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each...
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“Black Irish Blues” by Andrew Cotto – #BookReview #novella #NovNov23 @brwpublisher @andrewcottoI was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this novella. It had a ‘good guy’ protagonist who finds himself immersed in a violent...
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“Unrest” by Emma Côté – Book Review #NovNov23 #Unrest @emmacoteauthor @AnvilPress #Novella #BookReview #NovellasInNovemberBrilliantly written in the first person, this darkly comic novella speaks directly to the reader, much as if you were sitting down for a cup of tea...
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“The Cliff House” by Chris Brookmyre – Book Review @wwnorton #TheCliffHouse @cbrookmyre #BookReview“What happens on Clachan Geal stays on Clachan Geal” Jen – the bride-to-be and a wealthy businesswoman Helena – Jen’s...
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“Death at Paradise Park” by Ross Greenwood – #BookReview #BlogTour @BoldwoodBooks #DeathAtParadisePark @greenwoodross @rararesources #BoldwoodBloggersThe second book in this police procedural series turned out to be almost as engaging and engrossing as the first one “Death on Cromer...
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Can’t Wait Wednesday #WOW #AnticipatedRead #CantWaitWednesday #bookbloggers #bookloversCan’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read....
