The Lotus Readers

Best Reads October 2025 October brought many several wonderful things, as birthday months so often do. As always we went away, this time for two weeks in Dumfries and Galloway for book shopping at Wigtown and fishing for …

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Best Reads October 2025

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A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem “I never could′ve told you anything I long for While I was in the water swimming ‘gainst tides we′re taught to Take it in our stride, laugh it off, take it on the chin just right Don’t …

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A Complicated Woman by Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem

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It’s so hard to learn how to pace xx

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the second hand bookshops of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. I’ve filled some gaps in my collection, with a couple of surprises too. Can’t wait to go back.
#wigtown #scotlandsbooktown #booksky #secondhandbooks

I think there is one on the top floor but I couldn’t get up there as it’s too steep and I have MS. I know my limits. Didn’t want to end the day face first in a pile of books 😂😂

The books are great, so beautifully observed. Get a cottage and go. It’s so beautiful round there x

You’re right, but it’s a book town and I had to pace myself 😂😂

Yes you have to keep looking up.

Isn’t this the perfect bookshop? The famous The Bookshop in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. Spent a happy hour browsing here.
#booksky #thebookshopwigtown #wigtownbooktown #bookbrowsing

Big breakfast while I work on my #spotlight post for Ramsay Campbell’s new novel #AnEchoOfChildren #booksky

The Killing Stones by Anne Cleeves I can barely contain my happiness at being back in the world of Jimmy Perez, this time in the Orkney islands where he grew up. Jimmy is living with partner Willow Reeves, who’s both his boss and he…

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The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

Jimmy Perez is back!

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It’s Scotland and it’s beautiful.

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Better late than never ..

Best Reads September 2025

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This week’s reading chair, with a view. #readingnook #readingchair #booksky

We so agree with this!

'The atmosphere created by the author along with the description of the body make it one of the most horrifying I’ve read, emphasising that this is a human being clearly emaciated and treated with extreme violence.'

#DeadmansPool

'I love the idea of thin places, that ghosts are not necessarily trying to haunt you, they’re just going about their business. In fact you’re probably as much of a fright for them as they are for you. It’s just that the veil between us and them has worn so thin...'

#DeadmansPool

Deadman’s Pool by Kate Rhodes Winter storms lash the Isles of Scilly, when DI Ben Kitto ferries the islands’ priest to St Helen’s. Father Michael intends to live as a pilgrim in the ruins of an ancient church on the uninhabited…

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Deadman’s Pool by Kate Rhodes

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Banned Books Week – Lady Chatterley’s Lover Defending free expression has become a challenge. Words seem to matter more than ever and their impact. Just having an X account in the past week has been painful if you have empathy. It’s a battle…

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Sunday Spotlight: Banned Books Week - Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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I pre-ordered this months ago so I’m very happy to see it turn up today. I’m looking forward to catching up with this writer. #allthewaytotheriver #lizgilbert #booksky @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Thank you for this #bookpost I’ve been looking forward to @valmcdermid's latest #KarenPirie thriller #SilentBones - out 23rd October from @BooksSphere

I can’t wait to catch up with the Historic Cases Unit with the lovely @Squadpod3 gang next month.

#booksky #silentbones @valmcdermid.bsky.social

WWW Wednesday 17th September 2025: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚 What am I currently reading? I’m reading The Names by Florence Knapp which come highly recommended by pretty much everyone I know who has read it! I am nearly finished the audiobook of Made i…

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Latest Issue - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write. Latest Issue - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

'The historical silencing of women has clearly created an appetite for angry and vengeful female characters that doesn’t look like it will be going away any time soon.'

Lucy Nichol explores narratives of female vengeance in Issue 107 mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lat...

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Cartoon. A doctor speaking to a heavily pregnant woman: "Well, Mrs Heath Robinson, it seems the contraptions have started"

Murder of Crows NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

People are raven about my latest book - read it here:
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Fantastic day at the printer recently, signing the special Indie bookshops edition of #TheChristmasClue, out @faberbooks.bsky.social 25th September. Thanks to everyone who helped me put in a very respectable signing time of 2 hours 12 minutes!

The Bride Stone by Sally Gardner According to our narrator, a ‘bride stone’ is a precious stone given to the groom’s family as a dowry. Sometimes though, a beautifully made fake stone was used, one they could only have valued when…

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The Bride Stone by Sally Gardner

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It’s brilliant.

This doesn’t sound like my genre but if you’d like to send me the details my email address for review requests is in my bio.

Me too xx

Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell There was a pivotal moment in this book that made me go cold. It sent me back twelve years when I was trying to understand how someone could treat others so badly, in what seemed like a deliberatel…

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Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

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